Aquino named one of Time’s 100 Most Influential People of the World
By Norman Bordadora
President Aquino has been named one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people of the world.
President Aquino has been named one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people of the world.
Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), who for so long had propped up the Philippine economy with their hard-earned foreign exchange, may just miss out on the economic gains the country is now reaping as they find it necessary to continue toiling abroad, reelectionist Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano said Tuesday.
Re-electionist Senator Alan Peter Cayetano cited the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration’s quick processing of documents of migrant workers but said the fees it collected from the country’s so-called modern-day heroes should be reduced if not done away with altogether.
Senator Manuel Villar was smoothly dismissive while San Juan Rep. and senatorial candidate JV Ejercito cried “demolition job”.
Sen. Loren Legarda, the chair of the Senate committee on foreign relations, has called for active preparation by the government to evacuate 40,000 Filipinos in South Korea, saying the declaration of a “state of war” by North Korea directly puts them in harm’s way.
Senators on Tuesday called on the Aquino administration to protest the mistreatment of Filipinos in Malaysia and demand the provision of humanitarian aid for the victims.
Senators on Saturday called on the executive branch to ensure the safety of the more than 800,000 Filipinos residing in Sabah after Malaysian authorities decided to attack the armed Filipinos claiming the territory in the name of the sultanate of Sulu based in southern Philippines.
Reelectionist Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV on Wednesday called on the Aquino administration to make known its policy on the country’s claim to Sabah and on the standoff between Malaysian security forces and a group of armed followers of the sultan of Sulu in the eastern Malaysian territory.
Senator Aquilino Pimentel III expects 10 million overseas absentee voters to cast ballots in the 2016 presidential election following the Senate’s ratification last week of amendments to the Overseas Absentee Voting Act.
The Senate has found the US Navy contractor Glenn Defense Marine Asia liable for violating Philippines laws when it dumped hundreds of thousands of liters of wastewater off Subic, Zambales.
Hundreds of lawmakers from 67 countries on Saturday signed in Manila a binding declaration to enact laws against graft, particularly for the recovery of ill-gotten wealth, and to enable the international community to prosecute the corrupt.
Sen. Francis Escudero, chair of the Senate committee on environment and natural resources, said he was considering holding a Senate inquiry into the USS Guardian’s running aground and damaging the Tubbataha Reef.
