How about an unemployment insurance program for the benefit for Filipinos who lost their jobs? That’s what UniTeam senatorial candidate Jinggoy Estrada plans to create via legislation if and when he wins in the upcoming May 9 polls. He specifically said that he would push for an unemployment insurance program to help thousands of Filipinos…
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MANILA, Philippines – Former senator and Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino senatorial candidate Jinggoy Estrada appealed to the Fiscal Incentives Review Board (FIRB) to extend the hybrid work set up of Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) companies. Estrada said an extension of at least six months would be sufficient for BPO firms and their employees to “adjust to new realities”…
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MANILA, Philippines — Former Senator Jinggoy Estrada on Monday called on the National Wages and Productivity Commission (NWPC) to hasten deliberations on various wage hike petitions filed by big labor groups in the country. In a statement, Estrada said millions of Filipino workers are suffering from the double whammy of the COVID-19 pandemic and soaring…
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MANILA, Philippines — Former senator and Team Unity senatorial bet Jinggoy Estrada on Monday declared his support to the wage hike petition of the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP). In a statement, Estrada said the wage increase is necessary since most Filipinos are suffering from the almost weekly hikes in oil prices that…
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Former senator Jinggoy Estrada on Friday said the country’s regional wage boards should expedite the study on possible wage increases amid the increases in the prices of fuel, food and other basic necessities. Estrada said that while he appreciates the instruction of Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III to study the wage hike, the target of…
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MANILA, Philippines — Former senator Jinggoy Estrada said yesterday the country’s regional wage boards should fast-track the study on possible wage increases amid skyrocketing prices of fuel, food and other basic necessities. In a statement, Estrada said that while he appreciates the instruction of Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III to study the wage hike, the…
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MANILA, Philippines — Team Unity senatorial candidate Jinggoy Estrada hailed the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) for its “Otso-Otso” or eight-point legislative wish list for the welfare of the country’s workers in both the public and the private sector, saying the proposals will be on top of his priority bills he succeeds in…
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MANILA, Philippines — To help micro- small- and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) that were severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, former senator Jinggoy Estrada wants to institutionalize a ‘paycheck protection program’ once elected to a fresh Senate term. Originally adopted in the United States and implemented by local government units like Makati City, Estrada said the…
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MANILA, Philippines — Former Sen. Jinggoy Estrada, a fierce advocate of OFW (overseas Filipino workers) welfare, urged government on Tuesday to swiftly dispatch medical teams to Hong Kong to take care of Filipino domestic workers suffering from COVID-19. Estrada, UniTeam candidate for senator, said the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and the Department of Labor…
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Kapag muling nahalal sa Senado, isusulong ni dating Senador Jinggoy Estrada ang paglikha ng dalawang pambansang ahensiya na tututok sa pagtutugma ng kasanayan o skills at pantay na pagkakataon sa trabaho para sa milyon-milyong Pilipinong nadiskaril ang hanapbuhay dahil sa COVID-19. Bilang dating chairman ng Senate labor committee, sinabi ni Estrada na ang paglikha ng National Employment Assistance Center (NEAC) at National Manpower Data and Placement Center (NMDPC) ay dapat bigyang…
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