The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has extended PHP1.29 million worth of projects to parents of child workers in two local government units in Capiz to help put an end to child labor. In an interview on Saturday, Amy Judicpa, the officer in charge of the department in Capiz, said the projects are funded under the DOLE’s Integrated Livelihood and Emergency Employment Program (DILEEP). This year, they have provided livelihood support to 72 parents while proposals for 27 more recipients are pending. These included the PHP500,000 Agricultural Supply Store in Barangay Bula in Mambusao town benefitting 42 recipients and

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) 7 (Central Visayas) will start issuing next week a safety seal certificate to establishments here found to be compliant with the minimum public health standards set by the government. DOLE-7 Director Salome Siaton said in a statement on Saturday the department is validating and scrutinizing the compliance of 19 establishments that have been inspected against the checklist and sector-specific guidelines issued by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID). These establishments, mostly based within the expanded Metro Cebu area, were subjected to validation and re-validation of compliance, specifically

Incoming Manila Archbishop Jose Advincula received his insignia as cardinal in a bestowal rite at the Immaculate Conception Metropolitan Cathedral in the Archdiocese of Capiz, Roxas City on Friday. Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines, His Excellency Most Rev. Charles John Brown, D.D., bestowed the insignia composed of the Scarlet Biretta or the red hat, cardinalate ring, and a titular title on the 69-year-old Advincula, personally witnessed by a limited number of people and streamed live over Facebook. The red hat is a sign of the dignity of the Cardinalate while the ring symbolizes fidelity to the Church. In his homily

Anti-narcotics operatives arrested six drug suspects, including a couple, and seized suspected shabu with an estimated street value of PHP136,000 in an entrapment operation carried out in Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao on Friday afternoon. Anthony Naive, a senior agent of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency – Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (PDEA-BARMM) in Maguindanao, said Saturday the successful 1:30 p.m. operation also led to the dismantling of a drug den in Purok Warda, Barangay Katuli of the municipality. “We have been monitoring the drug group’s illegal activities for more than a month,” Naïve told reporters here in an interview. He

The Philippines is eyeing an advanced labor cooperation with Saudi Arabia to uphold and protect the rights of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in the Gulf nation, Malacañang said on Friday. Presidential Assistant on Foreign Affairs Robert Borje, who has been tapped as the Philippines’ Special Envoy to Saudi Arabia, flew to the Arab state on Friday for an official visit aimed at enhancing the countries’ bilateral ties and advancing their labor reform cooperation, the Palace said. “President (Rodrigo) Duterte sends special envoy to Saudi Arabia to enhance ties, advance labor reforms cooperation, (and) ensure (the) well-being of OFWs,” it said