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DOLE awaits wage boards' proposals to cushion TRAIN impact
May 28, 2018, 8:02 pm
MANILA -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is expecting the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Boards (RTWPBs) to issue recommendations to cushion the effect of the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion Act (TRAIN) law on workers. “After this meeting, we expect the Wage… Read More
Duterte signs Ease of Doing Business law
May 28, 2018, 7:58 pm
MANILA -- President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday signed into law the Ease of Doing Business and Efficient Government Service Delivery Act of 2018. In his speech during the signing ceremony at Malacañan Palace, Duterte said the signing of the law is “long overdue” as it will solve the perennial… Read More
DOF thumbs down TRAIN law suspension
May 28, 2018, 7:57 pm
MANILA – The Department of Finance (DOF) warned Monday that suspending the implementation of the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) law would do more harm than good in the economy. DOF Assistant Secretary and spokesperson Paola Alvarez made this reaction amid calls by lawmakers to… Read More
Congress may push for a nationwide wage hike anew, says Palace
May 28, 2018, 7:56 pm
MANILA -- Amid labor groups’ call for a PHP750 daily minimum wage nationwide, Malacañang on Monday said that it was “legally impossible” to raise the wages because of legal restraints. “I said that’s legally impossible because we cannot impose a national minimum wage now because the… Read More
DOLE to fine, prosecute labor-only contracting companies: Palace
May 28, 2018, 7:43 pm
MANILA -- Malacañang on Monday said the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) will be the one responsible to impose appropriate sanctions against companies practicing labor-only contracting, after more than 700 companies were found practicing the prohibited labor scheme. Labor-only… Read More
Palace confident PH will be upper mid-income economy by 2022
May 28, 2018, 7:41 pm
MANILA -- Malacañang on Monday welcomed the Asian Development Bank (ADB) assessment which showed that the Philippines will be able to reduce poverty incidents to 14 percent by 2022. According to Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque, the ADB lauded the Duterte administration’s aggressive… Read More
'Telecommuting' bill hurdles House
May 28, 2018, 7:38 pm
MANILA -- The House of Representatives on Monday unanimously approved on third reading a measure providing employees in the private sector the option to work outside the office through telecommuting. Voting 239-0, lawmakers of the Lower House approved House Bill 7402 or the proposed… Read More
House okays higher pension for veterans
May 28, 2018, 6:55 pm
MANILA -- The House of Representatives on Monday unanimously approved on third and final reading a measure seeking to increase the monthly pension of senior veterans. With 239 affirmative votes, zero negative and no abstention, the lower chamber passed House Bill 7525, which seeks to increase the… Read More
Group urging SAP Go to run for Senate launched
May 28, 2018, 6:48 pm
MANILA -- Supporters of Special Assistant to the President Christopher Lawrence "Bong" Go from different sectors convened on Sunday to launch the group “GO for Senator National Alliance (GO SANA)” and urged the top presidential aide to run for a Senate seat in the 2019 polls. In a speech… Read More
Give TRAIN law a chance to take off
May 28, 2018, 6:44 pm
MANILA -- A leader in the House of Representatives on Monday appealed to the public to give the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) law a chance to be fully implemented to see its benefits. House Committee on Dangerous Drugs Chairman Robert Ace Barbers made the appeal amid rising… Read More
PhilHealth, private hospitals resolve unpaid claims issues
May 28, 2018, 6:33 pm
MANILA-- State-run Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) and Private Hospitals Association of the Philippines, Inc. (PHAPI) on Monday announced that they have arrived at an amicable resolution to the issue of unpaid claims, dispelling fears of an impending hospital holiday and… Read More
DOF optimistic of lowering poverty rate to 14% in 2022
May 28, 2018, 6:27 pm
MANILA -- With self-rated poverty and hunger going down, the Department of Finance (DOF) remains confident to hit the target of bringing down poverty rate from 22 percent to 14 percent by 2022. “Yes because as we already started, the surveys actually show that the self-rated poverty and hunger… Read More
Be vigilant to prevent repeat of Marawi siege: DND chief
May 28, 2018, 6:23 pm
MANILA -- While Maute-ISIS terrorists have been decisively beaten in the five-month battle to retake Marawi City, government forces must remain vigilant to prevent another similar incident. Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Delfin Lorenzana emphasized this during the Battle of Marawi… Read More
Congress leaders to meet with Duterte on BBL
May 28, 2018, 6:11 pm
MANILA -- House Majority Leader Rodolfo Fariñas on Monday said congressional leaders would meet with President Rodrigo R. Duterte later in the day to discuss the contentious provisions of the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL). "Yung mga (Some of the) contentious portions, we agreed kung sino… Read More
No conflict of interest in Calida’s contracts with gov’t: Palace
May 28, 2018, 5:41 pm
MANILA -- Malacañang on Monday said that it does not see any conflict of interest in Solicitor General Jose Calida’s family-owned security company having PHP150 million worth of contracts with government agencies noting that his political enemies were only trying to get back at him.… Read More
Agri modernization should not come at expense of the poor: DSWD
May 28, 2018, 5:14 pm
MANILA--Modernization of the agriculture sector should not come at the expense of the 4.4 million poor households benefiting from the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), an official of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said Monday. DSWD Undersecretary Emmanuel Leyco… Read More
Marcos asks PET to junk Robredo plea on poll recount
May 28, 2018, 5:09 pm
MANILA -- Former Senator Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. on Monday asked the Supreme Court (SC) sitting as Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET) to junk the motion for reconsideration filed by Vice President Leni Robredo seeking to uphold the 25 percent shading threshold in determining the… Read More
Jollibee tops list of firms engaged in labor-only contracting: DOLE
May 28, 2018, 5:08 pm
MANILA -- A Filipino fast food company topped the list of corporations with the highest number of workers employed under a labor-only contracting (LOC) scheme, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said on Monday. In a press briefing, DOLE Secretary Silvestre Bello III said Jollibee Foods… Read More
Villegas orders Lingayen, Dagupan parishes to pray 'Oratio Imperata'
May 28, 2018, 4:51 pm
MANILA -- All parishes and schools under the Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan in Pangasinan have been directed to recite the Oratio Imperata Against Calamities every Mass before the post communion prayer for five months starting on June 3. In a circular, Archbishop Socrates Villegas reminded the… Read More
Makabayan solons seek P750 nat'l daily minimum wage
May 28, 2018, 4:40 pm
MANILA -- Lawmakers belonging to the Makabayan bloc at the House of Representatives on Monday filed a bill seeking to set a national minimum wage of PHP750 daily to help Filipino workers cope with the price shocks caused by the tax reform law and other factors. The seven-member bloc filed House… Read More
