Manila, Feb. 26 -- House Speaker Faustino "Bojie" Dy III has ordered the fast tracking of a sweeping overhaul of the country's wage system, consolidating key bills that would establish a single national minimum wage and abolish the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Boards.

The consolidated measure pulls together several proposals pending before the Committee on Labor and Employment, authored by lawmakers across party lines.

The broad backing signals serious momentum behind restructuring how wages are set nationwide.

Dy directed that the consolidated bill be included in the plenary agenda for discussion next week and committed for the House to tackle the measure immediately, to secure its passage by Labor Day, according to a ne...