MANILA, Philippines — Davao City Rep. Paolo Duterte urged the Senate on Wednesday to pass a bill equivalent to House Bill No. 8392, which would standardize the retirement benefits for both justices and judges.

“Fairness and the equal application of the law are among the tenets that the judiciary is mandated to uphold and protect. Ironically, through no fault of their own, these tenets are not followed by the judiciary when it comes to providing retirement benefits to certain officials simply because of the lack of a law that standardizes the grant of such benefits,” Romualdez said in a statement issued on Wednesday.

Davao City Rep. Paolo Duterte has called for the swift passage of a measure seeking to standardize the retirement benefits of officials in the judiciary.

Duterte said that certain judiciary officials, holding the same judicial rank as justices and judges, have faced unequal treatment in terms of survivorship pensions and other entitled benefits due to the lack of a specific law that grants them these

Itinulak ni Davao City Rep. Paolo Duterte ang agarang pagpasa ng panukala upang maging patas umano ang benepisyong natatanggap ng mga nagreretirong opisyal ng hudikatura.

Ayon kay Duterte, mayroong mga opisyal ng judiciary na ang judicial rank ay kapantay ng mga justice at judge pero hindi nakakakuha ng karampatang retirement benefit.

Davao City 1st district Rep. Paolo Duterte is pushing for the passage of a measure that ensures the uniform grant of retirement benefits to officials in the judiciary.

This, as Duterte noted that judiciary officials conferred with the same judicial rank as those of justices and judges have been unfairly treated when it comes to the grant of survivorship pensions and other benefits due them because of the absence of a law that expressly provides them these privileges.

The House of Representatives has approved on third and final reading a bill expanding the pension benefits of judiciary officials.

House Bill 8392, which amends Section 1 of Republic Act 910 governing the grant of retirement benefits to members of the judiciary, got 266 "yes" votes.

A HOUSE leader on Tuesday pressed the swift passage of a measure that aims to ensure that retirement benefits are uniformly granted to officials in the judiciary.

Davao City 1st District Rep. Paolo Duterte pointed out that judiciary officials conferred with the same judicial rank as those of justices and judges have been unfairly treated when it comes to the grant of survivorship pensions and other benefits due them because of the absence of a law that expressly provides them these privileges.

Lawmakers called on the Senate for the swift passage of a measure that aims to ensure that retirement benefits are uniformly granted to officials in the judiciary.

Davao City 1st District Rep. Paolo Duterte said judiciary officials conferred with the same judicial rank as those of justices and judges have been unfairly treated when it comes to the grant of survivorship pensions and other benefits due them because of the absence of a law that expressly provides them these privileges.

Davao City Rep. Paolo Duterte on Monday pushed for the passage of a measure institutionalizing the involvement of marginalized communities in the planning, budgeting, and implementation of projects.

Duterte said the enactment of House Bill 500 will help address poverty at the grassroots level.

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In a break from the past when Congress would chide the Palace for cutting cancer control and treatment allocations, Deputy Speaker Ralph Recto of Batangas said the Marcos administration has proposed that this year’s Cancer Assistance Fund be doubled to P1 billion next year.

DAVAO City First District Representative Paulo "Pulong" Duterte met with United States Ambassador to the Philippines MaryKay Carlson on Friday, August 18, 2023, at Matina Enclaves, this city.

The US envoy shared to the media during the roundtable discussion, that her visit to the city was to share friendship, partnership, and alliance with Dabawenyos, and while she was here, she paid Rep. Duterte a courtesy call.

Poverty-stricken communities in the country should have input on how the government pursues their development.

This was the wisdom behind House Bill (HB) No.500, which was principally filed by Davao City 1st district Rep. Paolo Duterte at the beginning of the current 19th Congress.

Duterte said this globally recognized strategy, called the Community-Driven Development (CDD) approach, should be institutionalized and provided sufficient funding to ensure that underserved and remote communities are able to decide which programs and projects should be implemented to suit their needs.

MANILA, Philippines — Lawmakers are pushing for the involvement of marginalized communities in the planning, budgeting, and implementation of projects in the community, saying this could “combat poverty.”

Davao City 1st District Representative Paolo Duterte, in a statement on Thursday, said this approach is called the Community-Driven Development (CDD).