Instead of a fare increase, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) said it is planning to implement programs that will provide financial assistance to public utility vehicle (PUV) drivers and operators as a way to cushion the impact of the rising pump prices. (ALVIN KASIBAN / MANILA BULLETIN FILE...
Local government units (LGUs) must employ plans of action to address the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) vaccine hesitancy as the government has stepped up its goal of attaining herd immunity in the country. “I have directed all the LGUs already to craft the Risk Communication Strategy to...
A P12 minimum fare is being eyed by several transport groups as they formally filed on Wednesday, Oct. 13, a petition for a fare increase amid skyrocketing fuel prices and financial woes triggered by the pandemic. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Transport group leaders trooped to the Land...
The improvement in terms of economic activities brought by worldwide COVID-19 vaccination drives has prompted the recent oil price hike in the country, an official of the Department of Energy (DOE) explained Wednesday, Oct. 6. DOE Asec. Gerardo Erquiza said that as the "economy moves," the demand...
Despite calls of tollway operators for toll rates hike, Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur Tugade assured motorists Tuesday, Sept. 21, that there will be no increase in toll fees amid the ongoing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Bocaue barrier at the North Luzon Expressway...
The People's Television Network, Inc. (PTNI) Management has expressed its full support to PTV employees as they sought a salary adjustment amid the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. PTV Management statement on the open letter of PTV employees to President Duterte. The PTNI issued the...
The Department of Labor and Employment's (DOLE) latest request to the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) indicates that Filipino healthcare workers (HCWs) continue to leave the Philippines amid the raging coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. (Kevin...
To avert the collapse of many learning institutions in the face of a looming substantial increase in taxes, the country’s largest associations of private schools on Monday, Aug. 9, called for a “timely” intervention coming from the Senate. (Photo from Unsplash) Private school groups, led by...
A total of 150 faculty clubs have submitted to the House of Representatives a resolution seeking to increase the salaries of the country’s public school teachers. (ACT Facebook page) The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) said its members and leader-representatives filed a resolution calling...
The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Philippines on Thursday, July 8, said that it has started gearing up to “charge” President Duterte in his last State of the Nation (SONA) over his “failure to deliver on his promises” - especially on doubling teachers’ salary. To drumbeat the...
The government is not pleased with the latest round of price increase of petroleum products during the coronavirus pandemic but appeared helpless in preventing the spike. (MARK BALMORES / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Presidential spokesman Harry Roque acknowledged that oil prices are driven by world...
Here's potential good news for Filipino healthcare workers who are still aspiring to work abroad amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. (Kevin Tristan Espiritu / The Medical City / File photo /MANILA BULLETIN) Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Silvestre Bello III bared...
