A dead resource person and another with no expertise on the subject matter were invited to the third hearing of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee investigating the education department’s deal for overpriced laptops, embarrassing panel chair, Sen. Francis Tolentino.
Employers who require their employees to work, attend face-to-face or virtual meetings, and/or answer emails even beyond the official working hours or during weekends, holidays and vacation leaves will get penalized if a Senate bill is passed into law.
A bill seeking to postpone the first regular elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) is one step closer for the Senate’s final approval.
With international travel limited by the COVID-19 pandemic, a senator blasted the Office of the Solicitor General’s request to increase its foreign travel budget for 2021.
As contributions drop as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic and benefit payouts continue to increase, state-run medical insurer Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) could reach the end of its actuarial life next year and totally collapse in 2022.