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President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Wednesday signed the Trabaho Para Bayan (TPB) Act that will pave the way for the creation of a national master plan to address unemployment, underemployment and youth unemployment. Under the new legislation, an inter-agency council (IAC) from national government agencies as well as representatives from employers and labor organizations,

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PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has ordered the Department of Agriculture (DA) to prioritize farm-to-market road (FMR) projects.

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PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Wednesday signed into law the Trabaho Para sa Bayan Act, which will serve as the countrys long-term employment generation and recovery masterplan.

The law creates an inter-agency council that will craft a national master plan for employment generation and recovery

The rice riots in Japan, also known as Kome Sodo, were started by a group of women who were protesting the surging rice prices. Landlords and rice merchants, anticipating the dispatch of troops to Siberia, began rice speculation, causing prices to skyrocket. The women began with peaceful petitioning, but when workers who were angry about

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. wants to increase the production of high-value crops by expanding the Philippines’s farm-to-market road (FMR) network. During a sectoral meeting in Malacañang last Tuesday, the chief executive ordered the Department Agriculture (DA) to coordinate with concerned government agencies and local government units (LGU) to come up with a list of

(UPDATE) PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Wednesday signed the Trabaho Para sa Bayan Act, which will serve as the countrys long-term employment generation and recovery master plan.

The Samahang Industriya ng Agrikultura (Sinag) said they applaud President Marcos rejection of the proposed measure, adding that it is the first time a sitting President has rejected the proposal to reduce tariffs.