Labor Sec. Bello III, along with DOLE, PhilHealth, PagIBIG, SSS, & GSIS officials, updates the media on the activities to be mounted by the DOLE on Labor Day. Cebu City will be the center of this year's celebration with TNK job & business fairs nationwide

The DOLE Chief discusses with H.E. Igor Anatolyevich Khovaev, Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the PH, prospects of having strong bilateral labor cooperation during the latter's courtesy call at the OSEC.

DOLE Sec. Bello III meets OFW Pahima Alagasi, who was scalded by her Arab employer, upon her return to the country. Bello offered her a job at the OWWA. With them are Cong. Bertiz, LA Mustafa, OWWA Adm. Cacdac, & OFW advocate Susan Ople.

Labor & Employment Sec. Silvestre H. Bello III administers the oath of office to the newly elected officers of the Philippine Association of Licensed Agencies for Kuwait (PHILAAK) in a ceremony held at the DOLE Central Office in Intramuros, Manila.

The DOLE Secretary tells the media that the death sentence meted against the principal suspects of slain OFW Joanna Demafelis manifests the sincerity of the Kuwaiti government in providing justice to the OFW's family, during a briefing at the OSEC.

DOLE Usec. Joel Maglunsod extends his gratitude to ILO Project Mgr. Giovanni Soledad & presents him with a plaque of appreciation for his contribution to the DOLE's campaign to mitigate cases of child labor in the country.