Category: Policies
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RA 11927: Digital Workforce Competitiveness Law
The Philippine Digital Workforce Competitiveness Bill is now a law! Republic Act No. 11927 is an Act to Enhance the Digital Workforce Competitiveness lapsed in to law last July 30, 2022. The opening salvo of the 2022 National ICT Month – June became a historic event in policy innovation. The Senate last May 30 approved […]
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ICT Officer for Every LGU
To further boost local government’s capability for digital transformation in the so-called “new normal” and to complement the digitalization of government processes down to the local level, Senator Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara is pushing for the institutionalization of an information and communications technology (ICT) office and officer with department head level. Angara recently introduced Senate […]
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Response to Concerns Raised by the Business Chambers
Last 2019, officials of the Business Chambers in Bacolod City send me a set of questions purposely to give them and overview of my position about varipus concerns in this city. They said there will be an opportunity to meet the chambers but I submitted a formal written response even before the meeting. Sadly, no […]
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Joint Statement of All Barter Communities
GLOBAL BARTER COMMUNITIES Joint Statement of All Barter Communities July 14, 2020 It is with painful sadness and frustration that we read the news today about the plan of of Secretary Ramon Lopez of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to “hunt” due to violation of laws the over 1 Million Filipinos in the […]
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GLOBAL BARTER COMMUNITIES HANDBOOK
GLOBAL BARTER COMMUNITIES HANDBOOK By Atty. Jocelle Batapa-Sigue, Juris Doctor, Founder, Global Barter Communities (May 17, 2020) and Bacolod Barter Community (May 8, 2020) ARTICLE 1 – VISION AND MISSION Section 1. The Global Barter Communities (GBC) envisions a world where kindness is without borders and humanity is defined by the extent with which every […]
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COVID-19 LAWS AND ISSUANCES
To find the law, order or issuance that you need, please click on the logo of the agency or department below to see their respective issuances. International Guidelines from WHO and CDC Other Resource Documents related to COVID-19 IMPORTANT: Please look at other reference materials to fully ascertain that the laws and issuances are still […]
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The Policy Work of Jocelle Batapa-Sigue
Jocelle Batapa – Sigue is immersed in policy work and advocacy since 2004. She is a dynamic and prolific policymaker and policy activist both in the local and national level. She has served as resource speaker and member of House and Senate TWGs on the Creation of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) […]
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BNEFIT: Strategies to Create Opportunities
Note: This is a 2015 Article. It is amazing how one idea can lead to another. From several concerned individuals who supported the plans of the Sanggunian Committee on Communications and Energy chaired by first-termer Bacolod Councilor Jocelle Batapa-Sigue in 2004, to an organized group called the Bacolod IT Focus Team, to eventually an Information […]
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MICE Tourism in Bacolod
CITY ORDINANCE NO.08-14-680 (Aproved on July 9, 2014) Authored by Atty. Jocelle Batapa-Sigue AN ORDINANCE FOR THE PROMOTION AND STRENGTHENING OF THE CITY OF BACOLOD AS ACHOICE DESTINATION FOR NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS, INCENTIVES,CONFERENCES AND EXHIBITIONS (MICE), PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHERPURPOSES PERTINENT THERETO WHEREAS, in the Asia Pacific Region, as one of the […]
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PUBLISHED DRAFT CONSTITUTION OF THE CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE TO REVIEW THE 1987 CONSTITUTION
PUBLISHED DRAFT CONSTITUTION OF THE CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE TO REVIEW THE 1987 CONSTITUTION PREAMBLE We, the sovereign Filipino people, imploring the aid of Almighty God, to build a permanent and indissoluble nation and establish a just, humane, united, and progressive society under a government that shall embody our shared ideals and aspirations, promote the common good, […]
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