by anyajulia | Mar 20, 2009 | Headlines, National News
The government is now looking into all the possibilities to resolve the 3-month old kidnapping by the Abu Sayyaf of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) workers: Andreas Notter of Switzerland, Eugenio Vagri of Italy and Mary Jean Lacaba of the Philippines.
One of these possibilities is withdrawal of government troops encircling the location of the captors and their victims. But the final decision would still be up to the Local Crisis Management Committee to start the negotiations between the two camps.
The aforementioned ICRC workers were taken at gunpoint on Jan. 15 while on the way to Jolo Airport. (PND)
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by anyajulia | Aug 8, 2008 | Headlines, National News
In response to the call of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to provide non-wage benefits to employees and their families as income extenders, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), launched the “Diskwento: Presyong Pang-Empleyado,” a non-wage benefit project which aims to improve workers’ access to basic consumer products at very affordable prices.
The Project is through the National Wages and Productivity Commission (NWPC) and in cooperation with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI).
According to Labor and Employment Secretary Marianito D. Roque the Diskwento project aims to ease the burden of high and rising prices of basic consumer products on the employees’ purchasing power and to improve employees’ access to basic and prime commodities through the mobilization of retail outlets selling basic food and non-food consumer items at low, low prices.
Roque said the “Diskwento” project also intends to involve the private sector in delivering affordable basic and prime commodities to employees.
The labor secretary said the provision of a package of non-wage benefits was also in line with Administrative Order No. 232-A issued recently by President Arroyo to further strengthen the clustering of social welfare reforms into a national social welfare program. (PIA/Bohol)
