Senator Christopher “Bong” Go has reintroduced in the 19th Congress the bill which seeks to mandate the appointment of at least two barangay health workers (BHWs) in every barangay and granting them standard salaries and additional incentives. Go, who will again chair the Senate Committee on...
THE mother of 19-year-old Amierkhan Mangacop wipes her tears as she appeals for justice for her son who shot dead in a bar altercation in Davao City last week. (Keith Bacongco) DAVAO CITY – The 19-year-old student allegedly shot dead by a doctor of the Police Regional Office-Davao Region in a bar...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go thanked President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. for giving due recognition to the country’s athletes and frontliners at the military-civic parade during the his inauguration on Thursday, June 30, held at the National Museum in Manila City. A total of 25...
Returning Senator Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada has vowed to continue to fight for “what is closest” to his heart and that is to resolve the plight of Filipino workers here and abroad. Senator-elect Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada takes his oath of office on Tuesday, January 28, 2022 before Supreme Court...
(JANSEN ROMERO/MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Health (DOH) urges the different health facilities to completely submit the necessary requirements needed for the distribution of benefits for their respective health workers. In a statement on Tuesday, June 28, the state health agency said it once...
House Ways and Means Chair Rep. Joey Salceda told incoming Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) Secretary Susan Ople and Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma to lift the deployment ban on overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). (Photo from Joey Salceda's Facebook)...
As the country's workforce starts returning to work, the government's pandemic task force is now mandating employers to require their onsite workers to get vaccinated against the virus. This came after the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) updated...
The Social Security System (SSS) said on Monday, June 27 that its mandatory provident fund for its members called the Workers’ Investment and Saving Program (WISP) produced an income of P333.77 million in the first year of its implementation. (SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM) It also generated a...
(DSWD / MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), in collaboration with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Social Work Consortium-Philippines, spearheaded the celebration of the Filipino Social Workers’ Day on June 19, in recognition of the...
Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) The Department of Health (DOH) reminded the public that the second booster shot of Covid-19 vaccines are being given only to healthcare workers, senior citizens, and...
Allow employees to get second Covid-19 booster shots now. Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepion made the urgent appeal on Wednesday as he raised the alarm that the country is currently "in the middle of an economic storm" and that "we need to protect people who are now keeping...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) urged barangay officials institute a registration system for the "kasambahay" (househelps) to ensure that all their employers are following the laws that protect them. DILG Secretary Eduardo Año has strongly pushed for the measure it...
