Monthly Archives: October 2010

KUWAIT CITY—Abuse of domestic workers in Kuwait is rising, and maids in the Gulf emirate face prosecution when they try to escape, Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday.

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MANILA, Philippines—The Philippine Commission on Women (PCW) has expressed support to President Aquino’s stand on family planning and responsible parenthood.

SOCIOECONOMIC status should not hinder an individual’s goal to finish college, according to a contact center and business process outsourcing (BPO) company which has opened a program for employees to finish tertiary education while working the graveyard shift.

Around 50 suspected armed members of the New People’s Army (NPA), attacked Victorias Milling Company Inc. (VMC) and damaged property worth around P600,000, the police said.

Convergys Corporation, a global leader in relationship management, said its operations will continue to grow significantly in the country as clients specifically ask for Philippine-based customer service support. The company reported that local operations in 12 sites across the country now handle as much as 188,000 inbound calls daily.

The Philippines is likely to become this year’s second fastest-growing economy — next to Thailand — among the Association of Southeast Asian Nations-5, multilateral lender International Monetary Fund (IMF) said Wednesday.

MANILA, Philippines (PNA) — Most Filipinos want President Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III to focus on jobs generation and livelihood programs and eradicate graft and corruption in the days ahead, according to a nationwide survey conducted by the Philippine Information Agency (PIA).

There is no substitute for mother’s milk. That is an age-old fact often emphasized by elders, the medical world and even by milk companies.

Congress was urged yesterday to enact new legislation that will police monopolistic practices that stifle free competition and hurt consumers in the face of the wave of mergers and consolidations now sweeping the country and across the globe.

Senate Majority Leader Vicente Sotto III yesterday slammed Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Bro. Armin Luistro for proposing to add two more years to the basic education in the country, saying there is no need to adopt such scheme.

AMID the high attrition rate in the business process outsourcing (BPO) industry, TELUS International Philippines said it will implement a continuing education program that would enable selected employees a chance to get a college degree. In a briefing on Wednesday, company officials said TELUS will officially unveil on Sunday the so-called “TELUS International University,” wherein…

THE Catholic Church is alarmed with the arrest and detention of 14 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) for participating in a Christian worship in Saudi Arabia. This was after Migrante Middle East (ME) appealed to the government to help the 14 OFWs arrested by the Saudi cultural police for participating in a Christian worship.

SENATORS Ralph Recto and Franklin Drilon questioned Wednesday why the PhilHealth is keeping P110 billion as retained earnings. They asked the question after Rey Aquino, president of PhilHealth, told the Senate Committee on Finance headed by Drilon that PhilHealth has P115 billion in assets and liabilities amounting to P6 billion.

CEBU, Philippines – The Social Security System (SSS) is asking employers to get their statements of accounts and settle their respective delinquent loan payments.

CEBU, Philippines – There are now 10,100 slots made available for Filipino workers in the manufacturing, construction, agriculture and fishery sectors in South Korea. This number, according to an official of a manpower agency, is mainly because most Korean employers prefer Filipinos as their workers.

The enhanced K+12 program came under fire on Wednesday, a day after it was unveiled by the Department of Education (DepEd), with Senate Majority Floor Leader Vicente Sotto 3rd among the first to criticize it. But there were a few who also voiced their support for the proposal.

PHILIPPINE Airlines (PAL) on Wednesday assured its passengers of unhampered operations after the Department of Labor and Employment assumed jurisdiction over the flag-carrier’s labor dispute with its cabin crew union. In a statement, Cielo Villaluna, PAL spokesman, said that Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz will assume jurisdiction over the PAL labor case.

No ceasefire with Malacañang either The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) on Wednesday said that it had not issued a gag order to effect a ceasefire with Malacañang on the raging issues of artificial contraception and reproductive health, contrary to newspaper reports (none of them from The Manila Times).

Revising a curriculum is no easy task. After we find out which parts of the curriculum have to be changed, we have to structure the entire curriculum. It is like decorating a room. Let us say that you want to put up a painting on a wall. You have to remove whatever is on that…

Every year, many of the country’s fresh graduates join the business process outsourcing (BPO) industry as customer-service representatives. It is easy to see why: Most, if not all, find the high salaries that call-center companies offer to be very attractive. Never mind if they have to use very American names like Chelsea and Clint and…

NOT NEEDED: For the record, I am for personal and public health in general, for Reproductive Health in particular. But I am alarmed by the over-reaching scope of the proposed RH bill(s), and by the attempt to use the RH debate to cover up the mismanagement of our rich human and natural resources.

MANILA, Philippines – Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz issued yesterday an order barring flight attendants and stewards of Philippine Airlines (PAL) from staging a strike.

MANILA, Philippines – Seven out of 10 Filipinos are satisfied with the performance of President Aquino, the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey revealed yesterday.

ORGANIC farming advocates gave Agriculture Secretary Proceso J. Alcala a “two thumbs up” for signing the implementing rules and regulation (IRR) for Republic Act 10068.

Message of  His Excellency Benigno S. Aquino III President of the Philippines On The First Hundred Days of his Administration (October 7, 2010, La Consolacion College, Manila) Isandaang araw po ang nakalipas, nagpanata ako sa taumbayan: Hindi ko tatalikuran ang tiwalang kaloob ninyo sa akin. Ang nakalipas na isandaang araw ang magsisilbing tanda ng ating…

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Business for Education (PBEd) group has welcomed the government’s plan to adopt the “K+12” proposal which integrates kindergarten and two additional years to basic education in the country.

It took American politicians almost seven decades to forget the lessons of the Crash of ’29 and the Great Depression that followed. The concentration of wealth in the 1920’s, which coincided with (and arguably was caused by) the loosening of standards governing financial markets, led to the complete meltdown of the U.S. financial system, with…

The six-month amnesty offered by Saudi Arabia for overstaying foreign nationals is limited to three categories and may not apply to all Filipinos now staying there, according to a news report. Saudi-based news site Arab News reported Thursday this clarification issued by the Saudi Interior Ministry following several queries on the matter.

Latin America is emerging as a top growth region for U.S. companies looking to outsource jobs, including positions that require considerable technology skills, according to a new survey from Capgemini. The region is No. 3 overall for jobs outsourced from the U.S., the survey reveals, and several factors are creating a rapidly expanding level of…