A total of 1,134 workers from the informal sector in Isabela were integrated into the Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers (TUPAD), the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) reported on Friday, Sept. 30. (Photo: DOLE) According to the DOLE Isabela Field Office,...
A deputy speaker in the House of Representatives said the Philippine government should pay fair and equal treatment to foreign workers, including those employed by controversial Philippine offshore gaming operators (POGO). Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito Mendoza (Facebook) “TUCP calls on the...
A total of 268 members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, and Asexual (LGBTQIA+) community were hired under the government’s emergency employment program Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers (TUPAD). Photo by DOLE The TUPAD platform is a...
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on Friday, Sept. 23, hosted a dialogue with a labor group to tackle progressive talks with the sectoral organizations in promoting freedom of organization in workplaces. (Courtesy of DOLE) Labor Secretary Bienvenido E. Laguesma led the social dialogue...
By ANTONIO L. COLINA IV DAVAO CITY – A total of 2,541 vacancies are available to job applicants during the two-day Tourism Job Fair from Sept. 22 to 23 at the Abreeza Mall, an official of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)-Davao said Wednesday, Sept. 21. Paul Cruz, chief of...
The powerful bicameral Commission on Appointment (CA) confirmed today the appointment of Bienvenido Estudillo Laguesma as Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) secretary. In today’s CA plenary session. Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri, concurrent CA chairman, banged his gavel to declare...
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III has lauded the President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s decision to transfer the supervision of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to the Department of...
The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) will now be under the Department of Labor and Employment. Executive Order No. 5 (Courtesy of Malacañang) President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. signed on Friday, Sept. 16, the Executive Order No. 5, transferring the attachment...
That's quick. Just three days--and on a weekend-- after it was raised by a party-list group representative, the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) suspended its policy that bars teachers and other professionals with pending administrative cases arising from unpaid debts from getting their...
By DIANN IVY CALUCIN The Caloocan City local government announced on Sunday, Sept. 11, that it distributed rice livelihood packages to a total of 39 families of rescued child laborers in the city. The Public Employment Service Office (PESO), and the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) held...
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and the office of Parañaque City 1st District Rep. Edwin L. Olivarez started the screening of applicants for the second batch of Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers (TUPAD) program. Rep. Olivarez’s staff assisted DOLE...
Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Alfredo Pascual said it would be "bad for the country" if the work-from-home (WFH) arrangement for Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) and Information Technology and Business Processing Management (IT-BPM) firms doesn't get extended beyond Sept. 12....
