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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...