MINDANAO DAILY TRUTH | JUSTICE | PROGRESS
Volume IX, No. 384
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IT is a package of benefits that has been long time coming for workers in the media industry. And with no foreseeable opposition from the Senate, House Bill No. 8140, or the Media Workers’ Welfare Benefit Act, is expected to see immediate passing in Congress. Principal author of the bill at the Lower, House ACT-CIS Partylist Representative Rowena Niña Taduran, shares her main intent in crafting the bill of putting an end to abuses and neglect of media workers and their employment condition.
“Wala nang makapang-aabuso sa mga manggagawa sa media kapag naging ganap nang batas ang Media Workers Welfare Bill,” said Congresswoman Taduran. Together with her colleagues in the House of Representative, principal media stakeholders, including officials of the interior and communications departments in the Executive, Taduran emphasized that there are still a lot of work to be done to ensure that media workers are fully protected from exploitation and constant threat of termination. “Tapos na ang panahong walang
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Media Workers Welfare Bill passed third reading at the Lower House
kasiguruhan ang isang taga-media sa kanyang trabaho. Hindi na rin puwedeng abusuhin ang kanyang kakayahan at karapatan. Hindi na rin siya puwedeng takutin na tatanggalin kahit anong oras,” Taduran added. Once passed, the proposed legislation will provide important employment protections like: – Security of tenure after six (6) months of continuous or cumulative of staggered work engagement (Section 10); – Minimum wage, as prescribed by the Regional Tripartite See BILL, page 11
Bachelor Express officials re-elected to top posts By GERRY LEE GORIT Correspondent
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The incumbent leaders of the family-owned Yanson Group of Bus Companies’ (YGBC) subsidiaries have asserted their grip on the conglomerate’s affiliate firms while their scheduled series of annual stockholders’ meetings is ongoing in Mindanao. Following the holding of the Mindanao Star Bus Transport Inc.‘s (MSBTI) yearly meeting on Saturday, another YGBC subsidiary, Bachelor Express Inc. (BEI), has conducted its own annual gathering of its top officials Sunday (Jan. 17). YGBC has three subsidiaries operating in MindCouncilor Joyleen Mercedes ‘Girlie’ Balaba, who chairs the City Council’s social services committee, calls on the anao, including MSBTI, BEI, city’s seniors to register since only the national government is authorized to procure and distribute the vaccines and Rural Transit Mindanao
Inc. (RTMI). RTMI is expected to hold its yearly stockholders’ meeting in February. BEI has re-elected Olivia Yanson, Leo Rey Yanson, Ginnette Dumancas, Charles Dumancas, Rey Ardo, Arvin John Villaruel, Anita Chua, Daniel Nicolas Golez, Hernan Omecillo, Danny Lorenton, and Alfredo Ligo Jr. as the company’s board of directors. The board then re-appointed the younger Yanson as chairman of the board and BEI president, while his mother Olivia has retained her position as the firm’s corporate secretary and treasurer. Absent during the BEI meeting were the other Yanson siblings Roy, Ricardo, See OFFICIALS, page 11
to them. (CIO)
CDO seniors urged to register for vaccine rollout CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY -- The city’s senior citizens were asked to register for their senior citizens identification (ID) card before or on January 27 so they can be included in the city’s vaccine rollout program, the City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWDO) said, January 19.
“Seniors—those aged 60 years old and above are among those to be prioritized for vaccination. Even then, they are also classified into categories such as those with co-morbidities and so on. And we need to profile all of them for the city’s database (of target See SENIORS, page 11
The newly re-elected officials of the Bachelor Express Inc. during the bus company’s annual stockholders’ meeting Sunday (Jan. 17). From left: Arvin John Villaruel, Anita Chua, Charles Dumancas, Ginnette Dumancas, Leo Rey Yanson, Daniel Nicolas Golez, and Hernan Omecillo. (Supplied photo)