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If ordinary employees guard their hard-earned money against pickpockets, banks should also make sure that cybercriminals don’t pick the digital wallets of those who gave them their pay for safekeeping, Senator Joel Villanueva said. “Payroll money entrusted by both employers and their workers should be kept safe at all times,” the chair of the Senate labor […]
The government should adopt a zero tolerance policy against text scams as the “next great pyramid” will be built on the foundation of stolen data of cellphone and internet users, Senator Joel Villanueva said. “Iyan po ang dapat nating paghandaan. Sabi nga po nila, there are more pyramids in the Philippines than in Egypt. While […]
The government should widely disseminate the presidential order that employees who will get jabbed during the three-day national vaccination drive shall not be marked absent, Senator Joel Villanueva said. Villanueva, chair of the Senate labor committee, called on the Department of Labor and Employment and the Civil Service Commission to come up with clear guidelines […]
The National Privacy Commission’s meeting with telcos to strategize how text spams can be tripped from the carrier’s end is just one in the to-do list to stop unwanted text messages, Sen. Joel Villanueva said. “Umaasa po tayong magkakaroon ng malinaw na action plan pagkatapos ang pulong ng mga telcos at Privacy Commissioner Mon Liboro. […]
Senator Joel Villanueva has asked the National Privacy Commission to look into the “epidemic of ‘text scams,’” particularly the kind in which cell phone numbers are barraged with job ads or offers. Villanueva, chair of the Senate labor committee, described the apparent “robo texts being blasted” to be the “forbidden fruit of a data breach […]
The administration should see to it that the P5.024 trillion national budget will be a massive “job generation” investment, with every spending leveraged to create as many employment opportunities possible, Senator Joel Villanueva said. At the plenary deliberations into next year’s national budget, Villanueva also reiterated the importance of having a jobs scorecard to clearly […]
The government’s planned three-day national vaccination drive from Nov. 29 to Dec. 1 is the “booster shot” needed to spike inoculation numbers, which nine months after the first shot was administered have yet to hit 50 percent of target, Senator Joel Villanueva said. This “one time-big time” approach is what we need, Villanueva said, adding […]
Any proposal to write into the 2022 national budget a provision making COVID-19 vaccination a requisite for receiving DSWD aid such the 4Ps stipend will penalize the “jabless jobless,” Senator Joel Villanueva said. “Kung mayroon man pong ganoon na panukala, I think it will be dead on arrival in the Senate,” said Villanueva, chairman of […]
As the easing of COVID-19 cases prompts OFWs to job-hunt again, the government should open more off-site passport processing centers in malls outside of Metro Manila, Senator Joel Villanueva said. Villanueva said the move of the Department of Foreign Affairs to open six Temporary Off-Site Passport Services (DFA-TOPS) in NCR last month is “a great […]
The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) delays in reimbursing private hospitals for treating members of the state health insurer will make it harder for hospitals to retain critical manpower, Senator Joel Villanueva said. “You can have hospital beds but without medical staff, those beds are reduced to pieces of furniture.” “This is also a jobs […]