The Philippines is hopeful that Saudi Arabia will expand its Labor Reform Initiative (LRI) to cover migrant workers engaged in domestic work. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) The country has lauded Saudi Arabia's reforms aimed at easing some contractual restrictions on migrant...
Senator Nancy Binay on Monday, June 21 urged the Department of Health (DOH) and the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) to put in place mechanisms that would protect the country’s health care workers (HCWs) from acquiring the Delta variant of the coronavirus (COVID-19) disease to abate a collapse of...
As the nation commemorated the second Philippine Social Workers’ Day, Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rolando Joselito D. Bautista thanked the country’s social work practitioners for dedicating their lives to empower poor, marginalized and vulnerable communities....
The government has facilitated the repatriation of more than 300 distressed Filipinos from Saudi Arabia amid the adverse impact of the raging pandemic. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) According to the Palace, the latest batch of 347 repatriates will each be given P10,000 in cash...
(MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) The Department of Health (DOH) said that healthcare workers will receive some of their benefits in cash after their allowance for meals, accommodation, and transportation were "repurposed." DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that last December, they were...
The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) has agreed to raise the annual deployment cap on Filipino healthcare workers (HCWs) from 5,000 to 6,500. (Kevin Tristan Espiritu / The Medical City / File photo /MANILA BULLETIN) This was bared by Department of...
The government's pandemic task force has increased the annual deployment ceiling for newly hired healthcare workers (HCWs) to 6,500 from the previous 5,000. (MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque made the announcement after the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration...
DAVAO CITY - The Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) Parliament approved on Thursday the Overseas Bangsamoro Workers Act of 2020. In a statement, Member of the Parliament and Labor Minister Romeo Sema, the principal author of the bill, said the passage of the Overseas Bangsamoro Workers Act of...
More tourism workers in Metro Manila who were among those displaced by the ongoing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic have received some P8.6 million worth of cash assistance under the government’s pandemic recovery program, the Department of Tourism (DOT) said. Beneficiaries of the cash...
(Kevin Tristan Espiritu / The Medical City / File photo /MANILA BULLETIN) The country’s need for healthcare workers (HCWs) should first be prioritized, an official of the Department of Health (DOH) said. DOH Undersecretary Leopoldo Vega said that the country needs more healthcare workers amid its...
Here's potential good news for Filipino healthcare workers who are still aspiring to work abroad amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. (Kevin Tristan Espiritu / The Medical City / File photo /MANILA BULLETIN) Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Silvestre Bello III bared...
Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso on Wednesday (June 16) signed the contracts of the 127 newly hired personnel for the city's COVID-19 Field Hospital. (Manila Mayor Isko Moreno / MANILA BULLETIN) The city hired 20 doctors, 53 nurses, 20 job order workers, 10 admin personnel, eight...
