Monthly Archives: October 2009

An Act Instituting Worker’s Claim as Statutory First Lien on the Assets of the Bankrupt Employer, Amending for this Purpose Article 110 of Presidential Decree No. 442, as Amended, Otherwise Known as the Labor Code of the Philippines Seeks to institutionalize jurisprudence upholding the principle laid down in Article 110 of the Labor Code. Workers…

S. No. 2583 H. No. 5982 Republic of the Philippines Congress of the Philippines Metro Manila Fourteenth Congress Third Regular Session Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-seventh day of July, two thousand nine. ——■—— [REPUBLIC A CT N O . 9729] AN ACT MAINSTREAMING CLIMATE CHANGE INTO GOVERNMENT POLICY FORMULATIONS, ESTABLISHING…

MANILA, Philippines – Today’s generation of Filipino children are getting hooked on the Web as one-third of households in three major cities – Manila, Cebu and Davao – now have Internet connectivity, according to a recent study.

Agri exec pushes for global stockpile LAPU LAPU CITY, CEBU, Philippines — There is a “perfect storm” brewing and it will severely affect rice trade, possibly triggering a replay of the 2008 rice price crisis when rates soared to record levels, Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap said during the World Rice Conference in Cebu province.

It comes and goes yearly—the National Correctional Awareness Week—without the Congress and the Executive announcing a new initiative to reform the penal system and give thousands of inmates a second chance in life.

LEGAZPI CITY: The emerging climate change phenomenon threatens the Philippines’ vital agricultural crops and natural resources, a Japanese scientist told the International Conference on Climate Change Adaptation Science and Technology here. A pool of scientists from various state universities throughout the country convened in this city through the initiative of Bicol Consortium for Agriculture Resources…

Saying that the effects of the global financial crisis is still being felt by many businesses, a wage official on Wednesday said minimum wage workers will not get a hike in their salaries yet. Ciriaco Lagunzad, chief of the National Wages and Productivity Commission (NWPC), said a wage increase may do more harm than good…

The Philippine ranking in a survey that measures the gap between men and women fell for the first time in four years, according to a World Economic Forum (WEF) report released Wednesday. The Philippines ranked ninth with a score of 0.758 in the Switzerland-based group’s Global Gender Gap Index, which measures economic participation and opportunity,…

Nearly a million Filipinos lost their jobs from October-December 2008 to January-March 2009 despite the global crisis having had “little impact” on Philippine economic growth and employment, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) reported.

MANILA, Philippines – Conversion from Christianity to Islam is most typical among overseas Filipinos who have lived and worked in Islamic countries, largely because conversion brings social and economic benefits while abroad, according to the US Department of State 2009 Report on International Religious Freedom.

Did he resign or was he fired? This is the usual question in illegal dismissal cases like this case of Terry.

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines ranks no. 12 among 200 countries most at risk from tropical cyclones, floods, earthquakes and landslides, United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) senior regional coordinator Jerry Velasquez disclosed yesterday.

MANILA, Philippines – First, the bad news. National Wages and Productivity Commission (NWPC) ruled out yesterday any salary increase this year.

THE US State Department released its annual review of international religious freedom, singling out the Philippines and Jordan for promoting interfaith initiatives and criticizing China and Israel for intolerance.

EXPECTING a demand spike because of a government-imposed freeze on pump prices, Shell, Chevron and Total yesterday said they would start rationing fuel to their gas stations based on their average volume of sales.

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What could be the first call center in developing countries to be staffed by blind persons has opened in the Philippines.

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MANILA, Philippines – Lawmakers warned big oil companies yesterday against “blackmailing” consumers by creating a supply shortage, saying they could face sanctions including government takeover.

MANILA, Philippines – Banks’ bad loans inched up to 4.2 percent in August as more borrowers are having a hard time coping with the full impact of the global financial crisis, data from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) showed.

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The different oil companies registered an estimated P20 billion in profits last year led by Petron with P6 billion. In previous years, they even doubled their profits in one year. That’s just too much.

A LOCAL environmental health group in Cavite on Tuesday has called on government to conduct an impartial and all-inclusive investigation of the toxic incidents that so far have affected 58 residents, including children, in Barangay Maguyam in Silang, Cavite.

MANILA, Philippines—Storms worse than “Ondoy” and “Pepeng” will hit the Philippines in the coming years, but the country is one of the least prepared nations in Southeast Asia to cope with natural disasters, a United Nations official warned Tuesday.

MANILA, Philippines—The Liberal Party standard-bearer, Sen. Benigno Aquino III, topped a survey conducted by Ibon Foundation Oct. 2-8, but he had a much smaller lead over his fellow presidential aspirants.

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The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) to push through with the demolition of illegal structures that contribute to the deterioration of Manila Bay. In a resolution, the court said that its order to clean up Manila Bay was not a license to evict any individual without observing the law.

Group suggests tackling global health risks GENEVA, Switzerland — Global life expectancy could be increased by nearly five years by addressing five factors affecting health—childhood underweight, unsafe sex, alcohol use, lack of safe water, sanitation and hygiene, and high blood pressure, according to a report published by WHO today.

GENEVA, Switzerland — The Philippines ranked ninth in the top 10 ranking of countries where women face the least discrimination, the World Economic Forum said Tuesday.

MANILA, Philippines – Environment and health activists called on authorities to conduct an open and exhaustive investigation into “toxic incidents” in Silang, Cavite, where almost 60 people, including children, fell ill.