Amsterdam sex workers protest red light closure plans

Agence France Presse 04/01/2023

Wearing masks to hide their identity and waving red umbrellas and banners including “Save the Red Light,” dozens of demonstrators walked to city hall where they confronted the mayor. Amsterdam authorities said they want to move the…

Cong. Rama pushes for security of tenure, benefits for daycare workers

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 03/10/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A bill aimed at instituting a Magna Carta of Daycare Workers has been introduced in Congress. Cebu City 2nd District Representative Eduardo “Edu” Rama, Jr. filed last Jan. 24, 2023, House Bill (HB)…

BuCor eyeing hi-tech agri program, inmates as farm workers

Tetch Torres-Tupas 02/21/2023

MANILA, Philippines—The Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) is eyeing to help the country in its food production security through the use of modern farm tools and the persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) as farm workers. BuCor acting Director General…

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…

City Health Office workers of Lapu-Lapu to receive incentive bonus – Chan

Futch Anthony Inso 11/28/2022

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan promised to give an incentive bonus to City Health Office (CHO) workers. This is after the city received 10 awards from the Department of Health in Central…

DOLE releases guidelines on optional use of face mask at workplace

Zacarian Sarao - Reporter / @zacariansINQ 11/03/2022

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on Thursday released the guidelines on the voluntary use of face masks inside workplaces. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. earlier lifted the mandatory use of face masks indoors and…

Special job fair in Lapu-Lapu: 118 applicants hired on the spot

Futch Anthony Inso 10/07/2022

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — Some 118 applicants were hired on the spot (HOTs) during the special job fair in Lapu-Lapu City on Friday, Oct. 7, 2022, which was held at Island Central Mactan in Barangay Ibo. This…

Senator Tulfo’s proposal: No 13th-month pay to workers? No business permit renewal

Daniza Fernandez 10/05/2022

MANILA, Philippines — Business permits of companies should not be renewed if they fail to give their workers their 13th-month pay. This was the suggestion of Senator Raffy Tulfo during Tuesday’s Senate committee hearing on labor, employment,…

4,000 workers from 5 MEPZ firms lose jobs

Futch Anthony Inso 09/29/2022

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — Around 4,000 workers from five locators of Mactan Export Processing Zone (MEPZ) in Lapu-Lapu City, which engaged in manufacturing clothes have lost their jobs after they were retrenched by these firms. In their…

Bill requires gov’t officials to submit medical certificate

Jeanette Andrade 09/12/2022

MANILA, Philippines — Parañaque City Rep. Gus Tambunting wants all public officials and workers to submit medical certificates every year to show they are fit to work. Tambunting has refiled a measure that his wife, former Rep.…

DOLE-7 pays over P467 M in wages to TUPAD workers in Central Visayas

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 07/17/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Department of Labor and Employment in Central Visayas (DOLE-7) paid more than P467 million in wages to workers of the Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged or Displaced  Workers (TUPAD) project in various…

2 men electrocuted within an hour in Cebu City

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararana and Paul Lauro 06/10/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A man died while another suffered injuries when they were separately electrocuted in Cebu City on Friday afternoon, June 10, 2022. Renzo Del Rosario, data management chief of the Cebu City Disaster Risk…

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