A curious thing, isn’t it, how a day especially marked to celebrate work and workers is a holiday. Today, it’s even a double holiday, falling on a Sunday. And perhaps celebrating Labor Day on a weekend captures the very essence of why we commemorate this day dedicated to the workforce. It can...
Three-term senator and incumbent House Deputy Speaker Loren Legarda vowed on Saturday, April 30 to continue to pursue a pro-labor legislative agenda that would grant Filipino workers here and abroad additional protection and more guarantees for their welfare and benefits. (Shivendu Shukla/...
Senator Nancy Binay on Saturday, April 30, sent her ‘’highest praise and admiration’’ to all Filipino workers in celebration of Labor Day. In a statement a day ahead of Labor Day on May 1, Binay told Filipino workers, ‘’Your tireless perseverance and sacrifice ensure the health, food,...
UniTeam senatorial candidate Jinggoy Estrada has called for an increase in workers' wages a few days prior to the commemoration of Labor Day on May 1. UniTeam Senate bet Estrada campaigning in Cebu. “It’s been more than a month since I joined the workers’ clamor for a wage increase. What’s...
CAMP BGEN OSCAR M FLORENDO -- At least 200 personnel from Police Regional Office 1 mobile forces who will make up the Civil Disturbance Management Contingents will be deployed on May 1, Labor Day. Personnel will be deployed in the different strategic locations within the region to ensure peace and...
The Church People-Workers Solidarity (CWS) has asked voters to consider candidates in the May 2022 polls that prioritize and advance the labor agenda. Church People-Workers Solidarity FB The group noted how in previous elections, national candidates have made bold promises of abolishing all forms...
Parañaque City Mayor Edwin Oliarez called on all city residents looking for a job to join the job fair to be held on May 4 at the Parañaque City Hall starting at 8 a.m. Olivarez said the city government will conduct the job fair in celebration of Labor Day with the theme: "Matatag na...
The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Philippines on Monday, April 25, bared the labor issues and concerns of teachers and other education workers and pledged to highlight their plight and demands during the observance of Labor Day 2022. (NOEL B. PABALATE / MANILA BULLETIN) To discuss the...
A labor official has dismissed the proposal of the newly-created Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) to lift the ban on the deployment of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) in some parts of the Middle East. (Photo courtesy of Philippine Embassy in Beirut/DFA) Labor Attache Alejandro Padaen, of the...
ILOILO CITY -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has pumped livelihood projects worth P2.48 million to curb child labor in the island province of Guimaras. Parents listen intently to DOLE-6 Regional Director Sixto Rodriguez Jr. during the turn-over of Php 2.48 million worth of projects...
Despite having fewer jobless Filipinos in February this year compared to the same period in 2021, Malacañang said that more needs to be done to allow everyone to return to work amid the Covid-19 pandemic. (File Photo) Communications Secretary Martin Andanar made this statement after the...
The country’s unemployment rate steadied at 6.4 percent in February, translating to 3.13 million jobless Filipinos following the further easing of mobility and quarantine restrictions, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). The PSA’s preliminary February 2022 Labor Force Survey...
