Davao del Norte 1st district Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez (Facebook) While other lawmakers are preoccupied with legislation to hike workers' pay, Davao del Norte 1st district Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez wants to put focus on another important need of Filipino laborers--happiness at home. Alvarez emphasized...
BUTUAN CITY – About 9,542 workers in the Caraga region are set to receive their salaries totaling more than P39.9 million from the Department of Labor and Employment’s (DOLE) Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers or TUPAD cash-for-work scheme program on Labor Day....
Members of the Women Workers United (WWU) on Friday, April 28, vowed to continue fighting for living wages, decent work, quality public services, and freedom from all forms of violence and exploitation. (Photo courtesy of Women Workers United) In time for the celebration of International Workers’...
The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), said on Friday, April 28 that it will accept scholarship applicants through its biometric-enabled Scholarship Registration System for workers on Labor Day. In a statement, TESDA said that in the National Capital Region (NCR), the...
Labor Day will likely be cloudy, with some areas of the country possibly seeing rain showers and thunderstorms, said the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) on Friday, April 28. Bicol Region, Eastern Visayas, and Mindanao will experience cloudy...
By CHIHOKO ASADA-MIYAKAWA It’s now 10 years since the Rana Plaza building, located in Dhaka, Bangladesh collapsed. That fateful day, at least 1,132 people – mainly garment workers – were killed and more than 2,500 injured. The disaster seized global attention and led to change. Yet while a...
DAGUPAN CITY – Here's a piece of good news for Pangasinenses who are seeking jobs here and abroad. A total of 19,000 job vacancies for local and overseas employment will be offered by more than 100 companies during the Labor Day jobs fair on May 1, Monday. Justin Paul Marbella, information...
Progressive groups Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) and Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) are set to stage a protest on Friday, April 28, to reiterate its calls for wage increase and to demand the lowering of the prices of basic commodities across the archipelago. This call of action will be held at the...
VIGAN CITY, Ilocos Sur – The Department of Labor and Employment-Region 1 said graduating students and undergraduates are welcome to join job fairs in the Ilocos region on May 1 in celebration of Labor Day. DOLE-Region 1 Director Exequiel Ronie A. Guzman said that students graduating in May or June...
DAVAO CITY – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)-Davao has announced that 1,857 jobs will be offered in the Labor Day jobs fair at SM City Davao in Ecoland here. DOLE-Davao Director Randolf Pensoy said that 38 local companies will participate in the job fair and they hope that more...
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), together with the Public Employment Service Offices (PESO) of various cities in the National Capital Region (NCR), will hold job fairs and set up one-stop shops for jobseekers leading up to and even beyond Labor Day on May 1. Applicants check for...
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union – The Department of Labor and Employment will conduct a job fair in four different venues in the Ilocos region on Labor Day. DOLE-Region 1 Director Exequiel Ronie A. Guzman said they have pooled a total of 14,587 job vacancies from 116 employers as of April 18....
