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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 […]
Senator Sonny Angara said the recently passed green jobs law will help create employment opportunities for displaced miners in the wake of the closure of 23 large-scale mining firms in the country. During the Senate labor committee hearing on the employment transition plan following the closures, Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Gina […]
Sen. Win Gatchalian wants a comprehensive performance audit of at least 20 foreign-funded government projects to examine the financial and legal risks the government is exposed to in relation to these undertakings. Gatchalian, chairman of the Senate Committee on Economic Affairs, asked the Commission on Audit (CoA) to conduct a special review of the contracts, […]
Financially challenged students stand to benefit from the proposed free tuition in state colleges and universities (SUCs), according to Sen. Bam Aquino. Sen. Bam is the principal sponsor of Senate Bill No. 1304 or the “Free Higher Education for All Act”, which is currently being tackled in the plenary. “Matutulungan ng panukalang ito ang mga […]