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(Photo courtesy of Department of the Interior and Local Government) MANILA - The Philippines should treat foreign workers, including those working in Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs), with respect and ensure the protection of their human rights, labor groups said on Thursday. Nagkaisa chairperson Sonny Matula said the Philippines, as a country that demands fair and equal treatment for OFWs in their host countries, should also apply the same principle to the rights of foreign workers. This came after reports said a "humanitarian crisis" looms from Manila's enforcement ...

The House of Representatives Committee on Labor and Employment, under its chairman 1-Pacman Partylist Rep. Enrico Pineda, has recommended the suspension of the ‘No Vaccine, No Work’ and ‘No Vaccine, No Pay’ policies introduced by the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) on Wednesday, Dec. 1. The committe

By ANNA FELICIA BAJO, GMA News Published July 28, 2021 9:30am A lawmaker has sought a House inquiry into the present working conditions of online platform-based delivery riders. In filing House Resolution 1974, TUCP party-list Representative Raymond Mendoza urged the House committee on labor and employment to investigate the working conditions of delivery riders and to determine whether an employer-employee relationship exists between the riders and the online platform. Mendoza said the investigation aims to cover online platform-based companies such as Foodpanda, Grab, Angkas, Lalamov...

Fort Sill sexual assault case stirs up the worst kind of deja vu Despite years of efforts, sexual assault scandals continue to erupt in the Army. (Sgt. Uriah Walker/Army) Multiple cadre members are under investigation at Fort Sill, Okla., in connection with the sexual assault of a trainee, though officials have not confirmed on the record how many of them and what roles they might have played in a crime. This is nothing new for the Army. were charged for assaulting trainees in the past two years alone, those cases don’t often make headlines until a larger scandal explodes into the public...