aaaMANILA---Three Filipino domestic workers from Kuwait were surprised when they each received P50,000 when they arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) this afternoon (December 27). Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello lll said domestic workers Aurora Abelle Casino, a native of Leyte; Aisa Ismail Husain, of Isabela, Basilan; and Annabe...
aaaMANILA---The Bureau of Immigration (BI) stopped more than 28,000 passengers from going abroad as the Philippine government intensified its anti-human trafficking campaign. BI Port Operations Divisions chief Grifton Medina said a total of 28,467 travelers were barred from leaving the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) and from th...
aaaMANILA---The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) this morning (December 18) said drunkards, drug addicts and others with “pernicious habits” need not apply for the English teaching jobs in China. In a statement, the DOLE said the recruitment and deployment of Filipino English teachers for tertiary educational institutions (TEIs) or col...
aaaMANILA---Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III this morning warned against a fake Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) website offering P85,000 to unsuspecting online users. Bello said the website, which says workers who worked between 1990 and 2018 have “the right to obtain” P85,000 from DOLE, was a hoax. “We wish to warn the public...
aaaMANILA----So that Filipinos would be spared from paying steep lawyers' fees, a proposed law was filed in the Senate that would amend the Family Code and recognize annulments decreed by churches and other religious groups. Sen. Paolo Benigno “Bam” Aquino said Senate Bill 1815 would help indigent Filipinos who cannot afford to pay for an annul...
aaaMANILA---Government officials have signed the implementing guidelines of the planned deployment of Filipino English teachers to mainland China, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said. The Joint Implementing Guidelines on the Employment of Filipino Teachers of English Language in China were signed on Nov. 8 and they include a provisio...
aaa MANILA---The guidelines on the deployment of Filipino English teachers to China have already been finalized, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said. Bello said the deployment will start once guidelines for the government-to-government hiring scheme are signed. "We already came up with the guidelines on the deployment of English te...
aaa In response to the government request for airlines to cut the number of flights to and from Manila as part of the transition phase leading to an enhanced air navigational system, Philippine Airlines (PAL) said it was cancelling 130 flights this month. PAL advised its customers that the following flights had been cancelled: DOMESTIC ...
aaaMANILA--In line with the runway closure of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport from 12:00am to 6:00am on November 12-17, and 19-22, 2018, Cebu Pacific Airlines will be adjusting its flights' schedule.
The closure of the runway is necessary to allow for vital maintenance work spearheaded by the Ci...
aaa The total amount of unrefunded terminal fees from overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) has reached P500 million, Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) general manager Ed Monreal said. Monreal said the unclaimed terminal fees were deposited with the general fund of NAIA and can be cla...
