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The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), in cooperation with the Provincial Government of Bulacan through the Provincial Youth, Sports and Public Employment Service Office (PYSPESO), distributed livelihood assistance to 497 Bulakenyos on Wednesday, Sept. 22. According to the Provincial Public

MALASIQUI, Pangasinan - Some 3,056 displaced or disadvantaged workers in Pangasinan have benefitted from the Department of Labor and Employment's (DOLE) community-based package of assistance that provides emergency employment for them from Sept. 1 to 21. In a phone interview on Wednesday, DOLE Ilocos information officer Justin Paul Marbella said DOLE has released a total of PHP13.5 million for the wages of workers who were tapped for cash-for-work services under the Tulong Panghanapbuhay Par...

The Department of Labor and Employment said it will file theft or estafa charges against the suspects behind the illegal payout to around 100 unqualified beneficiaries of the TUPAD program.

WHEN the National Capital Region sneezes, the Philippines catches a cold. More than a year battling Covid-19, the NCR remains the arena, especially with the emergence of the more contagious Delta variant. The logic comes from the region’s character as the center of commerce, finance and politics; where policies on…

Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III became the latest government official to be afflicted with Covid-19.  In a statement on Tuesday, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said Bello tested positive for the disease last Saturday while undergoing self-quarantine in Ilagan, Isabela.  Bello is already fully vaccinated against Covid-19, said…

San Miguel Corporation has tapped former residents of Barangay Taliptip in Bulakan, Bulacan to help in a coastal cleanup drive.

BUTUAN CITY – Government officials and other top leaders of Surigao del Sur have came up with more strategic solutions to combat and to halt the spread of COVID-19 in the province. Among these strategic solutions are constant coordination with various government agencies and local government units

Published August 4, 2021, 5:30 PM Desperate times like the upcoming two-week enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in the National Capital Region (NCR) call for creative budgeting on the part of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), especially if it wants to give cash aid to displaced workers in a timely manner. (File photo/ Screengrab from Zoom meeting) DOLE Secretary Silvestre Bello III had bared plans to revive the agency’s one-time cash assistance program dubbed the COVID-19 Adjust...

By ANNA FELICIA BAJO, GMA News Published July 30, 2021 4:53pm House Speaker Lord Allan Velasco and Albay Representative Joey Salceda reiterated Friday their call for the passage of the Bayanihan 3 that will provide cash subsidy to those affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. "The imposition of ECQ (enhanced community quarantine) in Metro Manila due to the threat of the Delta variant brings to light the urgency of Bayanihan 3, and we appeal to our counterparts in the Senate to pass this measur...

(Ali Vicoy/ MANILA BULLETIN) DOLE Secretary Silvestre Bello III recently bared that they would be extending the tenure of some 5,700 contact tracers for a maximum of two months, at a cost of P200 million to the agency. “Malaking…kaltas sa ating budget pero syempre, napakahalaga ng trabaho ng mga contact tracers at kailangang kailangan talaga dito sa Metro Manila (This will be a huge reduction to our budget but then again, contact tracers are very much needed here in Metro Manila),” he s...