CEBU CITY – Frontliners as we call them are our modern-day heroes in this fight against COVID-19. One of the most unacknowledged front-line workers are the Barangay Nutrition Scholars (BNS) who are often overstretched to perform other functions limiting their performance to do...
Around 585,376 poorest-of-the-poor households in Cebu province are eligible to receive the second tranche of the emergency cash aid of the government under the Social Amelioration Program (SAP). Josephine Belotindos, social welfare officer V of the Department of Social Welfare and...
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has approved the alternative work schemes to be adopted by establishments when business operations resume. DOLE-7 Regional Director Salome Siaton said depending on their position, function, and competencies, workers may be allowed to work from...
The alarming rate of 7.3 million job losses in April cannot wait for both Houses of Congress to resume business in July and must be contained immediately, Senator Imee Marcos said. Marcos, who chairs the Senate committee on economic affairs, plans to file a quick-response measure called...
Bohol’s response to the home quarantine policy borne out of the rushed national act of repatriating stranded Filipinos must not compromise the safety of the Boholanos staying in the province. This was clarified by Gov. Arthur Yap even if he issued a memorandum on the protocols of...
