The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) Party-list rebuked Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Francisco "Tol" Tolentino on Tuesday, June 30 for describing as "historic" the P85 minimum wage increase for Metro Manila workers. According to TUCP, calling the increase as...
Gabriela Party-list Rep. Sarah Elago took up the cudgels for social media personality LANS on the issue of consent and artificial intelligence (AI)-generated images of a person 's likeness. "The use of AI to generate and circulate images of women without their consent is a disturbing reminder...
Law enforcers and and private school administrators must immediately disseminate school safety hotlines and share reporting guidelines to facilitate the timely reporting and investigation of potential threats to schools. Thus, said Pinoy Workers Party-list Rep. Karl Legazpi, amid the perceived...
Seen as a vital partner measure of the proposed Anti-Political Dynasty Law, a bill seeking to overhaul the electoral party-list system has been filed by House Speaker Faustino “Bojie” Dy III. House Bill (HB) No. 9906, or the proposed New Party-List System Act, intends to implement sweeping...
Former House Speaker and Leyte 1st district Rep. Martin Romualdez has moved to render assistance to the families affected by the tragic school shooting in his home city of Tacloban in Leyte province. "I have directed my office to coordinate with local authorities and relevant government agencies to...
A serious El Niño threat needs an innovative response from the government. That 's why House Minority Leader and 4Ps Party-list Rep. Marcelino “Nonoy” Libanan is urging local government units (LGUs) and community organizations to tap the P1-billion People’s Survival Fund (PSF). Libanan...
Who says fathers don 't deserve lengthy paid leaves like mothers? Akbayan Party-list Rep. Chel Diokno takes up the cudgels for dads by filing House Bill (HB) No. 9891, or the aptly named Paternity and Parental Leave Act (PAPA Leave Act). The measure--if and when enacted--expands leave benefits...
Solid North Party-list Rep. Ching Bernos hailed the government’s launch of a scholarship program for aspiring teachers, which she said would help attract the best minds to the teaching profession. The Department of Education (DepEd)-Teacher Education Council and Commission on Higher Education’s...
A ranking congressman is pushing for a House inquiry into the government’s actions against schistosomiasis or “snail fever"--a long-neglected disease that continues to ravage poor farmers, fisherfolk, and their family members in provinces across the Visayas and Mindanao. “Schistosomiasis is...
Tingog Party-list Representative Jude Acidre pushed for stronger reintegration laws for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) so that they can come home to the Philippines with real opportunities. Acidre said it is imperative that the govvernment honor OFWs, not only as modern-day heroes, but as...
House Committee on Overseas Workers Affairs Chairperson and AGIMAT Party-list Rep. Bryan Revilla couldn 't help but recall on Sunday, June 7 some words of wisdom from his grandfather, the late senator Ramon Revilla Sr. as he addressed overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). Speaking at the opening...
The confluence of negative economic developments that have sticken the Philippines is giving Bagong Henerasyon (BH) Party-list Rep. Robert Nazal feelings of doom and gloom. As such, Nazal prodded the government to undertake "urgent action", and told it that it "cannot afford to be complacent and...
