Vice President and opposition leader Leni Robredo has added her voice against the proposed abolition of licensure examinations for certain professions. Vice President Leni Robredo (OVP photo) Robredo said the country’s entire educational system should be overhauled if the professional...
A total of 348 stranded overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from Dubai and Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) were repatriated over the weekend, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) bared on Sunday, July 11. (Photo from DOLE) DOLE said this was the fourth batch of repatriation since...
Senator Christopher "Bong" Go has also disagreed with the proposal to scrap board and other licensure exams, raising concern that such move could be detrimental to the quality of education and professional standards in the Philippines. (MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) “Hindi po ako sang-ayon diyan...
Senator Joel Villanueva on Thursday, July 8 said the country’s professional licensure system should remain as Filipino professionals would have a hard time making it to local and international job markets if they do not pass the board examinations. Villanueva, who chairs the Senate Committee on...
The Philippine Nurses Association (PNA) has expressed disapproval over Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Silvestre Bello's proposal to scrap board exams for nurses. (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) In an interview over DZBB, PNA National President Melbert Reyes said the association and the...
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...
