+ Follow LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT SECRETARY PATRICIA STO Tag
LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT SECRETARY PATRICIA STO
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[Title] => IT training center for OFWs opens
[Summary] => Overseas Filipino workers and their dependents will now have access to Information Technology and will be afforded free computer skills after the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration and Department of Labor and Employment-7 opened its multi million peso training facility specifically for OFWs.
Labor and Employment Secretary Patricia Sto.
[DatePublished] => 2005-06-23 00:00:00
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[Title] => No work, no pay on Ninoy Aquino Day
[Summary] => Workers who will report for work on Saturday, "Ninoy Aquino Day," will be entitled to additional pay.
Labor and Employment Secretary Patricia Sto. Tomas said the "no work, no pay" policy will apply on Saturday, Aug. 21, which is a special non-working day.
"Under the law, only those who would report for work are entitled to receive additional 30 percent from their regular daily rate and plus 30 percent for services rendered in excess of eight hours," she said.
[DatePublished] => 2004-08-19 00:00:00
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[Title] => Yap finally intervenes in Philippine Rabbit labor row
[Summary] => TARLAC CITY — Responding to the public clamor, Gov. Jose Yap has finally interceded in the labor standoff that has paralyzed the operations of the Philippine Rabbit Bus Lines (PRBL), one of the country’s oldest bus companies, for more than four months now.
But the impasse remains as the PRBL management rejected the demand of protesting workers that they be exonerated from any possible liability for staging an illegal strike.
[DatePublished] => 2004-08-05 00:00:00
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[AuthorID] => 1168087
[AuthorName] => Benjie Villa
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[ArticleID] => 257735
[Title] => Oversight committee created to supervise Jaylo task force
[Summary] => President Arroyo has formed an eight-member committee to oversee the participation of government agencies in anti-illegal recruitment operations of the newly formed Presidential Anti-Illegal Recruitment Task Force (PAIRTF).
The PAIRTF will be under the command of retired Manila police colonel Reynaldo Jaylo.
Labor and Employment Secretary Patricia Sto. Tomas, meanwhile, heads the task force’s oversight committee.
[DatePublished] => 2004-07-16 00:00:00
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[Title] => DOLE chief nag-sorry sa 'kuryenteng' balita
[Summary] => Humingi ng paumanhin kahapon si Labor and Employment Secretary Patricia Sto. Tomas sa publiko matapos ang maling balita tungkol sa umano’y pagpapalaya kay Angelo dela Cruz ng mga militanteng Iraqi.
Umamin si Sto. Tomas na nagkamali siya nang i-feed sa media ang impormasyon na nakuha niya mula sa isang tawag na galing sa Saudi Arabia na pinalaya na umano si dela Cruz at dinala na ito sa isang hotel sa Baghdad.
Si Sto. Tomas ay kasalukuyang nasa Baghdad at sinamahan si Arsenia at Jessie, asawa at kapatid ni Angelo para mapalapit siya sa lugar na kinaroroonan ng binihag niyang mister.
Sa isang radio interview, ikinalungkot ni Sto. Tomas ang maling impormasyon na inihayag niya at hindi muna niya naberipika kaagad na nagsilbing basehan naman ng media sa pag-uulat.
[DatePublished] => 2004-07-13 00:00:00
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[Title] => 41% of commercial establishments violating labor laws
[Summary] => At least 40,000 workers nationwide were deprived of their wages and other benefits during the first quarter of the year as more than 2,000 firms were found to have violated general labor standards.
Labor and Employment Secretary Patricia Sto. Tomas said the government is set to implement a new inspection system to ensure compliance with general labor standards by commercial firms.
[DatePublished] => 2003-07-08 00:00:00
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[Title] => Bodies of 6 Pinoy seamen brought home
[Summary] => The remains of six Filipino seamen killed in a cruise ship explosion in Miami, Florida last month arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport aboard a Northwest Airlines flight from the US yesterday.
Reports said relatives of the victims plan to sue the Norwegian Cruise Lines, owner of the SS Norway, where an explosion occurred in the boiler room last May 25.
[DatePublished] => 2003-06-06 00:00:00
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[Title] => 4 Pinoys killed in Florida blast
[Summary] => Four Filipino seamen were killed and two others were injured when the boiler room of a cruise ship in Miami, Florida exploded Monday morning.
The fatalities were identified as third engineer Ricardo Rosal, stokers Ramil Bernal and Candido Valenzuela, and oiler Rene Villanueva.
The injured were identified as assistant sweeper engineer Mari John Bautista and stoker Ramon Villaraez, who were both taken to the Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami.
[DatePublished] => 2003-05-27 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Jose Aravilla
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[Title] => Sin to priests: Prevent SARS mass hysteria
[Summary] => Archbishop of Manila Jaime Cardinal Sin called yesterday for prudence in dealing with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and asked Catholic priests to guide their flock on the proper action to take against the killer virus.
[DatePublished] => 2003-05-08 00:00:00
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[Title] => Kuwaiti emir pardons 22 jailed Pinoys
[Summary] => Kuwait’s ruler Emir Sheik Jaber al Ahmed al Sabah has pardoned 22 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) jailed in the emirate for various crimes.
At the same time, about 200 OFWs who have violated their employment contracts will also be repatriated.
President Arroyo made these announcements yesterday upon her return from a two-day visit to Kuwait to look into the condition of OFWs amid the threat of war.
[DatePublished] => 2003-02-05 00:00:00
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