Foreign building contractors must hire local workers – Gatchalian 0 SHARES Share it! Share TweetBy Mario CasayuranForeign bidders and contract awardees of Philippine infrastructure projects must hire local workers for manual and non-technical jobs to protection and promote the interests of the ordinary Filipino worker, Sen. Sherwin T. Gatchalian said Monday. Gatchalian, chairman of the Senate economic affairs committee, filed Senate Bill (SB) 2223 seeking to amend Republic Act No. 2223 seeks to remedy this by requiring foreign bidders or contract awardees coming from ODA donor countries to employ or hire Filipino workers to perform manual, non-technical, or other analogous labor in carrying out these development projects,” he explained. NEDA is also required to annually publish and update the list of approved development projects funded by ODA loans.

Source: Manila Bulletin May 20, 2019 05:15 UTC