With the surge of COVID-19 cases in Hong Kong, a philanthropist has offered P2 million humanitarian assistance to the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) for the immediate repatriation of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who have contracted the dreaded disease. The sudden surge of COVID-19...
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- A total of 800 job seekers participated in a job fair sponsored by the Department of Labor and Employment-9 (DOLE-9) and the Zamboanga local government’s PESO office at a local mall on Thursday, Feb. 24. An applicant at the DOLE job fair in Zamboanga City drops her application...
BUTUAN CITY – A total of 7,030 victims of typhoon Odette in the province of Surigao del Norte have benefited from the emergency employment program of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) through Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/ Displaced Workers (TUPAD). Each worker...
The government, through the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), will provide US$200 or more than P10,000 cash aid for Filipino migrant workers in Hong Kong who tested positive for COVID-19, Malacañang said. AFP/ MANILA BULLETIN Cabinet secretary and acting presidential spokesperson...
Senatorial aspirant Jinggoy Estrada, who is running under the ticket of survey frontrunners presidential aspirant Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos and vice presidential candidate Sara Duterte-Carpio, believes the government must aggressively negotiate with countries that still owe Overseas Filipino...
Malacañang is optimistic that the country's employment situation will improve in the coming months as more Filipinos are expected to return to work with the easing of quarantine restrictions and the reopening of economic activities. People flock to Ilaya in Binondo, Manila to shop, with the...
Employees who will report to work on special non-working days of Feb. 1, which was is Chinese New Year, and on Feb. 25, which is the EDSA People Power Revolution Anniversary, will get full-pay plus 30 percent of their basic wages. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III...
At least 22,000 workers affected by the more stringent alert level status in Metro Manila have already applied for the latest round of the Department of Labor and Employment's (DOLE) COVID-19 Adjustment Measure Program (CAMP). (FILE PHOTO) In a virtual Laging Handa briefing on Thursday, Jan. 27,...
The government has set a deadline for unvaccinated and partially vaccinated workers in Metro Manila to complete their COVID-19 jabs to continue using public transportation under the "No Vaccination, No Ride" policy. (NOEL PABALATE / MANILA BULLETIN) In a joint statement, the Department of...
Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Silvestre Bello III has ordered the resumption of the labor inspections nationwide ensure the compliance of establishments with labor laws. The labor inspections were temporarily suspended last month. Laborer construction In an administrative...
An association appealed to the government to allow private schools to benefit from “ayuda” offered by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE). (Photo from Unsplash) Federation of Associations of Private Schools & Administrators (FAPSA) President Eleazardo S. Kasilag on Saturday, Jan....
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has released the guidelines for the latest round of its Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Adjustment Measure Program (CAMP) for workers affected by the more stringent Alert Level 3. (Jansen Romero / MANILA BULLETIN) Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III...
