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Mr. President, we would like to place on record our full support for the Third Reading approval of Senate Bill No. 2505 or the Eddie Garcia Law, a measure that resonates deeply with our advocacy to improve the welfare of Filipino workers. We would like to thank and congratulate our dear colleague, Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada, for spearheading and taking the cudgels of passing this very important measure.
Mr. President, I would like to thank our sponsor for ably defending this measure. It's been 35 years since the last legislated national wage hike was implemented in the Philippines. In 1989, the Wage Rationalization Act ordered a ₱25 hike from the national minimum wage of ₱64.
Senator Chiz Escudero thanked President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. for the expeditious signing of four laws meant to boost the education sector, including the establishment of another medical school in Northern Luzon.
MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. announced a focused approach to constitutional changes, concentrating solely on economic provisions to boost the Philippine economy.
MANILA, Philippines — Former Miss Universe Organization (MUO) President Paula Shugart is planning to sue the pageant's Thai owner Anne Jakrajutatip after Anne allegedly made false accusations against Shugart.
BRUSSELS, Belgium — Alexei Navalny's widow will meet European foreign ministers in Brussels on Monday, EU officials announced, as Russian courts jailed dozens of people detained at events commemorating the Kremlin critic.
MANILA, Philippines — Citing data from the agriculture department, Presidential Communications Assistant Secretary Joey Villarama yesterday said the amount of damage caused by El Niño in Western Visayas and Zamboanga peninsula has reached P151.3 million.
MANILA, Philippines — The proposal of former president Rodrigo Duterte of having an independent Mindanao is “insane,” according to retired Cotabato Archbishop Orlando Quevedo.