Senator Jinggoy Estrada has filed a bill seeking to amend the law governing the rights and liabilities of household workers and their employers to put more accountability on private employment agencies (PEAs). In filing Senate Bill No. 456, Estrada said it is imperative that PEAs ensure that the...
A ranking congressman is prodding local government units (LGUs) to set up Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) registration areas in places with there is limited Internet access. (Vojtech Bruzek/ Unsplash) Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte made the call in the interest of improving the...
The administration of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. should “decisively address” this year the low salaries, scant and delayed benefits, and attacks on unions that “burden” the country’s teaching force and “affect the delivery” of quality education to the Filipino...
Although it has a shoreline of 36,000 kilometers, the Philippines imports 93 percent or 550,000 metric tons of salt for its requirement. “We should look at the salt industry as an added income source to fishermen during the dry season and the possibility of exporting Philippine sea salt,”...
The Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) registration process has improved and become more efficient, Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) Undersecretary Anna Mae Y. Lamentillo announced Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023, during a webinar for local government units. "During the first...
Calling age a "constant barrier" for otherwise very capable senior citizens, Davao City 1st district Rep. Paolo Duterte is prodding the private sector to broaden job opportunities for elderly Filipinos. Eduardo Barrios/ Unsplash For this purpose, Duterte penned and filed House Bill (HB) No.2384, or...
Family transport with car for the environment Suzuki Philippines Inc. (SPH) wants families to drive into a better world with the launch of its highly-anticipated seven-seater hybrid MPV, the new Suzuki Ertiga Hybrid. Car enthusiasts will be captivated by the Smart Hybrid Vehicle by Suzuki (SHVS)...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Tuesday, January 17 reiterated his push for the passage of a bill that seeks to promote digital transformation in government in order to help eliminate agricultural smuggling. Go is referring to Senate Bill No. 194 or the proposed E-Governance Act of 2022, which...
Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva wants scholarships for aspiring lawyers. Villanueva, thus, filed Senate Bill No. 1639 which seeks to amend Republic Act No. 7662, or the Legal Education Reform Act of 1993 by including provisions for the establishment of a Legal Scholarship and Return Service...
Trade and Industry Secretary Alfredo E. Pascual said prices and supply of basic manufactured goods in supermarkets have remained stable as he kickstarted the agency’s price monitoring and inspection efforts with more vigor this 2023. Pascual went on his first “Ikot Palengke” for the year on...
Despite the 2023 salary adjustment, a group of education workers on Thursday, Jan. 12, called the government’s measure a “failure” with over 70 percent of its workers still being “paid below living wage.” Members of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) stage a picket protest in front...
Birth pains. A period of adjustment. This was how Senator Imee Marcos described the current "confusion" at the military establishment on the return of General Andres Centino as the country’s Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff under a three-year hold over position based a law...
