THE Department of Labor and Employment yesterday clarified the joint memorandum circular it issued together with the Department of Trade and Industry in connection with the required mandatory COVID-19 testing for workers and employees in identified industries.

THE Department of Labor and Employment reported that over 136,000 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) have been transported to their respective home provinces thru the department’s continuing efforts in assisting migrant workers affected by the pandemic.

THE Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) reported that some 354 distressed overseas Filipino workers from Saudi Arabia arrived in Manila on Wednesday on board a chartered flight that it arranged.

THE Department of Health - CALABARZON (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal and Quezon) opened the first model clinic in the country located in Barangay Talaibon, Ibaan, Batangas that will cater for the health needs of the community at the local level.

THE Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said the government is set to bring home next week all the remains of overseas Filipino workers who died in Saudi Arabia.

THE Department of Labor and Employment yesterday reported that about 95,702 overseas Filipino workers repatriated by the government due to the coronavirus pandemic have been transported back to their homes.

THE Department of Labor and Employment has announced that the government of Saudi Arabia has extended the deadline for repatriating the remains of deceased overseas Filipino workers.

THE World Health Organization is recommending breastfeeding for mothers, despite the COVID-19 pandemic.

THE Department of Labor and Employment has extended condolences to the family of seafarer Mariah Jocson, who allegedly committed suicide while on board a ship she was transferred to while awaiting repatriation.

WITH the country in danger of facing a shortage of blood supply amid the COVID-19 pandemic, which has prompted the government to limit public transportation, movement and to prohibit group gatherings, the Philippine Red Cross will launch a new program for blood donation on World Blood Donors’ Day to ensure sufficient supply of safe and quality blood.

THE Department of Labor and Employment has activated a tracking system for all overseas Filipino workers intending to return to the Philippines during the COVID-19 pandemic.

THE Department of Labor and Employment has activated a tracking system for all overseas Filipino workers intending to return to the Philippines during the COVID-19 pandemic.

THE Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) in Riyadh, KSA will temporarily suspend its operations effective tomorrow after six of its officers and staff tested positive for COVID-19.

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Labor Secretary Silvestre H. Bello III said the Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) in Doha worked closely with the Qatar Ministry of Administrative Development Labor and Social Affairs for the payment of the benefits after the workers were terminated late last year by their employer.

Villar said the high cube containers converted into mobile rooms can be used as additional COVID-19 isolation health facilities or these may also function as alternative living quarters to temporarily house medical doctors and staff on duty at hospitals or at mega quarantine facilities operating at PICC, World Trade Center and Rizal Memorial Coliseum.