Legarda: Expanded Anti-Trafficking Bill Approved in Bicam
November 13, 2012“This time, there is no reason for human trafficking to triumph against our collective crusade against this modern day slavery,”
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Legarda: ILO 189 will be More Effective with Passage of Kasambahay Bill
November 13, 2012SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA TODAY STRESSED ON THE IMPORTANCE OF THE IMMEDIATE PASSAGE OF THE KASAMBAHAY BILL IN PROTECTING FILIPINO DOMESTIC WORKERS, STRESSING THAT THE MEASURE WILL COMPLEMENT THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION (ILO) CONVENTION 189, THE CONVENTION CONCERNING DECENT WORK FOR DOMESTIC WORKERS.
Legarda, sponsor of ILO Convention 189, said that the treaty will be more effective with the passage of the Kasambahay Bill.
Legarda to Conduct Senate Hearing on Traditional Property Rights of Indigenous Peoples Bill
November 13, 2012“Our indigenous peoples have suffered historical injustices in the form of discrimination, deprivation of their ancestral domains and lands, among many other human rights violations. To put salt in their many wounds, there have been reported incidences wherein their indigenous knowledge, dances, and designs are being stolen by local and foreign entities,”
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November 12, 2012Philippine Senate;The focus on SMEs has been growing in recent years, and has even been cited in the Vladivostok Declaration of the Vladivostok APEC Summit 2012 as “a significant driver of development and innovation in the Asia-Pacific region that will improve the quality of economic integration and competitiveness of our economies.”
Read MoreAnti-trafficking Bicameral Conference
November 12, 2012Asian Institute of Management;Good afternoon and welcome to the bicameral conference on the disagreeing provisions of Senate Bill No. 2625 and House Bill 6339, on the Expanded Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2012.
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