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Those with unclaimed COVID-19 Adjustment Measures Program (CAMP) financial assistance in Metro Manila take note.

The government has provided close to P30-billion financial assistance to over three million local and overseas workers affected by coronavirus disease

FILE: Department of Labor and Employment Secretary Silvestre Bello III during a press conference on Thursday (Sept. 27, 2018), which is held at the DOLE main office in Intramuros, Manila.(PNA photo by Gil Calinga) MANILA – As the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic impaired various industries around the world, Filipino workers here and abroad were not spared from its economic impact. The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said close to 400,000 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs)...

Published December 31, 2020, 7:41 PM Amid the “extraordinary” challenges Malacañang faced in 2020, it remains optimistic that the economy will be on a rebound in 2021. In a 55-page yearend report released on Thursday, Malacañang cited some of the major highlights of the Duterte administration’s accomplishments and interventions in 2020, particularly its COVID-19 response. “Ten months since COVID-19 surfaced in the Philippines means we must learn to live with the virus, especially now ...

Published December 30, 2020, 7:51 AM Millions of Filipino workers have been adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic this year. The last Job Displacement Monitoring Report released by the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) showed that as of Oct. 25, 3.4 million workers have been displaced by the pandemic. (JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) These workers were adversely affected following the implementation of flexible work arrangements (FWAs) and temporary closure (TC) of 1...

Published December 22, 2020, 1:05 PM Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat announced that around 27,000 qualified displaced tourism workers in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) have been endorsed by the Department to receive the P5,000 cash aid from the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE).  (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The beneficiaries warmly received their documents as timely tokens for Christmas during the ceremonial awarding of the financial assistanc...

December 18, 2020 | 7:00 pm Font Size AAA The budget for programs supporting displaced workers increased by close to 100%, from P9.93 billion under the National Expenditure Program to P19.036 billion in the final version of the spending plan. -- PHILIPPINE STAR/EDD GUMBAN Workers affected by the disruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic will continue to receive assistance from the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) next year as a result of the interventions made by Congress...

Published December 18, 2020, 11:52 AM Senator Juan Edgardo “Sonny’’ M. Angara today said workers affected by the disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic would continue to receive assistance from the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) next year as a result of the interventions made by Congress in the proposed 2021 P4.5 trillion national budget. Sen. Sonny Angara (Alexis Nueva España/Senate PRIB) Angara, chairman of the Senate finance committee, explained that members of Congres...

Press Release Angara: Displaced workers will continue to receive assistance under the 2021 budget Workers affected by the disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic will continue to receive assistance from the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) next year as a result of the interventions made by Congress in the 2021 national budget. Senator Sonny Angara, the Chairman of the Committee on Finance, said the members of Congress were all in agreement that the workers affected by the pandemic ...

(MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said the extension of the validity of the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act (Bayanihan 2) enables the DOLE to reach out and extend benefits to more workers. “We can now use our budgetary allocation even beyond December 19,” he said in a press briefing Wednesday. “We now have more time to implement the payout to our workers,” Bello added.  Bello earlier instructed labor officials to hasten the distribution of the P16.4 bill...