Legarda optimistic Senate will ratify ILO treaty to protect gov’t workers

August 10, 2017

Sen. Loren Legarda, chair of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, expressed confidence on Wednesday that the Senate would pass the report on third reading and accede to ratify ILO Convention 151 next week.

In a statement, Legarda said that, if the Philippine should be ratify the convention, it would be the first Asian country to do so. Such move would also boost the country’s domestic and international status as a leader in promoting and protecting labor and civil rights, she added.

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Legarda Seeks Stronger Gov’t Support for Indigenous Peoples

August 9, 2017

In observance of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples (IP) and the Philippine National IP Day today, August 9, Senator Loren Legarda said that members of indigenous communities can take part in the country’s development if given more opportunities and stronger support by the government.

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Senate Approves ILO Convention 151 on Second Reading

August 8, 2017

The Senate, on Monday (August 7), has approved on Second Reading the Committee Report seeking its concurrence in the ratification of theConvention Concerning the Protection of the Right to Organise and Procedures for Determining Conditions of Employment in the Public Service (ILO Convention 151).

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Legarda Hails Enactment of Free SUCs Tuition Law

August 4, 2017

Senator Loren Legarda today hailed the signing into law of the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act, which institutionalizes the provision of full tuition fee subsidy for students enrolled in all of the country’s state universities and colleges (SUCs), local universities and colleges (LUCs) and in state-run technical-vocational institutions.

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