Monthly Archives: November 2009

Better Filipino migrants’ protection pushed

Published by rudy Date posted on November 1, 2009

MANILA, Philippines—An advocacy group has called on concerned government agencies to draft better provisions that would strengthen the rights of Filipino migrants working in different countries across the world.

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UN urges nations to lift HIV travel ban

Published by rudy Date posted on November 1, 2009

Follow Obama’s lead, states told UNITED NATIONS, New York, United States—UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Saturday hailed US President Barack Obama’s removal of a decades-old travel ban on HIV-positive visitors, and urged other countries to do the same.

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UN report – Children hardly figure in national budget

Published by rudy Date posted on November 1, 2009

MANILA, Philippines–While they comprise almost half of the country’s population, children hardly figure in the budget and allocation for their concerns and needs remain measly every year, according to the report of the United Nations (UN) Committee on the Rights of the Child.

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Corn, wheat prices set for biggest gain

Published by rudy Date posted on November 1, 2009

CORN and wheat are set for the biggest monthly gain after the US economy returned to growth, boosting optimism about demand for grains as rain delays harvests in the United States.

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Top 29 BPOs post $2 billion in ’08 revenues

Published by rudy Date posted on November 1, 2009

MANILA, Philippines—The combined revenues of the country’s 29 largest business process outsourcing (BPO) providers reached almost $2 billion in 2008, said Catanduanes Representative Joseph Santiago Sunday.

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April 2025

World Day for Safety and Health at Work
“Safety and health at work every day!”

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) of Myanmar.
Reject Military!
#WearMask #WashHands #Distancing #TakePicturesVideos

Time to support & empower survivors. Time to spark a global conversation. Time for #GenerationEquality to #orangetheworld!

Monthly Observances:

March – Women’s Role in History Month
April – Month of Planet Earth

Weekly Observances:
Last Week of March: Protection and Gender Fair Treatment of the Girl Child Week
Last Week of April – World Immunization Week

Daily Observances:
Mar 25 – International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transallantic Slave Trade
Mar 27– Earth Hour
Apr 21 – Civil Service Day
Apr 22 – World Earth Day
Apr 28 – World Day for Safety and Health at Work

Trade Union Solidarity Campaigns

No to Trafficking

Jobs! Jobs! Jobs!

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