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...
Vice President Leni Robredo on Sunday, June 13, called on the government to give health workers what they deserve as some nurses are demanding the release of the hazard pay the Department of Health (DOH) promised since the coronavirus outbreak last year. Robredo, an opposition leader, highlighted...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin M. Drilon on Tuesday called on the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) to use the Miscellaneous Personnel Benefits Fund (MPBF) to pay for the salary differentials of nurses in public hospitals in the country. Drilon noted these nurses were affected by the DBM...
Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) General Manager Ed Monreal clarified Thursday, June 3, that they are looking for ways to help embattled airport staff deal with the order for them to return the hazard pay that they received in 2020. MIAA General Manager Ed Monreal (Photo from PNA)...
President Duterte has authorized the grant of hazard pay to government personnel who physically report for work during the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) and modified ECQ (MECQ). President Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea signed Administrative Order...
