No salaries for Ermita workers due to COA order

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 04/12/2017

EMPLOYEES of Barangay Ermita in Cebu City won’t be able to receive their salaries due to the failure of their officials to submit liquidation reports to the Commission on Audit (COA). Francisco “Bimbo” Fernandez, executive assistant to…

Labor groups: Scrap DTI-7, Neda-7 reps’ voting power in wage board

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Victor Anthony V. Silva 02/16/2017

AFTER their proposal for a P150 minimum wage increase was brought down to the approved P13 wage hike for Central Visayas, the disappointed labor groups in Cebu said they would lobby in Congress for the scrapping of…

Capitol employees hit salary delays

Nestle L. Semilla 02/09/2017

SOME job order (JO) employees of the Cebu provincial government have been complaining of delayed salaries. One of the employees who requested anonymity said they haven’t received yet their salaries for the month of January. She said…

Free medicines

Editorial 11/14/2016

On the surface, the plan to hire 600 job order workers to distribute medicines to Cebu City beneficiaries under the Osmeña administration’s Long Life Medical Assistance program looks to be redundant as argued by the Team Rama…

Osmeña questions proposed allowance for teachers

Margarette Managaytay 10/05/2016

CEBU City Mayor Tomas Osmeña questioned the move of a city councilor to give a monthly allowance to public school teachers. A proposed Cebu City ordinance is aiming to grant public school teachers a P4,000 monthly allowance…

Cebuanos laud tax cut

Carmel Loise Matus, Inquirer, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 07/26/2016

Customer service associate Darlene Hermano said she joined the millions of Filipinos who welcomed President Rodrigo Duterte’s announcement of plans to lower taxes. “Apart from the benefit of having a good pay, Filipinos will have the chance…

WAGE INCREASE SOUGHT

Jhunnex Napallacan, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 06/16/2016

But businessmen say there is no basis for a wage hike Five labor groups asked for a P140 increase in the daily wage for workers in Central Visayas before the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB-7).…

Workers get pay as Rama insists on 2016 budget

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 03/17/2016

THREE days after she was supposed to get her salary, 24-year-old casual employee Lykka Cabaral was relieved to hear the news that they will be paid today. “Malipayon gyud ko kay at least karon ni-assure na sila.…

Hike teachers pay—Act

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 06/01/2014

Members of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (Act) will wear black armbands tomorrow as they again call for a salary increase and more benefits for teachers and non-teaching personnel. Teachers are  paid P618 a day instead of…

Labor: Don’t use calamities to stop wage hike

Aileen Garcia-Yap, Jhunnex Napallacan 01/31/2014

Recent calamities should not be used as a reason to block wage hike petitions. This was the message of the labor sector to  business groups opposing a  proposed mnimum wage hike during yesterday’s public hearing. Several business…

City Council to review honoraria request for job order workers

Doris C. Bongcac 01/29/2014

The Cebu City Council will review a request by 20 job order employees (JOs) for the allocation of their honoraria from April to December last year. Graciano Lauron, the project head of the 20 JOs, said the…

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