To hell and back
The poor then can only rely on themselves and fend for themselves. As a wise saying goes, they can “organize or die!”
DOLE adds P65M budget for Covid-19 contact tracing efforts
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) allocated an additional P65 million for contract tracing efforts of local government units (LGUs) in Metro Manila.
DOLE chief accuses ABS-CBN lawyers of ‘intellectual dishonesty’
Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III on Thursday lashed out at lawyers of broadcasting giant ABS CBN for making claims that the company’s seasonal work arrangement for program employees received tacit approval from the Department of Labor and Employment.
ILO concerned over repatriated migrant workers, calls for reintegration policies
The Geneva-based International Labor Organization has expressed concern over the fate of tens of millions of migrant workers forced to return home after losing their jobs due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Covid-19 crushes job market; record 7.3M Filipinos out of work in April
Lockdowns caused by the Covid-19 pandemic bloated the ranks of the unemployed, with official statistics pegging the jobless rate in April 2020 at a record 17.7 percent, equivalent to 7.3 million people out of work.