A ranking lady solon in the House of Representatives has vowed to take up the cudgels for cancer vicitms in the Philippines amid efforts to restore the P500-million line item appropriation for cancer patients in the proposed P5.268-trillion national budget for 2023.
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Party-list lawmakers on Wednesday, Sept. 7, welcomed the recommendation of the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases to lift the mandatory wearing of face masks in outdoor spaces with good ventilation.
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(File photo) MANILA - A lawmaker on Thursday pushed for the passage of a measure seeking to grant automatic civil service eligibility to long-time casual state workers to reduce labor contractualization in the government. In filing House of Representatives Bill 1387, Bagong Henerasyon Party-list Rep. Bernadette Herrera said the government should set an example as a good employer by aiming toward ending labor contractualization, also known as end-of-contract or endo, in the bureaucracy. "It can start by granting civil service eligibility to qualified casual or contractual workers who cannot seek regular employment because they are not civil service eligible," Herrera said. The bill covers government employees holding casual or contractual positions in the first and second levels and who have rendered at least five consecutive years of government service. The bill, however, stipulates that these employees shall not be entitled to any promotion unless they obtain the "appro
Business groups backed a new legislation that aims to strip the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) of its problematic mandate as a revenue generator so it could focus on its role as the government regulatory body in charge in the development and operations of public ports.
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