The Senate has begun hearings to increase the Philippine minimum wage. I have been listening to the debate on this issue and the arguments against an increase have remained the same for the past several decades.
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A senior administration lawmaker yesterday expressed support for the Senate’s plan to use the constituent assembly (con-ass) mode instead of the House of Representatives-approved constitutional convention in revising the 1987 Constitution.
The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) can help advance the country’s agricultural sector and will enable the Philippine economy adapt to the fast-changing global trade, according to Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda. The Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya), however, denounced the ratification of RCEP, saying the…