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…

One-Stop shop for OFWs opens in SM City Cebu

10/15/2016

THE Department of Labor and Employment, Philippine Overseas Employment Administration, and SM City Cebu formally opened the One-Stop Service Center for Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) at the 2nd level of SM City Cebu. The partner agencies established…

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…

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…

PESO offices called to be agents of change in PH

Victor Anthony V. Silva 10/14/2016

THE Department of Labor and Employment said it is doubling its efforts to find jobs for the unemployed and underemployed Filipinos in the country. During the launching of the 16th Public Employment Service Office (PESO) Congress at…

Biz heads back calls to blacklist erring service providers

Victor Anthony V. Silva 09/19/2016

CEBU’S business leaders welcomed the government’s request for the private sector to blacklist service providers that would not comply with the government’s drive to stop the abusive practices of labor contractualization and the end of contract (endo)…

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…

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 gears up for start of ‘stop endo’ campaign

Victor Anthony V. Silva 08/23/2016

With the consultations on labor contractualization completed, the Labor Department will soon start assessing business establishments as part of its implementation of the “Stop Endo” campaign. “The central office (DOLE) has already finished its three consultations in…

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…

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