PESO chief: 681 retrenched workers of MEPZ firm get cash aid from DSWD-7

Futch Anthony Inso 03/10/2023

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — The 681 retrenched workers of a locator from the Mactan Export Processing Zone (MEPZ) in Lapu-Lapu City, received on Friday, March 10, cash aid from the Department of Social Welfare and Development in…

MEPZ garment firm retrenches 161 workers; PESO helping affected workers to get jobs

Futch Anthony Inso 02/20/2023

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — Some 161 workers from the Mactan Export Processing Zone (MEPZ) were retrenched from their jobs. This was confirmed by Kim Francisco, head of the Lapu-Lapu City Public Employment Service Office (PESO). The 161…

Lapu-Lapu City Council to DSWD: Help 4,000 retrenched MEPZ workers

Futch Anthony Inso 10/01/2022

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — The Lapu-Lapu City Council has requested the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to provide assistance to 4,000 retrenched workers from the Mactan Export Processing Zone (MEPZ). In a resolution that was…

Lapu-Lapu City biz tax collection dips again in 2021

Futch Anthony Inso 01/18/2022

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — Another bad year. The Lapu-Lapu City Treasurer’s Office has continued to record a decline in their business tax collection in the past two years or since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Felicitas…

120K MEPZ workers included in free COVID vaccine rollout – Lapu-Lapu mayor

Futch Anthony Inso 05/31/2021

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — One hundred twenty thousand (100,200)  operators and workers from the Mactan Export Processing Zone (MEPZ) in Lapu-Lapu City will now be included in the free coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination rollout. This was…

Cebu labor group questions 2021 budget priorities, calls for approval of unemployment assistance bill

Rosalie Abatayo 09/28/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines— A progressive labor group in Cebu reiterated the call for the passage of the Makabayan-bloc sponsored bill seeking to provide assistance for workers whose livelihood was affected by the pandemic. The call came amidst…

Security Bank ties up with BTMU; eyes Japan firms in PH

Victor Anthony V. Silva 10/17/2016

SECURITY Bank is expected to gain a major foothold on Japanese corporations in the country following its partnership with Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi Ltd. (BTMU) earlier this year. Alfonso Salcedo Jr., Security Bank president, said there are many…

JAILED OVER BOMB JOKE

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 09/09/2016

Choose your jokes. A 37-year-old female production worker from Mandaue City learned her lesson too late, ended in prison and might even have to postpone or even cancel her trip abroad after she was arrested for dropping…

Jailtime for ex-clerk for stealing P1.2M

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 11/22/2015

A former clerk of the Bureau of Customs (BoC) in Lapu-Lapu City was convicted on charges of malversation of funds for pocketing P1.2 million in government funds two decades ago. Crispiniano Ligan, special collection officer assigned at…

Ex-Customs clerk convicted of defrauding gov’t of P1.2 M in taxes

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 11/21/2015

A FORMER clerk of the Bureau of Customs in Lapu-Lapu City was convicted by the court on charges of malversation of funds for pocketing P1.2 million in government funds two decades ago. Crispiniano Ligan, a former collection…

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