MANILA - Kabataan Party List Representative Raoul Manuel dared the officials of the Department of Trade and Industry, and members of the Marcos Jr. administration to live on minimum wage for a month, after Trade Secretary Alfredo Pascual issued a statement last week on the sufficiency of the existing minimum wage for a family of five.
During on Thursday’s House Committee on Appropriations hearing on DTI’s proposed 2024 budget, Manuel said that the trade chief’s statements appear to be “detached from reality”.
This observation did not sit well with Pascual. He clarified that minimum wage should be studied by experts, but the DTI is working hard to help improve industries so that more Filipinos will have the opportunity to get better paying jobs.
Panelo did the best version of the commute from a public official I’ve ever seen. Way better than Poe who went on a less busy day or Roque who had a dozen hawi boys. Granted it was only for a day, but at least he did it and it took him four hours, which confirms that there is a transport crisis regardless of what he claims.
Panelo refused to admit he was wrong though.
That’s true, but it didn’t matter because the fact it took him nearly 4 hours (and had to cheat near the end by hitching) already showed he’s in denial and contradicted his claims.