The Department of Tourism (DOT) rolled out on Thursday, Aug. 12 a two-day vaccination program in San Fernando City, Pampanga which aims to inoculate at least a thousand active tourism workers there. (Photo from Department of Tourism) Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat led the vaccination...
Senator Joel Villanueva on Thursday, August 12, expressed anew his dismay over the delay in the release of special allowance and other benefits due for health workers. (JANSEN ROMERO/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) "Dismayado po tayo sa kinahinatnan ng pondong inilaan ng ating gobyerno para sa mga...
A total of 3,760 active tourism workers in Bohol are expected to be inoculated in the second wave of vaccinations against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), which the Department of Tourism (DOT) launched Wednesday, Aug. 11. A tourism worker in Bohol receives his COVID-19 jab during the second...
The August 2021 Social Workers Licensure Examination (SWLE) shall proceed as scheduled. PRC/MB The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) on Tuesday, August 10, announced that the August 24, 25, and 26 SWLE shall proceed in the following testing venues: • NCR • Baguio • Cagayan...
More than 70 percent of tourism frontliners in Metro Manila who work at establishments accredited by the Department of Tourism (DOT) have already been vaccinated against coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the agency reported. A Manila resident receives a COVID-19 jab at the vaccination hub in SM...
The Department of Labor and Employment's (DOLE) latest request to the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) indicates that Filipino healthcare workers (HCWs) continue to leave the Philippines amid the raging coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. (Kevin...
The Department of Tourism (DOT) has partnered with the Information Technology and Business Process Association of the Philippines (IBPAP) to host a series of virtual job fairs that would benefit members of the local tourism industry. (Mark Balmores/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) Tourism Secretary...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) is expected to bring home more than 7,000 stranded overseas Filipinos this month through a combination of chartered and Bayanihan flights. Photos of stranded Filipinos preparing to board a repatriation flight from Dubai last week. (DFA) This is despite the...
Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat is pushing to inoculate more tourism workers in various destinations in the country to restore the public's confidence to travel and help in the industry's recovery from the pandemic. A tourism worker receives his first dose of COVID-19...
Senator Joel Villanueva has assured that the proposed Department of Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipinos (DMWOF) will push for job creation in the Philippines that going abroad to work "will just be a choice" to Filipinos. Senator Joel Villanueva speaks during a Senate hearing on February 24,...
The vaccination rollout of the local government of Angono, Rizal resumed on Thursday, August 5 by opening the vaccination site to essential workers or those in the A4 Category. Residents of Angono wait for their turn to get vaccinated at SM Center Angono in Rizal Province. (Photo from the Angono...
President Duterte is hoping the country's agreement with the United Kingdom on the hiring of Filipino medical professionals will be finalized soon. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) The President has pushed for a "fair, ethical, and sustainable" labor accord between the two...
