Tag: Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)

DOLE forms task groups to expedite return of OFWs to their homes

(Eagle News) – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has formed task groups to facilitate the speedy return of overseas Filipino workers from quarantine facilities to their respective residences. In a statement, the DOLE said that Secretary Silvestre Bello III has ordered the formation of “hatid probinsya” and “balik-abroad” task groups to separately process the requirements of outbound land and sea-based workers. “Aside from facilitating the processing of inbound and outbound OFWs, the ‘hatid-probinsya’ […]

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DOH reminds employees to observe social distancing, health protocols upon return to workplaces

(Eagle News) – The Department of Health reminded employees to be mindful of physical distancing and other health protocols when they return to work, to further prevent the spread of COVID-19. “Sa napipintong pag-angat ng lockdown sa iba’t ibang bahagi ng Metro Manila at pagbabalik trabaho ng karamihan, mahalaga ang kooperasyon ng bawat isa sa pagsunod sa mga health protocol upang maiwasan natin ang isa pang outbreak at mabalewala ang ating mga pinaghirapan nitong mga […]

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DOLE realigns budget to aid additional 300,000 workers displaced by COVID pandemic

(Eagle News) – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has realigned its 2020 budget to provide financial assistance to around 300,000 workers displaced by the COVID-19 pandemic. In a statement, the DOLE said that it “has realigned P1.5 billion of its 2020 budget in order to provide a one-time assistance of P5,000 to an additional 300,000 workers already processed under the COVID-19 Adjustment Measures Program (CAMP).” With the realignment, the DOLE will now be […]

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Night Job Market isasagawa sa PESO-Pangasinan mamaya

Ni Nora Dominguez Eagle News Service LINGAYEN. Pangasinan (Eagle News) – Mahigit 5,000 trabahong lokal at sa abroad ang ipagkakaloob sa Night Job Market para sa mga Pangasinense sa Araw ng mga Manggagawa (Labor Day) ngayong araw, Mayo 1. Ito ay isasagawa sa Pangasinan Public Employment Service Office (PESO) sa Lingayen, Pangasinan. Ayon kay Arly Valdez, information officer ng Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) ng Ilocos Region, nasa 5,515 na trabaho ang maaaring aplayan […]

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DOLE magsasagawa ng isang job fair para sa mga OFW na nasa Middle East

MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) – Magsasagawa ng isang job fair ang Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) para sa mga overseas Filipino worker na naghahanap-buhay sa Middle East. Ayon kay Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello, ito ay upang mahikayat ang mga OFW sa gitnang silangan na umuwi na ng Pilipinas at dito na lamang magtrabaho. Isasagawa ang malakihang job fair sa Qatar na tatagal ng isang lingo. Tinatayang nasa 18 libong trabaho ang inihanda ng DOLE […]

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DOLE partially lifts Filipino workers’ deployment ban in Qatar

(Eagle News)– The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on Wednesday (June 7) partially lifted the deployment ban of Filipino workers to Qatar after receiving reports that the situation in the Arab country has normalized. “Late last night I had a conversation with our labor attache based in Doha, Qatar and he informed that initially there were incidents of panic buying but after two or three hours the situation has normalized,” DOLE Secretary Silvestre Bello III […]

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16,000 manggagawa regular na sa trabaho – DOLE

MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Tinatayang 16,000 manggagawa na ang na-regular sa trabaho sa ilalim ng administrasyon ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte. Ito ang inihayag ni Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III bilang bahagi ng pangako ng administrasyon na wakasan na ang  contractualization o end of contract na mas kilala bilang “ENDO.” Ayon kay Bello, ang regularisasyon ng 16,000 workers ay kumakatawan sa 10 hanggang 15 porsyento ng kabuuang bilang ng mga irregular worker. Isa rin aniya […]

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DOLE launches 24/7 hotline

(Eagle News)– Officials of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) launched on Tuesday (September 6) its 24/7 hotline, that allows Filipino workers to inquire about working issues and report complaints. The hotline was established  in response to President Rodrigo Duterte’s directive to all government agencies to utilize a hotline system to connect with the public. Both Filipino local and overseas workers can call on the hotline. “Any concerns, tumawag dito sa hotline ng Department […]

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P50K reward granted for arrest of illegal recruiters

(Eagle News)– Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III on Wednesday advised that any citizen who can share information that can lead to arrest of illegal recruiters would be given P50,000 as reward. “Illegal recruitment has to stop and its perpetrators jailed, sinuman na magbibigay ng impormasyon which leads to the arrest of illegal recruiters, bibigyan ng P50,000 na reward.” Bello said. According to Bello, the aim of the large bounty is to drive citizens to report […]

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DOLE aims more labor staff in Saudi Arabia

Labor Secretary Sivestre Bello III is looking into adding more personnel to the Philippine Overseas Labor Offices (POLO) to help more OFWs, particuarly those who are jobless due to oil price drop. “Unang-una, we will recommend additional officers kasi dito lang sa Jeddah there are more than 300,000 migrant workers. Ilan lang ang tao dito, wala pa yatang 20. How can you cater the needs of our contract workers kung ganyan lang ang manpower mo?”, […]

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DSWD participates in humanitarian mission to help 11,000 stranded OFWs in Saudi Arabia

QUEZON CITY, Aug. 12 (PIA) —  The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is participating in “Operation Bring Them Home: Special Mission for Stranded Overseas Filipinos (OFWs) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). The Mission’s overall objective is to bring home stranded/overstaying OFWs in crisis in the KSA.  It will be conducted together with the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), and the Department of Health. It […]

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Baldoz urges returning OFWs to use POEA’s online system

MANILA, June 14 – Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz yesterday reiterated the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration’s advisory encouraging balik-manggagawa (BM) or vacationing overseas Filipino workers (OFW) to use the BM Online system to acquire their respective overseas employment certificates (OEC). “The goal of the BM Online Processing System is to expedite the issuance of OECs to vacationing OFWs who will return to their respective foreign employers or principals. As a web-based facility, the system enables BMs or […]

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