Workers ask BIR to return P20-B in ‘illegally collected’ tax

Inquirer.net 06/04/2018

Workers on Monday called out the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) for not complying with a Supreme Court (SC) decision which ordered the bureau to return “illegally collected” tax from minimum-wage earners. Stressing the urgent need to…

Students, workers advised to leave early for opening school week

Nestle L. Semilla 06/03/2018

Though not all schools will open tomorrow, students and workers are advised to leave home early to avoid being trapped in traffic. “Actually dili heavy ang traffic ang atong gi-expect (today) kay dili tanan school ang mag-open…

Protect workers from heat, employers urged

Futch Anthony Inso 05/08/2018

Employers are encouraged to create a system to adjust work hours in the workplace to protect employees from being exposed for a long time to the heat of the sun. The Department of Labor and Employment in…

Displaced workers can avail of emergency loans at Cebu SSS offices

Futch Anthony Inso 05/04/2018

Boracay closure MORE than 11,000 potential member-borrowers of the state-run Social Security System, who were affected by the closure of Boracay Island, can avail of an emergency loan in Cebu City. This developed after the SSS opened…

SSS offers calamity loan for displaced workers in Boracay

Futch Anthony Inso 05/04/2018

The Social Security Service is offering calamity loan to residents and displaced workers in Boracay. Alexander Christian Erl Genelza, information officer of SSS-Cebu Branch, said that displaced workers from Boracay who are now working here in Cebu…

With the workers

Sofia Aliño Logarta 05/02/2018

It was good to be reminded by Atty. Noemi Truya-Abarientos in the LAW Center Inc. radio program aired in DYLA, “Takna sa Kababayen-an” that we would actually be quite helpless without the fruits of the labor of…

Informal sector workers assured of aid

Nestle Semilla and Futch Anthony Inso 05/02/2018

More than 300 workers from the informal sectors attended the Labor Day for Informal Sector at the IEC Convention Center in Barangay Mabolo, Cebu City on Wednesday, May 2. Labor and Employment Undersecretary Joel Maglunsod said the…

Our dolorous workers

Editorial 04/29/2018

Amid a row with Kuwait, President Rodrigo Duterte urged compatriots working in the Middle Eastern country to come home since there are now, as he claims, many jobs in the Philippines. The assertion brings us back to…

DOLE to assist displaced Boracay workers find new jobs

Jessa Mae O. Sotto and Futch Anthony Inso 04/28/2018

ERVIN Canlas, 26, left the famous tourist destination Boracay Island in Aklan last Wednesday (April 25) with a heavy heart. The six-month closure of the island for rehabilitation gave him no choice but to return to his…

Fate of Capitol workers up in the air

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 04/26/2018

CEBU Gov Hilario Davide III is only waiting on the confirmatory tests of three Capitol employees who initially tested positive of drugs before deciding on their fate. The three employees were part of the 500 employees that…

Four labor groups call to workers: Unite, join our fight against contractualization

04/26/2018

With Labor Day approaching on May 1, at least four labor groups are calling on workers to unite and join them in their cause to put an end to contractualization in the country. The groups made their…

42 city, province workers positive of illegal drug use

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 04/13/2018

FORTY TWO government employees in Cebu City and Cebu Province were positive of illegal drug use in separate surprise drug tests since January. In Cebu province, Carmen Remedios “Ivy” Durano-Meca, said that of the 2,559 employees from…

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