Cebu employment level stays high as national rate dips

Victor Anthony V. Silva 03/15/2017

While jobless rates were up in most parts of the country, Central Visayas, particularly Cebu, seemed unfazed by developments in the labor force. Latest figures from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showed that the region’s unemployment rate…

Manpower firm in Lapu raided; 3 workers nabbed

Fe Marie Dumaboc, Nestle L. Semilla, Norman V. Mendoza 02/14/2017

A manpower agency with office at Barangay Pusok, Lapu-Lapu City, was raided yesterday morning by a joint operation of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) 7 and Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) 7 for operating…

Militants urged DOLE to stop ‘endo’ practice

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 02/03/2017

CEBU CITY– At least 80 members of militant groups held a rally in front of the office of the Department of Labor and Employment in Central Visayas (DOLE-7) along Gorordo Avenue in Cebu City on Friday morning…

Cash-for-work set for villages

Izobelle T. Pulgo 02/02/2017

The provincial government will partner with the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) through its agency’s cash-for-work program to provide employment at the barangay level. Gigi Sanchez-Zaballero, consultant for barangay affairs, said the DOLE’s cash-for-work program has…

Holding commuters hostage

01/05/2017

If a bus strike similar to what happened in Manila occurred in Metro Cebu, imagine the public uproar and even violence that may break out between drivers, management and even passengers. Last Dec. 29, over 10,000 passengers…

Ban on crackers, not on pyros

Izobelle T. Pulgo 01/03/2017

LABOR Secretary Silvestre Bello is pushing for the ban on firecrackers but not on pyrotechnics. Bello, who met with Vice Gov. Agnes Magpale yesterday, said he appealed to Health secretary Paulyn Jean Ubial on her proposal for…

200 contractual workers seek DOLE’s assistance

Izobelle T. Pulgo 12/27/2016

At least 200 contractual workers from three different companies in Cebu face a bleak Christmas season and an uncertain 2017 as they await the result of their negotiation and schedules of meetings mediated by the labor department…

Fireworks makers told: Comply with standards

Dominic D. Yasay 11/29/2016

Fireworks makers and dealers in Barangay Babag, Lapu-Lapu City were told to comply with occupational safety and health standards as requirement to lift the stoppage order issued to all pyrotechnic makers in the country. Regional Director Exequiel…

Give workers holiday pay for Oct. 31, Nov. 1 duties

10/31/2016

Manila — The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is reminding private employers to pay their workers 30 percent more on Monday (Oct. 31) and on Tuesday, All Saints’ Day (Nov. 1) if they report for duty…

Deadly compromise

Editorial 10/21/2016

The deaths of three workers due to accidents in the northern Cebu town of Liloan and at a mall in Cebu City are just the latest in a long list of work-related deaths in Cebu that, while…

DOLE orders suspension of Liloan warehouse project

Victor Anthony V. Silva 10/17/2016

THE regional Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) ordered the suspension of work on a Citi Hardware warehouse in Liloan town after the death of two workers at the site last Friday afternoon. The stoppage order was…

Nine hurt as wall collapses

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 10/14/2016

Nine construction workers were hurt when a wall collapsed at a construction site in Lilo-an, northern Cebu yesterday afternoon following incessant rains. PO3 Neil Ryan Talle, desk officer of the Lilo-an Police Station, said that investigation was…

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