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...
After enduring challenges in the past five years in office, President Duterte is not encouraging people to become the country's highest government official. President Rodrigo Duterte delivers his sixth State of the Nation Address (SONA) before a joint session of Congress on July 26, 2021....
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 factory owner who paid his worker's salary in centavos has tested positive for COVID-19 at a time when his company is expected to comply with various business operations violations, Valenzuela City Mayor Rex Gatchalian said Thursday. Gatchalian questioned the timing of NexGreen Enterprise...
The Valenzuela City government has extended assistance to former employees of NexGreen Enterprise, the factory that paid one of its workers' salary in coins, following the latter's business permit suspension. Mayor Rex Gatchalian on Friday met with 13 employees of the company to help them look for...
P1,056 worth of coins, mostly in 5- and 10-centavo, as well as one-peso denominations. That's how a factory worker in Valenzuela City received his salary after rendering 24 hours of duty. In a Facebook post, a certain Odniemrud Eniger, the factory worker's cousin, sought help from Mayor Rex...
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is also investigating the case of the Valenzuela City factory worker whose salary was paid to him in centavo coins by his company. WE'RE PROBING IT--DOLE Director Rolly Francia reveals during a press conference on June 30, 2021 that the agency is now...
Valenzuela City Mayor Rex Gatchalian on Wednesday suspended the business permit of Nexgreen Enterprise, the factory that paid one of its workers' salary in coins, after its owner admitted not paying their employees appropriately. Gatchalian said he will be giving Jasper So, the owner of the...
Valenzuela City Mayor Rex Gatchalian is inclined to believe that what happened to the factory worker who received his P1,056 salary in coins was done deliberately to "torment" the worker for raising his concerns against his company's alleged unfair labor practices. Gatchalian on Tuesday vowed that...
Can an employer pay their employees' salaries purely in coins? Under Circular No. 537 Series of 2006 issued by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), payment, particularly in the form of coins, shall be "legal tender" or must be accepted for as long as it does not exceed a certain limit. For P1 to...
The Department of Education (DepEd) aims to implement twice a month release of salary for public school teachers and other personnel by downloading the payroll processing to Schools Division Offices (SDOs). Public school teachers (Photo from DepEd) This was confirmed by Undersecretary for Finance...
The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) is mulling the issuance of a show cause order against bus companies that have failed to pay their bus conductors' salaries. (File photo / MANILA BULLETIN) "At this point in time, the board will have to consider the issuance of a show...
