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raise minimum wage to $15
by Rosette
CALIforNIA Gov. Jerry Brown on monday, march 28, announced a deal reached with state legislators and labor leaders that would raise the minimum hourly wage to $15. the move would make California the state with the highest minimum wage in the nation, although this could change as other states such as New York are also working toward raising wages to that level. It would also boost wages for nearly 6.5 million California workers, or about 43 percent of the state’s workforce, according to UsA today. “I’m hoping that what happens in California will not just stay in California but will be exported to the rest of the country,” Brown said during a news conference in sacramento. California’s current minimum wage, $10 per hour, is one of the highest in the United states. Under the plan, hourly wages would rise to $10.50 in 2017, $11 in 2018, and an additional $1 per hour each until it hits $15 in 2022. Under the proposal, the governor can temporarily pause the hike depending on economic conditions and budget deficits. “this plan raises the minimum wage in a
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Fil-Am named AAPI outreach director for Clinton campaign
Jason Tengco, deputy director of the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, was named the new Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) outreach director for Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign.
Photo courtesy of the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
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Philstar.com
mANILA — A Catholic charity group on tuesday, march 29, hit presidential candidate mar roxas’s comic book portraying the Liberal Party’s (LP’s) standard bearer a hero during the height of typhoon “Yolanda.” Caritas Philippines executive secretary edu Gariguez, a priest, called roxas’s comic book “hypocritical” and the campaign material a “shameful and unacceptable propaganda.” “In conscience, I need to belie this hypocritical claim of mar roxas claiming to be a hero in the emergency response,” Gariguez said. “We need to bring truth and decency in our electoral process. A call that I dare to make to all candidates,” the priest added. Director of Lipa Archdiocesan social Action Center and priest Jazz siapco also shared the same sentiments as Gariguez, criticizing the comic book by describing it as “misleading” to advance roxas’s political agenda. “he is not a hero. I would consider those who have helped silently in their own little ways the heroes. they are the real heroes,” siapco said.
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The cover of the comic book of Liberal Party presidential candidate Manuel Roxas II depicts him as a hero during a typhoon.
Roxas on comic book: I didn’t approve it, but it’s accurate
A fILIPINo-American was named the new Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) outreach director for the campaign for Democratic presidential candidate hillary Clinton. the announcement of Jason tengco’s appointment on thursday, march 24 comes nearly a week after Lisa Changadveja stepped down from the position. Changadveja, who was first appointed outreach director last August, is moving to Colorado to take a position with the Democratic Party. Prior to join-
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Inquirer.net
GeNerAL NAKAr — Liberal Party (LP) standardbearer mar roxas on tuesday, march 29, distanced himself from the creators of a comic book that depicted his role in the aftermath of super typhoon “Yolanda” in a heroic light. roxas said he could not remember seeing or approving the release of the comic book, Mar Roxas “sa Gitna ng Unos” (In the eye of the storm), which he implied was made by his supporters without his knowledge. “I don’t know. many materials are coming out,” he said when asked if he had seen
or approved it. “Comics is part of our culture, of regular and conventional campaigns,” he told reporters in a chance interview here after a visit to a livelihood center. “to those who appreciated it, thank you. to those reacting negatively, they are probably supporting our rivals, and perhaps they are reacting negatively because they see how effective it is,” he said. the former interior secretary became the object of online ridicule after portions of the comic book circulated on social media, with many netizens making fun of or commenting scathingly on its contents. the comic provided details of roxas’ life story and record in public service, culminating in a sensational scene that dramatized where he was and what he did when tacloban City was inundated by storm surges in November 2013. Heroic portrayal some observers were irked at the heroic portrayal of roxas, who had come under heavy fire in the aftermath of the Yolanda devastation for the slow government re-
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Manny Pacquiao
Manilatimes.net photo by Cesar Dancel
PH senator: $34M may still be recovered from laundered money by JeffeRson
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the Philippines may still re-
million of the $81 million stolen by hackers from Bangladesh Bank, according to sen. ralph recto. the senator raised the possibility after learning during the senate hearing that not all of the $81 million was laundered suc-
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sCore this round for sarangani rep. manny Pacquiao. the Commission on elections (Comelec) on tuesday, march 29, said it was not in a position to stop the boxing match between Pacquiao and American timothy Bradley in the United states on April 9. “that is not really within our control,” Comelec Chair Andres Bautista said when asked if the poll agency would allow the fight to push through. “We are not in a position right now to
Chinese businessman Kim Wong consults his lawyer during a lull in the Senate inquiry.
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PH health expenditure Pacquiao wins a round; Comelec won’t stop his fight climbs to P526-B
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Philstar.com photo by Alexis Romero
cessfully in Philippine casinos. recto said that there is a chance that $34 million can be retrieved if local authorities will zero in on the paper trail established during the senate hearings. Kim Wong admitted on tuesday, march 29, when he testified before the senate Blue ribbon Committee that only about $61 million found its way to Philippine casinos.
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mANILA — the country’s spending on health increased to more than P526 billion with more than half of it coming out of the pockets of filipinos, data from the Philippine National health Accounts (PNhA) show. According to the PNhA, which is under the Philippine statistics Authority (PsA), public health expenditure was over P526 billion in 2013, or 11.7 percent higher than the P471 billion spent in 2012. of that amount, 56.3 percent or P296.5 billion came from out-of-pocket spending. these are expenses paid for by individuals for medicine, medical consultation and hospitalization. the percentage is higher than the ideal 45 percent.
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