Small employers with delinquent SSS remittances may get reprieve
To avoid the possible closure of small companies, a lawmaker has filed a bill that seeks to lessen the penalty being imposed on employers or companies that fail to pay…
Environmentalists increasingly anxious over the effects of mining in Davao Gulf
By GERMELINA A. LACORTE | Davao Today
A top official of the island garden city of Samal cracked a joke about the fish of Davao Gulf before a recent mining conference here to raise a point on the need to protect the environment amidst the flurry of activities in mining.MILF calls for an independent body to look into civilian casualties
By CHERYLL D. FIEL | Davao Today
"The government will not implement what it has committed. So when it was not signed, our two commanders concluded that the government of the Philippines did not really want the peaceful process. So, they decided by themselves without the sanction of the high leaders of the MILF. That's when the problem came."TESDA fast tracks seafarer assessment; continues to issue COCs
Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) director general secretary Augusto 'Boboy' Syjuco announced that the TESDA is fast tracking the assessment of seafarers and continues to issue certificates of…
Small employers with delinquent SSS remittances may get reprieve
To avoid the possible closure of small companies, a lawmaker has filed a bill that seeks to lessen the penalty being imposed on employers or companies that fail to pay…