A Filipino seafarer taking his oath. (File photo) The Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) sought the help of lawmakers to create more legislations that would help fast-track the development of the country’s maritime industry. Luisito Delos Santos, director for Planning and Policy Service of...
Filipino seafarers (File photo) The passage of the Magna Carta of Filipino Seafarers is a victory for all sea-based Filipino workers onboard the world’s fleets. This was the common sentiment expressed by three seafarers’ groups on Monday, Sept. 29, as they welcomed the signing by President...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez during the Bagong Pilipinas Serbisyo Fair (BPSF) Agency Summit on Monday, Aug. 19 (Speaker’s Office) Calling it a "historic piece of legislation", House Speaker Martin Romualdez hailed President Marcos for...
Senator Raffy Tulfo hailed the signing into law of the Magna Carta of Filipino Seafarers which institutionalizes the rights that will protect Filipino seafarers. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. signs into law the Magna Carta of Filipino Seafarers during a ceremony at the Malacañan Palace...
President Marcos has signed into law the Magna Carta of Filipino Seafarers which, he said, upholds the fundamental rights of overseas seafarers to fair wages, safe working conditions, and skills and competency development. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. signs into law the Magna Carta of...
Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero on Sunday, September 22 expressed confidence more Filipino seafarers would benefit once the President signs into law the Magna Carta of Filipino Seafarers. Senate Bill No. 2221 and House Bill No. 7325 or the Magna Carta of Filipino...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian pushed anew for the passage of the "Revised Magna Carta for Public School Teachers", as spelled out in Senate Bill (SB) No. 2493, as a way to uphold the welfare of public school teachers. He made the call amid the celebration of National Teachers’ Month, which was...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) The House of Representatives is bent on passing a Magna Carta for Barangays, Speaker Martin Romualdez has told barangay officials who will be the primary beneficiaries of such law. This is on top of the...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) At 68 years old, Celia Esguerra still has to look after her three grandchildren. The eldest has just stepped foot in college, the middle is in Grade 8, and the youngest is in preschool....
Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo (center) (Rep. Salo's office) A pro-overseas Filipino workers (OFW) solon believes that the ratification by the House and the Senate of the Third Bicameral Conference Committee Report on the Magna Carta of...
Senator Loren Legarda is now pushing for a bill seeking to standardized working conditions for waste workers, citing their critical role in public health and environmental sustainability. In filing Senate Bill No. 22636 or the proposed Magna Carta of Waste Workers Act, Legarda said it is...
Waste workers urged lawmakers on June 11, 2024, at UP Diliman, to pass a bill institutionalizing the sector’s right to just labor conditions. The Magna Carta of Waste Workers, Senate Bill No. 2636, was drafted by the Philippine National Waste Workers Alliance (PNWWA), a coalition of 12 waste...
