By: Dona Z. Pazzibugan – Reporter /Philippine Daily Inquirer /February 14, 2022 MANILA, Philippines — Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III on Sunday assured the International Labor Organization (ILO) that cases on trade union rights violations have already been filed or were being investigated by the government. An advisory body to the ILO earlier expressed “deep…
By: Dona Z. Pazzibugan, Jerome Aning, Philippine Daily Inquirer / 05:30 AM December 18, 2020 MANILA, Philippines — More than 126,000 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) are still waiting to be repatriated nearly a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) official. The OFWs have asked to be returned…
By: Christa Marie Ramos– Reporter / September 16, 2020 MANILA, Philippines — The government of Bahrain has allowed the resumption of the recruitment of domestic workers following a six-month suspension, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said Tuesday. In a statement, DOLE said Bahrain’s Labor Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA) has lifted the temporary suspension…