DAVAO CITY --- Senator Christopher Lawrence Go on Thursday urged government agencies and companies to consider work-from-home (WFH) arrangements for their employees and provide heat breaks to field workers given the impact of the El Niño phenomenon. Go, chairperson of the Senate Committee on Health, said WFH arrangements were already adopted and implemented during the … [Read more...] about Bong Go pushes for work from home amid extreme heat, El Niño
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Ph adopts whole-of-gov’t approach vs. El Niño, La Niña phenomena
DAVAO CITY ---President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has ordered a whole-of-government approach to ensure public safety and assist farmers affected by the El Niño and the La Niña phenomena in the country. In the 4th Task Force El Niño meeting on March 19, the Department of Agriculture (DA) was ordered to closely coordinate with the Philippine Crop Insurance Corp. (PCIC) to assess … [Read more...] about Ph adopts whole-of-gov’t approach vs. El Niño, La Niña phenomena
Duterte warns MWSS officials : ‘I will not hesitate to replace you all’
DAVAO CITY (April 17) --- President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday threatened to replace the officials of Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) with overseas Filipino engineers if the water supply problem continues during the El Niño. "It comes with regularity...'yang El Niño na 'yan. Ilang taon kayo nandiyan and you do not prepare for it? And when it comes, … [Read more...] about Duterte warns MWSS officials : ‘I will not hesitate to replace you all’