The administration remains firm in advancing key labor reforms—particularly accelerating employment facilitation and reviewing minimum wage rates—after retaining Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma in the Cabinet. Laguesma emphasized that sustaining...
BACOLOD CITY – A call for help on social media led to the rescue and safe return of seven residents of Negros Occidental victimized and stranded for two months by a fake job offer in Palawan. Bacolod Rep. Greg Gasataya responded swiftly after learning about the group’s plight online. In a...
SM Supermalls, in partnership with Jobstreet by SEEK, facilitated the immediate hiring of 2,091 applicants during its nationwide Labor Day 2025 job fair held across 20 malls. The event drew 14,864 job seekers and was supported by government agencies such as the Social Security System (SSS),...
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has helped sustain gains in the country’s employment rate through job fairs and career development programs that provide Filipinos with access to sustainable job opportunities across key industries. DOLE Assistant Secretary Patrick Patriwirawan Jr....
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) released a total of P2.61 billion in emergency and livelihood assistance to more than 400,000 displaced and disadvantaged workers during the 123rd Labor Day celebration. Labor Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma said the support was provided through the DOLE...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A total of 13 4Ps beneficiaries were hired on the spot during the 123rd Labor Day job fair in a mall here. 4Ps applicants were hired on the spot during the 123rd Labor Day Job Fair spearheaded by DOLE-9. (DOLE-9) The applicants were among 500 exited and exiting 4Ps...
Approximately 9,300 job vacancies were offered in the Labor Day job fair in Iloilo. JOB seekers line up at the Labor Day Job Fair in a popular mall in Iloilo City. (DOLE-6) Atty. Sixto Rodriguez Jr., director of the Department of Labor and Employment-6, led the opening of the job...
DOLE Secretary Bienvendo E. Laguesma The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) will hold job fairs across all regions this March that are expected to offer thousands of local and foreign employment...
If he succeeds in his Senate comeback bid in the May 2025 midterm polls, former senator Bam Aquino promised to bring more jobs to the provinces to address jobs mismatch and stop the need for jobseekers to leave for the city. Independent senatorial candidate Bam Aquino and Dalubhasaan ng Lungsod ng...
President Marcos assured Filipinos that the government was looking for solutions to address the "changes" caused by recent global events. President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. (RTVM screenshot) Marcos said this as he led the ‘Trabaho at Serbisyong Pangkalusugan sa Bagong Pilipinas’ in...
Palace Press Officer and Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro believes she is the target of a demolition job to kick her out of Malacañan following the resurfacing of an old video that allegedly misrepresents her actions as a lawyer. RTVM/X (@boyKillsWorld20) screenshots Castro said this...
Filipino nurses and caregivers can seek employment opportunities in Japan following Tokyo’s announcement that it had opened applications for 50 nurses and 300 careworkers. (Photos from Filipino Nurses Association in Japan, AFP, Getty Images) The Japanese Embassy in Manila, in a...
