Senators, groups want ‘living wage’ in PH

By Macon Ramos-Araneta, Vito Barcelo and Maricel V. Cruz

vaccine contribution, Marcos her anywhere quiry would discuss the US military's possible violation of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA).

Marcos, who chairs the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, said the Philippine government should know the plane's mission, the identities of its flight crew and lone passenger, the type of its

SENATORS and labor groups said the P40 wage increase for workers in the National Capital Region granted by the regional wage board was "woefully inadequate." Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva said the new minimum wage was not a "living wage" as he filed a bill that sets a living wage as a standard to determine the minimum wage.

Villanueva's Senate Bill No. 2140 proposes an amendment to the wage fixing criteria in the Labor Code of the Philippines to put a living wage front and center in determining the regional minimum wage.

The bill mandates that a living wage must ensure the employees' and their families’ nourishment, clothing, shelter and education, and general well-being.