The Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) is already processing wage hike petitions for workers in the National Capital Region (NCR), the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) announced on Tuesday, April 5. In a statement, DOLE-NCR Regional Director Sara Buena Mirasol said...
Remittances in the Philippines have long been dominated by offline players in brick-and-mortar stores and cash pick up locations, but as social distancing came into effect as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the market, particularly the recipients shifted towards the realm of digital or online...
SHANGHAI, China -- Around 10,000 medical workers from several regions across China have arrived in Shanghai in recent days to help the fight against Covid-19 as the city has seen surging infections, local health authorities said Sunday. Medical workers work in the quarantine zone at the Shanghai...
Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats (CMD) vice presidential candidate and Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte is eyeing the immediate operationalization of the newly-created Department of Migrant Workers. Overseas Filipino workers (OFW) returning back home to the country (Ali Vicoy/ File photo/ MANILA...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. Luis “LRay” Villafuerte has called on recently-appointed Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) Secretary Abdullah Mama-o to focus the body’s efforts on offering legal assistance and welfare to overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and on targeting illegal recruiters....
Around 500 Filipino hotel workers are expected to be deployed in Israel by next month as the foreign land reopens its tourism industry, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said. (FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Israel's hotel sector is expected to require a full workforce to cater to the expected...
Health workers from the Lung Center of the Philippines (LCP) staged a protest on Monday, March 21, to call for a salary increase the release of "long overdue" unpaid benefits. (Photo from AHW) Eleazar Sobinsky, President of LCP Employees Association-Alliance of Health Workers said health workers...
Former Vice President and senatorial aspirant Jejomar Binay backed the scrapping of the tax on the honorarium of teachers and other poll workers in the upcoming May 2022 elections. Binay made the statement on Monday, March 21, following the petition filed by a group for the removal of the...
Despite the imposition of the least restrictive Covid-19 Alert Level 1, vice-presidential aspirant Senator Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan said it is "cruel" to force the implementation of a face-to-face work scheme, especially amid the increasing costs of basic goods and fuel products. (Jansen Romero /...
Senator Joel Villanueva on Friday, March 18 called on the government to support the call of the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) to implement a four-day work week to address the continuous oil price hikes and apply it primarily to the business process outsourcing (BPO) workers....
The establishment of the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) is a gift to Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) made possible through the hard work and determination not only of its proponents but also of every Filipino migrant workers, Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Thursday, March 17 said. In a...
A Lacson presidency will push for a legislation that would institutionalize higher compensation and benefit packages for barangay healthcare workers (BHW) nationwide under his administration. Partido Reporma standard-bearer Senator Panfilo "Ping" M. Lacson announced this during his and running mate...
