DAVAO CITY – The mayor of the municipality of Midsayap in Cotabato province is donating his one-month salary for calamity-hit areas in Cebu province. Mayor Rolly Sacdalan donated his paycheck as the local government conducted a donation drive among local government workers for Cebu and the town...
A total of 165 families in Daraga and Guinobatan, Albay who lost their homes due to lahar flooding were given new homes by the Philippine Red Cross (PRC). PH Red Cross' relocation site in Bubulusan, Guinobatan (Photo courtesy of PRC) PRC has recently handed the displaced families their certificate...
Almost 400 individuals in Camarines Sur received cash grants and livelihood assistance from the Philippine Red Cross (PRC). (Photo from Philippine Red Cross) PRC continues to provide aid through its local chapter by rolling out a cash distribution program for the victims of Typhoon “Rolly”...
After receiving shelter assistance, the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) provided Catanduanes cash grants for people who lost their livelihood due to the typhoon. Distribution of cash grant in Catanduanes (Photo from Philippine Red Cross) PRC continues to provide much needed aid to communities affected...
To support typhoon-affected communities in Catanduanes, the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) will distribute corrugated galvanized iron (CGI) sheets to 1,000 families in the municipalities of Gigmoto, Baras, Bato, and San Andres starting Wednesday, Sept. 1. (Photo from Philippine Red Cross) PRC said that...
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) on Friday, Aug. 20, held a virtual groundbreaking ceremony for the housing project in Guinobatan, Albay to provide full shelter assistance to 167 families affected by a series of typhoon last November 2020. (Philippine Red Cross / MANILA BULLETIN) Nine months after...
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) emphasized its fiscal diligence on Modnay, Aug. 16 amid what an official described as "selective" news reporting of the Commission on Audit's (COA) 2020 audit report on the agency. DOLE Director Rolly Francia (File photo/ Screengrab from Zoom meeting)...
Desperate times like the upcoming two-week enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in the National Capital Region (NCR) call for creative budgeting on the part of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), especially if it wants to give cash aid to displaced workers in a timely manner. (File photo/...
A Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) official has asked for the understanding of quarantine hotels that have been waiting on the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration’s (OWWA) payments in connection with the services they rendered to repatriated overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) amid the...
Filipino workers with deployment papers to Israel can now heave a sigh of relief. (Photo by Cole Keister/ Unsplash) This, after Department of Labor and Employment-Information and Publication Service (DOLE-IPS) Director Rolly Francia announced in a virtual press briefing Wednesday afternoon, July 14...
The number of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who were repatriated as a result of the hardships caused by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has officially breached the 600,000-mark. (Screengrab from Facebook live) "Ang kabuuang bilang po ng mga napauwi na na mga kababayan nating OFWs ay...
Year-Ender Agriculture Secretary William Dar (MANILA BULLETIN) The Philippines' agriculture sector has survived a volcano eruption that blanketed tons of farm yield with ashes and sustained production within three quarters into the pandemic, but it only took three typhoons to expose its...
