Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo (Rep. Salo's office) The United Filipino Seafarers Labor Federation's (UFS) backing of House Bill (HB) No.7325 or the proposed Magna Carta of Filipino Seafarers gives the measure credibility. Thus, said Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo as he cited the UFS'...
The move of the Malaysian government to abolish its mandatory death penalty rule for certain offenses bodes well for Filipinos on death row in that country. Thus, said Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo on Tuesday, April 4, or a day after the Malaysia scrapped its mandatory capital punishment. “This...
The European Commission's decision to continue recognizing the certificates for seafarers issued by the Philippines speaks well about the competence and efficiency of Filipino seamen. Thus, said KABAYAN Party-list Rep. Ron Salo, chairman of the House Committee on Overseas Workers Affairs. “The...
Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo on Monday, March 20, urged Philippine embassies in Muslim-majority countries to intercede on behalf of convicted overseas Filipinos, especially those facing the death penalty, this holy month of Ramadan. In a statement, the lawmaker likewise called on the National...
Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo recently visited a country in the Middle East that apparently did not have a single distressed overseas Filipino worker (OFW) needing shelter at the Philippine government-run Bahay Kalinga there. That country is the Kingdom of Bahrain. “We are satisfied that in our...
Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo couldn't help but thank President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. following the passage of his pet measure, the proposed Magna Carta of Filipino Seafarers, on third and final reading in the House of Representatives. Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo (left) and...
Refusing to dismiss them as mere "statistics", Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo called on the Philippine government to immediately address the cases of the reported 83 Filipinos placed on death row abroad. Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo calls for swift government action on the cases of the...
If it's too good to be true, then it probably is. Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo (center) Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo gave this reminder to Filipinos here and abroad amid reports that foreign criminal syndicates have been exploiting some of them in so-called cryptocurrency scams. "We must...
Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo has expressed elation over the inclusion of his pet measure--the proposed Salt Industry Development Bill--on President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s list of priority legislation for this year. Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo (left) and President Ferdinand...
Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo has expressed his sincerest condolences to the families of the two Filipinos who were confirmed to have died due to the earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria last Feb. 6. (Jarl Schmidt/ Unsplash) "I am deeply saddened by the loss of our fellow Filipinos in Turkey. I...
The proposed Magna Carta for Filipino Seafarers has been approved by the Committee on Overseas Workers Affairs in the House of Representatives. Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo, committee chairman, oversaw on Thursday, Feb. 9 the deliberations and subsequent...
The chairman of the House Committee on Overseas Workers Affairs favored the temporary suspension of deployment of first-time and newly-hired domestic workers to Kuwait, which the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) announced Wednesday, Feb. 8. Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo (left) and OFW...
