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MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Social Welfare and Development stands by its position that it is “more practical and efficient” to give the P600/month rice subsidy to beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) in cash rather than actual bags of rice.
MANILA, Philippines — President Marcos should veto a proposed measure legislating a P100 daily across-the-board increase for the private sector as there is no way that small businesses can comply with the legislated wage hike, Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP) chairman Sergio Ortiz-Luis Jr. said yesterday.
In reiterating my appeal to President Marcos Jr. to flesh out his policy declaration of non-cooperation with the International Criminal Cooperation into a legal document, a colleague commented that my call is “nakakalalaki na.” (The rather sexist phrase roughly translates as disrespecting his manhood or masculine pride.) The context here is that I have unwittingly challenged the word of honor of PBBM despite his public avowals.
MANILA, Philippines — Initiatives of administration lawmakers and other groups to amend provisions of the Constitution took center stage in the traditional Oblation Run at the University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman campus in Quezon City yesterday.
MANILA, Philippines — Congress should exercise greater transparency in its budget process, according to Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel III, who called the process “very rotten.”
SENATE President Juan Miguel «Migz» Zubiri appealed to members of the House of Representatives to pass the counterpart of the wage hike bill.
THE head of the Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP) on Friday rejected the Senate's proposal to impose a P100 across-the-board increase in the daily minimum wage in the private sector.