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Palace optimistic despite survey showing rise in jobless Filipinos

MANILA -- Despite survey results that adult joblessness increased to 23.9 percent percent, Malacañang on Tuesday, Labor Day, remained optimistic that the Duterte administration’s “Build, Build, Build” program would help generate...

Jobseekers flock job, business fair in Quezon City

MANILA — Jobseekers, majority of whom were newly graduates, flocked to the government job and business fair in Quezon City on Tuesday, Labor Day. Henry John Jalbuena, Department of Labor and Employment-National...

DSWD assures ample transpo aid for workers leaving Boracay

MANILA --The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Tuesday assured that it has sufficient funds to provide the transportation cash assistance to workers in Boracay who opt to leave...

Lifting of deployment ban depends on PH-Kuwait MOU deal

MANILA -- The lifting of the total deployment ban to Kuwait rests on a signed labor deal to protect overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and on the fixed relations of the two...

Soldier hurt in Cotabato City ambush dies

COTABATO CITY -- The soldier injured in Monday morning’s attack by suspected IS-linked militants has died while being treated in a government hospital here, raising to three the number of government...

Police: Labor Day in Davao region peaceful

DAVAO CITY – The Police Regional Office (PRO) XI declared the Labor Day celebration as peaceful amid complaints from the militant groups that delegations from Compostela Valley were held at the...

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