Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada has filed a bill seeking to ensure gainful employment for rehabilitated drug users and grant incentives to companies who hire them. Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada (Senate PRIB Photo) In filing...
Malacañang said that the Marcos administration's efforts to provide more jobs to Filipinos have begun bearing fruit following the reported drop in the country's unemployment rate. *(Jansen Romero/File photo)* Communications Secretary Cheloy Garafil said this after the Philippine Statistics...
The Technical Education Skills Development Authority (TESDA) announced on Monday, May 22 that it will not charge first-time jobseekers when acquiring National Certificates (NCs), Certification, Authentication and Verification (CAV), and Certificates of Competencies (CoCs). "First-time job seekers...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has welcomed a proposal to create the Private Sector Jobs and Skills Corp. (PSJSC) to upgrade the skills of the Filipino workforce, address jobs and skills mismatch and generate more jobs. *JOB GENERATION DISCUSSION - President Marcos meets with the Private...
The Senate Committee on Labor, Employment and Human Resources has “approved in principle” the bill seeking for a P150 across-the-board wage increase for all private sector workers in the country. The panel, which is headed by Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada, will now discuss the proposed...
Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva on Sunday, May 7 said he is upbeat over President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s efforts to find employment opportunities for Filipinos in his overseas trips. This, after Malacañang announced during President Marcos’ trip to the United States...
Actress Ruffa Gutierrez said on April 5 that she will abide by the decision of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and will pay the claims of her two former maids. Mariglen Abraham-Garduque, lawyer of the Gutierrez family, sent a statement to Manila Bulletin regarding the case. ...
The measure that aims to reduce the number of jobless Filipinos by matching their education and skills to available jobs was overwhelmingly passed on third and final reading during plenary session Tuesday, March 21. Approved following the conduct of nominal voting was House Bill (HB) No. 7370,...
Senator Rafael ‘’Raffy’’ T. Tulfo has filed a Senate resolution seeking to review existing policies on the minimum wage increases to improve the standard of living and quality of life of workers, particularly those in the lower income bracket. In filing SR 476, Tulfo stressed that while...
On the heels of the disappointing news that the inflation rate had risen even higher to 8.7 percent in January – beyond the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ forecast range of 7.5 to 8.3 percent, and the government’s target range of two to four percent – there was a vital piece of good news on...
The Pasig City local government will open on Monday, Feb. 13, the application for the Katuwang sa Agarang Hanapbuhay Program (KAAGAPAY), an alternative employment initiative led by the Public Employment Service Office (PESO). Described as a “community-based package assistance,” the KAAGAPAY...
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union -- Seven local government units (LGUs) of Region 1 have created the Barangay Employment Services Offices (BESO) to help facilitate information on job opportunities at the barangay level. In a report from the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in Region 1, the...
