Displaced overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) are still being flown home to the Philippines over a year since the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic began. Ninoy Aquino International Airport (File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) "We're still expecting 30,000 to 40,000 of our OFWs . Eto yung mga nawalan...
The Filipina overseas worker who was raped by her employers in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is now two months pregnant. (Photo by Charles Deluvio/ Unsplash) Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Silvestre Bello III shared this sad news Wednesday, July 7 during a virtual press...
Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who have been fully inoculated abroad from the coronavius disease (COVID-19) should have their vaccination cards validated by the Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) before coming back to the Philippines. (Photo from DOLE Facebook page) Thus, said Department of...
The Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia has been directed to go after the owner of a foreign recruitment firm who allegedly raped a Filipina overseas worker, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said Tuesday, July 6. (File photo/ Screengrab from Zoom meeting) In...
The Philippines has assumed chairmanship of the International Labor Organization's (ILO) Government Group, making it the first non-regular member country of the ILO to take such role. (Mark Balmores/ MANILA BULLETIN) This was bared by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Sunday, July 4,...
Should economic zone-based business process outsourcing (BPO) companies implementing a work-from-home (WFH) scheme get tax incentives? The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) thinks so. (Photo from DOLE Facebook page) According to DOLE Secretary Silvestre Bello III, Information Technology and...
A simple yet great president. DOLE Secretary Silvestre Bello III (left) and former President Benigno Simeon Aquino III (Photo credits: Zoom meeting screengrab, Facebook page of Noynoy Aquino) That's how Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Silvestre Bello III described the late...
Here's potential good news for Filipino healthcare workers who are still aspiring to work abroad amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. (Kevin Tristan Espiritu / The Medical City / File photo /MANILA BULLETIN) Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Silvestre Bello III bared...
The unemployment rate went up by a significant margin from March to April, but the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said this was expected due to recent circumstances connected to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. (Mark Balmores / MANILA BULLETIN) "The labor department had...
Former overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who have been displaced due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic will be prioritized for job vacancies under the "Build, Build, Build" infrastructure projects of the Department of Transportation (DOTr). (Jansen Romero / File photo / MANILA BULLETIN)...
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), through the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), signed on Monday, June 7 three memoranda of understanding (MOU) with three separate agencies as a "present" of sorts for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). (Screengrab from Zoom meeting) "I am...
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) urged on Wednesday, June 2, owners of private establishments to secure a safety certificate confirming their compliance with public health standards set by the government in order to gain the confidence of consumers amid the continuing threat of the...
