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Saudi Arabia has begun compensating the families of health workers who died because of the coronavirus, state media reported on Sunday, after announcing last year that each will receive $133,000. The kingdom said in October it would distribute “500,000 Saudi riyals to the families of those who died as a result of Covid-19 working in the health sectors, be it government or private, civilian or military, Saudi or non-Saudi”. The oil-rich Gulf country said the […]
DOLE says it “recognizes risk of those who courageously and willingly put their lives on the line” amid pandemic (Eagle News) — COVID-19 is now a “compensable work-related disease,” according to Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III. Because of this, “Filipino workers who had been infected with COVID-19 will receive appropriate compensation from the government through the Employees’ Compensation Commission (ECC),” according to the Department of Labor and Employment. Bello said that the ECC board […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered Health Secretary Francisco Duque III to form a new team that will be in charge of the compensation due to COVID-19-positive health workers and to the kin of those who die due to the virus. In a briefing aired on Friday, the President said the Health chief should tap “persons of honesty” for this. “P**** i**, dalawang buwan itong lecheng ito. Just imagine two months, tapos ang Secretary ang […]
(Eagle News) – The Department of Finance (DOF) has reported that over six million or 86 percent of compensation earners with taxable income of P685 per day or P20,833 per month and below will be exempted from paying the personal income tax (PIT) starting January 2018. This, according to Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III, is one of the benefits of the provisions under the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion Act (TRAIN) which was signed […]
