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ASYMPTOMATIC CARGO DRIVERS, CREW EXEMPTED FROM 14-DAY HOME QUARANTINE – NOGRALES

Drivers and crew of cargo and delivery trucks are not required to take the mandatory 14-day home quarantine if they do not show any symptoms of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), said the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) said. IATF-EID spokesperson Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said this will allow […]

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Politics

SENATE TO PROBE MISERABLE WORK CONDITIONS OF OFW TRUCK DRIVERS IN DENMARK – VILLANUEVA

Senator Joel Villanueva filed a resolution that seeks to investigate the reported miserable work conditions suffered by rescued Filipino truck drivers in Padborg, Denmark last October. Under Senate Resolution No. 946, the senator called for an inquiry on “social dumping” or a practice wherein multinational countries from “high-wage” countries seek to lower down their operational […]