The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) 7 (Central Visayas) will start issuing next week a safety seal certificate to establishments here found to be compliant with the minimum public health standards set by the government. DOLE-7 Director Salome Siaton said in a statement on Saturday the department is validating and scrutinizing the compliance of…
Incoming Manila Archbishop Jose Advincula received his insignia as cardinal in a bestowal rite at the Immaculate Conception Metropolitan Cathedral in the Archdiocese of Capiz, Roxas City on Friday. Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines, His Excellency Most Rev. Charles John Brown, D.D., bestowed the insignia composed of the Scarlet Biretta or the red hat, cardinalate…
Anti-narcotics operatives arrested six drug suspects, including a couple, and seized suspected shabu with an estimated street value of PHP136,000 in an entrapment operation carried out in Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao on Friday afternoon. Anthony Naive, a senior agent of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency – Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (PDEA-BARMM) in Maguindanao, said…
The Philippines is eyeing an advanced labor cooperation with Saudi Arabia to uphold and protect the rights of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in the Gulf nation, Malacañang said on Friday. Presidential Assistant on Foreign Affairs Robert Borje, who has been tapped as the Philippines’ Special Envoy to Saudi Arabia, flew to the Arab state on…
Job hunters in Pasay City will benefit from a technical skills training program that will boost their chances to find employment. In partnership with the Department of Labor and Employment and the Asian Development Bank, the city’s Public Employment Services Office signed an agreement for JobStart Philippines program to enhance jobseekers’ credentials. Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano…
The Pasay city government cautioned against fixers or individuals engaged in the illegal processing of business permits and work documents. This, after the city’s Business Permits and Licensing Office (BPLO) received reports that some business permits and other similar documents were acquired through fixers and turned out to be faked. “The public is advised not…
