00:00House Speaker Martin Romualdez says the lower house will expedite the approval of a proposed wage hike.
00:06House leaders met with several labor leaders and groups, including representative from the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines Partylist, Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito Mendoza.
00:16Their discussion revolved around a measure filed before the Committee on Labor and Employment for an across-the-board wage increase of 150 pesos to 350 pesos.
00:27The House Speaker says that the consensus is that the wage increase will be around 200 pesos per day.
00:33He assured that the public that lawmakers will make sure to take into consideration the needs of Filipino workers and the state of businesses in the country.
00:42The House Committee on Labor and Employment will continue its discussion on the matter tomorrow.
