Jinggoy calls for probe on Keppel shipyard workers’ death
By Virgilio J. Bugaoisan 10/11/2011Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada yesterday moved to have the upper chamber step into the Keppel Subic Shipyard accident that killed six of its workers and se-riously injured several others, following reports the company has not lifted a finger since the incident took place last Friday.
Estrada stressed during his privilege speech that the action he seeks is not “intended to be another journey into the world of finger pointing. But there is a serious need to ferret out the truth if justice is ever to be done for the workers who lost their lives while they were trying to earn a decent living.”
Immediately after the tragic incident took place, Estrada lost no time in urging the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) to conduct a tho-rough investigation to determine if there was any lapse in the overall safety measures in the said workplace..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
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"“What reports we received then remain practically the same today - stagnant. There are hardly any developments that could assure the families of the deceased that the full measure of the law will be imposed on those who may have been remiss in ensuring the safety of their workers,” Estrada, chairman of the Senate committee on labor, employment and human resources development and the joint congressional oversight committee on labor and employment, declared."
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