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MANDATORY SPECIALIZED TRAINING FOR TRUCK DRIVERS PUSHED – VILLARICA

Rep. Cesar Sarmiento (Lone District, Catanduanes), chairman of the House Committee on Transportation, has approved the creation of a technical working group (TWG) to fine tune and further deliberate on a measure seeking to require driver’s education for professional truck drivers as a means to promote road safety. The TWG is tasked to incorporate and […]

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Gender Equality Quite Advanced in the Philippines – VILLARICA

House Deputy Speaker Linabelle Ruth Villarica has assured women political leaders from around the world that the Philippines continues to promote gender equality, and has in fact scored well in international gender equality measures and indices. Villarica underscored that gender equality is quite advanced in the Philippines, during her opening statement at the Women Political […]

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House Approves Magna Carta of Day Care Workers – VILLARICA

The House committee on the welfare of children chaired by Rep. Divina Grace Yu (1st District, Zamboanga del Sur) recently approved a substitute bill which seeks to establish a Magna Carta of Day Care Workers. The unnumbered bill, which aims to improve the social and and economic well-being of day care workers, substituted House Bill […]