(Jansen Romero/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) A group of nurses has called on the government to give the country's healthcare workers better working conditions and salary. In a statement on Tuesday, Oct. 12, the Filipino Nurses United (FNU) said “the conditions of Filipino nurses have not...
Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso signed on Thursday, Oct. 7, an ordinance which grants city hall employees and personnel hazard pay for their duty during the previous Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) and Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ). Mayor Isko Moreno Under...
Editorial Filipinos are among the most excited in Southeast Asia to switch to electric vehicles (EV). This was the finding of a Nissan-commissioned study by Frost & Sullivan in 2020, titled “The Future of Electrified Vehicles in Southeast Asia.” Forty-five percent of Filipino car drivers...
The Department of Education (DepEd) clarified that the work done by teachers in excess of class days does not necessarily translate to “overtime.” (ALVIN KASIBAN / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) “Overtime pay cannot be claimed on the days in excess of the 220 school days,” said DepEd...
A group of education workers on Friday, Oct. 1, sought the intervention of the Civil Service Commission (CSC) amid the the “failure” of the Department of Education (DepEd) to release the guidelines for the grant of service credits for public school teachers’ overtime work in the last school...
A group of teachers on Thursday, Sept. 30, lambasted the Department of Education (DepEd) over a memorandum released by the agency purportedly to compensate for the extra days and duties performed by teachers last school year under distance learning. (ALI VICOY / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN)...
Teachers and other education workers threatened to hold one-day synchronized absence if the government, through the Department of Education (DepEd), continued to fail in fulfilling its overdue commitment of releasing the guidelines for their overtime pay. (JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA...
The 13th month pay of employees in the services sector will depend on how well their respective companies perform this final quarter of 2021. Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship and Go Negosyo founder Joey Concepcion speaks during the virtual press briefing on Tuesday, Sept. 28 (Screenshot...
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...
