House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Joey Sarte Salceda says that increasing minimum wage is the right thing to do amid price hikes, particularly that of fuel. House Ways and Means Chair and Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda (File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) This, as the Albay 2nd district...
Presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo on Thursday, March 10, proposed a review of the country’s minimum wage, which has not moved since 2019, to “cushion” the blow of the rising fuel prices arising from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Vice President Leni Robredo (VPLR Media...
Presidential candidate Senator Panfilo "Ping" M. Lacson said Thursday (March 10) said he favors a eview of minimum wages is timely and necessary to help laborers cope with the surging costs of fuel amid the Russian-Ukraine conflict. Lacson said one of the most common complaints he and Vice...
PROMDI Party standard-bearer Senator Manny Pacquiao has vowed to pursue the review of the 48-year-old Labor Code and seek the amendment of certain provisions in order to further ensure equitable and fair treatment of minimum wages of all workers regardless of geographical location. Senator Manny...
The "symbolic" vaccination of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and minimum wage earners will take place simultaneously in all 17 local government units (LGUs) in Metro Manila on Saturday morning, May 1, on the occasion of Labor Day. DOLE Director Rolly Francia during the April 30, 2021 press...
Three thousand jabs for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and 2,000 jabs for local minimum wage earners. DOLE Secretary Silvestre Bello III (L) and DOLE Director Rolly Francia during the online press briefing on April 28, 2021. (Photo screengrab from DOLE Facebook page) That's how the 5,000...
The government will administer 5,000 doses of coronavirus vaccines to workers during the observance of Labor Day on May 1. (Joe Raedle / Getty Images / AFP / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) The planned vaccination of minimum wage earners and overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) has been given the green...
