Bicameral Conference Committee Report on the disagreeing provisions of Senate Bill No. 1480 and House Bill No. 7939 – Rationalizing the Disability Pension of Veterans SENATOR JINGGOY EJERCITO ESTRADA Principal Author and Sponsor of SBN-1480 May 31, 2023 | Senate of the Philippines PRESS RELEASE: Senate ratifies bicam report on bill increasing veterans’ disability pension…
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JINGGOY SPONSORS BICAM REPORT AMENDING FIXED TERM OF AFP OFFICERS: Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada, chairperson of the Committee on National Defense and Security, seeks the support of his colleagues for the ratification of the bicameral conference committee report on the disagreeing provisions of Senate Bill No. (SBN) 1849 and House Bill No (HBN) 6517 which…
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PRESS RELEASE (MAR 22): Senate ratifies bill fixing AFP officers’ tour of duty
(INQUIRER) MANILA, Philippines — The bicameral conference committee approved on Tuesday a bill that seeks to amend the law on the fixed term of Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) officers. The panel convened to reconcile the conflicting provisions of Senate Bill No. 1849 and House Bill No. 6517. “Following more than four-hour deliberations, the…
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Senate approved last Tuesday the bicameral conference committee report which creates tripartite industrial peace councils at the national, regional and industry levels. Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada states that the proposed law upholds the workers’ and the employers’ right to be heard and be represented in the policy-making process of the government. “While…
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The bicameral conference committee report which seeks to institutionalize conciliation-mediation as mode for voluntary labor dispute settlement was adopted by the Senate last Monday. Conciliation-mediation is described as “a non-litigious, non-adversarial, less expensive and expeditious mechanism in assisting contending parties towards reaching their own mutually-acceptable settlement to the labor dispute.” Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy…
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