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(Eagle News)–The sister of Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III passed away due to COVID-19. Bello shared the news in a Laging Handa press briefing on Saturday, April 18. He said his sister Cathy was rushed to the hospital on March 25. It was later confirmed she had the virus. “Just this morning, we received the news that my sisters, my favorite sister Cathy already left us,” Bello said.
(Eagle News) — Filipinos in Iran and Lebanon are no longer covered by the government’s mandatory repatriation, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said on Thursday, Jan. 9. In an interview over ANC, Bello said this was after he was informed that the alert level 4 which had been hoisted in Lebanon had been brought down to level 2. He said he was informed yesterday Iran, which had been placed under an alert level 4, was […]
(Eagle News)–The mandatory repatriation applies to Filipinos in Iran, Iraq and Lebanon, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said. Bello made the confirmation as he announced an alert level 4 was already hoisted over the three countries, following the US killing of top Iranian military official Qassam Soleimani. Philippine Overseas Employment Agency administrator Bernard Olalia said the POEA will convene this Friday to issue the resolution declaring the total deployment ban on OFWs to those countries. […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Labor and Employment is studying the feasibility of the proposal to allow for a 14th month pay for employees in the private sector. In a statement, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said they were “consulting with both the labor and management.” President Rodrigo Duterte, on the other hand, he said, was “consulting with our economic advisers.” “In other words, there is willingness and openness in the proposal for the 14-month […]
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service The Judicial and Bar Council has come up with its shortlist of nominees to replace Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales, whose term is set to expire on July 26. Included in the shortlist were Supreme Court Associate Justice Samuel Martires, retired Sandiganbayan Presiding Justice Edilberto Sandoval, and private law practitioner Felito Ramirez. Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III was disqualified. Only recently, Kilusang Pagbabago National Movement for Change secretary-general Monalie Dizon filed a graft […]
(Eagle News)—Labor Undersecretary Jacinto Paras on Wednesday, July 18, denied he had a rift with Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III even if he was asked to leave a press conference on Tuesday. “I don’t take things badly as that. Ako bilang subordinate niya I will just continue my work,” he said. According to Paras, Bello may have though the undersecretary was behind the extortion complaints against him. Earlier, a group that said it had the […]
(Eagle News) — A group has accused Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III of refusing to help an Overseas Filipino Worker and of corruption. But Bello, in an interview over dzbb, dismissed the allegations of Alie Dizon, secretary general of Kilusang Pagbabago National Movement for Change, who said he received P1.5 million from a recruitment agency, and refused to help one “Mercy,” who was deployed abroad through that agency but was made to return home following a […]
(Eagle News) — Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque on Thursday, June 29, said Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III’s proposal to give minimum wage earners P200 over a three-month period should be studied. Even then, Roque already showed he was cool to the idea, noting what he said would be the need for higher taxes for the proposal to push through. “Pero kung magbibigay na naman tayo ng benepisyo, ibig sabihin saan natin kukunin ‘yung ibibigay natin […]
(Eagle News) — Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III can probably expect another assignment from President Rodrigo Duterte. But apparently not as Ombudsman, a post Bello has said he was interested in. “I will assign him as labor attache sa Kuwait,” Duterte said when asked to comment on Bello’s application for the post, which would be left vacant with Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales’ retirement in July. The President did not elaborate. Other candidates for the post are […]
(Eagle News) — Russia is being eyed as a new destination for Overseas Filipino Workers. Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III made the statement on Wednesday, April 26. “Negotiations with (the) Russian Federation are ongoing….,” he said, noting that a technical working group was already looking at Russia’s labor market policies. Members of the TWG, Bello said, will meet to hopefully come up with a pact on the deployment of OFWs in Russia, where the labor […]
“Sisiguraduhin ni Presidente na wala talagang 5-5-5 at cabo,” Presidential Spokesperson Roque says (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III to submit an inventory of companies involved in “labor-only contracting.” According to the memorandum shown to reporters on Friday, April 20, the “comprehensive report on the implementation of DOLE Department Order Nos 174 and 183 Is 2017, including violations thereof and a list of companies engaged and/or suspected to […]
(Eagle News)– Kuwait has “informally accepted” the provisions aimed at protecting Overseas Filipino Workers in the Middle Eastern country. In a radio interview on Wednesday, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said a Kuwaiti official was slated to come to the Philippines in order to finalize the Memorandum of Understanding containing the additional provisions. According to Bello, the additional provisions would address OFW issues involving their passports. “Kaya meron ding provision na kapag inilipat sa isang […]
