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Senator Jinggoy Estrada(File photo) MANILA-Senator Jinggoy Estrada wants Private Employment Agencies (PEA) responsible to any activities of their referred "kasambahays" or household helpers as he moved for the amendment of Republic Act No 10381, or the "Domestic Workers Act", which he authored 10 years ago. In his Senate Bill No. 456 or " An Act establishing greater responsibility and accountability on private employment agencies (PEA)," Estrada said this will provide safeguard measures to employers and their families from domestic workers with "criminal mind." "While we have seen its benefits for the kasambahays, there is a need to provide equal protection to their employers given the fact that the nature and place of their work are so intimate to the latter (employers)," he said in his statement. Under his proposed measure, the PEAs must ensure that the domestic helper recruited and referred to employers have no criminal record and sh
EXTRA TIME. Families would be able to spend more time together once the bill to amend the celebration of national holidays is amended. In anews releaseon Tuesday (Jan. 17, 2023), Senator Raffy Tulfo said he filed a bill that would move a holiday falling on a weekend to the following Monday.(PNA photo by Rico H. Borja) MANILA - A Senate bill proposes to expand the application of "holiday economics" to boost domestic tourism and make additional rest days more useful. Senate Bill 1651 filed by Senator Raffy Tulfo will amend Republic Act (RA) 9492, or the Act Rationalizing the Celebration of National Holidays, so that a holiday falling on a weekend will be declared non-working the following Monday. Under RA 9492, signed in 2007, in case the holiday falls on a Wednesday, the holiday will be observed on the Monday of that week. For holidays on Sundays, they will be observed on the Monday that follows. The bill proposes that the President shall issue a proclamation on the first Mond
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POST-TYPHOON. Department of Public Works and Highways personnel rid the surrounding areas of Marikina River of mud and trash on Monday (Sept. 26, 2022). The river reached the third alarm (at least 18 meters) near midnight on Sept. 25 due to Super Typhoon Karding, necessitating evacuation. (PNA photos by Joey O. Razon) MANILA - At least two measures in the Senate will ensure safety in typhoon-stricken areas, especially of children and the vulnerable population. Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has filed Senate Bill No. 940, or the Evacuation Center Act, which seeks to establish an evacuation center in every city and municipality for residents displaced by disasters, calamities and other emergency such as fires, and outbreak of diseases. Senator Christopher Go previously filed a similar bill (Mandatory Evacuation Center Act), which will taskthe Department of Public Works and Highways and local government units to build such shelters. Gatchalian's other measure, Senate Bill No 155 or the 21