(UPDATE) PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Wednesday ordered the Regional Tripartite Wages And Productivity Board to review the minimum wage rates in every region in a Labor Day directive, but militant workers who marched toward the Palace before they were stopped by anti-riot police demanded a legislated across-the-board increase instead.

Marcos issued the directive during the Labor Day with the President event in Malacañang, where he reaffirmed his administration's commitment to champion the rights of Filipino workers under a 'Bagong Pilipinas (New Philippines).'