“We must begin to evaluate the budget in a new light, taking into consideration our changing social landscape. According to statistics from an SWS survey last May, the percentage of unemployed women is 36.4% or 6.5 million, which is significantly higher than the percentage of unemployed men at 18.9% or 4.4 million. Taking into account the abilities unique among genders, the Department of Labor and Employment and the Philippine Commission on Women should begin addressing this situation especially now that we are planning next year’s budget,”
RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING BRILLANTE MENDOZA FOR WINNING THE LA NAVICELLA VENEZIA CINEMA AWARD AND THE P. NAZARENO TADEI AWARD SPECIAL MENTION DURING THE 69TH VENICE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Scope: National
Legislative status: Pending in the Committee (9/12/2012)
http://senate.gov.ph/lis/bill_res.aspx?congress=15&q=SRN-871
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SRN-871 (as filed)
“I filed Senate Bill 3276, or the World Interfaith Harmony Week Act, because I believe it will help ease any conflict or tension caused by differing religious beliefs in the country,”
AN ACT DECLARING THE FIRST WEEK OF FEBRUARY OF EVERY YEAR AS WORLD INTERFAITH HARMONY WEEK IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY AND MANDATING ITS OBSERVANCE BY THE DIFFERENT GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
Scope: National
Legislative status: Pending in the Committee (9/10/2012)
http://senate.gov.ph/lis/bill_res.aspx?congress=15&q=SBN-3276
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SBN-3276 (as filed)
“We hosted the APEC Leaders’ meeting in 1996. It was a time when many did not understand what trade and investment liberalization and facilitation meant. Sixteen years, hence, can we say our people now understand how APEC was able to improve their lives?”
