The Department of Labor and Employment said it is ready to repatriate overseas Filipino workers from Guam should conflict arise in the United States territory following the military tension between the US and North Korea.
The Department of Labor and Employment has opened its 14th one-stop center to cater to the concerns of overseas Filipino workers in a shopping ?mall in Davao City on Friday, Aug. 11.
The Gabriela Women’s Party urged Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III to support House Bill 1049 which mandates a regular sitting breaks for female employees in manufacturing and services sectors.
For the human rights group Karapatan, the plot to assassinate National Democratic Front of the Philippines chief political consultant Jose Maria Sison is an affront to the continuing efforts to bring just and lasting peace in the country.
The local town officials in Lanao del Sur are asking help from the regional and provincial government to help them address livelihood ?problems brought by the crisis in Marawi City that has dragged on to its 80th day since the siege laid by extremists started on May 23.