Senators on Wednesday, January 25 urged the government to ramp up programs that are aimed at generating local employment so that more overseas Filipino workers (OFW) would choose to stay in the country than work abroad where they could be harmed. Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said the gruesome murder...
Senator Jinggoy Estrada has filed a bill seeking to amend the law governing the rights and liabilities of household workers and their employers to put more accountability on private employment agencies (PEAs). In filing Senate Bill No. 456, Estrada said it is imperative that PEAs ensure that the...
Image by Roman Odintsov/Pexels The distinct challenges in agriculture - limited resources, climate change, and increasing population have led to technological advancement. These challenges urge advancements in production, transport, storage, food processing, market infrastructure, and road...
The latest employment figures show that the Marcos administration’s aggressive move to resume face-to-face activities has begun to bear fruit. Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda House Committee on Ways and Means Chairman Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda gave this assessment Friday, Jan. 6...
Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva on Friday, January 6 said the continuous decline of Philippine unemployment rate is a welcome development as the country begins the New Year. “This shows that our hard work is paying off, especially since we have seen the downtrend in unemployment numbers...
The Philippines and China's tourism deal will provide “massive" employment opportunities and investments across all sectors of tourism in the country.Tourism Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco said after signing the Implementation Program on Tourism Cooperation. (Photo courtesy of the Department...
The efforts of the Marcos administration to provide jobs to Filipinos gained momentum, with the country's unemployment rate improving to pre-pandemic levels based on a recent labor force survey, Malacañang said. (File Photo by Ali Vicoy) Citing the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) 's Labor...
An average of eight out of 10 technical vocational education and training (TVET) graduates got employed, a study conducted by the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) revealed. TESDA Director General Danilo P. Cruz. (Photo courtesy of TESDA) In a statement released on...
DAVAO CITY – The National Economic Development Authority said 8,175 workers were retrenched in the Davao region last year due to the pandemic. NEDA-Davao said the number of retrenched workers in 2022 was lower by 31.1 percent compared to the 11,871 in 2021. NEDA-Davao Director Maria Lourdes Lim...
A total of 2,236 informal and vulnerable workers in the province of Isabela are the recent beneficiary of the emergency employment program under the Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers (TUPAD) program, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) reported on Sunday, Dec....
The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) on Friday, Dec. 16, warned of the new scheme of employment scams on social media platforms that victimize overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). Photo: OWWA In a statement, the OWWA National Capital Region (NCR) said it was alarmed over the spread of...
The growth of the international Filipino students’ market is projected to grow by as much as 13 percent over the next five years as more Filipinos want to study and live abroad or take an English language test, according to an Australian-based global leader in international education services....
