Filipino health professionals are in favor of the proposed establishment of Philippine Center for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention, said Dr. Benito Atienza, Vice President 3 of Philippine Federation of Professionals Association. “Noong ako ay Presidente ng Philippine Medical Association...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Thursday, December 1 renewed his call for better social protection and benefits for the country’s healthcare workers through a review and amendment of the Magna Carta of Public Health Workers. Go said he sees the necessity of amending Republic Act No. 7305,...
Senator Mark A. Villar has filed a bill seeking to grant 13th month pay for contractual and job order personnel in the government service. “Contractual workers (COs) and job order (JO) personnel play a vital role in government service. They fulfill their duties diligently and passionately...
Here's some good news for domestic workers or "kasambahays". (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The House of Representatives unanimously approved on third and final reading Monday afternoon, Nov. 28 a measure that seeks to establish greater responsibility and accountability of private employment...
Senators are in agreement that the country’s health workers deserve to receive a higher salary and be paid their benefits for their role in the government’s COVID-19 pandemic response. But lawmakers cannot say if the government has sufficient funds to agree to their demands of a monthly minimum...
The immediate and well-organized distribution of Covid-19 benefits for health care workers in the Philippines was sought anew. (Manila Bulletin File Photo) Private Hospitals Association of the Philippines Inc. (PHAPI) President Dr. Jose Rene de Grano called on the national government to speed up...
Health workers from public, private hospitals and health facilities nationwide holds a "day of protest" infront of the Department of Health (DOH) along Sta. Cruz, Manila, on 24 November 2022. Health workers demand for swift release of their One Covid-19 allowance and health emergency allowance and...
The Covid-19 state of calamity imposed throughout the Philippines should be extended until 2023. (Unsplash) Private Hospitals Association of the Philippines Inc. (PHAPI) President Dr. Jose Rene de Grano backed the proposed extension of the nationwide state of calamity, stressing the need to...
Civil Service Commission (CSC) Chairperson Karlo Nograles urged civil servants to avail themselves of the financial education program to be offered soon by the agency. Civil Service Commission (CSC) Chairman Karlo Alexei Nograles (Senate PRIB Photo) Nograles made the statement during the Bangko...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Monday, November 21 bared a reported plot by a Chinese syndicate to recruit and lure as many Filipinos to be part of a large-scale human trafficking scheme and investment fraud. Sen. Risa Hontiveros bares a reported plot by a Chinese syndicate to recruit Filipinos in a...
The House of Representatives unanimously approved on third and final reading a measure institutionalizing enhanced protection, security, and benefits for workers in the media industry. (Markus Winkler/ Unsplash) Subjected to nominal voting during plenary session Monday, Nov. 21 was House Bill (HB)...
BACOLOD CITY -- Government workers here are expected to receive bonuses amounting to a minimum of P47,517 to a maximum of P148,891 before the year ends. After recovering from Covid-19 infection, regular, co-terminus, plantilla casual employees as well as retirees within the calendar year stand to...
