Senator Loren Legarda (File photo) MANILA - The improvement of the country's education and livelihood systems was among the first 10 legislative measures filed by Senator Loren Legarda in the 19th Congress. Having served as a senator for 18 years, she was the first to file among the 24 incumbent and newly-elected senators in accordance with the principle of seniority in the Senate. "We just filed the first batch of our priority bills today, which are mostly zeroed in on the edification of the country's education and livelihood system. We prioritized these measures as we believe they are very timely and that we must act on them immediately to address the pressing needs of our society," Legarda said in a news release on Monday. The proposed measures that she filed are the following: Senate Bill No. 1: One Tablet, One Student Act seeks to provide each public elementary, secondary, and State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) student with a tablet computer to enable them t
Senator Loren Legarda (File photo) MANILA - The improvement of the country's education and livelihood systems was among the first 10 legislative measures filed by Senator Loren Legarda in the 19th Congress. Having served as a senator for 18 years, she was the first to file among the 24 incumbent and newly-elected senators in accordance with the principle of seniority in the Senate. "We just filed the first batch of our priority bills today, which are mostly zeroed in on the edification of the country's education and livelihood system. We prioritized these measures as we believe they are very timely and that we must act on them immediately to address the pressing needs of our society," Legarda said in a news release on Monday. The proposed measures that she filed are the following: Senate Bill No. 1: One Tablet, One Student Act seeks to provide each public elementary, secondary, and State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) student with a tablet computer to enable them t
Acas produced a report on the fire and re-hire practices used by some employers to make detrimental changes to employees’ terms and conditions of employment. Particular relief by the Covid pandemic and adverse impact on employers’ abilities to maintain contract terms.