The Department of Labor and Employment will inspect 3,840 in Western Visayas this year to ensure compliance with minimum wage requirement and other core workplace standards.

Secretary Arturo Brion said in a statement that the Labor Standards Enforcement Framework-Inspection Blitz will be conducted for three years from 2007 to 2009, starting with the first phase from July 2 to Nov. 30, 2007, for 50,640 establishments nationwide.

The second and third phases will be initiated in 2008 and 2009.

Kabankalan gets GSIS kiosk

The Government Service Insurance System recently installed a Wireless Automated Processing System or G-W@PS kiosk in Kabankalan City, a press release from the mayor's office said.

The G-W@PS kiosk, located at the warehouse building of the new city hall in Brgy. Talubangi, can be used by GSIS members with upgraded eCard for their wireless, paperless transactions.

The project aims to eliminate dependence on documents which simply means doing away with documents as a requirement for GSIS transactions such as loan application forms, claims forms, copies of service records, and NSO certificates, the press release said.

Explore toll gate at
BREDCO - City SP

A resolution requesting the Mayor through the City Legal Officer to explore the legal possibility of the city operating the toll gate business involving the roadlot leading to the BREDCO port, was unanimously passed by the Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod yesterday.

Authored by Councilor Dindo Ramos, the resolution also requested that, if possible, the collection of toll fee, be momentarily stopped pending determination of who has the exclusive right to operate the toll gate business.

The resolution said the local government of Bacolod City is the owner of all the roadlots within the reclamation area, based on the memorandum of agreement forged between BREDCO and the city. It said that, being the owner of the roadlots, the city has all the rights and interests to regulate the same and to enjoy whatever fruits and benefits which may be derived out of these roadlots.

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