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GIVE PRIORITY TO FILIPINO JOBSEEKERS – VILLANUEVA

Senate Committee on Labor, Employment and Human Resources Development chairperson Senator Joel Villanueva slammed government agencies for their lack of monitoring and negligence in allowing the influx of illegal Chinese workers in the country. Villanueva underscored that there is a clear neglect on the part of government agencies to promote the preferential use of Filipino […]

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HOUSE OKs TULONG-TRABAHO BILL – VARGAS

Competency competitiveness of the Filipino labor force will soon be enhanced as the House approved on second reading the Tulong-Trabaho Act. The proposed “Tulong-Trabaho Act” as embodied in House Bill 8139 and principally authored by Rep. Alfred Vargas (5th District, Quezon City), seeks to strengthen the qualification of the nation’s workforce to meet the challenges […]

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Free Tech-Voc Education – VILLANUEVA

The Senate Committee on Labor, Employment and Human Resources Development, chaired by Senator Joel Villanueva, tackled on Wednesday a proposed measure providing free access to programs and training of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA). Villanueva’s Senate Bill No. 1318 or the “Tulong Trabaho Act of 2017” is said to democratize the access […]