Senator Nancy Binay on Friday commended the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for moving to include workers in hotels operating as quarantine or isolation facilities in the A1 priority group saying this would boost the government’s efforts in the COVID-19 vaccination program. The IATF’s decision,...
Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat has welcomed the inclusion of frontline tourism workers in in the A1 priority group of the national vaccination program. DOT Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat (File photo / MANILA BULLETIN) This means there would be no more waiting for...
Special vaccination lanes must be established for the country's health workers, senior citizens and people with comorbidity based on the latest decision of the government's pandemic task force. A Manila resident receives a first shot of the coronavirus vaccine from a health worker at the Manila...
President Duterte has approved the additional P5-billion allocation for the repatriation of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), half of the amount requested by the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA). President Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque made the...
Senator Risa Hontiveros has called on the Senate to look into the working conditions of the so-called “gig economy” or workers taking on temporary or part-time employment. In filing Senate Resolution No. 732, Hontiveros said the Senate should look into and address reports of unfair working...
Domestic workers or kasambahay will likely be included in the list of indigent population up for coronavirus vaccination next month, Malacañang said Tuesday. A health worker prepares to administer a coronavirus vaccine at a vaccination site in Manila on May 14, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/ Manila Bulletin)...
Margie Maldo speaking after winning first prize in the 42nd Workers’ Song Festival that aired on KBS 2TV (Screenshot from KBS 2TV video on YouTube) The Korean Embassy in the Philippines congratulated Filipino Margie Maldo for winning first place in the 42nd Workers’ Song Festival held in...
The measure creating the Department of Overseas Filipinos (DOFIL) is set to be sponsored for Senate approval within the week, said Senator Joel Villanueva. The chairperson of the Senate labor committee disclosed on Monday, May 24, that senators have agreed on proposed amendments to the proposal...
Senator Nancy Binay is proposing to include registered dentists and licensed medical technologists as among the medical personnel authorized to administer COVID-19 vaccines. (JUAN CARLO DE VELA / MANILA BULLETIN) Binay filed Senate Bill No. 2212 on Tuesday, May 18, as she sought to amend the...
Will Canada become a major market for Filipino construction workers in the near future? Toronto, Canada (Photo by Alex Shutin Uhn / Unsplash) The prospect of that is promising, at least according to Rachel Zozobrado Nagayo, the Labor Attaché of the Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) in...
All workers in the IT-business process management sector are now part of the A4 priority list for COVID-19 vaccination, said Trade and Industry Secretary Ramon M. Lopez. Lopez said the Inter Agency Task Force (IATF) supported the move following justifications that DTI presented on the...
More individuals may soon receive coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines after the government's pandemic task force allowed the inclusion of more workers in the Priority Group A4 of the country's COVID-19 vaccination program. Vaccination in Pateros (Pateros municipal government / MANILA BULLETIN)...
