Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte and former senator Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (File photo) MANILA - A party-list lawmaker on Monday said the latest Pulse Asia survey showing former senator Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. and Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte maintaining their respective lead in the presidential and vice presidential races shows that the tandem could create a "monumental achievement" in the May 9 elections. Anakalusugan Party-list Rep. Mike Defensor said the Marcos-Duterte tandem could receive more than half of the votes to be cast, even raising the possibility of gaining a "supermajority" win in the upcoming elections. Defensor made the statement in reaction to the latest Pulse Asia survey showing that Marcos maintained his wide lead in the presidential election race with a 56-percent vote preference. Results also showed that Duterte continued to enjoy a big lead with 55 percent as the most preferred vice presidential bet. "T
Barely a month after its adoption in the House of Representatives, the resolution calling on the Department of Education to give an automatic passing mark to students will have to be taken up again in the legislative chamber.
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(File photo) MANILA - The chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Labor and Employment on Thursday thumbed down the policy of making coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccination a mandatory condition for work being implemented by some businesses. 1PACMAN Party-list Rep. Enrico Pineda said the "no jab, no job" policy requiring a person to be vaccinated so that he or she may be able to make a living is "not right". "Although I am in favor of vaccination so that we can attain herd immunity, I don't believe that it should be forced upon our people. Restricting access to a livelihood on the basis of one's choice not to be vaccinated is violative of their basic right to choose, their right to free will. My body, my decision," Pineda said. He said he believes that neither the government nor an employer should be able to dictate what individuals must do to their bodies. "If a person chooses not to take the Covid-19 vaccine, due to any
(File photo) MANILA - A lawmaker called on the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to investigate employers imposing the "no vaccine, no salary" scheme as it unduly penalizes workers who have no access to Covid-19 vaccines. Rizal (2nd District) Rep. Fidel Nograles issued the request on Tuesday following reports that some companies allegedly refused to release the salaries of unvaccinated employees until they can show they have been inoculated. "Lalong magdurusa ang mga arawan ang sahod sa ganitong sistema (Daily-paid workers would further suffer with this kind of system). I urge the Department of Labor and Employment to investigate this matter thoroughly and immediately put a stop to such an insensitive and illegal scheme," Nograles said in a statement. Nograles said daily wage workers outside Metro Manila would bear the brunt of such a policy as the government starts distributing vaccines in regions. He said until supply is distributed more equitably, workers
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