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Filipino workers (OFWs) and their families in calamity-stricken areas. OFWs to their families and loved ones at home, and vice versa. OFWs about their families and loved ones back in the Philippines would be assuaged,� he said. Roque emphasized that the...
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Philippines-The Supreme Court has allowed the continuation of the recount of votes in the contested congressional seat in the second district of Taguig. With a vote of seven for and four against, the court en banc dismissed the petition filed by Taguig...
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Terms set for lifting ban on working in Lebanon By Estrella Torres, Correspondent Published: March 18, 2009, 23:21 Manila: The Philippine government has set demands for the resumption of the deployment of Filipino workers to Lebanon, a government official...
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Labor Secretary Marianito Roque urged employers Friday to adopt flexible work arrangements to minimize the effects of the global financial crisis on local employment...Roque said, however, that the adoption of flexible arrangements should be voluntary,...
Labor Secretary Marianito Roque has vowed to protect workers' rights and ensure that they would get the benefits they deserved as more were expected to lose their jobs. He warned that the rate of unemployment would most likely rise in the first quarter...
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Labor Secretary Marianito Roque on Tuesday said the Department of Labor and Employment's (quick reaction teams (QRTs) have been reactivated in all regions to assist displaced workers. Roque said the reactivation of the QRTs is just one of the department's...
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Hundreds of people in the Philippines are losing their jobs everyday as the global economy slows, Labor Secretary Marianito Roque said Friday. Between December 1 and January 19, some 15,600 workers were laid off, he told local radio. Over the same period,...
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Labor Secretary Marianito Roque on Monday scoffed at the projection of economist and former Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno that the global financial crisis would render 11 million Filipinos jobless. In a press briefing Monday, Roque said the 11 million...
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Philippines-The Labor department will conduct surveys and meetings with companies in export zones next month to gain a full picture of how the global credit squeeze affects them and to craft a plan to help their workers. This was disclosed recently by...
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Philippines-A wage increase next year is unlikely as pressures on the pockets of workers appear to be easing, Labor Secretary Marianito Roque said. In an interview recently, Roque said there will be a review of the minimum wage in July or August, but...
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