Eastern Visayas Workers Get Another Pay Hike

The Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) started implementing the additional PHP10 daily minimum wage to private workers in Eastern Visayas on Tuesday. The amount represents the second tranche of the wage adjustment approved last year by the board for the region’s thousands of workers, said RTWPB chairman Yahya Centi, regional director of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE). The first tranche adding PHP10 to the daily pay was approved on July 22, 2019, and took effect on Aug. 18 or after 15 days. Through Wage Order No. 21, the board ruled to implement the second round of…

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Spotlight

TFC Launches Its First Ever Digital Comedy Series “Stand Up For Laughs”

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Visayas News

Iloilo Bans Pork, Pork By-Products From Mindanao

The Iloilo provincial government has banned the entry of hogs and pork products from Mindanao, where the new cases of African Swine Fever (ASF) were…

Samar Gift-Giving Events To Save Kids From NPA Influence

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Malay Stops Entry Of Persons With Travel History To China

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Sports News

WAP: Filipino Wrestlers Have Talents To Make It To Olympics

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Alab Pilipinas Trounces Singapore Slingers In OT Thriller

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Local News

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Pres. Spokesperson Panelo Says Calls To Oust Pres. Duterte From Office Won’t Thrive

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EDC Wins National Safety Award

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World News

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The World Health Organization (WHO) announced that the Ebola outbreak…

Wuhan Mobilizes 34K Workers To Fight Covid-19

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Tech

Score 50% Off Your NBA League Pass With Globe

Avid National Basketball Association (NBA) fans can now watch their favorite teams compete against their rivals anytime and anywhere with the NBA League…

Dealing With Tech Addiction In The Workplace

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Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Professional League – Philippines Season Five Is Here!

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Motoring

Chevron Enhances Disaster Preparedness Of Host Community With Donation Of Mobile Patrol And Smartphones

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Grab Teams Up With The San Jose Del Monte, Bulacan To Create Thousands Of Livelihood Opportunities

Grab, the leading everyday everything app in Southeast Asia, together with the City government of San Jose Del Monte Bulacan, announced a partnership that would…

MMDA Exec Mulls Ban Of Motorcycle Taxis On Major Roads

A traffic official on Thursday said he will recommend that motorcycle taxis be banned from using Metro Manila’s major roads, such as Edsa, due to…

Entertainment

How Morse Code Helped The Audience In “Parasite”

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The First Trailer Of “Minions 2” Traces “The Rise Of Gru”

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Step into a new unknown. Watch the trailer announcement clip for Paramount Pictures' A Quiet Place Part II…

New Trailer Of “Top Gun: Maverick” Flies To The Danger Zone

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Travel

eZee and ZEN Rooms Join Forces To Modernize Southeast Asian Travel

Southeast Asian travel is booming. The number of international visitors is expected to expand up to 155.4 million in 2022.1…

All Systems Go For The 27th Travel Tour Expo 2020 At SMX

The 27th PTAA Travel Tour Expo will take place as scheduled from Feb. 7 to 9, at the SMX Convention…

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The Presidential Assistant for the Visayas on Friday said the revival of the Philippine Airlines (PAL) direct flight from Cebu…

Drink & Dine

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The Talk

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10 Michael Scott GIFs That Describe Every Coworker You Have

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Trending

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