P1,056 worth of coins, mostly in 5- and 10-centavo, as well as one-peso denominations. That's how a factory worker in Valenzuela City received his salary after rendering 24 hours of duty. In a Facebook post, a certain Odniemrud Eniger, the factory worker's cousin, sought help from Mayor Rex...
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is also investigating the case of the Valenzuela City factory worker whose salary was paid to him in centavo coins by his company. WE'RE PROBING IT--DOLE Director Rolly Francia reveals during a press conference on June 30, 2021 that the agency is now...
Valenzuela City Mayor Rex Gatchalian is inclined to believe that what happened to the factory worker who received his P1,056 salary in coins was done deliberately to "torment" the worker for raising his concerns against his company's alleged unfair labor practices. Gatchalian on Tuesday vowed that...
Can an employer pay their employees' salaries purely in coins? Under Circular No. 537 Series of 2006 issued by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), payment, particularly in the form of coins, shall be "legal tender" or must be accepted for as long as it does not exceed a certain limit. For P1 to...
Working as a construction worker during weekdays and as a street vendor on weekends is a 26-year old man’s way of earning a decent living for his family during this pandemic. Photo by Nel Andrade/ MANILA BULLETIN Diomar Gonzaga is a laborer specializing in masonry works. Being an on-call laborer...
President Duterte's first impression about Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar was wrong. President Rodrigo Duterte leads the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of the NLEX-SLEX Connector Road Project in Caloocan City on February 28, 2019. Assisting the President are Public...
MIkaela Spielberg, daughter of Oscar-winning director Steven Spielberg and actress Kate Capshaw, has said that working in the sex industry has been a healing for her. In a new interview with the Daily Beast, as published by New York Post, Mikaela said her work has been “life-affirming.” “I...
