Monthly Archives: April 2011

MANILA, Philippines – Dutch financial giant ING NV sees the inflation average in the Philippines falling within the 3-5 percent target set by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) amid the escalating global oil prices as well as clamor for higher wages.

P-Noy really has the right or even the obligation as President to endorse for legislation any bill that he believes will promote his program of government. This is true even if the bill is as controversial as the Reproductive Health (RH) bill which he has renamed “Responsible Parenthood” (RP) bill. For taking such an unstinting…

1968: Young Muslim recruits to the Philippine Army are killed in the “Jabidah Massacre,” which led to the formation of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF).

MANILA, Philippines –  A delegation of Saudi officials is arriving today to discuss with the Philippine government the suspension on the processing and deployment of Filipino household service workers (HSWs).

MANILA, Philippines –  Despite the staunch opposition of the Catholic Church to the Reproductive Health (RH) bill, there are some priests who support it, a bishop disclosed yesterday.  “Well, in the Church, there’s a space for dissent also… Even the 10 commandments, there are many who disobey it, right?” said Pampanga Archbishop

DAVAO CITY, Philippines    – President Aquino has ordered a review of all oil price increases amid the rising prices of commodities.

A counterpart bill to press for a P125 daily across-the-board legislated wage increase has been made by an opposition member of the Senate’s majority bloc.

BRITISH authorities have suspended the license of Glasgow Caledonian University in Scotland to sponsor foreign students after they discovered that 150 Filipino nursing students there had been working almost full-time in violation of immigration regulations, the BBC has reported.

When workers’ income can’t make both ends meet, or when their take home pay can no longer take them home, something’s got to give. Often, the common view takeb by sectors is to increase the wages. This is often a myopic view and usually results in unintended adverse consequences to the intended beneficiaries.

http://web1.manilatimes.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/rh-bill.jpg ON THE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH BILL 1 Six bills in the House of Representatives HB Nos. 96, 101, 513, 1160, 1520 & 3387—half of them titled, An Act Providing For A National Policy on Reproductive Health, Responsible Parenthood And Population And Development and For Other Purposes, have been consolidated by the House Committee on Population…

Happy Easter to all. The Christian world today celebrates with joy the most fundamental and central truth in our faith: That on the third day after He died on the cross, Jesus Christ by His own power became alive again.

Clarifies stand with 5-point declaration on RH MANILA, Philippines—Shortly after his combative speech at the University of the Philippines graduation rites, President Benigno Aquino III made it clear that a responsible parenthood program under his administration would make natural and modern family planning methods “equally available” to couples.

MANILA — The government said call center vacancies top the list of its online jobs portal this summer with the business process outsourcing industry showing no signs of let up.

Overview of amendments to the Standard Employment Contract April 20 2011 Introduction Amendments Introduction The Philippines Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) Standard Employment Contract (SEC) was last amended in 2000. A tripartite meeting to discuss proposed amendments was held in May 2008 with representatives from the manning agencies representing employers, the seafarers’ union and the government…

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CALL center vacancies top the government’s online jobs portal this summer, a top official of the labor department said Saturday.

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MANILA, Philippines – The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) yesterday said the impact of the magnitude 9 earthquake and powerful tsunami that hit Japan last March 11 on the export earnings of the country’s electronics industry would be temporary.

MANILA, Philippines – Citing the rising price of basic commodities and utilities, public school teachers called on the government to issue this year a  P1,500 pay hike installment they are scheduled to get next year.

MANILA, Philippines – Some 6,000 workers have been affected by the temporary closure and slowdown of several Japanese companies in the country.

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) warned the government yesterday that the hiring of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) is likely to decline in the coming months due to the continuing political unrest in the Middle East and Libya.

MANILA, Philippines – The government may resort to an “extreme legal measure” to cushion the effects of steadily rising oil prices – the issuance of an executive order banning further hikes, Justice Secretary Leila de Lima said yesterday.

Human Rights Watch Dhaka, Bangladesh – Ministers from Asian labour-sending countries meeting in Dhaka this week should together endorse protections for migrant workers, Human Rights Watch, Migrant Forum in Asia, and CARAM Asia said in a briefing paper released today. They should give priority to protecting migrant domestic workers, who are at especially high risk…

MANILA, Philippines–The Department of Energy (DoE) is asking oil companies that raised pump prices for the umpteenth time to explain why the latest round of increases was higher than computations showed.

WASHINGTON—A key credit agency issued an unprecedented warning to the United States government Monday, urging Washington to get a grip on its finances or risk losing the nation’s sterling credit rating.

CEBU, Philippines – The Associated Labor Unions-Trade Union Congress of the Philippines yesterday asked the Regional Tripartite Wage and Productivity Board to grant them a P100 across-the-board daily wage increase for the private workers in Central Visayas.

Corruption reduces domestic investment. It discourages foreign direct investment. It makes government spending larger than it should be. Worst, it shifts away resources that could go into more important uses for the nation.

MANILA, Philippines –  Seventeen senators have signed a committee report on similar bills filed by Senate President Pro-Tempore Jinggoy Estrada and Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago banning the specification of gender preference in job advertisements.

MANILA, Philippines –  Malacañang yesterday defended the Reproductive Health (RH) Bill that President Aquino is espousing, taking into consideration the benefits of a democratic country like the Philippines where people have a choice.

The government’s moratorium on timber harvesting has started to take its toll on furniture makers as sawmill companies scaled down operations by trimming the working period to four instead of five days.