The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is now a "compensable illness" as far as the Employees' Compensation Commission (ECC) is concerned. DOLE Secretary Silvestre Bello III. (File photo/ Photo screengrab from DOLE Facebook page) Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Silvestre Bello III...
Three thousand jabs for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and 2,000 jabs for local minimum wage earners. DOLE Secretary Silvestre Bello III (L) and DOLE Director Rolly Francia during the online press briefing on April 28, 2021. (Photo screengrab from DOLE Facebook page) That's how the 5,000...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) took to Facebook Monday, April 26 to flex its growing list of accomplishments under the Duterte administration during the past five years. DOTr Secretary Arthur Tugade (Photo from DOTr Facebook page) Since the agency covers the land, sea, and air sectors, the...
The business sector has proposed a ten-point recommendation to the Duterte to push for economic recovery. At the Sulong Pilipinas Pre-SONA forum of the Economic Development and Infrastructure Clusters, Ambassador Benedicto V. Yujuico, president of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and...
The government has allocated P1.14-trillion budget for the implementation of the National Employment Recovery Strategy (NERS) 2021-2022, top-billed by high impact infrastructure projects. Based on the Department of Labor and Employment presentation at the Pre-Summit Dialogue for Business by...
An additional 1,000 contact tracers will be hired via the Department of Labor and Employment's (DOLE) Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers (TUPAD) program, Secretary Silvestre Bello III said on Friday, April 23. The move is meant to allow the government to hire more people...
The vaccine rollout for people under the A4 priority group--which includes overseas Filipino workers (OFWs)--could begin on May 1, Labor Day. Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Silvestre Bello III made this revelation Friday, April 23, citing a personal "promise" from National Task...
Deparrment of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Silvestre Bello III has warned the public against dealing with alleged Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO) that use social media for their recruitment activities. Bello, in a statement Friday, April 23 , said there are unscrupulous groups...
The proposal of Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Debold Sinas to require police clearances for transactions with the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) would infringe the right of workers, the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) said on Friday, April 23. TUCP Party-list...
The League of Provinces of the Philippines (LPP) expressed concern Friday, April 23 over the proposal to reduce the required quarantine days for returning overseas Filipino workers (OFW). In an interview over GMA News, LPP president and Marinduque Governor Presbitero Velasco Jr., noted that some...
Establishments are required to reinforce existing minimum public health and safety standards and protocols in light of the local transmission of new COVID-19 variants. Joint advisory No. _2_1_-_0_1_ Series of 2021 issued today, March 9, by the Department of Trade and Industry and...
Displaced workers and parents of child laborers in Lipa City, and the towns of Bauan and San Pascual in Batangas have received cash assistance and livelihood opportunities from the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE). MANILA BULLETIN FILE DOLE Secretary Silvestre Bello III said the...
