00:00Senate President Cheese Escudero made it clear that he will not reduce the number of holidays in the country,
00:07instead, he will only limit it so that it will not increase further.
00:11We asked the employees and businessmen to voice their opinion on the decision of Dano Tingcunco.
00:17According to Senate President Cheese Escudero,
00:23the total number of holidays declared in the country has been more than a month.
00:29That's why, as much as possible, it should not be added.
00:32There is no issue with the holidays.
00:33The Senate's policy is not to add more holidays because there are already so many,
00:39but we have no plans to reduce it.
00:41We already said that it's a long story and it will not reach Congress.
00:46The Senate's policy is to add holidays to municipalities.
00:51There's at least one holiday per municipality.
00:54We're granting holidays in provinces that don't have a holiday.
00:58The evidence is clear that it should not be added, but it should not be reduced.
01:03The Senate's policy on the holidays is in line with the recommendation of Labor Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma
01:09that it affects productivity if there are too many non-working holidays.
01:15If there are too many holidays, it means that if the workers work,
01:20there will be an additional premium pay.
01:22It should be balanced.
01:24If there are too many holidays, aside from national holidays, there are also local holidays.
01:30That's what investors or potential investors are looking at.
01:34According to the Employers Confederation of the Philippines,
01:37In business conferences, there is always a manifesto that says,
01:43let's nationalize this holiday.
01:45Because even the investors who turn off us when we talk about holidays,
01:50there are so many of them. They are so stupid.
01:53Let's divide the employees and negotiators that we elected.
01:57As a business owner,
02:00it's a favor to me because it's true that the salary has increased,
02:07and there are many more holidays,
02:09but the sales are not that big.
02:12It's important because it also adds income.
02:15But we can also say that it can be used as a break.
02:18But now, in my life,
02:21I need to work more because we need to pay our expenses,
02:25especially my brother who has an operation today.
02:29For us, it's like a double pay.
02:33If we can afford to have a holiday, why not?
02:36For GMA Integrated News, I'm Dano Tingkung with Tutok 24 Horas.
02:42Let's listen to the voices of our fellow citizens online.
02:46For some netizens, the idea of limiting holidays is insensitive,
02:50especially in times like this when only a few can make ends meet.
02:55Holidays are also a big help for employees, especially if it's double pay.
03:00For others, the country has more problems than limiting holidays.
03:06Their suggestion is to increase the salary,
03:09lower the price of milk,
03:11and reduce the number of Filipinos who can't afford to buy food.
03:14For this netizen, the suggestion is thumbs up
03:17because people are becoming unproductive.
03:20It would be better for them to just make working holidays
03:24with an additional salary for the employees.
03:26For some, even if there's no holiday,
03:29there are still some employees who need to go to work and provide services.
03:34Fellow citizens, you can also let your voice be heard on social media accounts for 24 hours.
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