Angat Dam in Bulacan has recovered to its 180-meter minimum operating level as rains from the southwest monsoon or “habagat” continue to boost water levels, based on the monitoring of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) on Friday, Aug. 14....
Several groups of workers and a Party-List member of Congress asked the Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday, August 12, to lift the restraining order issued by the Pasig City regional trial court (RTC) against the P85 minimum wage increase in Metro Manila. They also asked the SC to stop all proceedings...
Senator Mark Villar has filed a measure seeking to exempt micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) from the Minimum Corporate Income Tax (MCIT) saying it is imperative to provide them much-needed tax relief as they serve as the key driver of the Philippine economy. Villar, in filing Senate Bill...
Malacañang hopes for a win-win solution for both employees and employers following the suspension of the first tranche of the P85 daily wage hike for minimum wage earners in Metro Manila. Palace Press Officer and Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro said they are hoping that issues...
Malacañang said the P85-daily wage increase for minimum wage earners in the National Capital Region (NCR) will push through, and was not suspended. "Hindi po, wala pong suspension. Wala pong paghihinto po dito, tuluy-tuloy po ito (No, there is no suspension. There will be no halt to this, it will...
Minimum wage earners in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) are set to receive an additional P50 in their daily pay after the Bangsamoro Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (BTWPB) granted the daily minimum wage increase for private sector workers across the region....
Private company workers who do not fall under minimum wage earners category may or may not directly benefit from the P85 daily wage increase. The term is “may or may not benefit” since the decision on whether or not salary adjustment would also be implemented for non-minimum wage earners...
Cavite 1st district Rep. Jolo Revilla is prodding regional wage boards to announce their own wage hikes, following the Department of Labor and Employment 's (DOLE) announcement of a P85 increase for minimum wage earners in Metro Manila. In a statement Wednesday, July 1, Revilla reckoned that...
Malacañang said the announcement of a P85 increase in the daily minimum wage was not connected to the staging of a surprise rally by members of the Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC) along EDSA. Palace Press Officer and Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro said there is no link between the two,...
The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) Party-list rebuked Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Francisco "Tol" Tolentino on Tuesday, June 30 for describing as "historic" the P85 minimum wage increase for Metro Manila workers. According to TUCP, calling the increase as...
All minimum wage workers in Metro Manila will receive a P85 increase in their daily wage, the highest increase approved so far according to the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE). DOLE Secretary Francis Tolentino said the increase in the daily wage will benefit around 1.1 minimum wage...
To prevent your brain from spiraling into something else in the aftermath of the unfortunate shooting incident in a public school in Tacloban, let me be clear that the MLR here does not refer to a muzzle-loading rifle. Nope, Virginia, it does not refer to the Main Line of Resistance, either....
