Monthly Archives: July 2009

The threat of Influenza A(H1N1) in the workplace and elsewhere has caught the attention of everyone.

The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) has urged the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to compel large firms employing more than 500 workers to promptly submit their “preparedness plans” in dealing with the spread of Influenza A(H1N1).

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Domestic workers in the UAE often face abuse and poor conditions, activists say DUBAI, 2 July 2006 (IRIN) – On an almost daily basis, immigrant domestic workers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), face mistreatment and sometimes physical abuse, according to human rights activists.

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The Philippines continues to be an attractive site for outsourcing as several business process outsourcing (BPO) firms have expressed plans to move their operations to the country.

Say Spanish archeologists  ATAPUERCA, Spain—The remains of the “first Europeans” discovered at an archaeological site in northern Spain have revealed that these prehistoric men were cannibals who particularly liked the flesh of children.

MANILA, Philippines–Environmentalists called on the government to fast track the phaseout of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in large transformers and voltage regulators in the power sector.

An Act Banning the Importation, Manufacture, Processing, Use or Distribution in Commerce of Asbestos and Asbestos-Containing Products. Bans asbestos and asbestos containing materials in 4 years to protect workers, their families and the public against the hazards of asbestos and help minimize the occurrence of incurable asbestos related diseases. Download the text in PDF format

MANILA, Philippines – Soon-to-be displaced workers of Triumph International yesterday rejected the government’s offer of financial grants to help them put up their own undergarment business in case they can’t immediately find jobs.

MANILA, Philippines – Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Amando Tetangco Jr. said the peso is not performing exceptionally worse than its regional peers and has actually begun to perform better at the end of the first semester.

MANILA, Philippines – Guam is opening its door to at least 25,000 foreign workers including Filipinos over the next five years, a ranking official said yesterday.

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines has overtaken Japan as the country with the highest electricity cost in Asia, a party-list congressman said yesterday.

The current global financial crisis continues to hurt currencies in the region as risk aversion remain high but depreciation of the Philippine peso is less against other units in the region.

Two workers of the Korean shipbuilding giant firm Hanjin Heavy Industries Co., based in the freeport town of Subic in Zambales province, were killed while 19 others were seriously injured when their service vehicle lost its brakes while traversing along Cabangaan Road, Barangay Cawag, Monday morning.

THE Philippines lags behind its Asian counterparts in terms of global information and technology performance due to higher tariffs and poor access, the World Bank said.

Metropolitan Manila Development Authority(MMDA) has started rehabilitation of the medium-rise tenement buildings in Vitas, Tondo, to decongest Metro Manila of informal settlers.

Tens of thousands of hectares of deforested land in the Philippines has been handed over to farmers in a novel job-creation and reforestation program, the government said Tuesday.

Filipino workers can land jobs in Guam as the US territory was in need of about 15,000 workers for infrastructure projects that would pave the way for the transfer of US military bases there, the governor of Guam said Tuesday.