(JANSEN ROMERO/MANILA BULLETIN) More than 400,000 healthcare workers have already received their respective “One Covid-19 allowance (OCA),” an official of the Department of Health (DOH) said. A total of 526,727 healthcare workers are eligible to receive the OCA, said DOH Undersecretary Leopoldo...
The deployment cap for healthcare workers must be set at 5,000 per year, the president of a group of private hospitals said on Thursday, June 16. (JANSEN ROMERO/MANILA BULLETIN) This is lower than the current 7,500 cap set by the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) in February....
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) assured that hospitals encountering difficulties in getting the "One Covid-19 Allowance (OCA)" of their respective healthcare workers can coordinate with the agency to hasten its distribution. "The Department of Health welcomes closer coordination with all...
More Filipino healthcare workers are expected to get job opportunities after the Philippines signed an agreement with Germany to deepen their bilateral ties. (JANSEN ROMERO/MANILA BULLETIN) The Philippines and Germany recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to further facilitate the...
Senator Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go vowed on Saturday, June 11 to continue pushing for measures that would promote and protect the welfare and rights of healthcare workers (HCWs) to halt their exodus from the country. Go issued the statement after the super majority of senators in the coming...
MAP of the Philippines with Eastern Visayas highlighted. TACLOBAN CITY – Workers in Eastern Visayas (Region 8) will have a P50 increase in their daily minimum wage. From P325, their minimum wage will be P375 daily under Wage Order No. RB VIII-22. The pay hike for non-agriculture workers...
CEBU CITY – Some Covid-19 vaccinations sites here will be closed starting Friday, June 17, as fewer people are showing up to get inoculated. Dr. Jeffrey Ibones, officer-in-charge of the City Health Department, said it has been observed lately that the number of people visiting vaccination sites...
Senator Grace Poe on Tuesday, June 7 said months of sluggish government response has pushed the oil-hit transportation sector to the edge. Poe issued the statement as a number of public utility vehicle (PUV) drivers and operators are set to stage a widescale transportation strike should the problem...
Starting June 15, the public sector may now choose to adopt flexible work arrangements anytime according to the Civil Service Commission (CSC). Commuters wait for their ride along Riverside, Commonwealth Avenue, on June 7 2022. This is the same situation in many parts of Metro Manila as the lack of...
Following Mt. Bulusan’s eruption, Health Secretary Francisco T. Duque III on Monday, June 6, ordered the distribution of prepositioned supplies and face masks to affected residents. Situation in Juban town after the phreatic eruption of Bulusan Volcano on Sunday, June 5 (Sorsogon Provincial...
More than 60 Filipino hotel workers were recently deployed to Israel as it reopens its tourism industry. Israeli Ambassador Ilan Fluss hands over copies of the first-ever book translated from Hebrew to Tagalog as 'pabaon' to hotel Filipino workers bound for Israel. (Photo courtesy of the Embassy of...
The Church People-Workers Solidarity (CWS) on Wednesday, June 1, described the measly wage increases as an insult to workers. Photo CWS FB "CWS reiterates the sentiment of workers that these measly wage increases are an insult to the workers," the group said in a statement. It added that the latest...
