DOLE reports no strikes in region so far for 2009

May 2, 2009 - 12:00am

CEBU, Philippines - Despite job cuts and mass terminations as a result of the global financial crisis, the Department of Labor and Employment in Central Visayas (DOLE-7) said that no strikes were recorded for the...

Suspensyon sa nars illegal - CSC -Manila

By Ni Chester Abadilla | February 3, 2009 - 12:00am

Gideklarar sa Civil Service Commission-Manila nga illegal ang tulo ka bulang suspensyon ni Carmenia Sapio, ang nurse sa Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center nga naapil sa tulo ka mga personnel sa VSMMC nga gisuspenso...

Preso todas sa imbentong inumin: 11 pa naratay

By Joy Cantos | November 30, 2007 - 12:00am

Isang preso ang nasawi habang 11 pa nitong kasamahan ang naratay nang malason sa inimbento nilang inumin sa loob ng kanilang selda sa Misamis Oriental Provincial Jail kamakalawa.

Desisyong may kinikilingan

By Jose C. Sison | January 9, 2007 - 12:00am

SI Tina ay empleyado ng DMPI, isang plantation company. Miyembro rin si Tina ng ALU, isang unyon na eksklusibong bargaining agent ng mga manggagawa ng DMPI. Ang CBA sa pagitan ng ALU at DMPI ay nagsasaad...

Biased

By A LAW EACH DAY (KEEPS TROUBLE AWAY) | By Jose C. Sison | December 19, 2006 - 12:00am

Dismissal of employees must be predicated on grounds provided in the Labor Code. But stipulations in the CBA authorizing dismissals are also recognized as valid grounds like a "closed shop" agreement...

TUCP presses P50 wage hike

By Marichu A. Villanueva | April 19, 2004 - 12:00am

CEBU CITY — The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) said yesterday it would press for a P50 across-the-board increase in the minimum wage as part of the Labor Day package it intends to seek from the...

Big labor group throws support behind GMA

April 18, 2004 - 12:00am

CEBU CITY — President Arroyo received last night a manifesto of support and endorsement by the combined 1.2 million-strong Associated Labor Unions and the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (ALU-TUCP). A...

It's love, suite love!

By Ching M. Alano | February 14, 2004 - 12:00am

So, still clueless as to where – and how – you and the love of your life are spending Valentine’s Day today? Shall we count the ways? If indeed your love is deep and your purse even deeper, we can...

ALU recalls reps to wage boards

December 8, 2001 - 12:00am

CEBU CITY — The Associated Labor Unions (ALU) has asked all its members who sit as labor representatives in different regional wage boards to resign. Michael Mendoza, ALU vice president, issued the order in...

Memories of Maria Teresa

By Ricky Lo | November 24, 2001 - 12:00am

A few hours after the shocking news that Maria Teresa Carlson jumped to her death yesterday morning from the 23rd floor of the Platinum 2000 condo in Greenhills, Funfare got a call from a Manila newspaperwoman who...