Presidential candidate Senator Panfilo "Ping" M. Lacson said Thursday (March 10) said he favors a eview of minimum wages is timely and necessary to help laborers cope with the surging costs of fuel amid the Russian-Ukraine conflict. Lacson said one of the most common complaints he and Vice...
The "symbolic" vaccination of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and minimum wage earners will take place simultaneously in all 17 local government units (LGUs) in Metro Manila on Saturday morning, May 1, on the occasion of Labor Day. DOLE Director Rolly Francia during the April 30, 2021 press...
Three thousand jabs for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and 2,000 jabs for local minimum wage earners. DOLE Secretary Silvestre Bello III (L) and DOLE Director Rolly Francia during the online press briefing on April 28, 2021. (Photo screengrab from DOLE Facebook page) That's how the 5,000...
The government will administer 5,000 doses of coronavirus vaccines to workers during the observance of Labor Day on May 1. (Joe Raedle / Getty Images / AFP / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) The planned vaccination of minimum wage earners and overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) has been given the green...