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Senate Approves PHP100 Daily Minimum Wage Increase for 4.2 Million Workers

The Senate has passed Senate Bill No. 2534, advocating a PHP100 daily minimum wage increase for around 4.2 million daily minimum wage earners nationwide. The bill, co-authored by Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri, Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva, and Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada, received 20 affirmative votes in its third and final reading. Estrada emphasized the Senate’s responsiveness to citizens’ needs amid rising living costs. Although some senators were absent during the vote, the bill […]

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Promosyon ng 9 mambabatas bilang Colonel sa AFP Reserve, kinatigan ng CA

  By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service (Eagle News) — Lumusot na sa makapangyarihang Commission on Appointments ang promosyon ng siyam na reserve senior military officers ng Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) na kinabibilangan ng mga senador at mga kongresista. Mula sa ranggong Lt. Colonel, napromote bilang mga full-fledged Colonel sina senador Loren Legarda, senador Manny Pacquiao, House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez, House Majority Leader Rodolfo Farinas, Deputy Speaker Gwendolyn Garcia, Cavite Rep. Roy Loyola […]

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Ilang ahensya ng gobyerno, nasermunan kaugnay ng pondo para sa mga apektado ng El Niño

(Eagle News) — Nasermunan sa pagdinig ng senado ang ilang mga opisyal ng gobyerno matapos matuklasang hindi ginamit ng naturang mga ahensya ang pondo para sa mga programang tutulong sa mga apektado ng El Niño. Sa consultation meeting ng Senate Committee on Finance, inamin ng Department of Agriculture (DA) na sa halos isang taon nang pananalasa ng El Niño, P30 million pa lang ang nailalabas para tulungan ang mga apektadong magsasaka. “Bakit kailangan matamaan ng […]

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Legarda asks the public to conserve water

MANILA, Philippines, August 20 (Eagle News) — Senator Loren Legarda, Senate Committee on Climate Change chairman, encouraged the public to conserve water in the face of the severe drought brought about by the El Niño phenomenon, which may last till the early part of 2016. Legarda added that the government can also try other measures like cloud-seeding if needed. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/8q_dBaoPR3c

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