Iligan joins Model Resilient Cities through Aboitiz Foundation and National Resilience Council s Adopt-a-City partnership 22 Nov 2022 Share on FacebookShare on. | November 22, 2022
Top awards were bagged by three Philippine Science High School (PSHS) campuses at the special edition of the Young Inventors Challenge (YIC) in Malaysia on November 17.
(Photo courtesy from Philippine Science High School System)
According to the PSHS system, the YIC 2022 is organized by the As
Balik Probinsya, Bagong Pag-asa sendoff (File photo) MANILA - The continuity of the government's Balik Probinsya, Bagong Pag-Asa (BP2) program will promote "inclusive economic development". The incoming Marcos administration must consider the continuation of the BP2 program "to equalize" opportunities nationwide, according to Dr. Juan Antonio Perez III, head of the Commission on Population and Development (POPCOM). "[We] hope that the Balik Probinsya Program will be really studied in the next administration and will include the population dynamics," Perez said in a recent radio interview. He urged incoming officials to promote policies that would encourage people's migration from rural to urban areas and address "income disparity" among regions. Beneficiary Lilibeth Domo, a resident of Kauswagan, Lanao del Norte, said her life in Metro Manila did not change since she migrated 22 years ago and was made worse by the Covid-19 pandemic. Hence
MANILA - Minimum wage earners and domestic workers in Region 10 (Northern Mindanao) are set to receive additional compensation after the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) approved increasing the minimum wage in the region, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) reported on Monday. DOLE Secretary Silvestre Bello III said in a statement that the RTWPB Northern Mindanao issued Wage Order No. RX-10 granting a pay hike of PHP25 upon its effectivity or 15 days after publication in a newspaper of general circulation. He added that another PHP15 to PHP22 will take effect on December 16. The new wage adjustments will benefit 152,924 workers in private establishments and 54,851 domestic workers. After the implementation of the wage tranches, the new minimum wage rates in the cities of Cagayan de Oro, Iligan, Malaybalay, Valencia, Gingoog, El Salvador, and Ozamiz and the municipalities of Tagoloan, Villanueva, Jasaan, Opol, Maramag, Quezon, Manolo Fortich, and Lugait