The Department of Finance (DOF) said the local labor market remains strong and resilient despite global uncertainties. Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno said the latest jobs data revealed positive trends, with unemployment decreasing to 4.4 percent in August from 5.3 percent the previous year...
Representatives of the Philippine government discussed with South Korea on ways to enhance the country’s business pursuit, specifically in trade, investments, tax policies and administration, customs, and licensing. Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno shared Manila’s improvement on the...
BUTUAN CITY – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has released over P1-million worth of assistance to a farmers’ association and Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Displaced Workers (TUPAD) beneficiaries in Loreto town, Agusan del Sur province. FARMERS in Loreto, Agusan del Sur pose...
To help enhance effective and inclusive communication, the Department of Science and Technology - Science and Technology Information Institute (DOST-STII) conducted a two-day training workshop on Filipino Sign Language (FSL). Photo credit to DOST-STII DOST, in a statement released Oct. 6,...
The relevant government agencies of the Philippines have been working on ‘global certifications’ that could be accorded for the right-skilling of workers that will be joining the labor force of the country’s flourishing renewable energy (RE) sector. According to Energy Secretary Raphael P.M....
The Department of Energy (DOE) will assume responsibility in the ‘foreshore lease agreement’ that the foreign investors will need to enter into with the Philippine government for their offshore wind (OSW) projects. Energy Undersecretary Rowena L. Guevara indicated that the DOE can serve as the...
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has lauded the filing by the Department of Justice (DOJ) of a murder case in court against six Navotas City policemen in the killing of 17-year-old Jerhode Jemboy Baltazar last Aug. 2. The Navotas City regional trial court (RTC) has ordered the arrest of PSSg....
As global oil prices crashed, Filipino consumers can look forward to big-time rollback in pump prices at the domestic pumps by next week, based on the calculation of the oil companies. According to the industry players, the price of gasoline products will have the heftiest price cut within the...
The Department of Education (DepEd) issued a warning on Friday, Oct. 6 against a deceptive scheme called "Labas-Casa," which targets public school teachers with assumed balance or loan accommodation. Photo credit to DepEd "We remind our teaching and non-teaching personnel, and the public as...
Sen. Robin Padilla has filed a bill that aims to provide Muslim Filipinos with digital access to Sharia courts. Padilla, in filing Senate Bill 2462, sought to amend some provisions of Republic Act 9997, the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos Act of 2009, to make Sharia courts more...
The business process outsourcing (BPO) industry had the most number of job vacancies in the country with more than 15,000 available jobs awaiting interested applicants, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said on Wednesday, Oct. 4. The DOLE said that a total of 15,144 job vacancies...
The Department of Energy (DOE) is working on a policy that will underpin investments as well as the development of hydrogen technology for application across multiple industries in the country – primarily the need for retrofit of some power generating facilities as well as energy storage systems....
