BUTUAN CITY – The Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board-Caraga has approved Wage Order No. RXIII-19 mandating a P50 increase to bring the daily minimum wage for private sector workers in the region. CARAGA region highligted. The RTWPB-13 also approved Wage Order No. RXIII-DW-05...
The Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board has announced a P30 increase in the daily minimum wage in Eastern Visayas that will be paid in two tranches. The wage increase was based on Wage Order No. RB VIll-24 approved on Nov. 5. The RTWRB said the wage order was implemented after a...
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union – The minimum daily wage for workers in the private sector in the Ilocos region or Region 1 increased by P33 starting on Thursday, Nov. 7. MAP of the Philippines with the Ilocos regtion highlighted. The Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board of Ilocos...
The Chamber of Thrift Banks (CTB) is once again urging the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to reduce the minimum liquidity ratio (MLR) for thrift banks to 16 percent. Despite the central bank's opposition, CTB president Cecilio San Pedro said a lower MLR would provide much-needed flexibility for...
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) would only be considered a success if Congress is able to pass into law the proposed P100 daily minimum wage hike bill. Senator Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri pointed this out stating that the SONA...
4Ps Party-list Rep. Marcelino “Nonoy” Libanan (Facebook) House Minority Leader and 4Ps Party-list Rep. Marcelino “Nonoy” Libanan is calling on all Regional Tripartite Wage and Productivity Boards (RTWPBs) outside of Metro Manila to urgently...
Gabriela Women’s Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas (PPAB) Gabriela Women’s Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas described the newly approved P35 minimum wage increase in the National Capital Region (NCR) as an “insult”, and said that it failed to...
Starting July 16, the daily minimum wage for worker in Metro Manila will be P645 after the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board in the National Capital Region approved a P35 wage increase, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) announced on Monday, July 1. In a statement,...
Senate President Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri on Thursday expressed his dismay against Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) chief Bienvenido Laguesma, whom he said is becoming one of the “unpopular” secretaries of the agency. Zubiri’s disappointment on Laguesma stemmed from the...
Senators on Thursday, May 2, expressed their support to President Marcos' order on Labor Day for the timely review of the minimum wage amid rising prices of goods and services across the country. Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva said that they welcome this move by the President to ensure that...
As the nation celebrates Labor Day, senators pressed for the passage of the bill seeking a P100 daily minimum wage for all workers in the country. "In the Senate, we have already passed the proposed P100 Daily Minimum Wage Increase Act in response to the call of our workers. We...
President Marcos on Wednesday, May 1, asked for the timely review of the minimum wage amid rising prices of goods and services across the country. During the celebration of the 122nd Labor Day, Marcos urged the Regional Tripartite Wage and Productivity Board to do so in their respective...
