ILOILO CITY, Philippines — A group of businessmen in Bacolod City in Negros Occidental has opposed a proposed wage hike in Western Visayas. The Metro Bacolod Chamber of Commerce and Industry ...

ILOILO CITY — Western Visayas has reported a significant drop in poverty incidence among families, with rates falling from 12.1% in 2021 to 9.8% in 2023. In an Oct. 18 report, the Philippine ...

Frank Carbon, executive officer of the Metro Bacolod Chamber of Commerce and Industry, warned that the wage increase would drive up inflation in Western Visayas.

PRIVATE sector workers in the Western Visayas region can expect a P33 to P40 increase in their daily minimum wage starting next month. In an advisory released by the Department of Labor and ...

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The United Labor-Western Visayas, an alliance of labor groups, says in their petition that the current daily minimum wage of P480 is far below the poverty threshold for a family of five in the ...

Workers in the private sector and “kasambahays” or domestic workers in Western Visayas will receive higher wages next month, ...

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DOLE said the Western Visayas regional wage board has approved a P33-P40 daily wage increase for private sector workers in the region. "This brings the daily minimum wage rates in the region to a ...

“Central Visayas, Western Visayas, and Eastern Visayas together accounted for 44 percent of the country’s total tourist arrivals, welcoming over 2.45 million visitors in 2023,” she sai ...

Western Christian cross-country runner Kalkidan Ellis is the winner of the Maps Credit Union high school girls Athlete of the Week, as voted by Statesman Journal readers. A junior, Ellis finished ...

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