DepEd: Friday WFH for non-teaching staff only; classes to continue

Airam Limatog 03/13/2026

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu — The Department of Education (DepEd) clarified that only non-teaching office staff can work from home (WFH) on Fridays, while teachers and school-based personnel must continue reporting to their schools. In a memorandum dated…

Online classes, work from home pushed to cut power costs

Gabriel Pabico Lalu - Reporter / @GabrielLaluINQ 03/05/2026

MANILA, Philippines — Online class and work-from-home setups have been suggested to be adopted to reduce power expenses. Parañaque 2nd District Rep. Brian Raymund Yamsuan pushed for these moves amid fears that tensions due to the Middle…

Cebuano Gen Zs: How working from home change their lives

CTU Intern Ricazen Tan 08/06/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Imagine swapping the daily office commute for the comfort of your home. No more rushing through traffic or staring at cubicle walls; instead, people are finding a new rhythm in their daily lives,…

Mom shares why working-from-home is a blessing

Immae Lachica 04/10/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A huge part of the work force had to work-from-home when the Covid-19 pandemic hit a few years back. Post-pandemic, many still prefer to work-from home, a set-up that according to studies make…

President okays work-from-home setup for workers, public schools on Oct. 31

Jean Mangaluz - Reporter / @JMangaluzINQ 10/28/2023

MANILA, Philippines — Government employees and asynchronous classes for public students on October 31 have been allowed by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.  However, Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin said that government agencies who are involved in the delivery…

DOLE expands work-from-home arrangement

John Eric Mendoza - Reporter / @JEMendozaINQ 09/18/2022

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on Sunday announced the expansion of the work-from-home (WFH) arrangement in a bid to encourage stakeholders to implement telecommuting programs. Department Order 237, signed by Labor Secretary…

Hybrid work set-up a key issue in CIB.O’s Transformation Summit

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 06/22/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Is hybrid the best type of work setup in the Information Technology Business Process Management (IT/BPM). This is one of the key issues that the Cebu IT-BPM Organization (CIB.O) will be tackling during…

An obsolete normal

Anna Cristina Tuazon - @inquirerdotnet 03/17/2022

The Fiscal Incentives Review Board (FIRB) gave business process outsourcing (BPO) companies until April 1 to have 100 percent of their workforce return to their offices despite pleas from BPOs, lawmakers, and even the Philippine Economic Zone…

CCCI supports BPO industry’s request for extension of WFH until September

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 03/11/2022

  CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industries (CCCI) supports the call of the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) to extend the work-from-home (WFH) setup at least until September 1, 2022. Former CCCI president,…

Rama is COVID negative, still to work from home

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 01/25/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama has tested negative to the COVID-19, but he will remain to work from home for some period of time. The mayor said in a phone interview with CDN…

Free Work-from-Home Station opened in Lapu-Lapu

Futch Anthony Inso 01/14/2022

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — The Lapu-Lapu City government has formally opened on Friday, January 14, 2022, their free Work-From-Home Station at the e-Library, situated at the Hoops Dome in Barangay Gun-ob. On his Facebook post, Mayor Junard…

Labella ends medical leave; continues to work from home

Dyrecka Letigio 09/08/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella is back at work starting this Wednesday, September 8, after he went on a six days’ leave. But he still won’t be seen at City Hall since he…

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