
SC: Absence not work abandonment proof
An employee’s absence from work is not enough to prove job abandonment or justify immediate dismissal, the Supreme Court (SC) has ruled.
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An employee’s absence from work is not enough to prove job abandonment or justify immediate dismissal, the Supreme Court (SC) has ruled.
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Senator Christopher “Bong” Go distributed financial relief and essential goods to 500 tricycle operators and drivers in San Isidro, Davao Oriental to help ease…
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Power transmission and system charges in off-grid areas will now be computed under a single regulatory framework, providing small-grid operators with a uniform…
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Power transmission and system charges in off-grid areas will now be computed under a single regulatory framework, providing small-grid operators with a uniform…
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The SC’s language on the ruling was blunt: the sweep undermined the very nature of PhilHealth funds as pooled resources for social health insurance and…
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The Supreme Court has struck down a Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) rule that barred secondary beneficiaries from receiving survivorship benefits…
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The Sandiganbayan Sixth Division has denied the motion for reconsideration filed by several former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)-MIMAROPA…
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Thirteen years. That’s how long a domestic miner fought for a tax exemption it already had on paper. The Supreme Court just told the Bureau of Internal Revenue…
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‘There will be a rollback despite reports about the situation in the Strait of Hormuz. Even if developments occur today or tomorrow, fuel prices should remain…
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The sudden change in the Senate leadership struck us with disbelief, thus disturbing, at least for a brief but painful moment, our collective psyche.
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Homeowners associations (HOAs) cannot deprive delinquent members of their right to use common areas like subdivision roads, the Supreme Court has ruled, noting…
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The reason was obscene in its very nature; the Marcos government found a way to profit from a war half a world away.
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MORE Power said Wholesale Electricity Spot Market prices surged to P10.30/kWh from P4.45/kWh, more than doubling during the period; the generation rate, which…
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Among the issues the SC is asked to resolve is the nature of Unprogrammed Appropriations and how far Congress and the executive can stretch it.
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The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has opened the country’s transmission sector to greater private participation, allowing entities other than the National…
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Fuel prices are projected to decline sharply, with global oil markets shedding much of the geopolitical “war premium” that drove prices higher earlier this…
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Labor Secretary Francis Tolentino pledged to make the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) more accessible to workers while maintaining a balance with…
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