Just in time for Labor Day, presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo promised labor groups on Sunday, May 1, that she will raise the minimum wage of Filipino workers. Vice President Leni Robredo addresses her supporters from the labor sector during the Labor Day event, dubbed as “A10 Ang...
The Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) is already processing wage hike petitions for workers in the National Capital Region (NCR), the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) announced on Tuesday, April 5. In a statement, DOLE-NCR Regional Director Sara Buena Mirasol said...
Brace yourself for potential pandesal price hikes. This, after Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda said Tuesday, April 5 that the next price hike on basic goods would probably be on bread and other baked goods. Traditional Filipino pandesal. There are different variations of the bread (Unsplash)...
Senator Joel Villanueva has called as "oppressive" the Commission on Elections' (Comelec) spending ban on government offices as members of various industries are in need of subsidies due to increasing oil price hike. Villanueva on Tuesday urged the poll body to suspend its moratorium on the Land...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Thursday called on concerned government agencies anew to ramp up the distribution of fuel subsidy under the Pantawid Pasada Program to targeted beneficiaries as oil companies impose a new round of fuel price hike this week. Gatchalian noted it is already the end of...
Former Vice President and senatorial aspirant Jejomar Binay called on the national government on Wednesday, March 30, to hasten resolving pending petitions to increasse the minimum wage of workers as the prices of commodities and fuel continue to rise amid the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Binay said...
Former senator Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito on Friday renewed his call for the government to suspend the excise tax on fuel to mitigate the ongoing global crisis on petroleum products brought about by the conflict between Ukraine and Russia. Ejercito said it’s imperative for the government to...
Senator Grace Poe is still not satisfied with the government's move to increase the monthly subsidy to poor Filipino families from P200 to P500 by saying it "may look better on its face but there's a catch." Poe in a statement Thursday expressed concern that from the earlier promised year-long...
Senatorial candidate Herbert “Bistek” Bautista on Thursday said he supports the call for Congress to review the country’s oil price mechanism, noting how prices of fuel are being defined especially in the oil industry. Bautista made the call amid threats of more price increases as a result of...
Ten petitions for wage increases have been filed in six regional wage boards according to a report this week of the Department of Labor and Employment’s National Wage and Productivity Commission (NPWC). The petitions have been filed in the National Capital Region - NCR, Region 3 - Central Luzon,...
Labor group Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) conducted a transport strike in Negros Occidental as part of its protest in junking the Oil Deregulation Law amid the bigtime and continuous oil price hikes in the country. The Oil Deregulation Law removed the government’s control on the pricing, exportation,...
The Civil Service Commission (CSC), the central human resource (HR) agency of the Philippine government said on Monday, March 21 that it supports the recommendation of the compressed four-day work week. (Jansen Romero / MANILA BULLETIN) During the Laging Handa public briefing, CSC Commissioner...