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EMPOWER ANTIQUEÑO WOMEN – VILLAR

Senator Cynthia Villar has committed to provide more livelihood projects to economically empower Antiqueño women. Villar, guest speaker in the Women’s Month Celebration at the Binirayan Gymnasium, San Jose de Buenavista, Antique, said that it is very important for women to have their own livelihood near their homes so they could also contribute to the […]

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NOW IS THE BEST TIME FOR COLLEGE DROPOUTS TO RETURN TO SCHOOL – ANGARA

It is never too late to earn a college degree. This was the advice given by reelectionist Senator Sonny Angara to over 360,000 unemployed university dropouts, as well as high school graduates but did not proceed to college, as he urged them to return to school and take advantage of the government’s free tertiary education. […]

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INCREASE EMPLOYEE’S INCENTIVE LEAVE TO 10 DAYS – VILLANUEVA

Senator Joel Villanueva has appealed to his colleagues to immediately pass a measure seeking to increase the service incentive leave of employees from five days to 10. Villanueva, chairman of the Senate Committee on Labor, Employment and Human Resources, said studies have already shown that taking leaves increases the productivity of workers while it costs […]

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VILLANUEVA TO DUTERTE: SIGN THE TULONG TRABAHO BILL

Senator Joel Villanueva urged President Rodrigo Duterte to sign the Tulong Trabaho bill that seeks to provide free access to technical-vocational (tech-voc) education amid a recent report which revealed that educated Filipinos comprise almost half of the unemployed population in the country. Based on the JobsFit 2022 Labor Market Information (LMI) Report of the Department […]

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New Graduates Must Be Exempted From Costs of Job Hunting, Starting a Business – ANGARA

  Senator Sonny Angara is pushing for the passage of the Bill of Rights for New Graduates which seeks to provide incentives and social benefits for fresh graduates while they are searching for work or starting a business. Under Angara’s Senate Bill 313, new graduates from all colleges and universities, and technical-vocational schools would be […]