The University of the Philippines Diliman (UPD) on Sunday, Dec. 17, said it will extend the conduct of online classes and work-from-home arrangements for the remaining working days of 2023 due to the continuation of the transport strike. University of the Philippines Diliman (UPD) On Dec.12, UPD...
The Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) expects a softening up by the Fiscal Incentives Review Board (FIRB) on its position on the work-from-home (WFH) policy for IT-business process management (IT-BPMs) firms registered with the agency. PEZA Director General Tereso O. Panga said that its plea...
The IT and Business Process Association of the Philippines (IBPAP) partly attributed the lower turnout of IT business process management (ITBPMs) or business process outsourcing (BPO) firms that transferred their registration to the Board of Investments (BOI) to the possibility that they will still...
Senator Joel Villanueva has sought congressional passage of his bill allowing businesses registered in investment promotion agencies to adopt a work-from-home (WFH) arrangement for their employees while maintaining their tax and fiscal incentives. The grace period for companies in the Information...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) offices in Manila will be implementing a work-from-home schedule from June 28 to 29. Comelec/MB The poll body said this was due to the road closures and heightened security measures implemented by the Philippine National Police within the City of Manila starting on...
The Fiscal Incentives Review Board (FIRB) is not bowing down to pressure as the interagency body stood firm on its decision that the work-from-home (WFH) setup for registered information technology-business process outsourcing (IT-BPO) firms was only temporary. In a statement on Thursday, April 28,...
"Work-from-home" or WFH is a term that gained popularity due to sheer necessity during the Covid-19 pandemic. But a former congressman in the current 18th Congress thinks that the proper term should be "work from anywhere" or WFA. (Simon Hattinga Verschure/ Unsplash) “Let us stop living in the...
Former senator Jinggoy Estrada plans to institutionalize and provide incentives for alternative or flexible work arrangements should he succeed in his comeback bid in the Senate. (From left to right) Presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos, Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte, and Jinggoy Estrada “The...
Reelectionist Senator Leila de Lima has joined the call of the information technology and business process management (IT-BPM) firms to allow them to carry on with work-from-home (WFH) arrangements. (MANILA BULLETIN File Photo/Mark Balmores) De Lima slammed the return-to-office order of the Fiscals...
House Social Services Committee chair Quezon City Rep. Alfred Vargas is pushing for the adoption of work-from-home (WFH) setups amid the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and the fuel crisis. House Social Services Committee chair Quezon City Rep. Alfred Vargas (Photo from Alfred Vargas FB page)...
Former Vice President and senatorial aspirant Jejomar Binay urged the national government on Wednesday, March 16, to reconsider its plan to make Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) workers return to on-site work system amid the declining number of Covid-19 cases. Binay made the statement after the...
A group of teachers on Tuesday, Jan. 4, urged the Department of Education (DepEd) to retain the work-from-home set-up (WFH) among public school teachers amid the rising cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), especially in Metro Manila. Photo taken at Latian Elementary School in Alabel Sarangani...