The National Wages and Productivity Commission (NWPC) has approved the salary increase for minimum wage earners in Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR), Bicol and Eastern Visayas, the Department of Labor of Employment (DOLE) has disclosed. In a statement, DOLE said the NWPC decision affirmed the...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) At least eight measures seeking to modernize the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and its attached agencies have moved one step closer to passage in the House of Representatives. ...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Department of Health-9 has started the catch-up immunization program to boost the immunity of children in the Zamboanga Peninsula here on Monday, November 13. GOVERNMENT health workers immunize children during the MR-SIA vaccination campaign of the government early...
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union – Police Regional Office-1 (Ilocos) Director Police Brig. Gen. John Chua challenged 300 recruits during their oathtaking ceremony on Monday to become agents and implementers of change and to work hard for the country. "I hope to see you act as role models in the...
DAVAO CITY – The provisional P1 jeepney fare increase effective last October 8 will not help alleviate the conditions of the Public Utility Jeepney (PUJ) drivers in the Philippines amid increasing cost of fuel, transport group Transmission-Piston said. Larry Arguilles, spokesperson for...
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union – Workers in the private sector and domestic workers or kasambahays in Region 1 (Ilocos) will get a wage increase starting Monday, November 6. Wage Order RB 1-22 approved by the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board-1 (RTWPB-1) provides a P30 to P35...
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union – The Commission on Elections has reminded candidates of the recent barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan polls in the Ilocos region to submit their Statement of Contributions and Expenditures before the deadline on November 29. Reddy Ceralde Balarbar, Comelec-Ilocos...
DAVAO CITY – Presidential Assistant for Eastern Mindanao Leo Tereso Magno vowed to address the requirements of rebel returnees and their sympathizers in the Davao region and eliminate their inclination to rejoin the lawless communist organization. MAGNO (second from left). (FB) “A commitment...
CAMP FLORENDO, La Union – All Saints’ Day in the Ilocos region is generally peaceful and no untoward incidents have been recorded so far, the Police Regional Office-1 said on Wednesday night. Despite this, PRO-1 remains on full alert status, said Police Brig. Gen. John C. Chua. Chua said...
CAMP FLORENDO, La Union – The Police Regional Office-1 is turning its attention to securing All Saints’ Day after successfully maintaining peace and order in the barangay elections in the Ilocos region. PRO-1 Director Police Brig. Gen. John C. Chua said the success of the barangay and...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – Eight candidates in the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections in the Bicol region are facing suspension of proclamation due to various reasons with majority of them convicted by final judgement the court, the Commission on Elections-Bicol said on Tuesday, October...
DAVAO CITY – The barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE) in the Davao region on Monday, October 30, was “generally peaceful,” police said. Police Major Catherine dela Rey, Police Regional Office-Davao spokesperson, said that no election-related violence was...
