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Sen. Joel Villanueva
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Villanueva, chairman of the Senate labor committee, suggested to National Task Force Chief Implementer Carlito Galvez Jr. to also consider other frontline service workers such as those in the logistics sector, public transportation, and other sectors in the services industry in its inoculation program.
Aside from frontliners, a portion of the country’s labor force, such as workers in the food and retail sectors, construction and private security, should also be vaccinated against the novel coronavirus.
“Maliban po sa ating mga frontline service personnel tulad ng mga healthcare workers, pulis, at militar, nais makita ng ating mga manggagawa, lalo na po ang mga minimum wage earners, kung paano sila mabibigyan ng access sa bakuna. (Besides our frontline service personnel like healthcare workers, policemen, and military, our workers, especially minimum wage earners, would like to see how they wil
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte
Presidential spokesman Harry Roque made the statement after the Duterte Cabinet met on Monday.
“President Duterte, together with the members of his Cabinet, approved the P3.52-B additional budget for 2021 to register 20 million more individuals (on top of the 50-million target) to the [PhilSys] by the end of 2021,” he said Wednesday.
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) is mandated to lead the PhilSys, with support from the PhilSys Policy and Coordination Board chaired by the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) and composed of various government agencies.
President Duterte signed Republic Act No. 11055, or the PhilSys Act, into law in 2018 to provide a valid proof of identity for all Filipinos and resident aliens.
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Press Release
Manifestation Speech of Sen. Joel Villanueva
Mr. President, please allow me to spread into the records that I join the Sponsor our hardworking finance chair Senator Angara and the rest of our colleagues in approving the two Committee Report which extends the availability of the appropriations under the 2020 General Appropriations Act (GAA) and the Bayanihan to Recover As One Act (RA 11494).
As we still remain in a pandemic-induced economic recession, thousands of businesses have either limited or completely ceased their operations, affecting our local and overseas workers. Based on the October 2020 Labor Force Survey of the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), 3.8 million Filipinos actively looking for jobs are unable to find jobs amidst this pandemic. This, Mr. President, does not include the thousands discouraged workers who stopped looking for jobs due to lack of opportunities, and the displaced OFWs, who are both technically considered as workers outside the