The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has recalled its field officer in Quezon City to help keep the agency’s Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged and Displaced Workers or TUPAD program on track. A beneficiary of the Department of Labor and Employment's Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa...
President Duterte appealed to the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to deploy members of their medical corps to help hospitals amid the rise of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases. File photos Duterte made the statement as he noted that some public and private...
Bicycle units, livelihood, and cash-for-work aid were recently given to about 5,000 informal sector workers in the National Capital Region (NCR), the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said Wednesday, Sept. 22. A beneficiary of the Department of Labor and Employment's Tulong Panghanapbuhay...
The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) has noted an increasing trend in the deployment of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) this year reaching to at least 70,000 land-based and sea-based workers per month. (FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) POEA Administrator Bernard Olalia said the...
Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque has credited the country’s below average case fatality rate for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) to the efforts of local frontline healthcare workers (HCWs). Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque speaks during a virtual press briefing Tuesday, Sept. 21,...
Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III is pushing for the amendment to a 15-year old maritime convention of the International Labor Organization (ILO) to give seafarers more protection while on high seas. (Photo from Unsplash) In a virtual gathering of global maritime and seafaring industry leaders...
Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Silvestre Bello III has slammed the irregularities on the implementation of the agency'sTulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers or TUPAD program as more complaints surfaced in the past days. A beneficiary of the Department...
Three more overseas Filipinos died of COVID-19 infections over the previous week, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Monday. Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) In a weekly bulletin, the DFA recorded 41 new COVID-19 cases and 63 new recoveries among Filipinos abroad for the same period....
DAVAO CITY – The local government of Davao had asked the Department of Health (DOH)-Davao to allow the administration of booster shots for healthcare workers against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as cases in Davao City are surging amid the presence of COVID-19 variants , particularly the...
Workers who had been infected by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) can now apply for a financial assistance to the Employees’ Compensation Commission (ECC) even without going to their office. (Jansen Romero / MANILA BULLETIN) In its latest advisory, ECC said employees who tested positive for...
Senator Francis Pangilinan has questioned the supposed reduction of funds for government hospitals under the P4.5-trillion 2022 proposed national budget. Senator Francis 'Kiko' Pangilinan (Senate of the Philippines) "Nasa pandemya tayo. Mag-iisang buwan na rin tayong nasa mga 20,000 ang new cases...
Emirates seeks 3,000 cabin crew, 500 airport services employees to support operations ramp-up Dubai-based Emirates Airlines will hire 3,000 cabin crew and 500 airport services employees globally in the next six-months. Amid easing of international entry protocols, Emirates said it plans to restore...
