Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Silvestre Bello III got his dose of the AztraZeneca vaccine against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Ilagan City, Isabela on Saturday May 15. VACCINATED-- Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III got his dose of the AztraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in...
Over P221 million cash assistance for more than 44,000 tourism workers in the Western Visayas have been approved by the Department of Tourism (DOT) and the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to assist them amid the ongoing pandemic. (Photo from Department of Tourism / MANILA BULLETIN) A...
Believing that “it will do more harm than good,” Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Silvestre Bello III has rejected the request of the Philippine National Police (PNP) to make the n ational p olice c learance (NPC) a requirement in the agency’s various transactions . DOLE...
The Philippines’ Labor Day celebration should be symbolically marked by a massive coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination drive for the country’s workers. Senator Joel Villanueva, chair of the Senate Committee on Labor and Employment, said the government’s plan to vaccinate a select group of...
Requiring workers to get a coronavirus vaccine could be a possibility in case of a low turnout in the immunization drive, according to a government adviser. (Photo by Martin BUREAU / AFP / MANILA BULLETIN Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion has appealed, however, to the...
The government will administer 5,000 doses of coronavirus vaccines to workers during the observance of Labor Day on May 1. (Joe Raedle / Getty Images / AFP / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) The planned vaccination of minimum wage earners and overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) has been given the green...
