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To boost the employability of senior high school (SHS) learners under the technical-vocational livelihood track (TVL), the 2025 national budget will continue funding free assessments for the issuance of national certifications (NCs), Senator Win Gatchalian said. The national budget carried a special provision proposed by Gatchalian, making it mandatory for SHS-TVL learners to undergo free […]
Consistent with his call to make weather advisories easier to understand for ordinary Filipinos, Senator Francis Tolentino is also urging the same for earthquake terms and warnings, stressing that effective communication during disasters can save lives. Tolentino relayed his appeal to Dr. Teresito Bacolcol, director of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) during […]
The increase in self-rated poverty and food poverty in Mindanao is a development that highlights the need to bring quality and high-paying jobs to Davao City so that its residents can cope with the rising costs of living. This was stressed on Thursday by former Civil Service Commission Chair Karlo Nograles, who said that the […]
National Unity Party (NUP) president LRay Villafuerte is counting on better legal protection, cutting-edge training plus other benefits for our estimated 700,000 mariners following the swift release of the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of the Magna Carta of Filipino Seafarers that aims to look after our sailors here and abroad from the time of their […]
Alarmed by the highest self-rated poverty level in 21 years, former Senator Kiko Pangilinan declared that he will prioritize ensuring food security, advocating for a living wage for Filipino workers, and addressing the high prices of goods if he wins a Senate seat in the 2025 elections. Pangilinan emphasized that the December 2024 Social Weather […]
In this quick look at the 2022 party-list election results in Southern Tagalog, the IKOT.PH Strategic Research Team listed all the party-list groups that obtained at least 2% of the votes in each of the provinces and one independent city in Region IV-A (CALABARZON) and Region IV-B (MIMAROPA). It can immediately be seen that an […]
The chair of the House committee on labor and employment, Rizal 4th District Rep. Fidel Nograles lent his voice to appeals to Pres. Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. to suspend the scheduled contribution rate hike of the Social Security System (SSS) to protect workers from being further burdened with the lessening of their take-home pay. “Nananawagan tayo […]
KABAYAN Partylist Rep. Ron P. Salo, one of the principal authors of the Magna Carta of Filipino Seafarers (Republic Act No. 12021), lauded the signing of the law’s Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) today as a historic step in securing the rights and welfare of over 600,000 Filipino seafarers. “This is a historic day for […]
Senate President Chiz Escudero said the proposal on the rightsizing of the national government will be prioritized by the Senate to ensure its passage before the 19th Congress adjourns its session in June. Escudero, author and sponsor of Senate Bill No. 890 or the Rightsizing National Government Act, led a consultative meeting to tackle the […]
Committee on Migrant Workers Chairperson Senator Raffy Tulfo hailed the signing of the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of Republic Act 12021 or the “Magna Carta of Filipino Seafarers” held at the Malacañang Palace. Tulfo, principal sponsor and one of the main authors of Magna Carta of Filipino Seafarers at the Senate, said the IRR […]