Tag: Senate
Employers’ group questions legislated wage hike
The Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP) is questioning the proposed P150 legislated daily pay increase as this will widen the wage gap between workers in the formal and informal...
Two bills filed seeking protection for freelancers
Two bills protecting them from abuses and exploitations have been filed in the Senate.
Senator Lito Lapid filed Senate Bill (SB) No. 1998 or an...
Senate employees to receive one-time P50k inflation allowance
Employees working at the Senate will be given a one-time P50,000 inflation allowance for 2023, eliciting applause and cheers.
Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri made...
Noli de Castro decides to withdraw from race for Senate
Former Vice President and broadcast journalist Noli de Castro is no longer running for a Senate seat in next year's elections.
In an official statement...
Whistlblower claims Facebook used by authoritarian regimes like China
Frances Haugen, a former Facebook employee turned whistleblower, testified before the US Senate on Tuesday, claiming that the social media platform is "definitely" being used...
Senate passes bill deferring SSS contribution hike
The Senate on Monday passed a bill granting President Rodrigo Duterte the power to defer the increases in contribution to the Social Security System...
Senate adopts resolution supporting non-proliferation of nuclear weapons
The Senate on Monday adopted a resolution expressing its concurrence to the ratification of a treaty on the prohibition of nuclear weapons (TPNW).
Introduced and...
House, Senate iron out differences on latest tax reform bill
A member of the House of Representatives on Sunday said the Senate and the House of Representatives finally ironed out the differences on the...
VFA abrogation must have profound, ‘weightier reasons’ — Sen. Recto
Sen. Ralph Recto.
MANILA – Senator Ralph Recto on Friday said the Department of Justice and the Senate...
Senate approves Salary Standardization Bill of 2019
Manila, Philippines – Certified as urgent, the Senate of the Philippines has approved the proposed Salary Standardization Law of 2019.
It was learned that it...
