BEIJING, March 23 (Xinhua) The following are the latest updates on the COVID-19 global confirmed cases in hardest-hit countries by the Center for Systems Sci
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - The Department of Labor and Employment's Bukidnon Provincial Field Office (DOLE-BPFO) has settled labor disputes on monetary claims worth PHP1,521,848 in favor of 201 employees from 24 private companies in the province. In a statement Wednesday, DOLE-BFPO Chief Raul Valmores said the disputes were settled through the Single Entry Approach (SEnA) program from January to February. "The workers filed before this office through SEnA to resolve issues against their employer involving (the) underpayment of minimum wage," Valmores said. He also said the SEnA settlement includes payment by the respondent companies of night shift differential; overtime, holiday, 13th-month, last salary, separation, and retirement claims; regularization issues, including the issuance of a certificate of employment to employees. The SEnA program is a conciliation-mediation process that provides a speedy, impartial, inexpensive, and accessible settlement procedure for all issues
SEIZED WAR MATERIEL. The high-powered firearms and other materiel seized by government forces after an encounter with New People's Army rebels in Sitio Montenegren, Barangay San Isidro, Marihatag, Surigao del Sur on March 21, 2022. Killed during the skirmish was an NPA rebel whose identity is still being determined by authorities. (Photo courtesy of 4ID) BUTUAN CITY - A New People's Army (NPA) insurgent was killed in an encounter Monday in the Surigao del Sur town of Marihatag, where government forces also recovered firearms and other rebel war materiel. In a statement Wednesday, the Army's 4th Infantry Division (4ID) said troops belonging to the 75th Infantry Battalion (75IB) under the 401st Infantry Brigade (401Bde) had overrun a hideout holding about 20 rebels during the 10-minute encounter in Sitio Montenegren, Barangay San Isidro in Marihatag. "The 75IB troopers, based on the information provided by concerned citizens, were able to track down the 20 NPA rebels who
Indonesia's tourism minister has said that the country has removed its quarantine requirement for all arrivals from overseas, in response to improvements in its containment of the COVID-19 pandemic
NEW HOUSES. Mayor Joseph Evangelista (center) and National Housing Authority-Soccsksargen Director Zenaida Cabiles (center left) poses with some beneficiaries of the Overseas Filipino Workers Pabahay Project in Kidapawan City following the official turnover of the houses on Tuesday (March 22, 2022). The project, worth PHP57.5 million, is a joint undertaking of the NHA and the city government for OFWs, whose houses were destroyed during the October 2019 series of earthquakes that hit the city. (Photo courtesy of Kidapawan CIO) KIDAPAWAN CITY, North Cotabato - The National Housing Authority (NHA) and the city government have awarded 179 housing units to overseas Filipino workers (OFW) under the "OFW Pabahay Project" in Barangay Kalaisan here. In a statement Wednesday, Mayor Joseph Evangelista said the PHP57.5 million project intends to shelter the families of OFWs whose houses were destroyed in the series of tremors that hit the province in October 2019. "The affected OFWs