Progressive groups Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) and Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) are set to stage a protest on Friday, April 28, to reiterate its calls for wage increase and to demand the lowering of the prices of basic commodities across the archipelago. This call of action will be held at the...
VIGAN CITY, Ilocos Sur – The Department of Labor and Employment-Region 1 said graduating students and undergraduates are welcome to join job fairs in the Ilocos region on May 1 in celebration of Labor Day. DOLE-Region 1 Director Exequiel Ronie A. Guzman said that students graduating in May or June...
DAVAO CITY – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)-Davao has announced that 1,857 jobs will be offered in the Labor Day jobs fair at SM City Davao in Ecoland here. DOLE-Davao Director Randolf Pensoy said that 38 local companies will participate in the job fair and they hope that more...
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), together with the Public Employment Service Offices (PESO) of various cities in the National Capital Region (NCR), will hold job fairs and set up one-stop shops for jobseekers leading up to and even beyond Labor Day on May 1. Applicants check for...
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union – The Department of Labor and Employment will conduct a job fair in four different venues in the Ilocos region on Labor Day. DOLE-Region 1 Director Exequiel Ronie A. Guzman said they have pooled a total of 14,587 job vacancies from 116 employers as of April 18....
Actress Ruffa Gutierrez said on April 5 that she will abide by the decision of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and will pay the claims of her two former maids. Mariglen Abraham-Garduque, lawyer of the Gutierrez family, sent a statement to Manila Bulletin regarding the case. ...
Ukraine will be seeking manpower support from the Philippines in rebuilding its communities devastated in their ongoing war with Russia. Denys Mykhailiuk, Chargé d'Affaires of the Ukrainian Embassy in Malaysia that has jurisdiction over the Philippines, said Wednesday Kiev is looking at tapping...
Government to strengthen policies toward high-quality job creation - NEDA As the country’s labor market conditions continue to improve, the government remains steadfast in strengthening its policy interventions geared toward generating more productive and higher-quality employment, said the...
ANAKALUSUGAN Party-list Rep. Rey Reyes has slammed the seeming lack of a focused government response to the worsening child labor problem in the country. (Unsplash) “The half a million jump in the number of child laborers in the country from 2020 should be raising red flags. This is...
Senator Rafael ‘’Raffy’’ T. Tulfo has filed a Senate resolution seeking to review existing policies on the minimum wage increases to improve the standard of living and quality of life of workers, particularly those in the lower income bracket. In filing SR 476, Tulfo stressed that while...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez considers the Filipino labor force as a "perfect match" for Japanese society. (PPAB, Unsplash) In an interview with Manila-based journalists Friday, Feb. 10 in Tokyo, Japan, Romualdez reacted to Japanese businesses and employers' commitment to hire more Filipino...
Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva is pushing for a comprehensive review of the bilateral labor agreement between the Philippines and Kuwait amid rising cases of abuse of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). Villanueva made the call after another case of OFW abuse in Kuwait was reported following...
