MANILA, Philippines — As the global financial crisis continue to wreak havoc across the global, companies in Australia might lay off foreign migrant workers, including Filipinos, Australian Ambassador to the Philippines Rod Smith said.
“The mining sector has been affected, as well as the manufacturing…There have been lay offs among their employees. But the (Australian) economy is bouncing back and it has remained robust in the last two quarters,” said Smith in an interview at the Australian embassy event in Ortigas during the weekend.
Asked about the number of layoffs, particularly of Filipino migrant workers, the ambassador could not provide it. He said the health and information technology sectors in Australia have also been hit hard by the global recession.
“I can’t say that there’s been none,” he said, referring to Filipinos laid off in Australia.
Philippine government estimates puts the number of Filipinos living in Australia at about 200,000, but the number does not include Filipino contract workers mostly employed in mining, construction, engineering, health, and information technology. –INQUIRER.net
July 2025
Nutrition Month
“Give us much more than P50 increase
for proper nutrition!”
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO Constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar
to carry out the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry recommendations
against serious violations of
Forced Labour and Freedom of Association protocols.
Accept National Unity Government (NUG)
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July
3 July – International Day of Cooperatives
3 July – International Plastic Bag Free Day
5 July – World Youth Skills Day
7 July – Global Forgiveness Day
11 July – World Population Day
17 July – World Day for International Justice
28 July – World Nature Conservation Day
30 July – World Day against Trafficking in Persons
Monthly Observances:
Schools Safety Month
Nutrition Month
National Disaster Consciousness Month
Weekly Observances:
Week 2: Cultural Communities Week
Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise
Development Week
Week 3: National Science and
Technology Week
National Disability Prevention and
Rehabilitation Week
July 1-7:
National Culture Consciousness Week
July 13-19:
Philippines Business Week
Week ending last Saturday of July:
Arbor Week
Daily Observances:
First Saturday of July:
International Cooperative Day
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