Gov’t should first clean its ranks

Victor Anthony V. Silva 10/14/2016

Amid the Duterte administration’s thrust to rid the country of unjust contractualization practices, the challenge is big for the government to enforce reforms within its ranks. Senator Joel Villanueva, chairman of the Senate Committee on Labor and…

Private sector involvement needed to boost employment

Victor Anthony V. Silva 10/10/2016

Employers should be more engaged in employment and training services to promote job generation and development in Cebu as well as Central Visayas. This was among the recommendations cited in the study by the Organisation for Economic…

Some village chiefs question distribution of free medicines

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 09/09/2016

Some barangay captains in Cebu City were complaining that the free medicines provided by the Department of Health (DOH) were being distributed by “untrained” city hall workers instead of through the barangays which have their own barangay…

DOLE orders suspension of condo project work

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Victor Anthony V. Silva 09/01/2016

The regional Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE-7) ordered a construction firm yesterday to stop work on a condominium project after a 20-year-old worker died when a wall and steel piles collapsed on him. Regional DOLE-7 Director…

Stoppage order on firm amid worker’s death

Victor Anthony V. Silva 09/01/2016

The Department of Labor and Employment in Central Visayas (DOLE-7) is set to issue an order to stop the ongoing construction of a residential condominium project in Barangay Labangon, Cebu City, after a worker died on Wednesday…

Gov: Everyone can be a hero

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 08/28/2016

As the country celebrates National Heroes Day today, Cebu Gov. Hilario Davide III is encouraging everyone to be a hero since everyone can be a hero. “For me, everyone of us here, in our little way, we…

DOLE-7 starts with service providers in ‘stop endo drive’

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 08/15/2016

THE Labor Department is warning service providers to stop the illegal practice of labor contractualization or endo, which is the colloquial term for “end of contract.” “We are telling them what is labor contracting and that is…

Workers to stay home as four Saudi employers on watch list

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 07/31/2016

THE regional Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE-7) suspended the processing of the Overseas Employment Certificate (OEC) for workers bound for four employers placed on its watch list in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Evelia Durato, chief…

Duterte pushes for better Internet, free Wi-Fi

07/26/2016

WITH a country known for providing notoriously slow yet expensive Internet connection, President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday announced his plans to have better Internet for Filipinos. In his first State of the Nation Address (SONA), Duterte said…

DOLE Negros bares job vacancies

04/29/2016

A TOTAL of 15,183 local and overseas job vacancies will be offered by 110 companies and recruitment agencies during the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)-Negros Island Region’s job fair at the Negros Oriental Convention Center on…

Job fair at Mandaue City Sports Complex tomorrow

Rey Anthony Anacleto 04/26/2016

MANDAUE City Hall will hold a job fair at the Mandaue City Sports Complex tomorrow, Wednesday. Mandaue City Hall Information Officer Roger Paller said the job fair which starts at 8 a.m. and ends at 5 p.m.…

Unrelenting heat

04/14/2016

When the Department of Labor and Employment starts issuing an order to employers to allow their workers assigned in the field noon breaks, clearly something’s wrong with the weather. And it has been for sometime after the…

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