Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III on Tuesday said
there is no formal order yet to stop work in the Skyway extension project after the deadly accident on Saturday involving a steel girder.
Bello made the clarification amid reports of supposed work stoppage to make way for the investigation, as mentioned by Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) spokesperson Rolly Francia in a press briefing on Monday.
“Yes,” Bello said in an interview on ANC when asked if he was implying that the reports on the work stoppage are somehow inaccurate.
“As a matter of fact,
I am still waiting for the report or the result of the investigation. And on the basis of the report, I will issue order,” he added.
Bello said
the report from the concerned regional director and executive director of the Occupational Safety and Health Center of DOLE just reached his office Tuesday morning.
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