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THE celebration of the Holy Week always brings in new and familiar sights to the faithful.
THE parents of the Filipino household service worker Joanna Demafelis, who was reportedly killed by her employers in Kuwait, will be among the 12 people who will have their feet washed by Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle on Holy Thursday.
After becoming one of the top source-countries of migrant workers for decades, the Philippines is now also emerging as a popular destination for foreign workers, according to the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE).
Former San Juan Vice Mayor Francis Zamora said on Tuesday he has no plan to identify his source, who told him the Commission on Elections (Comelec) has already junked the motion for reconsideration (MR) filed by San Juan Mayor Guia Gomez on his recall petition.
The labor department defended on Monday its decision to recall the labor attaché in Hong Kong amid allegations of favoritism in the accreditation of recruitment agencies.
The decision of the Department of Education (DepEd) to suspend its Automatic Payroll Deduction System (APDS) for loans and insurance payments is feared to create a ripple of negative effects impacting private lending institutions (PLIs), insurance firms and the 250,000 public-school teachers (PSTs).
The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) has allocated P25 million to extend financial assistance to its listed members affected by the overseas Filipino workers’ (OFWs) deployment ban to Kuwait.
Despite the anticipated reduction in the deployment of new overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Kuwait and Oman this year, the country’s overall remittance figures from abroad is unlikely to be affected, according to an expert.
LABOR group Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) called on the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on Tuesday for more transparency in its probe on workplace fires, which resulted in the death of workers.
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on Monday said it is now looking into possible occupational safety and health standards (OSHS) violations of the Manila Pavilion Hotel, following a Sunday noon fire within its premises that killed five workers.
Employment opportunities in Japan now await distressed overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) recently repatriated by the government from Kuwait.
Church-based election watchdog Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) on Tuesday lauded the “prudent” decision of the consultative committee (Con-com) reviewing the 1987 Constitution to regulate—instead of banning outright—political dynasties.
AN official of left-leaning labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) on Tuesday said the group is bracing for a surge in the number of illegal arrests after a new law vested the chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP) and select police officials subpoena powers.
Filling up the huge manpower requirement of the government’s big-ticket infrastructure projects that will be implemented under the “Build, Build, Build” (BBB) program could increase the salary and benefits of one of the lowest paid workers in the Philippines.
Almost a year after the government implemented stricter rules on contractualization, close to 1,000 contractors are no longer operating because they failed to register with the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE).
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) aims to find more skilled workers for the construction sector in the coming months to sustain local employment growth.
THE Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) announced it will be supporting two pending “pro-women” legislation in Congress to boost the protection of female workers in the workplace.
Labor groups may not be able to get their preferred version of an executive order (EO) on job contractualization, which they expect President Duterte to sign in a forthcoming Palace meeting scheduled next month.
A labor group hit the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on Monday over its alleged attempts to delay the signing of the pending executive order (EO) on contractualization. During its chance meeting on Monday with Labor Secretary Silvestre H. Bello III, the Partido Manggagawa (PM) failed to make the DOLE chief “categorically commit” to their version of the EO.
The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) said directly hired Filipino household service workers (HSW) are still banned from being deployed to Malaysia despite a new regulation of the Malaysian government relaxing its recruitment policy for migrant HSWs.
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is targeting to secure 1.2 million jobs from “Build, Build, Build” (BBB) projects before it embarks on a massive job fair for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in the Middle East.
THE Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said last Sunday the recent arrest of two suspects in the death of Filipino worker Joanna Demafelis will help speed up the lifting of the deployment ban in Kuwait.
The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) has instructed all Philippine recruitment agencies (PRAs) to closely monitor the condition of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) they have sent to Kuwait or face possible sanctions.
Over 5,000 vacancies await jobseekers during the first-ever Trabaho, Negosyo, Kabuhayan (TNK) fair for the forthcoming commemoration of the anniversary of the Edsa People Power Revolution in Quezon City.
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on Wednesday said that the government is likely to extend the deployment ban of overseas Filipino workers (OFW) to Kuwait up to March until a new bilateral migrant workers’ pact is signed between the two countries.
Labor groups belonging to a coalition announced on Tuesday they will seek the intervention of the International Labour Organization (ILO) on ending contractualization if President Duterte fails to sign a new executive order (EO) banning it next month.
The camp of former Vice Mayor Francis Zamora announced on Tuesday it already made official its appeal to the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to hasten the release of its resolution on the pending motion for reconsideration (MR) of Mayor Guia Gomez on the recall of polls in San Juan City.
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on Monday allayed fears of labor groups that the new executive order (EO) on contractualization to be signed by President Duterte will be a “watered-down version” of the draft they submitted.
A migrant advocate group called on the government to disclose all the provisions of its pending labor bilateral agreement with Kuwait to protect overseas Filipino workers (OFWs).
The Manila City government was still able to generate higher earnings last month despite having to refund around P200 million worth of realty tax.
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