Monthly Archives: May 2010

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Pushing Philippines Towards Equitable Progress Welcome Remarks for TUCP By TUCP General Secretary Ernesto F. Herrera DOLE Undersecretary Baldoz, JILAF Executive Director-General Takahashi, Labor Attache Jono, JILAF friends, Participants, Guests —

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said that the inflation would remain stable despite the country’s anticipated economic expansion in the coming quarters.

FOREIGN investment pledges approved by the country’s investment promotion agencies (IPAs) surged twelve times in the first quarter compared to the same period a year ago, the government said.

MANILA, Philippines – Employment and investments in the country are expected to surge after the signing of the Australia New Zealand Free trade Area (AANZFTA), the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said yesterday.

MANILA, Philippines – US-based investment bank JP Morgan expects the Philippine economy to grow by 6.8 percent this year, revised from its earlier economic growth forecast of 4.5 percent following the country’s higher-than-expected first quarter growth of 7.3 percent.

We got a glimpse into the reproductive health concerns of president-elect Noynoy Aquino, which concerns are the needed shot in the arm in the long-festering issue of lack of a national population policy. During the campaign period, Aquino had expressed favoring reproductive health, a position that was perceived to not sit well with the Roman…

MANILA, Philippines – The Supreme Court (SC) has affirmed its 2007 decision upholding the ruling to include sugar lands in the coverage of the government’s Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP).

By choosing their friends wisely, they survive-amazingly WHAT IS PEER pressure? “It’s the ever-present impulse to fit in with ‘popular’ people,” says 13-year-old E. Claire, an incoming high school freshman in an exclusive girls’ school in Metro Manila.

MANILA, Philippines—Four laborers working on a condominium project’s elevator system were killed Friday evening in Quezon City when the frame they were standing on on the building’s 27th floor gave way at the height of a rainstorm, police and witnesses said.

NATIONAL FORUM ON LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT DEVELOPMENTS (IN CELEBRATION OF 34TH TUCP ANNIVERSARY) 14 DECEMBER 2009, OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH CENTER (OSHC), QUEZON CITY

Financial independence can be both a blessing and a burden. If you just graduated from college and already have a job lined up, you’re no doubt breathing a huge sigh of relief. Too many of your friends are leaving school for an uncertain future filled with job applications, unpaid internships and frequent loans from the…

By: Fryan E. Abkilan Surigao del Norte (28 May) – A national workshop for green jobs and decent work was successfully held in Bacolod City recently. Organized by the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) with support from Japan International Labour Foundation (JILAF), the activity documented information on workplace and community-based green jobs and…

Calamities to blame MANILA, Philippines—Poverty incidence is likely to have remained at one-third of the total population in 2009 as efforts to lift income levels were negated by natural calamities and the global recession, according to the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB).

MANILA, Philippines—Advocates of the reproductive health bill are bullish about the prospects of passing the controversial measure in the new Congress, hopefully with a little help from presumptive president-elect Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III.

MANILA, Philippines—Three women and two men claiming to have strong connections for securing party-list seats at P10 million to P15 million each were arrested in an entrapment operation at a hotel in Manila by the National Bureau of Investigation Thursday.

MANILA, Philippines – A street in Makati City has practically been turned into a “drive thru” for people looking for household helpers.

Ask a Manager: call center job misery By Ask a Manager As part of being a call center agent, I’m expected to maintain certain stats. One of them is called “accountable time,” which means the amount of time you were clocked in vs the amount of time you were logged in on the phone. …

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The Philippines is facing a huge justice gap that perpetuates human-rights abuses especially on women and children, a report from a London-based international human rights organization showed.

The world is recovering robustly from the global downturn, but eurozone debt and a risk of overheating in emerging economies are dangers on the prowl, the OECD said.

MANILA, Philippines – The economy expanded by 7.3 percent in the first quarter of the year, the highest quarterly growth recorded since the 8.3 percent-expansion registered in the second quarter of 2007 on the back of sustained dollar remittances from overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), election-related spending and a general improvement in the global environment, the…

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AMID the uncertainties seen lingering for the rest of the year, the National Economic and Development Authority (Neda) remains confident that it is possible for the country to sustain a 7-percent growth this year.

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — The Cagayan Electric Power and Light Co., Inc. (CEPALCO) and other electric cooperatives in Mindanao have formally asked the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to intervene on the issue of increased charges by the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP).

In his Googled biography, apparent president-elect Noynoy Aquino was portrayed having the utopian dream of an industrialized Philippines where finding jobs will be a matter of choice for workers and not of necessity.

The multisectoral Fair Trade Alliance (FairTrade) asked President Gloria Arroyo to revoke the recently signed order that paved the way for the new auto industry development program.

As the Brigada Eskwela goes in full swing in preparation for the reopening of schools, volunteers are warned of possible exposure to lead in paint, chips and dust as they go about sprucing up the classrooms.

Dear PAO, I am working as a computer analyst in one of the business process outsourcing (BPO) companies in Quezon City. The contract that I signed states that I am a probationary employee and that it is valid for six months only. I have been working now for seven months and four days. What is…

Vice President Noli de Castro has strongly warned tenants of government-issued housing projects that their housing rights would be forfeited permanently if they sell their property.