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DOLE Secretary Silvestre Bello III made this announcement Monday, July 19 during a virtual press briefing.
“A few hours ago I was talking with Undersecretary Anna Dione and Undersecretary Benjo Benavides because we are going to prepare a letter to the President, his excellency President Rodrigo Roa Duterte to certify the Endo bill [as urgent],” he said.
Bello said the Endo bill, also referred to as the Security of Tenure (SOT) bill, is currently pending at the Senate.
“Para gumalaw yan (In order to make it move), we are going to request the President to certify this Endo bill para once and for all ay matapos na itong issue ng Endo (so that once and for all, we can put an end to this issue of Endo),” he said.