The Philippine Nurses Association (PNA) has expressed disapproval over Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Silvestre Bello's proposal to scrap board exams for nurses. (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) In an interview over DZBB, PNA National President Melbert Reyes said the association and the...
Displaced overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) are still being flown home to the Philippines over a year since the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic began. Ninoy Aquino International Airport (File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) "We're still expecting 30,000 to 40,000 of our OFWs . Eto yung mga nawalan...
The Filipina overseas worker who was raped by her employers in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is now two months pregnant. (Photo by Charles Deluvio/ Unsplash) Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Silvestre Bello III shared this sad news Wednesday, July 7 during a virtual press...
Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who have been fully inoculated abroad from the coronavius disease (COVID-19) should have their vaccination cards validated by the Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) before coming back to the Philippines. (Photo from DOLE Facebook page) Thus, said Department of...
The Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia has been directed to go after the owner of a foreign recruitment firm who allegedly raped a Filipina overseas worker, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said Tuesday, July 6. (File photo/ Screengrab from Zoom meeting) In...
The Philippines has assumed chairmanship of the International Labor Organization's (ILO) Government Group, making it the first non-regular member country of the ILO to take such role. (Mark Balmores/ MANILA BULLETIN) This was bared by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Sunday, July 4,...
Should economic zone-based business process outsourcing (BPO) companies implementing a work-from-home (WFH) scheme get tax incentives? The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) thinks so. (Photo from DOLE Facebook page) According to DOLE Secretary Silvestre Bello III, Information Technology and...
Employers and government agencies on Wednesday, (June 30) signed a manifesto that seeks to create 1 million jobs by end this year to help address the high unemployment rate in the country and bring it back to pre-pandemic level. The Manifesto on 1 Million Jobs for 2021-Partnership Project with the...
A simple yet great president. DOLE Secretary Silvestre Bello III (left) and former President Benigno Simeon Aquino III (Photo credits: Zoom meeting screengrab, Facebook page of Noynoy Aquino) That's how Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Silvestre Bello III described the late...
The Philippine government will soon allow the deployment of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to Oman again now that Filipino and Omani officials have managed to smooth things out on the matter of travel restrictions. Muscat, capital of Oman. (Photo by Mayur / Unsplash) According to Philippine...
Practically all of the 1,500 slots added to the Inter-Agency Task Force's (IATF) annual deployment cap on Filipino healthcare workers (HCWs) will be used by nurses who secured jobs abroad. (Screengrab from Facebook live) This was bared by Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA)...
Here's proof that some countries simply can't afford to not have overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). (Photo Silas Baisch / Unsplash) Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Silvestre Bello III is meeting with his counterpart from the Sultanate of Oman Friday night June 18 to find a...
