Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte (PPAB) Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte foresees better legal protection--among other benefits--for the estimated 700,000 Filipino mariners following the swift release of the implementing...
Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo (left), OFW Party-list Rep. Marissa "Del Mar" Magsino (Facebook) Two House members who are known advocates of overseas Filipino workers' (OFWs) rights have welcomed the signing of the Magna Carta of Filipino...
Senator Raffy Tulfo hailed the signing of the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of Republic Act 12021 or the “Magna Carta of Filipino Seafarers” on Wednesday, January 8. Tulfo, who chairs the Senate Committee on Migrant Workers and principal sponsor as well as one of the main authors of...
President Marcos ordered government agencies to ensure that every provision of the Magna Carta of Filipino Seafarers is implemented and not just mere words on paper. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Mark Balmores/ MANILA BULLETIN) "Let us ensure that every provision of this law and its...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) House Speaker Martin Romualdez has underscored the need for the immediate creation of the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of the newly-signed Agricultural Tariffication Act (ATA). "I...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte (Rep. Villafuerte's office) Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte has welcomed the release of the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of Republic Act (RA) No. 11996, or...
Employees in the private sector who will render work on the observance of Ninoy Aquino Day on Wednesday, Aug. 21, and National Heroes Day on Monday, Aug. 26, are entitled to an additional wage as all the dates were declared holidays, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said. In Labor...
The Land Transportation Office (LTO) will be using the cameras of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) in running after erring motorists in the National Capital Region (NCR). LTO chief Assistant Secretary Vigor D. Mendoza II said the agreement they have with the MMDA is that all the...
Malacañang has released a copy of a joint memorandum circular that sets the rules and regulations of Executive Order (EO) No. 32, or the “Streamlining the Permitting Process for the Construction of Telecommunications and Internet Infrastructure.” File photo President Marcos Jr. issued EO...
Manila 5th District Rep. Irwin Tieng (left), Zamboanga City 2nd district Rep. Mannix Dalipe (Facebook More high-ranking congressmen have welcomed the finalized implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of the Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF). House Committee on...
Monetary Board Member Rosalia De Leon said President Marcos wanted the Board of the Maharlika Investfund Corporation (MIC) to be "insulated from political influence and considerations" when looking for its officers. Monetary Board Member Rosalia De Leon (file) De Leon said this after Malacañang...
President Marcos now has the power to reject nominees to the Board of Directors of the Maharlika Investment Corporation (MIC) based on the revised implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of the Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF) Act. President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. (Malacañang file...
