Editorial Due to the enforcement of the strictest COVID-19 restrictions, the unemployment rate in the Philippines increased to 8.1 percent in August 2021, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority. This is lower than the jobless rates in January, February and April this year but it exceeds...
Thousands of fisherfolk—already suffering from the COVID-19 crisis—are at risk of losing livelihood as the national government is set to demolish structures they have built for mussels and oysters farming in the Manila Bay. Members of fishers' group PAMALAKAYA (Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang...
The West Coast-based Labor Attaché in the United States (US) who revealed the presence of promising employment opportunities in Guam has offered helpful advice to Filipinos who intend to land a job in the American territory in the coming years. (Photo by Shivendu Shukla/ Unsplash) According to...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has warned the public against suspicious and unauthorized websites engaged in the dissemination of false information such as advertising job openings in the armed service. The Coast Guard District Northern Mindanao (CGDNM) said it has monitored some unofficial...
Job creation and poverty alleviation will be a major challenge for the government next year as the Department of Finance (DOF) admitted that uncertainly about the economic recovery will remain until the pandemic is contained. DOF Building in Manila Based on the DOF’s “Macroeconomic Framework...
The Department of Tourism (DOT) has partnered with the Information Technology and Business Process Association of the Philippines (IBPAP) to host a series of virtual job fairs that would benefit members of the local tourism industry. (Mark Balmores/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) Tourism Secretary...
Even when you’re about to quit, you are expected to—and should—be professional You’ve probably heard of the phrase, “Change is the only thing constant in this world.” This is very applicable in your career, whether it’s growth and change in your current company, or if you decide that...
Director Erik Matti WarnerMedia is giving Filipinos another reason to celebrate as it announced the premiere of ON THE JOB (#OTJonHBOGO), a new HBO Asia Original series continuing the saga of Erik Matti’s 2013 film carrying the same name. The engrossing six-part hour-long crime thriller series...
'Oh My Job!' hosts (from left) Bea Binene, Arnell Ignacio, and Tuesday Niu Usec. Atty. Benjo Santos Benavidez of the Labor Relations Social Protection and Policy Support Cluster will help us understand labor education for a balanced work ecosystem in the “Oh Isyu” segment of the top-rating show...
President Duterte is optimistic about the looming end of the local communist rebel group as the military continued to dismantle guerrilla fronts in the country. President Rodrigo Duterte delivers a public address on July 12, 2021 (Screenshot/RTVM) The President has commended the military for "a job...
SUVA, Fiji (AFP) – Fiji has announced plans to make the coronavirus vaccine compulsory for all workers as it battles a runaway outbreak of the Delta variant, with the prime minister issuing a blunt message: "no jabs, no job". Frank Bainimarama said all public servants in the South Pacific...
Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Art Tugade is serious about his "job offer" to displaced public utility vehicle (PUV) workers and overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). DOTr Secretary Arthur Tugade (Photo from DOTr Facebook page) This, as Tugade reiterated his call to individuals from...
