At least 2,223 workers in the Bicol region received a total of PHP48.097 million in settlement claims from labor dispute cases through the Department of Labor and Employment’s (DOLE) Single Entry Approach (SEnA) program for 2021. In a statement on Tuesday, DOLE Regional Director Ma. Zenaida A. Angara-Campita said the monetary award was the result of the dedication and efforts of Single Entry Approach Desk Officers (SEADOs) who managed to resolve existing labor disputes and other issues or complaints arising from employer-employee relations. “Around 1,140 labor disputes were settled out of 1,254 requests for assistance (RFAs) through (SEnA) which resulted

Anticipation for the reopening of the United States markets following the Martin Luther King Jr. Day boosted the local bourse on Tuesday but the peso weakened against the US dollar. The Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) rose by 1.66 percent, or 120.13 points, to 7,343.96 points All Shares followed with a jump of 0.97 percent, or 37.16 points, to 3,882.40 points. Most of the sectoral indexes also gained during the day with the Holding Firms rising by 1.86 percent; Services, 1.83 percent; Financials, 1.40 percent; Property, 1.33 percent; and Industrial, 0.68 percent. Only the Mining and Oil index finished the

The Department of Energy (DOE) here on Tuesday urged holders of permits for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) refilling not to violate the terms and conditions by engaging in illegal refilling activities. DOE-Visayas director Russ Mark Gamallo said a standard compliance certificate (SCC) issued to individuals or corporations highlighted the strict compliance with safety regulations, including the prohibitions against acts of illegal refilling. “Let me remind SCC holders not to venture into illegal acts that may compromise their permit or SCC issued by the DOE,” Gamallo told the Philippine News Agency. Gamallo’s warning came as his office filed charges against a

Some 11,500 employees from the private sector have been displaced due to the Alert Level 3 Covid-19 classification in Metro Manila and other areas of the country, Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Silvestre Bello III said on Tuesday. He said the number is way below the Department of Trade and Industry’s estimate that the Alert Level 3 status will displace 100,000 to 200,000 workers. “Fortunately, as of, I think that was yesterday or Sunday, the displaced workers because of Alert Level 3 are only more than 11,500 workers, they lost their jobs because their company, either retrenched or

The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) has so far provided 1.74 million liters of drinking water to communities severely affected by Typhoon Odette last month. “In terms of water, Mr. President, OCD provided 1.74 (million) liters or 2.1 million water bottles,” OCD Assistant Secretary Hernando Caraig Jr. told President Rodrigo Duterte during the pre-recorded Talk to the People on Monday night. Caraig made the remark in response to the President’s question on whether there is a stable supply of drinking water in typhoon-battered areas. He also said that the Lucio Tan Group and the Chinese Chamber of Commerce also donated

About 300 employees of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) have tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) since January 1, an official said on Tuesday. A mass testing was conducted among the employees after the holiday break, and many, including technical personnel, have tested positive of the virus, CAAP chief of staff Danjun Lucas said in the Laging Handa public briefing. In an interview with the Philippine News Agency, CAAP spokesperson Eric Apolonio said CAAP has 6,918 employees across the country and 6,643 of them were already inoculated against Covid-19. Apolonio said 289 out of the 1,486