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To give beneficiaries of a government emergency employment program a better chance of finding sustainable jobs, the government must ensure that the skillset of beneficiaries is improved during the period they are working with the government, the chair of the House of Representatives’ labor and employment committee said on Friday. “We can improve the value […]
House of Representatives labor and employment committee chair and Rizal 4th District Rep. Fidel Nograles on Wednesday echoed the call of a government think tank to improve labor forecasting through a Labor Market Information System (LMIS). “An LMIS would help us address gaps and challenges such as skills mismatch, shortages, labor force needs, among others […]
The chair of the House of Representatives’ labor and employment committee backed Pres. Ferdinand Marcos, Jr.’s idea of introducing short courses to improve the employability of K to 12 graduates. “Any project that would give a leg up to our graduates so they can find jobs as soon as possible is welcome,” Rizal 4th District […]
“Can the government afford wage subsidies?” This was the question raised by the chair of the House of Representatives labor and employment committee after various sectors threw their support behind the provision of wage subsidies so that companies could fund a minimum wage increase. Nograles said he will direct his committee to ask for the […]
Rizal 4th District Rep. Fidel Nograles hailed a recent program by the Department of Education that resulted in the planting of nearly 2 million trees across the country. “The success of the ‘236,000 Christmas Trees’ program points the way to how we can involve our institutions in efforts to restore our country’s greenery. That it has […]
Rizal 4th District Rep. Fidel Nograles called for a recalibration of the Philippine National Police’s policy when engaging in operations to avoid unnecessary violence that may lead to the death of civilians. This, as he bemoaned the lapses that led to the reportedly mistaken killing of a 15-year-old boy in Montalban town during a police […]
Rizal 4th District Rep. Fidel Nograles led beneficiaries of the Department of Labor and Employment’s Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/ Displaced (TUPAD) program in a cleanup of streets and creeks in a bid to emphasize the value of having clean communities. “Ang paglilinis ng komunidad ay responsibilidad ng lahat ng mamamayang nakatira rito. Walang exempted […]
Rizal 4th District Rep. Fidel Nograles is pushing for the creation of a state university in Montalban that would address the educational needs of the most populous municipality in the country. “As a 1st class municipality that continues to develop, Montalban has evolving needs. As we welcome more businesses we also need the more specialized […]
Rizal 2nd District Rep. Fidel Nograles announced that a legal aid group he is heading had inked an agreement with the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) to conduct a national training program for its paralegal personnel to aid efforts to decongest the country’s overcrowded prisons, which now have a congestion rate of almost […]
Rizal 2nd District Rep. Fidel Nograles today echoed the call to investigate employers imposing a “no vaccine, no salary” scheme, saying that it unduly penalizes workers who have no easy access to COVID-19 vaccines.“Sa panahon ngayon na napakaraming naghihirap, lalong magdurusa ang mga arawan ang sahod sa ganitong sistema. I urge the Department of Labor […]