(BUSINESS WORLD) A PHILIPPINE senator has filed a resolution seeking to investigate increased presence of Chinese dredging vessels near Zambales province, saying these threaten the local marine ecosystem. Senate Resolution 966, which Senator Jose “Jinggoy” P. Estrada filed on Wednesday, calls for a comprehensive probe of the dredging of at least 14 Chinese vessels that…
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(BUSINESS WORLD) SENATE bills seeking to boost protection for media workers must include provisions that would ensure their security of tenure and address the plight of contract-based workers in the industry, the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) said on Tuesday. Addressing the Senate committee on labor, employment and human resources development hearing, TUCP…
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(BWORLDONLINE) THE SENATE has approved on third and final reading a bill seeking to provide caregivers with comprehensive benefits and protection against abuse and harassment. In a unanimous vote, 21 senators approved on Tuesday Senate Bill No. 2019, the proposed Caregiver’s Welfare Act, which will require working hours for caregivers to be based on employment…
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(BUSINESS WORLD) SENATOR Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada filed a resolution to commend and congratulate the men’s national basketball team for regaining the gold medal in the recent 32nd Southeast Asian Games in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The Philippines became champion again after losing the gold medal to Indonesia last year in Hanoi. Before that loss in Vietnam,…
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(BUSINESS WORLD) A SENATOR on Wednesday said fake news creation should be criminalized after a poll by Pulse Asia Research, Inc. showed Filipinos consider it to be a problem. “Misinformation and disinformation should be taken seriously,” Senator Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada said in a statement. “Those behind it should be held accountable for their actions. It…
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A BILL doubling the monthly subsidy given to government employees, military and uniformed personnel to P4,000 has been filed at the Senate. “With the worsening inflation rate or the increasing costs of some common services and products purchased by consumers, the amount of personnel economic relief allowance received by government workers is no longer significant,”…
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A SENATOR has refiled a bill that seeks to raise the military’s disability pension to as high as P10,000 from P1,700 a month. “Since expenses currently being incurred are so high, their meager pension that was increased almost three decades ago is no longer meaningful,” Senator Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada, who heads the Senate committee on…
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