+ Follow LABOR SECRETARY BIENVENIDO LAGUESMA Tag
LABOR SECRETARY BIENVENIDO LAGUESMA
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[Title] => Fewer Metro workers displaced last year
[Summary] => Metro Manila seems to be slowly recovering from the adverse impact of the economic crisis.
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has reported a 50-percent drop in the number of displaced workers from the National Capital Region (NCR).
DOLE data showed that Metro Manila recorded the highest reduction in number of displaced workers with 17,711 last the year compared to 35, 391 workers rendered jobless in 1999.
[DatePublished] => 2001-01-22 00:00:00
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[Title] => OFW remittances up as peso weakens to the $
[Summary] => Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) are remitting more dollars back home apparently to take advantage of the soaring value of US dollars.
Remittances of OFWs for the first two weeks of year 2001 rose by 56 percent compared to the same period last year, according to Migrante, an organization of migrant workers.
Migrante information officer Vince Borneo said OFWs started sending more money to their relatives when the EDSA rally began or at the time when the value of dollar went soaring.
[DatePublished] => 2001-01-20 00:00:00
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[Title] => Pinay maid escapes death in UAE
[Summary] => A Filipina maid who killed her employer for attempting to rape her escaped the death penalty when a United Arab Emirates (UAE) court acquitted her without asking her to pay anything.
In a report to the Department of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Amable Aguiluz III said Mary Jane Ramos, 20, can now go home to her family in Isabela after her acquittal last Monday.
"After almost an hour of deliberation, the three judges rendered a judgement of not guilty and did not order Mary Jane to pay any diya (blood money) to the family of the victim," Aguiluz said.
[DatePublished] => 2001-01-17 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Aurea Calica
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[Title] => DH sa UAE absuwelto sa bitay
[Summary] => Nakaligtas sa tiyak na kamatayan ang isang 20-anyos na Pinay domestic helper matapos pawalang sala ng Shariah court ang kasong pagpatay sa amo nitong Arabo noong 1999 sa Dubai, UAE na tangkang humalay sa kanya.
Sa ulat na nakarating kay Labor Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma mula sa Labor Attache Carmelita Arriola pinawalang sala ng Ras Al Khaimah Shariah Criminal Court si Mary Jane Ramos ng San Agustin, Isabela.
Dalawang araw pa lang naninilbihan sa among si Mohammad Al Shamsi Al Kaihman.
[DatePublished] => 2001-01-17 00:00:00
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[Title] => Mysterious disease still afflicts OFWs in Taiwan
[Summary] => A mysterious disease that has caused the death of several Filipino workers continues to afflict overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Taiwan.
Labor Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma reported that the Philippine and Taiwanese governments are working to prevent the spread of Steven Johnson Syndrome (SJS) among Filipino factory workers.
Laguesma flew to Taiwan last Thursday to discuss with officials of their Ministry of Health (MOH) measures to ensure industrial safety and health of Filipino workers there.
[DatePublished] => 2001-01-16 00:00:00
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[Title] => Estrada assures the poor: We will survive the storm
[Summary] => President Estrada has expressed confidence the country would be able to survive the current political crisis while urging the Filipino people, especially the poor, to rally behind his administration.
At the same time, the President appealed to his political opponents to unite behind his presidency by focusing their efforts on nation-building instead of engaging in muckraking.
As long as the poor are behind him, he said, the administration will be able to continue implementing programs that will improve quality of life.
[DatePublished] => 2001-01-08 00:00:00
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[Title] => More labor strikes last year — DOLE
[Summary] => Economic crisis in the year 2000 seriously affected operations of many establishments and forced more workers to go on strike compared to the previous year.
Records from the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) showed a number of recorded strikes reached 60 or three percent higher than the recorded figure in 1999.
Labor Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma said the slight increase in the number of strikes was acceptable, considering the economic crisis affecting the country.
[DatePublished] => 2001-01-07 00:00:00
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[Title] => Metro firms most affected by crisis
[Summary] => Metro Manila, the country’s erstwhile employment capital, continues to carry the burden of the current political and economic crises.
Records from the Department of Labor and Employment showed that 61 percent, or the bulk of establishments resorting to permanent closures and retrenchments for nine months in 2000, were located in the National Capital Region.
Labor Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma said company closures and retrenchments remained largely concentrated in the NCR while the rest were distributed in other regions.
[DatePublished] => 2001-01-02 00:00:00
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[Title] => Labor department expanding services in Taiwan
[Summary] => Labor Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma announced yesterday that the labor department will expand its services in anticipation of increased volume of placements following the lifting of the ban on the deployment of Filipino workers in Taiwan.
The Pilipino Manpower Agencies Accredited to Taiwan, Inc. (PILMAT), which is composed of agencies accredited to place workers in Taiwan, has finalized plans to open another office in Kaoshiung, Taiwan, to serve more OFWs.
Laguesma said PILMAT has an existing office in Taipei.
[DatePublished] => 2000-12-24 00:00:00
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[Title] => Bank mergers cause massive retrenchments
[Summary] => The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) expressed alarm yesterday over massive retrenchments resulting from bank mergers for the first nine months of the year.
Labor Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma said that from January to September, the banking sector has recorded a total layoff of 4,729 workers, the highest so far in the industry.
Among the banks that have merged with other financial institutions were Solid Bank, Equitable PCI Bank, and Rizal Banking Corp. Solid Bank alone accounted for 1,924 retrenched workers.
[DatePublished] => 2000-12-02 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Mayen Jaymalin
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