Minority congressmen are up in arms over a Pasig City regional trial court (RTC) ruling that is prolonging the implementation of the P85 wage hike for workers in the National Capital Region (NCR) or Metro Manila. Thursday, Aug. 13 was the last day of the temporary restraining order (TRO) Pasig City...
The Pasig City Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 152 on Thursday, Aug. 13, issued a preliminary injunction placing the P85 daily minimum wage hike for workers in the National Capital Region on hold. The order, signed by Presiding Judge Marie Joyce Manongsong, granted the petitioners’ request...
Several groups of workers and a Party-List member of Congress asked the Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday, August 12, to lift the restraining order issued by the Pasig City regional trial court (RTC) against the P85 minimum wage increase in Metro Manila. They also asked the SC to stop all proceedings...
Senator Loren Legarda has joined other lawmakers’ call for the immediate lifting of the temporary restraining order (TRO) that halted the implementation of the ₱85 daily minimum-wage increase in Metro Manila. Legarda, who is among the senators who introduced Senate Resolution No. 577, which...
Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri led senators from both the majority and minority in urging the immediate lifting of the temporary restraining order (TRO) on the P85 Metro Manila minimum wage increase through Senate Resolution No. 577. Senate Resolution No. 577, which was signed by...
Around 100 members of labor groups and workers’ coalitions staged a protest outside the Pasig City Regional Trial Court on Monday, Aug. 3, opposing the temporary restraining order (TRO) that halted the implementation of the P85 minimum wage increase in Metro Manila. The rally took place outside...
Senators on Monday, August 3 criticized the issuance of a temporary restraining order issued by a Pasig City Regional Trial Court against the implementation of the P85 daily minimum wage increase in Metro Manila. The petition filed by Readycon Trading and Construction Corp. and R-11 Builders,...
The Marcos administration will fight to implement the P85 daily minimum wage increase in Metro Manila after a court issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) against the new wage order, Malacañang said Monday, Aug. 3. Presidential Communications Office (PCO) Undersecretary Claire Castro said the...
Malacañang hopes for a win-win solution for both employees and employers following the suspension of the first tranche of the P85 daily wage hike for minimum wage earners in Metro Manila. Palace Press Officer and Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro said they are hoping that issues...
The implementation of the first tranche of the P85 daily wage increase for minimum wage earners in Metro Manila were deferred following the issuance of a court order based on a legal challenge by at least two companies, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) confirmed on Thursday, July 27....
A “triple threat” of crude oil prices topping $80 per barrel, Metro Manila’s ₱85 daily wage hike, and severe El Niño conditions could push third-quarter Philippine inflation back to levels seen during the height of the Middle East crisis and prompt the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to...
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Eli M. Remolona Jr. said the Philippine peso’s recent fall to its weakest level on record was “misleading,” citing the tremendous strength of the United States (US) dollar against major currencies. Last Friday, July 24, the peso sank to a fresh...
