Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III (PNA photo by Joey Razon) MANILA - Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Silvestre Bello III on Wednesday said he is not closing his doors to running in next year's polls, despite skipping the filing the certificate of candidacy (COC) period last week. "There is a possibility. It will depend on what will be good for our country. If the opportunity will come, probably I would consider it. But in the meantime, I'm taking care of this very big problem of our workers first. The number of job losses, so many," Bello said in a virtual forum. The labor chief said it was his brother, Silvestre Jr., who filed his candidacy for senator under the ruling party Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) on October 8, the last day of the filing period. "That's my brother. I can't stop him," he said. The DOLE chief added that he was quite surprised when he learned that his brother filed his COC. "I
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