Category: Featured
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Expanded maternity leave puts PH at par with ASEAN, ILO standards
The passage of Republic Act 11210 or the 105-Day Expanded bMaternity Leave Law will allow women workers in the Philippines to be at par with their counterparts in South East Asia in terms of maternity leave benefits. At the same time, the measure signed by President Rodrigo Duterte last week would enable the country to…
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Pia leads 3rd annual sports clinic for Taguig PWDs
Senatorial candidate and House Deputy Speaker Pia S. Cayetano, in partnership with the city government of Taguig, led the third Disability Sports Clinic and Competition, an annual sportsdevelopment program for the city’s differently-abled community. The participants – including children and youth with hearing, speech, orthopedic, and learning disabilities – were given the opportunity to learn…
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FAQs: 105-Day Expanded Maternity Leave Law
1. How many days of maternity leave are allowed under the law? ➢ Working mothers can file 105 days of Maternity Leave with full pay ➢ They can also file an additional 30 Days of optional leave without pay ➢ Mothers who suffered from miscarriage can file 60 Days of Maternity Leave with full pay…
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Pia hails signing of expanded maternity leave law
Cayetano thanks Pres. Duterte for signing the 105-Day Expanded Maternity Leave Law; says measure recognizes dual role of women as workers and mothers House Deputy Speaker Pia S. Cayetano hailed the passage of the Expanded Maternity Leave Law, which provides 105 days of paid maternity leave to Filipino working mothers. A known advocate for Filipino…
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Cayetano campaigns for families’ health
Reminds mothers of the urgency to have their children properly vaccinated Nacionalista Party (NP) and Hugpong ng Pagbabago (HNP) senatorial bet Pia S. Cayetano has officially started her campaign for the health and welfare of Filipino families and children, voicing out her platform during the HNP kickoff rally in Pampanga. The Taguig representative is pioneering…
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Pia: Let’s restore people’s trust in vaccines
Let us stop the blame game over the measles outbreak and focus on restoring Filipinos’ trust in vaccines – Pia Cayetano House Deputy Speaker Pia S. Cayetano said instead of pointing fingers over who is to blame for the measles outbreak, national leaders should focus on restoring the trust of Filipino mothers in the government’s vaccination program for…
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Pia: ‘Let’s help end the vaccine scare’
Amid the measles outbreak, Deputy Speaker Pia Cayetano appeals to barangay leaders, health workers and mothers in Cabanatuan City to help end the vaccine scare CABANATUAN CITY – Echoing the recent call of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, House Deputy Speaker Pia S. Cayetano is encouraging Filipino families and communities to work together for the proper…
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Pia leads launch of Cebu’s first human milk bank
The facility will collect, pasteurize, and distribute donated breast milk from nursing mothers to infants at the neonatal intensive care unit
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Pia hopeful of amendments in MACR bicam
House Deputy Speaker Pia S. Cayetano is pushing for a comprehensive measure to improve the country’s juvenile justice and welfare policy, voting ‘no’ on the House bill lowering the Minimum Age of Criminal Responsibility (MACR). “Yes, there are children who commit acts that are defined as crimes by our laws. But it is too early…
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Pia: Make children accountable, not criminally liable
“It would be unconscionable to hold a child criminally liable when it is their environment, home or community that exposed them to anti-social behavior” – Deputy Speaker Pia Cayetano