December truce possible–Bello
LABOR Secretary and government chief negotiator Silvestre Bello III remains confident of forging a truce with communist rebels around December ...
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Reds deny Bello yarn on Dec. 10 peace deal
COMMUNIST rebels said there would not be a ceasefire agreement by the target date of December 10, and blamed the ...
Read moreDuterte justifies plan to pardon 50 detainees
PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte plans to grant an absolute pardon to 40 to 50 political detainees before Christmas as a confidence-building ...
Read morePeace pact with Reds in offing
GOVERNMENT peace negotiator Silvestre Bello III said Monday they will be signing a bilateral ceasefire agreement with the negotiators of ...
Read moreBello: Truce holding
NEARLY a month after the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte and communist rebels reopened peace talks abroad, the government’s chief ...
Read moreLawmakers back P125 pay increase
LAWMAKERS on Thursday backed Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III’s directive to Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Boards (RTWPB) to conduct ...
Read moreLabor memo sets end to ‘endo’
Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III has directed all labor law compliance officers nationwide to strictly monitor and inspect establishments ...
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Bello asks labor officials to report ‘endo’ incidents
Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III has ordered all regional directors to report incidents of contractualization and “endo” or end of ...
Read moreBello vows to stop ‘endo’ labor practice
DAVAO CITY—Hiring sales girls on a contractual basis (known as endo or end of contract) is an “unfair” trade practice ...
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