The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) should issue guidelines and labor policies that would better protect and promote the welfare of delivery riders in the country and shield them from unfair labor practices. (JANSEN ROMERO / MANILA BULLETIN) Senator Risa Hontiveros pointed out on Monday,...
Senator Risa Hontiveros is pushing the passage of a bill that seeks to provide cash assistance to pregnant workers in the informal sector. In filing Senate Bill No. 2175 or the proposed Maternity Benefit for Women in the Informal Economy Act of 2021, Hontiveros said it is necessary to help pregnant...
Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Silvestre Bello III got his dose of the AztraZeneca vaccine against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Ilagan City, Isabela on Saturday May 15. VACCINATED-- Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III got his dose of the AztraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in...
An estimated 30 percent of the Filipino nurses who were displaced from their jobs abroad as a result of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are willing to work in the Philippines temporarily. (Screengrab from DOLE Facebook live) Marianito Roque, former Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)...
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, 30 individuals in a barangay in Pasig City were provided free skills training and employment opportunities. This was made possible by the collaboration between Barangay San Antonio, Pasig, and CFC-ANCOP, paving the way to a 10-day free skills training of masonry,...
Over P221 million cash assistance for more than 44,000 tourism workers in the Western Visayas have been approved by the Department of Tourism (DOT) and the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to assist them amid the ongoing pandemic. (Photo from Department of Tourism / MANILA BULLETIN) A...
An advocacy group called on the government to ensure that Filipino students are equipped with the knowledge and skills they need for future employment. Ali Vicoy/MANILA BULLETIN The Philippine Business for Education (PBED), on Friday, May 7 made this call as the current school year nears its end....
Believing that “it will do more harm than good,” Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Silvestre Bello III has rejected the request of the Philippine National Police (PNP) to make the n ational p olice c learance (NPC) a requirement in the agency’s various transactions . DOLE...
The total vacancies in the Department of Labor and Employment's (DOLE) much-hyped Labor Day online job fair has now ballooned to over 52,000. (Photo by Luis Villasmil/ Unsplash) "Pangungunahan po ni Secretary Bello ang pagbubukas ng nationwide, simultaneous job fair na mayroon na po, as of 12 noon...
The Philippines’ Labor Day celebration should be symbolically marked by a massive coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination drive for the country’s workers. Senator Joel Villanueva, chair of the Senate Committee on Labor and Employment, said the government’s plan to vaccinate a select group of...
The sheer number of job vacancies that will be offered in the upcoming Labor Day job fair makes Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Silvestre Bello III think that the country’s employment situation isn't so bad. DOLE Secretary Silvestre Bello III (Video screengrab from Zoom...
Requiring workers to get a coronavirus vaccine could be a possibility in case of a low turnout in the immunization drive, according to a government adviser. (Photo by Martin BUREAU / AFP / MANILA BULLETIN Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion has appealed, however, to the...
