The Supreme Court (SC) has upheld the claim of a seafarer’s widow that lung cancer is a compensable work-related illness in the case of her husband. In a 19-page resolution uploaded online on March 21, the SC’s First Division affirmed the 2016 decision of the Court of Appeals ordering MOT Barko Manila Inc. and Mitsubishi Ore Transport Co. Inc. to pay Nerissa V. Delamide the amount of US$65,528 (around PHP3.4 million) in total and permanent disability benefits and sickness allowance and PHP577,938 as reimbursement for medical and transportation expenses and attorney’s fees. The CA ruling had set aside the May

A party-list lawmaker on Wednesday urged the Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA) and the Philippine National Railways (PNR) to also offer free rail rides to reduce transportation costs for commuters amid the high oil prices. This, after President Rodrigo Roa Duterte on Tuesday announced that the Metro Rail Transit 3 (MRT-3) will offer free rides from March 28 to April 30 following the successful completion of the rail system’s massive and comprehensive rehabilitation project. BHW Party-list Representative Angelica Natasha Co said offering free rides is a targeted measure to cushion the impact of high fuel prices, as it will immediately

More inclusive, responsive, and holistic approach to peace-building efforts assured as the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) officially transitioned to Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation, and Unity (OPAPRU) on Wednesday. Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity, said the OPAPRU is not only committed to transforming the lives of its beneficiaries, their families, and communities, but also “focusing on improving the organization’s systems, processes, and procedures in order to more effectively and efficiently implement” its sustainable programs and projects on-ground. “If there is one thing we have learned

President Rodrigo Roa Duterte has signed an executive order (EO) updating and supplementing the rules on non-mobile advertising signs and billboards. Executive Order No. 165, signed by Duterte on March 21, covers all non-mobile advertising signs and billboards, and their support structures, erected and installed, modified, retrofitted, rehabilitated or otherwise altered, and exhibited. In signing the EO, Duterte recognized that unregulated advertising signs and billboards pose traffic distractions and hazards, constitute threats to public safety and contribute to environmental degradation and urban blight due to their inappropriate location, site, glare, size, structural configuration and uncontrolled height limit. “There is a

The Taguig City government on Wednesday attributed the success of its coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic response efforts to the hard work and dedication of its medical front-liners. “It has always been our health workers who put their health at risk and try their very best to save lives. We thank them for their hard work and sacrifices,” Mayor Lino Cayetano said in a statement. The city was among local government units (LGUs) recognized by the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) for having a high Covid-19 vaccination rate during the “Bayanihan, Bakunahan 4” massive vaccination drive held

The leaders of 30 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) member countries will meet on Thursday to discuss the situation after Russia’s attack on Ukraine and its long-term stance in Eastern Europe. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will also attend the NATO Leaders’ Summit, which will be held at the NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. It is expected that President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky will make a speech by connecting to the meeting by teleconference and demand a no-fly zone by procuring air defense systems from NATO. At the summit meeting of extraordinary quality, the leaders’ agenda includes the developments after