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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 […]
Senator Joel Villanueva hailed the ratification of the bicameral conference committee report on the National Integrated Cancer Control Act which institutionalizes a national integrated cancer control program by integrating cancer consciousness into schools’ curriculum, strengthening patient and family-centered cancer control programs, increasing public funding for robust prevention of cancer, better screening, and making cancer treatment […]
Senator Joel Villanueva welcomed the Senate ratification of the Universal Health Care Bill which seeks to expand the benefit packages being offered by PhilHealth by increasing the amount of benefits to lessen the out-of-pocket expenses on the part of the members. “The UHC Bill is only one step closer to becoming a law. Once enacted, […]
Senator Joel Villanueva has sponsored a measure that seeks to increase the service incentive leave pay of private employees. Under Senate Bill No. 1614 or “An Act Increasing Service Incentive Leave Pay of Employees”, every employee who has rendered at least one year of service shall be entitled to an annual service incentive leave of […]
Senator Joel Villanueva, vice chairperson of the Senate committee on sports, hailed the bicameral conference committee approval of a proposed measure seeking to establish the Philippine Sports Training Center or the PSTC. In the consolidated versions of the Senate and the House of Representatives, the PSTC shall include training facilities for Olympic sports and other […]
Senate Committee on Labor, Employment and Human Resources Development chairperson Senator Joel Villanueva slammed government agencies for their lack of monitoring and negligence in allowing the influx of illegal Chinese workers in the country. Villanueva underscored that there is a clear neglect on the part of government agencies to promote the preferential use of Filipino […]
Senator Joel Villanueva has filed a bill seeking to fix the excise tax hike for fuel products under the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) Law. The TRAIN Law raised the excise taxes on fuel products effective January 2018. The law also provides for additional increases scheduled in 2019 and 2020. Under Senate Bill […]
Senator Joel Villanueva filed a resolution that seeks to investigate the reported miserable work conditions suffered by rescued Filipino truck drivers in Padborg, Denmark last October. Under Senate Resolution No. 946, the senator called for an inquiry on “social dumping” or a practice wherein multinational countries from “high-wage” countries seek to lower down their operational […]
Senator Joel Villanueva said government should not only extend the employment of government contractual employees, but also ensure that they are given security of tenure. Villanueva made the statement after the announcement of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) that it recently amended Joint Circular No.1, series of 2017, together with the Civil Service […]
Senator Joel Villanueva lauded the passage of Senate Bill No. 1850 or “An Act Institutionalizing A National Integrated Cancer Control Program and Appropriating Funds Therefor.” The bill, which Villanueva authored, was passed on third and final reading with 18 affirmative votes. It institutionalizes a National Integrated Cancer Control Program by integrating cancer consciousness into schools’ […]