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(Eagle News) — The Philippine government peace negotiators held their ground not to participate in the peace talks with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) after the communists’ order to the New People’s Army (NPA) rebels to intensify attacks on government forces after the martial law declaration of President Rodrigo Duterte. Dureza and the head of the government negotiating panel, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III, announced Monday morning in Noordwijk aan Zee, […]
“Law to be enforced uniformly,” says AFP spokesperson (Eagle News) — The Philippine military said it will “enforce the law uniformly” if the New People’s Army would continue its unlawful activities. In a press conference in Davao City on Friday, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) spokesperson Brigadier General Restituto Padilla urged the other side to reconsider its decision after receiving news about this amid the ongoing terror threat of the Islamist militants in […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine government said it was “deeply disturbed” with the order from the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) directing the New People’s Army (NPA) to intensify attacks against government forces amid the ongoing fight against the Maute terrorists in Mindanao. The government peace panel asked the CPP to reconsider its decision or else it might be misconstrued that the communists are abetting the terrorist acts of the Maute group. The […]
(Eagle News) — Naniniwala si GRP Peace Panel Chief at Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello na hindi maiiwasan na magduda ang publiko sa sinseridad ng CPP-NPA-NDF sa usaping pangkapayapaan. Ito’y kasunod na naman ng ginawang pag-atake ng rebeldeng grupo sa isang police station sa Quirino at panununog sa pasilidad ng Lapanday Plantation sa Davao City. Ayon kay Bello, dapat magpakita ng lubos na sinseridad ang rebeldeng grupo para makuha ang suporta ng sambayanan sa peace talk. […]
(Eagle News) — The negotiating panels of both the Philippine government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) agreed on Saturday (March 11) to resume peace talks in April and June this year, as both parties also agreed to “forge an interim bilateral ceasefire agreement” so that the talks could proceed. In a statement signed by the members of both parties’ negotiating panels in Utrecth, The Netherlands, the government and the NDF […]
MANILA, March 8 – Labor and Employment Secretary Silvestre H. Bello III yesterday directed the Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) in Qatar to immediately extend assistance to the 300 overseas Filipino workers affected by a fire, Friday, that razed the UCC Labor Camp of the Elegancia Hospitality Group in Al-Shehaniya, about 33 kilometers north of Doha. Acting on reports on the incident, Bello immediately instructed the POLO team led by Labor Attaché David Des Dicang to provide prompt […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — In response to the campaign of the Duterte administration to end contractualization, at least 200 business establishments have already regularized more than 10,000 employees, according to the Department of Labor and Employment. Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said this was only 20 percent of the 50 percent target of the department. https://youtu.be/Q7e0sh4GM84
(Eagle News)– The Office of the President Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) on Wednesday revealed that the government peace panel and the National democratic Front (NDF) have already resolved three out of five major issues in Oslo, Norway. These three major issues are: -Affirmation of previously-signed agreements; -Reconstitution of the Joint Agreement on Security and Immunity Guarantees (JASIG) list; and -Accelerated process for negotiations, including the timeline for the completion of the remaining substantive […]
(PIA) MANILA, July 17 – Labor and Employment Secretary Silvestre H. Bello III will convene all the DOLE regional directors, including selected heads of bureaus, attached agencies, and services next week to continue discussing issues and strategies needed to address labor contractualization in the country. In his memorandum, Secretary Bello ordered all the DOLE regional directors, including the directors of the Bureaus of Working Conditions, Local Employment, Labor Relations, Workers with Special Concerns; the Legal […]
By Jerold Tagbo (EAGLE NEWS) — Desidido si bagong Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III na wakasan ang “endo” o contractualization na una nang ipinangako ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte. Ayon kay Bello, dapat ipatupad ang batas para masugpo ang endo. Pero sa tanong kung dapat bigyan ng dagdag na ngipin ang batas laban sa “endo” (end of contract), nakasalalay na aniya sa Kongreso ang pagpapatibay ukol rito. Sa kanyang talumpati matapos ang pormal na turnover ceremony […]
