ZAMBOANGA CITY – More than 1,000 applicants joined the Hermosa job fair organized by the Zamboanga City government in a mall here on Thursday, Oct. 6. APPLICANTS at the Hermosa job fair organized by the Zamboanga City government. (Zamboanga City LGU photo) Mayor John Dalipe, together with...
Davao City Rep. Paolo “Pulong” Duterte on Monday, Oct. 3, lamented that some individuals are posing as Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged and Displaced Workers (TUPAD) beneficiaries to receive a payout from the government. REP. Duterte "It has occurred to me that people are using the...
Commission on Appointments (CA) Majority Leader and Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte says he has zero doubts regarding Bienvenido Laguesma's competence and capability as Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) secretary. Laguesma, whose appointment to the Cabinet post was...
A total of 1,134 workers from the informal sector in Isabela were integrated into the Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers (TUPAD), the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) reported on Friday, Sept. 30. (Photo: DOLE) According to the DOLE Isabela Field Office,...
A deputy speaker in the House of Representatives said the Philippine government should pay fair and equal treatment to foreign workers, including those employed by controversial Philippine offshore gaming operators (POGO). Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito Mendoza (Facebook) “TUCP calls on the...
A total of 268 members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, and Asexual (LGBTQIA+) community were hired under the government’s emergency employment program Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers (TUPAD). Photo by DOLE The TUPAD platform is a...
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on Friday, Sept. 23, hosted a dialogue with a labor group to tackle progressive talks with the sectoral organizations in promoting freedom of organization in workplaces. (Courtesy of DOLE) Labor Secretary Bienvenido E. Laguesma led the social dialogue...
By ANTONIO L. COLINA IV DAVAO CITY – A total of 2,541 vacancies are available to job applicants during the two-day Tourism Job Fair from Sept. 22 to 23 at the Abreeza Mall, an official of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)-Davao said Wednesday, Sept. 21. Paul Cruz, chief of...
The powerful bicameral Commission on Appointment (CA) confirmed today the appointment of Bienvenido Estudillo Laguesma as Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) secretary. In today’s CA plenary session. Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri, concurrent CA chairman, banged his gavel to declare...
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III has lauded the President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s decision to transfer the supervision of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to the Department of...
The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) will now be under the Department of Labor and Employment. Executive Order No. 5 (Courtesy of Malacañang) President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. signed on Friday, Sept. 16, the Executive Order No. 5, transferring the attachment...
That's quick. Just three days--and on a weekend-- after it was raised by a party-list group representative, the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) suspended its policy that bars teachers and other professionals with pending administrative cases arising from unpaid debts from getting their...
