Monthly Archives: April 2011

SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, Philippines – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Central Luzon is in a quandary on where to dump hospital devices and other wastes such as busted fluorescent lights containing mercury.

MANILA, Philippines – Seventy-five Filipinos die of tuberculosis (TB) every day, making the disease still the number one threat to human health in the country, the Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) said.

MANILA, Philippines – The Millennium Challenge Corp. (MCC) of the United States has noted the country’s progress in mobilizing the $434-million grant aimed at reducing poverty in the Philippines.

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said yesterday there is a need to increase the minimum wage to help workers but said it should not be P125 per day.

MANILA, Philippines – An abusive employer is facing criminal charges after his two housemaids narrated their ordeal to media and the police yesterday in Caloocan City.

This article on the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) is dedicated to all the ordinary rank and file workers of the government who, for the last many years, have been deprived of a socially equitable (more from the rich than from the poor) and redistributive (more to the poor than to the rich) social security…

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The effect of corruption and political succession were listed among 50 potential risks facing the smooth implementation of the public-private partnership (PPP) projects, which the Aquino administration identified as a cornerstone of its economic development program, a prominent think tank said in a recent report.

With his survey ratings fast declining, President Aquino yesterday launched a major offensive to earn brownie points through a directive to his economic team to study populist measures such as a wage increase for private sector employees, a reduction of value added tax (VAT) on oil, and the imposition of price controls on basic commodities…

The official Communist Party-controlled trade union in Beijing has scored a coup in its collective bargaining campaign against foreign-invested enterprises, according to reports from Chinese state media.

MANILA, Philippines — Environment and labor groups appealed to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to review and revise the “outdated” Chemical Control Order (CCO) to implement a total ban on asbestos use.

THE fallout from the crippled nuclear power plant in Fukushima, Japan, has reached the Philippines with a reading of 131 nanosieverts, higher than the normal radiation levels of 85 to 110 nanosieverts per hour, a specialist said Wednesday.

CATHOLIC bishops on Wednesday said they will support a strike at Philippine Airlines to protest a management plan to lay off 2,600 workers as part of its program to spin off its ground operations.

MOVES to curb labor subcontracting in the Philippines are deterring Taiwanese shoemakers from investing.

ACTING on the report of a village school teacher, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has rescued school-age children working in the salt mines of Occidental Mindoro province.

THURSDAY THANKS SINCE 2006, the garments and textile sector has been experiencing a steady decline in export growth until last year. In a data provided by NSO, the total Philippine exports in 2010 for wearables (garments and textile, fine and costume jewelry, bags, and footwear) amounted to $1,442,250 million with garments and textile accounting for…

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MANILA, Philippines – The country’s business process outsourcing industry (BPO) generated revenues of $8.9 billion in 2010, a year-on-year growth of 26%, the industry association reported Wednesday.

PRESS RELEASE TRADE UNION CONGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINES                    06 April 2011 TUCP-PGEA Compound, Maharlika cor. Masaya Street, Diliman, Quezon City For inquiries please contact: ROY SENERES, SR., National Spokesperson (Mobile: 09287886514) RAFAEL E. MAPALO, Director for Education (Mobile: (+63) 9285047052) Tel. No: (632) 9220917 Fax Number: (632) 9219758 TUCP on ITF:…

‘Victory for TUCP’ MANILA, Philippines—Pension fund Government Service Insurance System is bringing back to the Philippines its entire $670-million offshore investment, taking the view that local assets could be more lucrative given the country’s favorable economic momentum.

MANILA — Inspired by the recent uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt, the ground union of Philippine Airlines (PAL) said it will be maximizing public support against the planned layoff of 2,600 workers through social media.

FINALLY our sole monetary authority, the Bangko Sentral, has spoken against the pending bills in Congress that seek to impose ceilings on credit-card interest rates.

A SLOWDOWN by Philippine Airlines’ ground workers throttled its operations Tuesday, causing 14 flights to be delayed and one to be canceled.

THE Social Security System wants to increase its members’ dues to 11 percent of their salaries a month from 0.6 percent now to improve their package of benefits, the pension fund’s president and chief executive Emilio de Quiros Jr. said Tuesday.

STATE-RUN Social Security System (SSS) will increase the contribution rate on employers and workers as part of the pension fund’s move to raise benefits for its members.

CONSUMER prices in March rose at the same pace as the previous month, signaling President Benigno Aquino 3rd not to order salary hike for minimum wage earners.

SECOND OF THREE PARTS ON the first death anniversary of his mother Corazon Aquino, President Benigno Aquino 3rd called on the people to support his anti-corruption campaign. How exactly can Juan de la Cruz do that? The April 4 installment of this column suggested public-private monitoring bodies and stakeholder dialogues as mechanisms for constituent feedback,…

THE US has advised the Philippines to address constitutional and legal restrictions, among other issues, in order to be part of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement, Department of Trade and Industry Secretary Gregory Domingo said.