DOLE: Heat index of 40C may be used as reason not to go to work

GMA Network - Oct 20, 2026

Employees may use high heat index levels as a reason to not go to work amid the potentially record-breaking El Niño, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said on Tuesday.

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QUEZON, BUKIDNON, Philippines — Importing raw sugar to stabilize domestic market prices risks collapsing local production and depressing farm-gate prices nationwide, an industry leader here warned. Pablo Lorenzo III, president and chair emeritus of the Associated Bukidnon Sugarcane Farmers Inc. and Associated Bukidnon Sugarcane Farmers Multi-Purpose Cooperative (ABSFI-ABSMPC), strongly cautioned the government against raw sugar

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Oct 20, 2026

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CALASIAO, PANGASINAN, Philippines — Newly installed Urdaneta City Mayor Blesildo Sumera assured city employees that they would keep their jobs under his administration, pledging to listen to all sectors before making decisions affecting the city. Sumera, who took his oath of office on Oct. 16, assumed the mayoralty following the dismissal of Mayor Julius “Rammy”

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Zahid's ministry to get RM500m from other ministries' savings to cover overspending

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