Seaman appeals EC denied claim, ECC grants disability benefits Fifty-five year old Wilfredo C. Villanueva is working as a merchant seaman at the Catering Services of Anglo Eastern Crew Management since October 1996. On 16 February 2014, while onboard an international vessel in Scotland, he was brought to a hospital when he collapsed in a continue reading : Good News: October 2015

PWRD says ECC gives more than just workers’ compensation:ECC gives hope An accident while working left Alfredo Talosig’s legs useless and left his family with a tremendous financial burden. On February 24, 2013, Talosig accidentally crashed the trailer truck into a concrete lightpost while he was driving along the national highway of Aurora, Isabela when continue reading : Good News: September 2015

A blossoming prospect awaits a former seaman courtesy of ECC’s KaGabay Program An accident in the ship left Wilfredo Valencia, Jr., a former seaman, with an injury on his left wrist. Because of this injury, he was unable to work and was sent home. His manning agency, Inter-Orient Maritime Enterprises, Inc., provided him with a continue reading : Good News: August 2015

First batch of PWRDs in Caraga finishes skills training on meat processing While it is true that work-related disabilities limit the capacity of a person to earn a living, it is his desire to overcome his physical limitations that will empower him to return to the productive person he once was. Or, maybe, to become continue reading : Good News: July 2015

“ECC gave me hope”—Richard Estrella, PWRD After a long time of pain and dismay, Richard Estrella, can now play basketball, go to the market on his own, and fetch his children from school. Estrella, a father of two who used to work as a company driver of Amethyl Enterprises, lost his right leg due to continue reading : Good News: June 2015

In Region 9, ECC teams up with DA in preparing PWRDs start their own business With the aim of facilitating the integration of persons with work-related disabilities (PWRDs) into the economic mainstream, the Employees’ Compensation Commission Regional Extension Unit No. 9 (ECC REU 9) has partnered with its regional counterpart in the Department of Agriculture continue reading : Good News: May 2015

ECC KaGabay Program fulfills PWRDs desire to be productive again Arthur Diwan, a 49 year-old resident of Asin Road, Baguio City, worked as a locomotive operator for 28 years in Lepanto Consolidated Mining Company. On 4 May 2014, his right leg was severely injured when he was accidentally hit by a passing locomotive and was continue reading : Good News: April 2015