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LAPID BATS FOR BRGY HEALTH WORKERS MAGNA CARTA

Senator Lito Lapid is pushing for the enactment of Senate Bill (S.B.) No. 1911 or the ‘Magna Carta of Barangay Health Workers’ to address the longstanding issue of inadequate compensation and benefits for Barangay Healthcare Workers (BHWs). Lapid has filed SB No. 1911 seeking to recognize and support the significant role played by BHWs in […]

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MAGNA CARTA FOR PDEA AGENTS GETS HOUSE PANEL OK

The House Committee on Dangerous Drugs chaired by Surigao del Norte Representative Ace Barbers approved House Bill No. 90 which would institute the magna carta of benefits for the officers and personnel of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA). Under the proposed magna carta, PDEA workers will be provided with acceptable living and working conditions, […]

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MAGNA CARTA FOR PINOY SEAMEN GETS HOUSE PANEL OK

The House Committee on Overseas Workers Affairs, chaired by KABAYAN Party-list Representative Ron Salo, approved a substitute bill to 12 House Bills (HBs) instituting a Magna Carta for Filipino Seafarers to protect the rights and promote the welfare of seafarers, as well as revitalize the industry. These were HBs 368, 379, 736, 1515, 1647, 1758, […]

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BETTER PAY, BENEFITS FOR SECURITY GUARDS PUSHED

Davao City 1st District Representative Paolo Duterte has filed a measure that aims to improve  the welfare of security guards and other members of the private security industry by institutionalizing rules  set by the labor department on their employment, working conditions and benefits. Along with Benguet Rep. Eric Yap, Duterte proposed that security guards and other private […]

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PASS SEAFARERS MAGNA CARTA NOW – VILLANUEVA

For helping keep the economy afloat with their P1 billion a day remittance, Filipino seafarers deserve a “lifeboat of rights and privileges,” Senator Joel Villanueva said in sponsoring the proposed “Magna Carta of Filipino Seafarers” bill. Decades since the Philippines became a “shipping manning superpower”, Villanueva said it is time “to put aboard one vessel […]