More than 4,300 workers in Bicol Region were recently provided with livelihood assistance amounting to more than P50 million under various key programs of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE).
Labor Sec. Silvestre Bello III is pushing for the amendment to a 15-year-old maritime convention of the International Labour Organization (ILO) to give global seafarers greater protection while on the high seas.
Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Police Gen. Guillermo Eleazar warned on Sunday (Sept. 19) individuals and groups who put at risk the safety of the public against COVID-19 by holding protest actions purposely to defy the quarantine protocols.
As construction works for the Philippine National Railways (PNR) Clark Phase 2 Project begin, Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines Koshikawa Kazuhiko, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Chief Representative Eigo Azukizawa and Asian Development Bank Country Director Kelly Bird lauded Transportation Secretary Art Tugade for the visible and rapid progress of the North-South Commuter Railway (NSCR) Project under the Build, Build, Build Infrastructure Program.
Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte should just run for President in the 2022 national elections, instead of waiting for her father, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, to reconsider his Vice Presidential plans.
