Frontliners Ang Bida Party-list nominee Celine Pialago has promised to push for the doubling of frontliners' hazard pay if and when she wins a seat in the House of Representatives in the upcoming May polls. Frontliners Ang Bida Party-list nominee Celine Pialago (Photo from Asec Celine Pialago's...
A House leader has sought to convince Filipinos that online cockfighting or e-sabong "is not the work of the devil", despite its connection to gambling. (Photo from putakputak.com) "We should not demonize the regulation of e-sabong; instead, let's give our fellow Filipinos in the cockfighting...
The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) has declared National Artist Ang Kiukok's "Men At Work" as National Cultural Treasure and Important Cultural Property as a tribute to the Filipino workforce. Men at Work (1979) (Photo courtesy of National Commission for Culture and the Arts)...
Presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo wants to incentivize the business process outsourcing (BPO) industry and telecommunication companies in a bid to decentralize the industry and offer more work-from-home arrangements to Filipinos. Vice President Leni Robredo (Mark Balmores/MANILA...
Vice President Leni Robredo does not think that her gender is a sign of weakness, especially when considering that her rivals in the May 2022 presidential race are all male. Robredo stressed that she has shown courage and strength in many stages of her life, including the times when she would "face...
Going back to development work and alternative lawyering are among the options of Vice President Leni Robredo should she fail to get elected to the country’s top post in the May polls. Vice President Leni Robredo (OVP photo) Speaking at ANC’s Rundown on Thursday, Jan. 20, the presidential...
After several localities and education institutions announced the suspension of classes, a group on Monday, Jan. 17, urged the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to show “compassion” by ordering a halt on the implementation of “No Work, No Pay” policy throughout the declared academic...
Photo 1 After the pandemic transformed the office, the country's $27 billion Information Technology-Business Process Management (IT-BPM) sector needs a strategy to shift to hybrid work over the long term, according to Cisco Philippines. The IT-BPM sector employs at least 5 million Filipinos and is...
DepEd / MANILA BULLETIN The Department of Education (DepEd) announced the suspension of work in the agency by 12 noon Friday, Dec. 31, to allow its employees to prepare for New Year's Day. This was stated in DepEd's Memorandum 088 issued on Thursday, Dec. 30. "To give all Department of Education...
There will be no compromise in the call of the House Committee on Labor and Employment for the suspension of the “no vaccine, no work” policy introduced by the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) against the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. 1Pacman Partylist Rep. Eric Pineda Committee...
Despite acknowledging that the Philippines is one of the oldest democracies in Asia, he said democracy in the country is a "work in progress" but stressed that Filipinos are free people. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) Duterte made the statement as he virtually gave his speech...
A teachers’ group on Thursday, Dec. 9, urged the leadership of the Department of Education (DepEd) to call the attention or even “take legal actions” against field officials who allegedly violate the agency’s policy on teachers’ work arrangements. (JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA...
