Monthly Archives: August 2011

[The following is the editorial of the August 8-14 issue of Luwaran, the website of the Central Committee of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front.] The MILF’s formula to solve the Moro Question in Mindanao is very simple; it is far from complex. Let the Moros run their affairs; let them decide their own destiny. Let…

World Bank chief Robert Zoellick on Saturday warned of a “new and more dangerous” time in the global economy, as Europe struggles to resolve its debt crisis. Zoellick said the eurozone’s sovereign debt issues were more troubling than the “medium and long-term” problems which saw the United States downgraded by Standard and Poor’s last week,…

New Islamic army born of MILF vows to pursue total separation goal (Exclusive to The Manila Times) A PHILIPPINE government-Moro Islamic Liberation Front comprehensive peace agreement, even one granting the MILF demand for “a Moro sub-state, will not guarantee peace in Mindanao.

(Special Feature) MANILA, Philippines — The frenzied move to “green energy future” is a mesmerizing prospect to many. We all know for sure that the country’s energy demand will grow at a rate that it will require alternatives in the mix going forward – and that will entail plunge in renewables, albeit not exclusively.

MANILA, Philippines – Filipinos seeking jobs overseas are losing work opportunities because the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) is taking too long to issue the clearance certificates required to work abroad, a group of recruitment firms said yesterday.

MANILA, Philippines – Breastfed babies are more intelligent than those fed with infant formula. According to United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) country representative Vanessa Tobin, two important studies this year have confirmed that breastfed children have better mental development.

Sen. Franklin Drilon yesterday urged the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) to tap its P90.7-billion reserve fund to settle the hospital claims amounting to P1.4 billion.

“We have the best workforce in the world.” — Philippine Economic Zone Authority[1] “Masipag” is the Filipino word for industrious, a term that has often been used to describe the Filipino worker and a trait that has made the Philippines a growing destination for foreign direct investment (FDI).

MANILA, Philippines — The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) said modules on sexually transmitted diseases (STD) are included in its pre-departure orientation seminar (PDOS).

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MANILA, Philippines – Once described as a sunset industry, the sugar industry has shown its resilience, surmounting one challenge after another. This time around, the sector faces yet another big challenge as tariff rates within the region are set to go down dramatically in line with the Asean Free Trade Agreement (AFTA).

Sen. Edgardo Angara urged Department of Health Secretary Enrique Ona to find immediate solutions to the growing unemployment of nursing graduates which has already ballooned to 287,000. “This is a pervasive misemployment and job mismatch,” during the Development Budget Coordinating Council (DBCC) Meeting last Thursday.

THE Philippine government is losing $3.6 billion or P153 billion every year because of traffic congestion in Metro Manila, a lawmaker said on Friday. Citing a report by the San Francisco-based Filipinas Magazine, Rep. Homer Mercado of 1-Utak party-list said that $1 billion is lost to wasted gasoline, electricity, man-hours and hiring of traffic aides,…

MANILA, Philippines – UK-based Global Green Power PLC Corp. (GGPC), a company developing biomass power plants around the country, has urged the Philippine government to speed up the development of the renewable energy sector.

MANILA, Philippines – More than half of those who are aware of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) are satisfied with its services and benefits, according to the results of the second quarter Social Weather Station (SWS) nationwide survey. Conducted from June 3-6, the survey showed that 77 percent of respondents who were aware of…

MANILA, Philippines – Filipinos are the leading shoppers in Southeast Asia, a survey by Nielsen released yesterday showed, as 80 percent of those surveyed said they enjoy shopping.

MANILA, Philippines – More young workers are leaving the country to seek high paying jobs abroad, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) reported yesterday.

MANILA, Philippines – Twenty-three priority measures will be presented to leaders and members of Congress during Tuesday’s Legislative Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC) meeting, President Aquino said yesterday.

Alternatives to migration: Decent Jobs for Filipino Youth, a Millennium Development Goal Achievement Fund joint Programme—this is what was revealed through the leadership of the Development of Labor and Employment with the different agencies under it, International Labor Organization on Migration, United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund, and the UN Fund for Population Activities as a…

An August 12, 2011 press release by the Department of Labor and Employment The Department of Labor and Employment, through the Bureau of Workers with Special Concerns, the Institute for Labor Studies, and Technical Education and Skills Development Authority, yesterday joined hands with the International Labor Organization, International Organization for Migration, United Nations Children’s Fund,…

DAGUPAN CITY, August 12 (PIA) — Almost 6,000 youths in the country expressed their views on issues and concerns confronting them in the latest National Youth Assessment Study presented by the National Youth Commission (NYC).

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MANILA, Philippines—An overseas Filipino workers group in the Middle East called on the Philippine government Friday to include sex education in the mandatory pre-departure orientation seminars for OFWs.

In last Monday’s SWS media release, the most pervasive finding is that 82 percent of Filipino adults nationwide agree that “The choice of family planning method is a personal decision of the couple, and no one should interfere with it,” as of June 2011.

July 27, 2011, Manila–“There is no other appropriate, fair and meaningful path toward sustainable development than green jobs and decent work”, emphasized Mr. Rafael Mapalo, TUCP’s Director for Education, who presented TUCP’s sustainable development initiatives during the Philippine Council for Sustainable Development’s (PCSD) 1stNational Forum on Countdown to Rio+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development on…

TAGUIG CITY, August 10 (PIA) — The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) has partnered with a vocational institution in Japan to share their expertise on technical vocational education to its neighboring ASEAN countries.

Where are the jobs? For the call-center industry, the answer now is the United States, not India or other foreign countries. Today Jobs4America, a coalition of call-center companies, committed to creating 100,000 new call-center jobs in the United States over the next two years.

A DEDICATED job matching Web site for local freelancers and small and medium-sized firms has been set up in a bid to take increased Internet usage by Filipinos.