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Over 4.7 million workers in the formal and informal sectors who have been affected by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic received aid from the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) this year. Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III leads the payout of salaries to 1,500 beneficiaries under the Tulong P

THE education sector and the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) received the biggest  allocations amid the Covid-19 pandemic in the 2022 budget law, which President Duterte signed on Thursday.  The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said this year's national budget — the last under the Duterte administration…

LEGAZPI CITY - The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Bicol continues to fast-track the release of salaries of informal workers in Albay under the Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers (TUPAD) program, following the 10-day work rendered in their respective villages. In a statement on Thursday, the agency said in its Albay Provincial Field Office, around 321 worker beneficiaries of TUPAD received their salaries in cash early this week during a payout at the Albay A...

MANILA - The final chapter of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army-National Democratic Front's (CPP-NPA-NDF) reign of terror has now been written off as more local government units (LGUs) have joined this administration in condemning the atrocities of these lawless groups by declaring as persona non grata in their respective localities. At the weekly virtual press briefing of the National Task Force to End Local Communists Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) on Thursday, Inter...

(File photo) MANILA - As the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) andemic took a toll on economies and greatly displaced many industries and workers, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has achieved significant accomplishments in assisting local and overseas workers in coping with the challenges of the new normal. Citing the latest DOLE data released on Monday, Secretary Silvestre Bello IIII said the agency has further intensified the implementation of its three major social amelioratio...

MANAOAG, Pangasinan – Soldiers of the 702nd Infantry (Defender) Brigade in partnership with the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and the local government unit (LGU) have joined hands during a 10-day tree-planting project to reforest the former New People's Army (NPA) base in San Nicolas, Pa

TREE-PLANTERS. Soldiers of the 702nd Infantry (Defender) Brigade pose for a photo on Friday (Dec. 24, 2021) after a 10-day tree-planting project to reforest the former New People's Army base in San Nicolas, Pangasinan. The project aims to make the tribal community productive and resilient.(Photo courtesy of AFP) MANAOAG, Pangasinan - Soldiers of the 702nd Infantry (Defender) Brigade in partnership with the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and the local government unit (LGU) have joi...

DOLEBureau of Workers with Special Concerns (BWSC) chief, Ma. Karina Perida-Trayvilla (Screengrab from Laging Handa briefing) MANILA- An official of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said Thursday the regions of Eastern Visayas and Northern Mindanao have started providing emergency employment assistance for informal sector workers affected by Typhoon Odette. "The (DOLE) Regional Office Number 8 (Eastern Visayas), they started on December 17 - a day after Typhoon Odette, which st...

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has vowed to provide emergency employment to some 25,000 informal sector workers affected by Typhoon “Odette” which ravaged provinces in the Visayas and Mindanao last week. A beneficiary of the Department of Labor and Employment's Tulong Panghanapbuha

Senate President Vicente C. Sotto III sent today, Thursday, Dec. 23, the Congress-approved P5.024 trillion General Appropriations Bill (GAB) for 2022 to President Duterte. The President is expected to sign the GAB, or national budget, on Dec. 28. This followed the recent ratification by the Senate