The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) reminded employers on Friday, Dec. 24, to observe the proper payment of wages to their workers for the holidays this month. (FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) "It's the duty of employers to provide the rightful wages and benefits entitled to their workers...
Makati CBD skyline The Department of Health (DOH) on Friday, Dec. 24, recorded 310 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases. “Of the 310 reported cases today, 272 (88 percent) occurred within the recent 14 days (Dec. 11 - Dec. 24, 2021). The top regions with cases in the recent two weeks were...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) said that 78 health facilities were damaged in areas affected by typhoon Odette. DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that this figure includes 33 hospitals, 23 barangay health stations, 19 rural health units, two DOH provincial offices, and one city...
ft.com The Department of Health (DOH) said that the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination program is not yet open for children aged five to 11 as the government still needs to procure the specific vaccine intended for them. "We would like to clarify that we are not yet administering COVID-19...
Damage to the country’s agriculture sector is now nearing P4 billion five days after Typhoon Odette left the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR). In its latest update, the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DA-DRRM) Operation Center was already...
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has vowed to provide emergency employment to some 25,000 informal sector workers affected by Typhoon “Odette” which ravaged provinces in the Visayas and Mindanao last week. A beneficiary of the Department of Labor and Employment's Tulong...
DOH Another 288 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases were confirmed by the Department of Health (DOH) on Thursday, Dec. 23. The country's running tally is now at 2,837,903. Of this figure, 9,251 patients are still sick, the DOH said. “Of the 288 reported cases today, 241 (84 percent) occurred...
The Department of Finance (DOF) will draw this week $80 million of the World Bank’s standby loan extended to the Philippines to support the national government’s disaster relief and rehabilitation efforts in provinces devastated by Typhoon “Odette.” Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III...
Odette, the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines in 2021, has dampened the Philippine government’s overall growth outlook for agriculture sector, which already lost over P3-billion worth due to the typhoon. "The growth outlook is dampened," said Agriculture Secretary William Dar said in a...
The Department of Finance (DOF) has ordered the quick and round-the-clock processing of applications for tax and duty exemptions of donations to communities devastated by Typhoon “Odette.” In response to President Duterte’s directive on expediting relief and rehabilitation efforts in the...
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has provided workers in the informal economy, including kasambahays, with greater protection as gift this holiday season. Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III leads the payout of salaries to 1,500 beneficiaries under the Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating...
DOH The Philippines on Wednesday, Dec. 22, recorded 261 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases, the Department of Health (DOH) said. Wednesday's cases pushed the country's running tally of COVID cases to 2,837,784, as shown in the DOH case bulletin. Of the total caseload, 0.3 percent or only...
