Meralco earmarks P280-M for Metro Manila’s subway switching station

The Manila Electric Company (Meralco) on Monday said it will invest PHP280 million for a new switching station that will support stable and reliable source of electricity for the Metro Manila Subway Project (MMSP).

The electricity business unit of t…

DMW to regulate deployment of OFWs to Korea under sisterhood deal

MANILA: The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) will release next week the third set of guidelines for the deployment of Filipino seasonal workers to Korea.

In a press briefing on Monday, DMW officer-in-charge Undersecretary Hans Leo Cacdac said they…

‘High time’ to hike minimum wage in private sector – Legarda

MANILA: Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda on Monday said workers in the private sector deserve the proposed PHP100 minimum wage increase as the last legislated national wage hike was 35 years ago.

Legarda said the last legislated national wa…

PSA-Negros begins nat’l ID registration for kids below 5 years old

DUMAGUETE CITY: – The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) in Negros Oriental has already started its registration of children below five years old for the national identification program, an official said Monday.

Engr. Ariel Fortuito, chief Statist…

Over 1.4 million people benefit from HCM City’s Tet assistance

HCM City: Ho Chi Minh City delivered assistance worth nearly 1.3 trillion VND (53 million USD) to over 1.41 million people on the occasion of the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival, its Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs reported.

Funding f…

Southern localities take urgent action to fight IUU fishing

HCM City: Coastal localities in the southern region have been stepping up measures to fight illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing and help persuade the European Commission (EC) to lift the ‘yellow card’ warning that bans seafood imports f…

Police arrest BIR employee for extortion

– Police arrested a Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) employee for reportedly extorting money from a business establishment during an entrapment last Feb. 14.

In a statement on Monday, BIR Commissioner Romeo Lumagui Jr. said the agency received repor…