Starting March 7, the daily take-home pay of minimum wage earners and monthly salary of domestic workers in Region XI will increase following the approval of the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Boards (RTWPB), the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has announced. Wage Order No. RB...
(MANILA BULLETIN) Speaker Martin Romualdez's marching orders to House members is to pass a wage hike measure that ultimately won't turn into a false promise to Filipino workers. House Deputy Majority Leader Iloilo 1st district...
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Thursday, Feb. 15, welcomed the bill seeking to increase the minimum monthly salary for teachers to P50,000. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN / FILE PHOTO) “We will always advocate for additional benefits for our teachers,” DepEd Undersecretary and...
A bill proposing an increase of P100 in the daily minimum wage for private sector workers in the entire country, which is estimated to benefit over 4.2 million minimum wage earners is up for plenary deliberations in the Senate. Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada sponsors Senate Bill No. (SBN) 2534 which...
Rarely does one of these dragging, protracted hearings in aid of legislation ever result to a tangible benefit to the common Filipino. But that’s exactly what happened after the House of Representatives sought to get to the bottom of overpriced local onions in February 2023. Upon the order of...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The contested debt of the Cagayan de Oro City Water District (COWD) remains unresolved despite a recent meeting that prevented disconnection of water supply from its bulk supplier. THE Cagayan de Oro City Water District on Corrales Ave., Cagayan de Oro City. (Franck Dick...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The Cagayan de Oro City Water District has considered the call of consumers and local officials to defer its proposed 60 percent water rate adjustment for three years, understanding the added problems it might bring to residents. Instead of adjusting the rate, the COWD asked...
A group of education workers expressed dismay over the government’s “failure” to enact the significant salary increase that is at par with the living wage. (NOEL PABALATE / MANILA BULLETIN) The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT), in a statement, lamented that Jan. 15 marked the...
The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) revealed on Thursday, Jan. 18, the ongoing coordination with board officials as they await agreements on the proposed rate hike deferral, aligning with the call made by the Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Teodoro Herbosa. In a televised...
AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee (Rep. Lee's office) An injustice to Filipinos. This was how AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee described the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation’s (PhilHealth) impending five percent increase in premium rates this year....
Office of Transportation Cooperatives (OTC) Chairperson Jesus Ortega and Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board-National Capital Region (LTFRB-NCR) Regional Director Zona Russet Tamayo called as “baseless” reports that commuters would soon need to shell out as much as P50 for a...
An increase of P0.0846 per kilowatt hour (kWh) in the January billing cycle of Manila Electric Company (Meralco) will bring slight squeeze in the pockets of its roughly 8.0 million customers in the initial month of this year. The power utility firm announced that its tariff will climb to P11.3430...
