Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma on Tuesday, Nov. 11, urged labor inspectors to elevate their performance in enforcing labor laws and ensuring workplaces remain safe and respectful for all Filipino workers. Laguesma said inspectors must commit to continuous...
Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Vince Dizon on Tuesday, Sept. 2, vowed to enforce strict contractor compliance to restore public trust while taking decisive steps to strengthen oversight and prevent irregularities. Speaking at his turnover ceremony at the DPWH central...
The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) announced on Wednesday, Feb. 5, that it has issued a closure order to a college in Borongan City due to its failure to meet required academic and operational standards. (CHED) In a statement, CHED confirmed that it has ordered the immediate closure and...
After this week’s first Commission meeting under Officer-in-Charge Chairperson and CEO Jesse Hermogenes Andres, the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has agreed to expedite approvals of the certificates of compliance (COCs) or the licenses needed by new power plants to start generating...
Developers of gigawatt-scale floating solar farm projects are in a bind on their project finance-raising activities because of the programmatic environmental compliance certificate (ECC) that may turn out not acceptable as requirement to lenders, especially to foreign banks. In an interview,...
The local government of Davao City "inappropriately charged" P6.4 million against the 20 percent Development Fund (DF) for 2022, the Commission on Audit (COA) said in its compliance audit report. The DF "is a required allocation of the LGUs (local government units) out of their respective annual...
DOTr vows to save 49,000 Pinoy seafarers jobs By EMMIE V. ABADILLA The government is working to save the jobs of 49,000 Filipino seafarers aboard European ships and the $7 billion they send home each year, Department of Transportation Secretary Jaime Bautista stated Saturday, February 4. In a...
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and the Social Security System (SSS) in Region 1 (Ilocos) held a meeting on Friday, Jan. 20, to boost the compliance of employers with social benefits. Speaking on behalf of DOLE Region 1 Director Exequiel Ronie A....
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) bagged the coveted best national government agency by the Career Executive Service Board (CESB). It was the fifth time the DILG received the coveted plum as it also received the Career Executive Service Performance Evaluation System...
The European Union (EU) hinted that compliance with the conventions set under its Generalized System of Preferences+ (GSP+) will be a strong determinant to the successful outcome of the proposed bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) between the two countries. This was raised by Luc Véron,...
A rookie solon is prodding the country's local government units (LGUs) to establish their very own Persons with Disability Affairs Offices (PDAOs) in accordance with Republic Act (RA) No.10070 or the amended Magna Carta for Disabled Persons. (Marianne Bos/ Unsplash) This, as Quezon City 5th...
To ensure solid waste management compliance of local government units (LGUs), the Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Environmental Management Bureau (DENR-EMB) has recently upgraded its online system by adding a feature that will record the amount of waste collected, hauled, and...
