Monthly Archives: November 2008

Two bar operators in Daraga, Albay were sentenced to 20 years of imprisonment for trafficking minors for sexual exploitation. One is the owner and the other is the cashier. They were also made to pay P1 million each in fine.

by Mayen Jaymalin from The Philippine Star In what could be the start of a looming mass displacement of workers due to the financial crisis, about 900 workers at a business process outsourcing (BPO) company were laid off from their jobs. The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP), the country’s largest labor group, reported…

from ABS-CBNNews.com The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) should look after the 900 workers recently laid off by a business process outsourcing (BPO) company, the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) said Wednesday.

by Paul M. Gutierrez from People’s Journal THE Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP), called on the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) to “stop bullying the press” with libel complaints, saying journalists who have been highly critical of the state-run pension fund’s management “are merely doing their job as guardians of the public interest.”

Union Debt Help Paying off debt is a matter of making more money than you spend, and then allocating the extra funds to outstanding balances — easier said than done, right? To some it may be just that easy, but to most, debt is so common that it eventually becomes a way of life. In…

from The Daily Tribune The State pension fund Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) has said its president and general manager, Winston Garcia, filed libel suits against certain newspaper columnists last week not to “bully the media,” but rather to remind journalists that they, too, have a responsibility to bear.

by Alexander Villafania from INQUIRER.net MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines took home the silver medal at the recently held World Robot Olympiad 2008 in Yokohama, Japan. The Philippine team known as “Gracean Whizkids” from Grace Christian Elementary School beats 21 other schools.