Parañaque City 2nd district Rep. Brian Yamsuan has made the case for the passage of a measure that would increase the minimum annual paid leave benefit of employees from five to 10 days. Yamsuan said his proposed legislation under House Bill (HB) No. 6602 is favorable not only for employees to...
1Tahanan Party-list Rep. Nathaniel Oducado has filed a measure seeking additional paid leaves for Filipino workers, following reports of worsening stress among professionals and declining productivity due to lack of work-life balance. Oducado filed for this purpose in the current 20th Congress...
SAN PEDRO CITY, Laguna – Police seized 5.5 kilos of dried marijuana valued at P660,000 in a parcel and collared the recipient on October 6, Friday, in Barangay Langgam, this city. Laguna police director Police Col. Harold Depositar, in a report to Police Regional Office 4-A chief...
The Eastern Police District (EPD) announced on Tuesday, June 6, the capture of two high-value individuals (HVIs) wanted for illegal drugs and the seizure of more than P160,000 worth of high-grade marijuana or kush in a buy-bust operation in San Andres, Cainta, Rizal. Police Brig. Gen. Wilson Asueta,...
Members of the Southern Police District Drug Enforcement Unit (SPD-DEU) conducted a drug buy-bust operation in Pasay City leading to the arrest of three suspects on Nov. 30. SPD Director Brig. Gen. Kirby John Brion Kraft identified the arrested suspects as Joy Aragon Parangan, alias Kim, 44; Alain,...
ILOILO CITY – A teacher in Iloilo province has shown that banana leaves are environmentally-friendly alternative to paper during examinations. BANANA leaves were used as answer sheet by agriculture students of the West Visayas State University (WVSU) in Calinog town, Iloilo province in an exam....
Eight drug suspects were arrested in separate drug-bust operations conducted by members of the Station Drug Enforcement Unit (SDEU) in Pasay and Las Pinas cities. In Pasay City, Col. Cesar Paday-os, city police chief, identified the suspects as Sonny Brinosa, 25; Niko Javier, 27; Joel Yugas, 27;...
A child in conflict with the law (CICL) and four others were arrested during the simultaneous anti-criminality law enforcement operation (SACLEO) conducted in Las Pinas and Pasay City. In Las Pinas City, a certain “Ted,” 16, a student, was arrested by members of the Daang Hari Sub-Station while...
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Bulacan Provincial Office seized five kilos of dried marijuana leaves worth P600,000 on Saturday, March 19 in a buy-bust operation in San Jose Delmonte, Bulacan. PDEA agents identified the suspect as John Gabriel Gayo, 27, of Block 60, Lot 24 Barangay...
Members of the Station Drug Enforcement Unit (SDEU) of the Paranaque City and Pasay City police conducted separate buy-bust operations that led to the arrest of four drug suspects and confiscated from them P146,336 worth of shabu and dried marijuana leaves on Tuesday (Feb. 15). In Paranaque City,...
A Palace official is supporting the Department of Labor and Employment's (DOLE) call for private sector employers to give appropriate paid isolation and quarantine leaves for coronavirus disease (COVID-19)-affected workers, but insists that it should be done voluntarily. (Shivendu Shukla/ Unsplash)...
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is urging employers in the private sector to provide paid leaves for workers who will have to quarantine or isolate due to coronavirus disease (COVID-19). A medical worker walks on the aisle of the new isolation facility at the Eva Macapagal Terminal in...
