(MANILA BULLETIN) Noting that daycare workers earn as little as P1,000 per month, TRABAHO Party-list is pushing for stronger policies to improve the job security, salaries, benefits, training, and working conditions for the sector....
Former presidential spokesman Harry Roque should just render legal help to Filipinos arrested in Qatar instead of making incessant appeals to authorities there, Tingog Party-list Rep. Jude Acidre said on Wednesday, April 2. Acidre says that while the Marcos administration is doing its best to...
(Left) PLDT Global President and CEO Albert Villa-Real and Staffhouse Chief Strategy Officer Rocky Dela Vega (PLDT photo) PLDT Global Corp., the international unit of PLDT Inc., is teaming up with a leading recruitment agency for Filipinos working abroad to expand access to...
ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo (Mark Balmores/ MANILA BULLETIN)) Alyansa para sa Bagong Pilipinas senatorial bet ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo is eyeing the enactment of a law that would institutionalize a pension system for...
Senatorial candidate Ben Tulfo is pushing for the creation of regional help desks for Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) in order to prevent incidents of abuse and exploitation. (Photo from the Office of Ben Tulfo) “The help desk will serve as a resource for our fellow citizens who want to become...
Bayan Muna Party-list has expressed its appreciation to the Supreme Court (SC) for its decision to declare as unconstitutional the Social Security System (SSS)'s requirement for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to pay their contribution in advance. Former Bayan Muna Party-list Reps. Carlos Zarate...
DSWD In a key milestone for disaster response, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian, alongside ASEAN representatives, launched the Regional Guidance on the Role of Social Workers and the Wider Social Service Workforce in Disaster Risk Reduction and...
Senatorial candidate Ben Tulfo seeks to provide life insurance for barangay volunteers in a bid to prioritize their welfare. Tulfo said this as he addressed the municipalities in Nueva Ecija specifically the towns of Talavera and Rizal, where he was invited as a guest speaker. “What happens to...
Senatorial candidate ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo is eyeing the filing of a bill that seeks to provide Muslim employees sufficient time for prayer during work hours. Under Tulfo's proposal, both private and government offices would be required to provide prayer breaks and designate...
To promote fair and inclusive migration policies, the Philippines, through the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), has called for the establishment of a unified global framework on social protection for migrant workers during a high-level international labor policymaking assembly. DOLE...
CAMP PRESIDENT QUIRINO, Ilocos Sur – An Overseas Filipino Worker was gunned down in Sitio Nagtupacan, Barangay Pudoc, San Vicente, Ilocos Sur, on Friday morning, March 14. Police identified the victim as Nerio Clifford Richonda Reynante, a resident of Barangay Pudoc. Investigation said the...
Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada is now pushing for a measure expanding the compulsory insurance coverage for agency-hired overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). Estrada filed Senate Bill No. 2948 which primarily seeks to amend the provisions of Republic Act (RA) No....
