Less than a month before President Rodrigo Duterte’s term ends, labor group Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) challenged him to immediately pass the proposed P750 national minimum wage, adding that this would help Filipinos deal with the soaring prices of basic commodities and services in the country....
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)-Region 10, through the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPD-10), has assured the public it will strictly monitor the wage increase implementation in Northern Mindanao region. Albert Gutib, DOLE-10 director and...
BUTUAN CITY - - The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has not stopped in providing assistance to displaced and affected workers of Agusan del Sur even as the country is slowly recovering from the impact brought by the Covid-19 pandemic. Shown in photo are the DOLE officials assisting the...
Rebuilding livelihood Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III highlights the Department’s assistance to informal sector workers, such as the DOLE Integrated Livelihood Program and the Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers Program to help them rebuild their livelihood as the...
Former Department of Labor and Employment Secretary (DOLE) Bienvenido Laguesma has been nominated by President-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. to reprise his role in the DOLE in the incoming administration’s cabinet. The 71-year-old Marcos pick, in an ANC interview, bared that his...
The Japanese government, through the Japan International Corporation of Welfare Services (JICWELS), is opening its door to 50 nurses and 300 careworkers. (FILE PHOTO/MANILA BULLETIN) An announcement from the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and the Philippine Overseas Employment...
Lawyer Vic Rodriguez has confirmed on Monday afternoon, May 23 the addition of three more names in the incoming Cabinet of presumptive president Bongbong Marcos. Presumptive president Bongbong Marcos (seated) holds a surprise press conference at his Mandaluyong headquarters on May 23, 2022. Over...
The Commission on Audit, on Monday, May 16, flagged the Department of Labor and Employment’s (DOLE) “Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Displaced/Disadvantaged Workers” (TUPAD) financial assistance program for irregularities in its distribution. The Commission on Audit (COA) logo (Taken from...
BUTUAN CITY – At least 42,077 workers displaced by super typhoon ‘Odette’ and the pandemic were already given emergency employment assistance in Northeastern Mindanao (The Caraga Region) by the government, a report said on Thursday (May 19). A total of 22,070 workers in Surigao del Norte and...
The camp of presumptive president Bongbong Marcos has identified two personalities that the UniTeam bet wants to work in his Cabinet. Presumptive president Bongbong Marcos (Ali Vicoy/ MANILA BULLETIN) Marcos spokesperson and chief-of-staff, lawyer Vic Rodriguez identified the two as Bienvenido...
TRECE MARTIRES, Cavite – Caviteño workers may soon enjoy a new minimum wage higher than the current P373 rate. The Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) held a public hearing regarding the minimum wage hike in Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, Quezon) at the...
CEBU CITY -- The Department of Labor and Employment-Central Visayas (DOLE-7) is looking into a complaint against a public official who allegedly committed irregularities in the implementation of the agency’s emergency cash-for-work program. Undersecretary and DOLE 7 concurrent head Victor del...
