Senator Joel Villanueva has called for the inclusion non-medical workers in the grant of special risk allowances (SRAs) and hazard pay amid the continuing threat of the COVID-19. Senator Joel Villanueva speaks during a Senate hearing on February 24, 2020. (Senate PRIB) The chairman of the Senate...
A union of teachers and education workers on Friday, Sept. 24 denounced the Department of Education (DepEd) for “not fulfilling its promise to pay” overtime work rendered by public school teachers from June to October last year. Teachers sorting out printed modules to be distributed to students...
Sy-led BDO Unibank has been enhancing its technology and security infrastructure to deliver its products and services in a faster, simpler and more secure way for its clients. The bank has recently added its digital payment app BDO Pay to its roster of digital banking channels to provide clients an...
Why do Filipinos have to pay for blood coming from the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) if they get blood donations from citizens? President Rodrigo Duterte (left) and Senator Richard Gordon (Photos from Malacañang, MANILA BULLETIN) President Duterte left this question in the minds of the viewers of the...
Camarines Sur Representative Luis Raymund "LRay" Villafuerte on Saturday, September 11, sought the congressional passage of a bill providing health workers with hazard pay plus substantial increases in the current rates of their overtime pay and other compensations. (JANSEN ROMERO / MANILA BULLETIN...
Senator Joel Villanueva said the government would need an at least P23 billion more to fund the doubling of special risk allowance (SRA) and hazard pay for health workers. (Jansen Romero / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Villanueva made the estimate as he asked the executive department to submit to...
A member of the House of Representatives on Tuesday, September 7, appealed to the Civil Service Commission (CSC) to act on the plea of public school teachers for compensation for their overtime work in the last school year. File photo shows a Grade 3 teacher recording educational video lessons in...
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has reminded employers and business owners to observe proper pay rules during the special non-working and regular holidays this month despite the imposition of community quarantine. Department of Labor and Employment (FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Labor...
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Monday, Aug. 16, issued the guidelines for the computation of public school teachers' Proportional Vacation Pay (PVP) for school year (SY) 2020-2021. (DepEd / FILE PHOTO) The DepEd Memorandum No. 56, s. 2021 or the “Computation of Public School Teachers'...
Indonesian director Edwin on Saturday won the Golden Leopard for the best picture at the Locarno Film Festival with "Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash", a homage to 1980s Asian all-action movies. The feature paints a humorous portrait of a violent young man who falls for a woman after...
Mandaluyong City Mayor Menchie Abalos announced on Monday that the LGU has allocated more than P54 million for the hazard pay of its employees who reported for work during the previous Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) and Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ) due to the surge in COVID-19...
AND Financing Corporation (AND FC) targets to haul over 7 million beep card users via a "ride now, pay later" scheme which started this month. Through their lendpinoy app, the firm is granting P500 “beep Pamasahe Loans” to Filipino commuters who are beep card holders. Commuters can use the loan...
