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ECC resumes cash aid distribution to coronavirus-stricken workers

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 08 11:49 AM

The Employees Compensation Commission (ECC) said Friday it resumed processing applications of financial assistance to workers who had contracted COVID-19. Read more »

South Korean court orders Japan to compensate former sex slaves: Yonhap

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 08 10:40 AM

A South Korean court on Friday ordered the Japanese government to pay compensation to 12 World War II sex slaves or their families, in an unprecedented ruling likely to infuriate Tokyo. Read more »

Labor dept seeks hike in cash aid for work-related illness, injury

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 22 10:07 AM

Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III on Tuesday urged the Employees' Compensation Commission to increase compensation for employees who suffer from work-related illness or injury. Read more »

DOH distributes aid to more health workers who died, fell severely ill with COVID-19

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 28 03:51 PM

MANILA - The Department of Health (DOH) on Saturday said it continues to issue checks for frontliners those who succumbed from COVID-19 or those who became severely ill. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: November 5, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 06 01:06 AM

Here are the big stories today in photos. Read more »

Bonus for health workers

Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 05 12:17 PM

Public health workers call for the immediate release of the overdue 2018 and 2019 Performance-Based Bonus, higher health budget, salary increase, and an end to contractualization amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more »

DFA receives from DOJ compensation for Gem-Ver fishermen

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 19 10:42 PM

The Department of Foreign Affairs on Saturday said it received from the Department of Justice the compensation to Filipino fishermen whose vessel was rammed by a Chinese boat last year at the Recto Bank. Read more »

House panel OKs proposed 'Marawi Siege Compensation Act'

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 03 09:56 PM

The House Committee on Disaster Resilience, chaired by Rep. Lucy Torres-Gomez (4th District, Leyte), on Thursday approved the proposed "Marawi Siege Compensation Act". Read more »

Nancy Binay wants POEA, IATF to stop travel ban on healthcare workers

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 27 03:47 PM

Filipino healthcare workers are being held hostage by a deployment ban imposed by the country's pandemic task force, Sen. Nancy Binay said Thursday, adding the gov't has "no right" to block them since it has failed to give them "competitive compensation." Read more »

Higit 700 residente na apektado ng oil spill sa Iloilo, humihingi ng bayad-danyos

Jennifer Garcia Hernandez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 18 06:07 AM

Higit 40,000 litro ng langis ang tumapon sa karagatan sa Iloilo matapos sumabog ang tangke ng isang power barge noong Hulyo 3. Nasa 69 na pamilya mula sa Barrio Obrero ang inilikas. Read more »

After delay, kin of 29 doctors, other health workers who died of COVID-19 get P1-million compensation

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 06 02:45 PM

MANILA – Families of 29 out of 32 health workers who died of the coronavirus disease have received P1 million in compensation each, the Department of Health said Saturday as the agency came under fire over the delayed release of law-mandated benefits.   Read more »

After delays, DOH hands out compensation to deceased health workers’ kin

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 05 10:04 PM

The government has started distributing compensation benefits to the families of health workers who have died on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic, a health official said Friday. Read more »

Ayuda para sa nagka-COVID-19 na health workers dapat maibigay sa Hunyo 9

Joyce Balancio at Raphael Bosano, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 05 02:43 PM

Galit na galit umano si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte nang makarating sa kaniya na hindi pa pala nabibigyan ng benepisyo ang mga health worker na nagkasakit o namatay dahil sa COVID-19.  Read more »

Go hits delayed compensation for coronavirus-stricken health workers, refuses interpellation

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 04 04:42 PM

MANILA - Sen. Christopher "Bong" Go on Thursday joined the chorus of lawmakers in criticizing delays in giving cash benefits for health workers who died from the coronavirus, but refused interpellations, a rare request at the chamber's plenary. Read more »

Recto: Compensation for health workers stricken with COVID-19 should be tax-free

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 04 02:09 PM

The compensation for health workers who died or were severely ill due to COVID-19 should be tax-free, Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said Thursday after President Rodrigo Duterte imposed a June 9 deadline for the grant of the benefit. Read more »

New deadline eyed on compensation for COVID-19 frontliners who died in the line of duty

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 03 11:29 AM

MANILA - Palace spokesman Harry Roque said he will take up the issue raised by senators regarding the delay in the implementation of compensation for health workers who died due to COVID-19 when he meets with President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday.   Read more »

'Serious neglect': Senators flag DOH for delayed P1M aid for every health worker who died of COVID-19

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 02 09:16 PM

The provision was not implemented as the DOH has yet to craft the program's implementing rules and regulations (IRR), nearly 3 months since the Bayanihan to Heal as One Act was passed, Angara said in plenary when asked about the status of the assistance for health workers. Read more »

China mounts aggressive defense to calls for coronavirus compensation

Damien Cave and Amy Qin, The New York Times
Posted at Apr 29 12:50 PM

China is pushing back against the growing chorus of voices around the world calling for the country to pay compensation for the damage caused by the coronavirus pandemic, which originated in the Chinese city of Wuhan.   Read more »

SM assures employees of pay, frontline staff get premium

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 20 02:13 PM

The SM group on Friday said employees would receive regular compensation while frontliners, security guards and janitorial staff will get emergency assistance during the COVID-19 lockdown. Read more »

Gov’t agency may mga benepisyo para sa naaksidente, nagkasakit sa trabaho

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 23 06:23 PM

Kailangan lamang magsumite sa ECC ng mga dokumentong nagpapatunay na work-related ang isang aksidente o sanhi ng sakit. Read more »