Read more about the article Davao PUJ drivers protest modernization plan, fear massive loss of livelihood
STRIKING DRIVERS. Members of the public transportation group Transport of Southern Mindanao for Solidarity, Independence, and Nationalism, voice out their disapproval of the impending Jeepney Modernization program of the Land Transportation Franchising Regulatory Board in a protest caravan held on Monday, Feb. 27 in Davao City. The group claims that some 500-600,000 drivers will lose their livelihood because of the modernization plan. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

Davao PUJ drivers protest modernization plan, fear massive loss of livelihood

Members of the public transport group Transport of Southern Mindanao for Solidarity, Independence and Nationalism expressed fears of losing their means of livelihood when the Land Transportation Franchising Regulatory Board implements its Jeepney Modernization Plan.

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To address job mismatch, unemployment DOLE targets training youth “at risk”

The Department of Labor and Employment in the region is targeting unemployed workers aged 18 to 24 years old as beneficiaries for its Jobstart program in a bid to address job mismatch and unemployment.

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Read more about the article ASEAN meet to tackle migrant workers’ rights
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Senior Labor Officials join hands at the start of the two-day ASEAN Labor Ministers' Retreat at Marco Polo Hotel in Davao City on Sunday. From left: Abdul Mutalib POKSSDP Haji Mohd Yusof, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, Brunei Darussalam; CHUOP Narath, Deputy Director General of Labour, Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training, Cambodia; Maruli Apul Hasoloan, Director General, Manpower Placement Development and Job Opportunity Expansion, Ministry of Manpower, Indonesia; Phongsaysack INTHALATH, Director General of Labour Management Department, Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare, Lao PDR; Hans Leo Cacdac, Administrator, Overseas Workers Welfare Administration-Department of Labor and Employment, Philippines; Aubeck Kam, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of State (Manpower), Singapore; Dato' Mohd Jeffrey Bin Joakim, Director General of Labour, Department of Labour Peninsular Malaysia, Malaysia; Khin Nway Oo, Deputy Director General ASEAN Unit, International Division, Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population, Myanmar; Chaiyot Yousub, Director, International Cooperation Bureau, Ministry of Labour, Thailand; Ta Thi Thanh Thuy, Head of Legislation Division, Department of Overseas Labor Administration, Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs, Vietnam and H.E. Vongthep Arthakaivalvatee and Deputy Secretary General, ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community. (Photo by ASEAN Secretariat)

ASEAN meet to tackle migrant workers’ rights

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Labor Ministers’ Retreat and the 10th Meeting of the ASEAN Committee on Migrant Workers will review a Declaration signed ten years ago which provided for the rights of migrant workers.

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Read more about the article No total ban of contractualization under DOLE’s ‘DO 30’
Workers double their time to complete the construction for the underground cabling near Davao City hall before the start of Kadayawan festival on August 17. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)

No total ban of contractualization under DOLE’s ‘DO 30’

The government will be issuing a new labor policy aimed at modifying, not ending, the present labor contractualization laws.

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