GROCERY store workers take a break in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap/File/Manila Bulletin) ILOILO CITY – Days before a minimum wage increase across Western Visayas or Region 6 takes effect, five major business groups in Iloilo City, Iloilo, and Capiz have appealed for a lower daily rate. The Iloilo...
DAVAO CITY – The approved minimum wage increase in Davao Region is ‘far from enough’ to cover the prices of basic commodities, a former lawmaker said. Former Anakpawis Party-list representative Ariel Casilao said in a statement that the wage increase is below the supposed ‘poverty wage’...
Local fishers were left with no choice but to look for alternative jobs apart from fishing amid the continuous fuel cost hike in the Philippines. A fisherman in Cavite (Manila Bulletin File Photo) Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) National Chairperson Fernando...
Senator-elect Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito on Friday, June 3 said he will ask President-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. to issue an executive order that would suspend the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) premium hike scheduled this year. Former Senator JV Ejercito (Cesar...
Senator-elect Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito on Thursday urged the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) to defer its scheduled premium hike this month, saying that any increase at this time would be insensitive to the plight of Filipinos still reeling from economic woes due to the...
MAP of the Philippines with Central Visayas highlighted CEBU CITY – The Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board-Central Visayas (RTWPB 7) has agreed to impose a P31 increase in the daily minimum wage in the region. The P31 increase is the highest that has been granted in the region so...
ILOILO CITY -- The Iloilo Business Club (IBC) is set to appeal for the suspension of the implementation on June 5 of the salary increase approved by the National Wages and Productivity Commission (NWPC). IBC executive director Atty. Eunice Guadalope said a memorandum of appeal is being prepared to...
ILOILO CITY – Good news for workers in Western Visayas region. The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is set to implement a salary hike for workers in the private sectors, including kasambahays, starting June 5. “It is good news for the daily wage earners, the kasambahays and their...
TRECE MARTIRES, Cavite – Caviteño workers may soon enjoy a new minimum wage higher than the current P373 rate. The Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) held a public hearing regarding the minimum wage hike in Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, Quezon) at the...
Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Jose 'Joey' Concepcion III said micro-enterprises should be exempt from salary hike orders as they are still reeling from the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and the conflict in Eastern Europe. Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion...
Motorists using the Manila-Cavite Toll Expressway (CAVITEX) and the North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) have to pay increased toll rates, effective Thursday, May 12, 2022. Based on the new toll fee matrix (VAT-Inclusive) of CAVITEX, motorists shall now pay P33.00 for Class 1 vehicles from the current...
Independent presidential aspirant Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson said the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) might need to defer its planned premium rate hike in June to allow members whose livelihoods were affected by the pandemic to recover. Presidential aspirant Senator Panfilo...
