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Labor chief says 'inclined' to lift halt work order on Skyway after deadly accident

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Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/tvpatrol/11/21/accident.jpg"/><figcaption>A steel girder that fell from the Skyway extension project crushed a taxi in Muntinlupa City, Nov. 21, 2020. <em>Michael Delizo, ABS-CBN News/File</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — Labor Secretary Silvestro Bello III said Thursday he was &quot;inclined&quot; to lift a work stoppage order over the ongoing Skyway project, following the collapse of a steel girder at the project site on East Service Road in Muntinlupa City. </p><p>If the work stoppage stays, project owners will fail to meet the year-end deadline for the Skyway extension, a project under the government&#x27;s &quot;Build, Build, Build&quot; infrastructure drive. Some 900 laborers also stand to lose their jobs, said Bello.</p><p>Skyway&#x27;s contractor complied with the labor department&#x27;s occupational safety and health standards, following violations like the lack of warning signs and certification for equipment operators, he said. </p><p>&quot;Mayroong recommendation na ang aming regional director na pati iyong area where the accident took place ay they are recommending the lifting of the work stoppage order; and I’m inclined to follow the recommendation,&quot; he said in a public briefing. </p><p>(Our regional director and the area where the accident took place are recommending the lifting of the work stoppage orders, and I am inclined to follow the recommendation)</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Dtp__qayj14?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a>    <em>Video courtesy of PTV </em></div><div> </div><p>The Skyway steel girder fell on passing vehicles last Saturday, killing one person and hurting 4 others, supposedly after a crane tilted to its direction.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/23/20/skyway-extension-project-owner-contractors-liable-for-girder-collapse-dole">Skyway Extension project owner, contractors liable for girder collapse: DOLE</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/21/20/skyway-extension-steel-girder-collapses-in-muntinlupa-1-dead-several-hurt">Skyway extension steel girder collapses in Muntinlupa; 1 dead, several hurt</a></li></ul><div> <br/> </div>

<p>Labor Secretary Silvestro Bello III said Thursday he was "inclined" to lift a work stoppage order over the ongoing Skyway project, following the collapse of a steel girder at the project site on East Service Road in Muntinlupa City. <br /> </p>

Labor Secretary Silvestro Bello III said Thursday he was "inclined" to lift a work stoppage order over the ongoing Skyway project, following the collapse of a steel girder at the project site on East Service Road in Muntinlupa City.

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Labor chief says 'inclined' to lift halt work order on Skyway after deadly accident

Jamaine Punzalan,

ABS-CBN News

Published November 26, 2020 06:54 PM PHT

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