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MANILA, Philippines – For now, the Philippines was given a reprieve as the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) passed the matter to the Court of Arbitration for Sport for it to decide on the country’s fate on whether or not it should be punished for alleged non-compliance to the world doping body’s code.
With the indulgence of the sponsor, I noted that Sen. Risa Hontiveros' explanation to her amendments states that these amendments are aligned with Labor Code provisions. I just want, Mr sponsor, if we can ask the resource persons, and the answer can be given to me later on, if there are similar penalties in the Labor Code so that we are assured that up to date tayo. Baka naglagay tayo ng penalty for minimum wage violation, which I support, the penalties if people don't comply, because precisely the reason we have a penalty is to really enforce compliance. But then, hindi tuloy, because this bill is specific to our minimum wage law, then other violations of basic employee rights may not have similar amendments. We cannot control that because this bill is specific to minimum wage, but we should at least know, because otherwise, it is just this concern that we are addressing.
MANILA -- Senator Francis "Tol" Tolentino lamented anew over the changed intentions of laws enacted in Congress in the Implementing Rules and Regulation (IRR) issued by administrative agencies tasked to craft it.
Senator Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa has urged proper coordination between the Philippine National Police Supervisory Office for Security and Investigation Agencies (SOSIA) and the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to look after the welfare of security guards.
MANILA, Philippines: Senator Maria Josefa Imelda «Imee» Marcos challenged members of the House of Representatives to be truthful and admit whether they aim for term extension and change the form of government.
Among the major programs of the Bongbong Marcos administration is the digitalization of government services. This is crucial to keeping pace with our rapidly modernizing neighbors who are making great strides in building emerging information technology into their bureaucracies and frontline services.
MANILA, Philippines — The Senate has started discussions on a proposed measure to impose value-added tax (VAT) on foreign streaming platforms like Netflix and HBO Gold operating in the country.
Ginoong Tagapangulo, sa mga kagalang-galang na miyembro ng lupon na ito, tumitindig po ako sa pulpitong ito sa bisa ng kolektibo at personal na pribilehiyo na iginawad sa inyong abang lingkod ng mamamayang Pilipino.