The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on Wednesday said it does not see any problem with the payment of 13th month pay for private sector employees on an installment basis. Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III, however, said this arrangement must be mutually agreed upon by employers and their employees. “The employers will ask Juan dela Cruz, I want to give you your 13th month pay but not in full, maybe two gives. The first half will be paid this year and then the other half next year. If the employee agrees, there is no problem. The law on 13th

Logistics firm DHL Express has strengthened its partnership with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) through their phygital program to provide overseas market opportunities to all clients of DTI’s Negosyo Centers. To support market growth and increased international trade activities, DHL Express offers all customers of DTI Negosyo Centers a special 10-percent discount on published tariff rates through promo codes valid until Aug. 30, 2022. The promo codes are displayed in all 129 DTI Negosyo Centers nationwide and can be used on shipment bookings via the MyDHL+ website. The option to connect with DHL Express retail sales desks via

A barangay in Pasig has added 30 more college scholarship slots for children of indigent families whose sources of income have been affected due to economic backlash caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. Barangay San Antonio (BSA), Pasig now has a total of 110 college scholars with the addition of 30 more grantees since its initial implementation last year. BSA chairman Raymond Lising said he recently signed the memorandum of agreement (MOA) for the new scholars of the barangay. Under the said scholarship program, each beneficiary will be provided PHP50,000 annual stipend for tuition fee and an additional PHP1,500 monthly allowance.

Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Silvestre Bello III on Wednesday said he is not closing his doors to running in next year’s polls, despite skipping the filing the certificate of candidacy (COC) period last week. “There is a possibility. It will depend on what will be good for our country. If the opportunity will come, probably I would consider it. But in the meantime, I’m taking care of this very big problem of our workers first. The number of job losses, so many,” Bello said in a virtual forum. The labor chief said it was his brother, Silvestre

A total of 159,879 doses of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccines have already been administered in the city as of Tuesday. The number represents 27 percent of the total population of the city and 33 percent of the target herd immunity set by local authorities here. “Of the total number of residents vaccinated, around 85,018 individuals are already fully vaccinated in Butuan,” city information officer Michiko De Jesus told the Philippine News Agency in a phone interview Wednesday morning. She added that the updates on the vaccination efforts here are based on the data provided by the Local Vaccination Operations

The San Roque Power Corporation (SRPC) is not likely to release water from the San Roque Dam despite slightly exceeding the 280 meters above sea level (masl) normal high water level. In an interview, SRPC vice president for corporate affairs Engr. Tom Valdez said the water level at San Roque Dam reached 281.27 masl on Wednesday, with an inflow of 673 centimeters (cms) and outflow of 275 cms. “We are not expecting the opening of any gates. Since the Severe Tropical Storm Maring was here, we have not opened the gates. We only released (it) for power generation,” he said.