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Public Utilities Should Get Franchise From Congress – ALVAREZ

  To safeguard public interest, Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez has filed a bill requiring private proponents seeking to build, operate and maintain public utilities to secure first a franchise from Congress. Under House Bill No. 5270, Alvarez proposed amendments to Republic Act No. 6957, as amended by R.A. 7718, otherwise known as “An Act Authorizing the […]

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Elderly, PWDs to Take Part in Local Absentee Voting – ALVAREZ

Aware of the difficulties senior citizens and persons with disabilities have to face during elections, Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez wants to ease their woes by allowing them to vote under the local absentee voting system. Absentee voting is meant to increase participation by citizens who are in situations, which prevent them to vote, like government officials […]

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Minimum Wage Earners Must Get the Pay and Benefits They Deserve – ALVAREZ

Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez has filed a bill to ensure minimum wage earners get the pay as well as all the benefits that they deserve. Alvarez said he filed the bill to curb the illegal practice of private sector employers of non-compliance with the proper and appropriate payment of minimum wage to their workers. “Failure to […]