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‘Safer workplace’ law implementing rules underway: DOLE

MANILA -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is now in the process of crafting the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act (RA) 11058 or the Occupational Safety and...

SolGen asks SC to junk petition vs. Boracay closure

MANILA -- The Office of Solicitor General (OSG) asked the Supreme Court to dismiss the petition filed by residents and workers in Boracay seeking to stop the closure of the island. In a...

Masbate approves FOI ordinance

MANILA -- Masbate province on Monday approved an ordinance that operationalizes Freedom of Information in the local government, becoming the first province in the Bicol region to pass such measure. The achievement was...

PRRD to send Cimatu ahead of him to Israel

MANILA -- President Rodrigo Duterte will be sending Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu to Israel ahead of his visit to check on the plight of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) there. Cimatu, a former Armed...

OFWs affected by NAIA fiasco to still get P5K aid: DFA

MANILA-- The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Wednesday said overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who were affected by the runway mishap at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) but already left...

Gatchalian proposes creation of counter-inflation task force

MANILA -- Senator Sherwin Gatchalian is pushing for the creation of a multi-agency task force that would be responsible for mitigating the effects of rising inflation in the country. "I think the Department...

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