Senate bill pushes tax breaks for work-from-home folk

Melvin Gascon 05/09/2021

MANILA, Philippines — This Senate bill can make the taxman either laugh or cry. Why add to the burden of work-from-home (WFH) employees who have been toiling away from their bedrooms, kitchens or patios for more than…

Chan orders some Lapu-Lapu City Hall employees to work from home

Futch Anthony Inso 03/15/2021

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu—Some city hall workers in Lapu-Lapu City will follow a work-from-home scheme starting this week. This was announced by Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan in a press briefing Monday morning, March 15, 2021. Chan…

Labella orders frequent disinfection of City Hall offices

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 02/27/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella has ordered the frequent disinfection of offices at City Hall following reports of at least three coronavirus disease cases that were traced at the government facility. Labella said…

DILG: Labella can work from home

Delta Derycka C. Letigio 02/25/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella is nearing a month in his work-from-home set-up as he continues to recuperate from an ear infection he contracted in mid-January 2021. The Department of Interior and Local…

Toledo City bans daytime karaokes, loud music

Delta Letigio 10/28/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — An executive order banning karaokes, videokes, amplified speakers, and other loud noises during daytime was signed for implementation in Toledo City. This was done to allow the students taking up online classes or…

In work-from-home era, who pays for toilet paper?

10/08/2020

AMSTERDAM — As the world convulses in crisis, and tens of millions of us dig in for the long haul of working from home, one question looms large: Who pays for the tea and toilet paper? The…

Dover Business Services Cebu Empowering Growth in The Time of Crisis

PR | Dover Business Services Philippines Corp 10/07/2020

The COVID-19 health crisis has altered the shared services industry this year. As companies in Cebu transitioned from on-site to remote work, the Dover Business Services (DBS) office in Cebu responded and rebuilt plans to empower its…

Project manager’s team in Cebu make Zoom meetings fun

Immae Lachica 10/04/2020

  CEBU CITY, Philippines— Zoom meetings. What comes to your mind when you hear Zoom meetings? The mute and the off-cam button or the beautiful background? Well, this project manager in Cebu wanted to make their Zoom…

Work-from-home spaces of notable Cebuano personalities

Rhobie Alburo Ruaya 09/21/2020

Social distancing measures around the globe have prompted the practice of self-isolation. Due to these circumstances, thousands of people have revamped their living spaces, making use of every area available at home for possible working spaces. Although…

‘User-friendly’ during crisis

Rufa Cagoco-Guiam - @inquirerdotnet 07/13/2020

  More than four months into this so-called “new normal” of having to deal with health precautionary measures on a daily basis, many of us who continue on a “work from home” mode have realized that the…

Face-to-face transactions at Capitol will be temporarily suspended for disinfection

Rosalie O. Abatayo 06/30/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Face-to-face transactions in the Cebu Provincial Capitol will temporarily be suspended as its employees will be under a work-from-home set-up from July 1 to 3, 2020, to give way to a “thorough disinfection.”…

Senate bill to boost work from home scheme

Christia Marie Ramos - INQUIRER.net 06/28/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Senator Imee Marcos has filed a bill seeking to make alternative working arrangements mandatory. Under Senate Bill No. 1448, a mandatory work-from-home arrangement would be offered to employees “whose physical presence in the workplace…

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