RESOLUTION URGING THE BENIGNO AQUINO ADMINISTRATION TO IMMEDIATELY CONSIDER THE PHILIPPINES’ ENTRY AS A STATE PARTY TO THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION CONVENTION NO. 189, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS ‘DOMESTIC WORKERS CONVENTION, 2011’, BEARING IN MIND THE LEGAL AND SOCIAL BENEFITS THAT WOULD INSURE THE PROTECTION FOR OUR LOCAL AND OVERSEAS FILIPINO DOMESTIC WORKERS
Scope: National
Legislative status: Pending in the Committee (10/5/2011)
http://senate.gov.ph/lis/bill_res.aspx?congress=15&q=SRN-615
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SRN – 615 (as filed)
Mr. President,
Images of disaster filled our minds in the past week as typhoons Pedring and Quiel wrought havoc in various parts of the country and destroyed millions-worth of infrastructure including school buildings. In fact, for typhoon Pedring alone, 315 school buildings were damaged with estimated cost placed at P146.8-million.[1]
Thousands of children who went back to their schools after the typhoons were welcomed by damaged classrooms . But one strong image stands tall-the teacher. She has to go business […]
SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA DIRECTED THE NATIONAL DISASTER RISK REDUCTION MANAGEMENT COUNCIL (NDRRMC) TO GATHER ALL DAM OPERATORS AND VARIOUS AGENCIES THAT OVERSEE THEIR OPERATIONS TO IMMEDIATELY INSTITUTE A NATIONAL DAM SAFETY PROGRAM THAT WOULD ENSURE BETTER MANAGEMENT OF WATER DAMS ESPECIALLY IN TIMES OF CRISIS.
Legarda made the directive during both the hearings of the Committee on Climate Change, which she chairs, and the Congressional Oversight Committee on Disaster Risk Reduction where representatives from the NDRRMC, the National Power Corporation […]
SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA TODAY HAILED A HONG KONG COURT DECISION ON THE CASE OF A FILIPINA’S APPLICATION FOR PERMANENT RESIDENCY.
Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, said that the ruling which favored Evangeline Vallejos, a domestic helper in Hong Kong since 1986, serves as a positive sign that overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) might be provided with other benefits by the Hong Kong government.
“While we respect the appellate procedures of the judicial system in Hong Kong, we […]
SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA CALLED ON THE NATIONAL POWER CORPORATION (NAPOCOR) TO ENSURE THAT THE UPDATED PROTOCOLS ON DAM WATER RELEASES WOULD NO LONGER POSE RISKS TO THE LIVES AND LIVELIHOOD OF PEOPLE IN AFFECTED AREAS.
Legarda made the call as communities in the provinces of Bulacan, Pampanga, Nueva Ecija and Pangasinan remain submerged in floodwaters even as Napocor said it has already updated its protocol for dam water release.
“Napocor said it has updated its dam protocols, but the current […]
