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SunStar Displaced tourism workers, stakeholders can get P5,000 cash aid NEGROS. Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat (right) discusses with (from left) Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson, Silay City Mayor Mark Andrew Arthur Golez and Bacolod City Mayor Evelio Leonardia the agencys financial assistance for tourism workers affected by Covid-19 pandemic on the sidelines of the launching of "Negrense Heritage Cooking" book at Casa Gamboa in Silay City on Tuesday, January ...

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...

SunStar + December 18, 2020 THE Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has stopped accepting applications for financial assistance through its Covid-19 Adjustment Measures Program (Camp) under Republic Act 11494, or the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act (Bayanihan 2). Labor Advisory 33 Series of 2020 stated that effective December 11, the agency shall cease to accept online applications for the P5,000 financial assistance under Camp. "The Department of Labor and Employment has alr...

(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...

Published December 14, 2020, 4:41 PM The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said affected establishments under the tourism sector that implemented Flexible Work Arrangements (FWAS) or Alternative Work Scheme (AWS) that resulted in a reduction or loss of regular income or wages for its employees for the duration of community quarantine may apply for their workers’ financial assistance.  (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The DOLE said this is for a more “inclusive implementation of the fin...