Monthly Archives: August 2011

Suspected New People’s Army (NPA) rebels attacked a mining site in Bukidnon province, killing three miners and seriously wounding seven others, even as authorities continue to look for one missing worker, a police official said Sunday.

Job opportunities in Sweden may be opened for Filipino nurses after Vice President Jejomar Binay met with Swedish officials there earlier this month. The Vice President met and discussed with Speaker of Parliament Per Westerberg and issues concerning the Filipinos living in Sweden.

HONG KONG — Hong Kong is set to hear later this month a Filipino domestic helper’s legal bid for permanent residency in the southern Chinese city, in a landmark case that has sparked heated debate.

MANILA, Philippines – The economy will become more resilient in the next few months, the Makati Business Club (MBC) believes.

THE cliché “an increase in population is not an additional mouth to feed, but additional hands that will feed the mouth” is one of the most common excuses by advocates of religious conservatism with reference to justifying population growth. This so-called truism, meant to establish moral traditions, has more often than not hindered the Philippine…

[This guest column contributed by Ric Saludo’s colleague Verbo Bonilla.] First of two parts While President Benigno Aquino 3rd has repeatedly cited conditional cash transfers as a prime anti-poverty strategy, even CCT’s advocates like the World Bank would stress that economic growth and jobs through massive investment remains the sure-fire way to lift millions out…

A recent news item that readily caught my attention is about a young couple, Arnold 36, and Creselda 32, who became the parents of quadruplets, two boys and two girls, last July 22, 2011. Having quadruplets is indeed so noteworthy because according to the Director of the Hospital which provided the facilities and services for…

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is not in favor of the two labor rights bills now pending at the House of Representatives, saying these will make the Philippines uncompetitive in terms of business.

A resolution requesting the City Health Office and the Department of Labor and Employment to implement and enforce DOLE Department Order No. 102-10, Series of 2010, was approved by the Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod Wednesday.

ILOILO CITY, Philippines — The United Nation’s International Labor Organization (ILO) is urging local government units (LGUs) in Western Visayas to create local laws that address child labor.

15 BOHOL GIRLS STOPPED A guard at the Cebu port noticed something strange about the group of travelers. Two Tagalog-speaking women arrived by ferry from Bohol province escorting 15 adolescent girls past 6 p.m. Friday. They all checked in and were set to board a SuperFerry 12 vessel for Manila scheduled to depart in two…

Going green may be all the rage, but exactly how green are those projects? The Climate Change Commission is positioning itself as the Philippines’ “green auditor” that will evaluate the environmental projects being rolled out every year in terms of how these are helping save natural resources or preserve energy.

Law school courses need to upgrade to clinicial rather than a theoretical study of core subjects, Chief Justice Renato Corona yesterday urged.

The Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) is expected to create 10,458 direct jobs on 904 small and medium enterprises and seven people’s organizations in the Mimaropa Region (Region IV-B) this year under 10 priority Project GRACE (Generating Resources of Agencies for Community Enterprises).

MANILA, Philippines – The United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) yesterday urged mothers to fully breastfeed their children for six months after birth to ensure their protection against diseases and to boost their mental and physical development.

MANILA, Philippines – A forklift operator died when three logs fell on him at the pier zone in Tondo, Manila early morning yesterday.

MANILA, Philippines – Employees of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) yesterday staged a silent protest against the proposal of Sen. Franklin Drilon to privatize the agency.

MANILA (Xinhua) — The Philippines has the highest income inequality rate among members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), a recent study made by a local research firm has revealed.

Punish abusive foreign employers but don’t ban the deployment of Filipino workers to their countries. An association of recruiters has called on the government not to unduly antagonize countries hosting overseas Filipino workers by classifying them as unfit destinations for OFWs.

MANILA, Philippines—To help fight extra-judicial killings, torture and other forms of human rights abuses, the British government is providing P4 million in funding so that medical professionals could better document abuses and provide testimony in court.

Some 20,000 potential job openings for the elderly care sector in Australia may await Filipinos wishing to work as healthcare providers abroad.

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Sen. Manny Villar yesterday urged the Department of Labor and Employment and Overseas Workers’ Welfare Administration to act swiftly on the complaints of five overseas Filipino workers against a welfare officer based in Ammam, Jordan who wanted to force them to go back to work despite having escaped from abusive employers.

NEW YORK – Higher education leads to better paying jobs and by 2018 almost two thirds of all occupations in the United States will require a college degree, according to a new study.

Social Security System (SSS) has cut down its interest rates and relaxed its lending requirements to enable more companies to avail themselves of its social and business loans, a top official said.

In response to the mounting complaints of security guards against their employers for violating labor laws, the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) launched “Oplan Sikyu.”

Government travel ban to Iraq will stay even as the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has removed a stamp in Philippine passports, which says that it can not be used for travel to the conflict-stricken state.

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has asked members of the civil society and business organizations to participate in free trade agreements (FTA) consultations after the groups issued a warning on the DTI to carefully study the social costs of FTAs.

MANILA, Philippines – More high school graduates are now employed compared to those who earned college degrees owing to the dominance of low skilled jobs in the country, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) reported yesterday.

MANILA, Philippines – The House of Representatives has approved on third and final reading a bill prohibiting parents, guardians, teachers and elders from subjecting a child to physical punishment and psychological threats.