Healthcare workers with COVID-19 climb to 127

Morexette Marie B. Erram 06/11/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The number of healthcare workers in Central Visayas with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has climbed to 127 as of June 9. In a report furnished to the media on Thursday, June 11, the…

Notre-Dame workers start removal of fire-damaged scaffolding

06/08/2020

PARIS — Workers at the Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris on Monday began the delicate task of removing tons of metal scaffolding that melted together during the fire that destroyed the monument’s roof and spire last year, an AFP…

Second batch of repatriated OFWs arrives in Cebu City

Alven Marie A. Timtim 05/23/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The more than 400 repatriated overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), who were stranded in Metro Manila for months, have arrived in Cebu City at around 3:15 p.m., this Saturday, May 23, 2020. The more…

Workers in Lapu ‘encouraged’ to get tested before going back to work

Immae Lachica 05/17/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines—Workers in Lapu-Lapu City, who will be returning to work since the city is now under general community quarantine (GCQ), are not mandated to be tested but are encouraged to submit themselves to this tests.…

The face of the nation, our economy, is our people, our workers

Fernando Fajardo 04/22/2020

It is not banks, money, GDP (gross domestic product), or anything that makes up our nation or the economy; it is our people, our workers. Therefore, until the people or our workers are still being locked-up at…

Close to 22K CV workers receive cash assistance from DOLE

Futch Anthony Inso 04/21/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines- Around 21,945 workers in Central Visayas have already received their financial assistance, under the COVID-19 Adjustment Measures Program (CAMP) from the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)-7. DOLE-7 information officer Luchel Taniza said that…

Lapu closes Mandaue-Mactan bridges to nonresidents, non-essential personnel

Rosalie Abatayo 04/19/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Lapu-Lapu City government will already ban the entry and exit of non-essential personnel to and from the city amid the rising number of coronavirus disease cases there. The order which covers all…

DOLE-7 disburses P109.7M to CAMP beneficiaries

Futch Anthony Inso 04/14/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Department of Labor and Employment in Central Visayas (DOLE-7) has already disbursed a total of P109.7 million to 21,945 workers in the region who qualified under the COVID-19 Adjustment Measures Program (CAMP).…

DOLE-7: Inspection of BPO office still ongoing

Morexette Marie B. Erram 04/03/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Department of Labor and Employment in Central Visayas (DOLE -7) is now conducting an inspection and assessment in a business process outsourcing (BPO) firm based in Cebu City.  Salome Siaton, director of…

Cebu City: Going in is easy, going out…tricky

Rosalie O. Abatayo 03/30/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — While it is easier for workers from the component towns and cities of Cebu province to enter Cebu City, going back to where you came from is another story. Governor Gwendolyn Garcia reiterated…

Garcia tells supermarket owners: Provide accommodation for your employees

Rosalie Abatayo 03/29/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Owners of supermarkets in Cebu City will need to provide for the accommodation of non-city residents as the provincial government closes its borders at midnight on Monday, March 30, 2020. Governor Gwendolyn Garcia…

Lockdown shutters 700 Luzon factories

Kimmy Baraoidan, Maricar Cinco - Inquirer.net 03/21/2020

SAN PEDRO CITY—Uncertainty is hanging over the heads of tens of thousands of minimum wage workers in hundreds of factories producing car parts, electronics, and other industrial and consumer goods in Luzon, which have suspended operations due…

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