A teacher-solon is up in arms over President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos's veto on the proposed measure granting tax exemption on the honoraria, allowances, and other financial benefits given to election workers. ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro (congress.gov.ph) "The veto of this measure...
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Saturday, July 30, vetoed a bill that would have granted tax exemption to the honoraria, allowances, and other financial benefits of poll workers, and another that would have established a transportation safety board. President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr....
A zero interest rate on salary loans for government employees makes sense for Misamis Occidental 2nd district Rep. Ando Oaminal. (Mari Gimenez/ Unsplash) For this purpose, the Mindanao lawmaker filed House Bill (HB) 2199, which, if enacted, would institutionalize such provision for workers of the...
Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero has filed a bill that seeks to double the amount being received by some 1.8 million government employees as Personnel Economic Relief Allowance (PERA) to help them cope with the higher prices brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic and oil price hikes. In filing...
A lawmaker representing barangay health workers on Thursday, July 21, gave suggestions on how the Philippines can safely resume in-person classes starting Nov. 2 as ordered by the Department of Education (DepEd). (ALI VICOY / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) BHW Party-list Rep. Angelica Natasha Co...
Media practitioners deserve security of tenure, hazard and overtime pay, mandatory additional insurance coverage, plus other job-related benefits as far as Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte and three fellow solons from the province are concerned. Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay...
Senator Ramon "Bong" Revilla Jr. on Sunday said that he supports the Department of Budget and Management’s (DBM) government rightsizing proposal, but not at the expense of government employees and contractual workers who may face unemployment, retrenchment, and displacement. If the proposed...
More than 200 Filipino nurses and care workers have been deployed to Japan this week. Filipino nurses and care workers deployed to Japan on July 13 to 15, 2022. (Photo courtesy of the Embassy of Japan in the Philippines) According to the Japanese Embassy in the Philippines, a total of 213 care...
The Department of Health (DOH) said it will look into the different concerns about the distribution of benefits for the country's healthcare workers. “Part of our priorities, and as instructed by the President, that we look into these issues that have been hounding the benefits of the healthcare...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Thursday said the government should make sure that government workers who may be affected by the Department of Budget and Management’s (DBM) plan to rightsize the bureaucracy are fully compensated and given livelihood opportunities. Senator Christopher "Bong"...
Senator Loren Legarda has filed Magna Carta of Barangay Health Workers (BHWs) as her top priority bill. Loren Legarda The measure, Senate Bill 5, seeks to provide a comprehensive set of compensation, incentives, and other benefits in acknowledgment of the services these health workers render to the...
The Church People Workers Solidarity is appealing for school supplies to help some 300 children. CWS Every school year, CWS conducts programs and services that provide school supplies to children of workers, vendors, drivers of workers and community associations that the group partnered with. ...
