Monthly Archives: October 2011

The management of Philippine Airlines (PAL) warned yesterday its former employees against staging protests infront of the PAL Inflight Center building which hampers the flow of PAL’s business.

In September, Alliance of Concerned Teachers Rep. Antonio Tinio questioned the practicality of the Philippines engaging in public-private partnerships (PPPs) as they would become a burden on taxpayers. The UK parliament, he said, had concluded that the system is inefficient.

More or less 200 communist New People’s Army (NPA) rebels yesterday attacked three mining companies in Surigao del Norte province, killing four security guards, burning down millions worth of heavy equipment, the military said.

THE Provincial Board (PB) asked the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC), through the Department of Energy (DOE), not to act on petitions for power rate increase.

WASHINGTON — India, Bangladesh and the Philippines lead the world in the number of products made by child workers, a US government stock-taking of the global scale of underaged labor revealed.

SENATOR PIA CAYETANO REVEALS: MANILA, Philippines—The Department of Health is proposing close to P14 billion to fund the controversial Reproductive Health bill in 2012, Senator Pia Cayetano disclosed during plenary deliberations of the measure on Tuesday.

THE PHILIPPINES must exert more effort to reduce child workers, according to a report released by the United States government, even as it noted that “the worst forms of child labor” remain in the country.

COMMENTARY The Philippines’ power cost is reputedly the highest in Asia. This is a severe constraint in achieving competitiveness not only in industries but also in services, agriculture and the other sunrise sectors, which could generate enough employment and livelihood to bridge the job gap of 15 million within the term of President Aquino.

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Despite the devastation caused by Typhoons Pedring and Quiel which ravaged the rice growing regions of central and northern Luzon, inflation will stay within the 3-percent to 5-percent target range this year, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said Monday.

HONG KONG – A Hong Kong court has ruled as unconstitutional a law banning foreign maids from permanent residency in a landmark move sparking heated debate in the Asian financial hub.

(Updated 4:31 p.m.) Suspected communist rebels on Monday attacked three mining firms in Surigao del Norte in a span of three hours, resulting in a number of damaged equipment, the military said.

MANILA, Philippines – The government is likely to convert the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) into a coal-fired power facility, said Energy Secretary Jose Rene Almendras.

THE P20 minimum wage increase that took effect last month will hit small and medium businesses the hardest, a Cebuano business leader warned yesterday.

MANILA, Philippines – The local business community is urging the Aquino administration to spend more and speed up projects under the public private partnership (PPP) program to boost the economy.

PHILIPPINE economic managers have ruled out meeting their growth target for this year, but said the country’s expansion would continue to outpace that of advanced nations even if the euro zone resolves its debt crisis.

One of the most frustrating things about the media coverage—and consequently, public perception—of the ongoing Philippine Airlines debacle is the effort to oversimplify the conflict as a simple labor-management dispute.

On PAL: In 1997, Lucio Tan bought the Philippine Airlines, which was already on the brink of closing down. After pouring in a substantial capital, he was able to sustain the airline’s needs. However, a year after PAL experienced its first major crisis. I remember in 1998 when I was in Germany with my parents…

MANILA, Philippines – The national government has earmarked an initial P2.5 billion to settle the unpaid compulsory social security contributions of thousands of public school teachers, House Assistant Majority Leader and Cebu Rep. Eduardo Gullas said yesterday.

Last of five parts THE last section of the Philippine Government Action Plan for open governance, Maximize Technology and Innovation, aims to use information and communications technology to enhance access to information about the public sector, especially its finances, policies, decisions, operations, and performance.

MANILA, Philippines – Philippine Airlines (PAL) yesterday rejected the offer of striking ground employees to return to work and end the labor dispute.

A member of the House of Representatives yesterday called on the Department of Health (DoH), Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) and the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to strictly implement the provision on the anti-decking or referral system as provided for in Republic Act 10022 or the Migrant and Overseas Filipino Workers Act, so…

Around 500 Hong Kong nationals yesterday rallied to protest against a landmark court ruling which could allow thousands of foreign maids the right to permanent residency.

Flag carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) said yesterday there’s no turning back on the airline’s outsourcing program as it turned down its former employees’ offer to return to work in exchange for keeping them in their old posts.

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Monday called on local government units (LGUs) to formulate local legislations that will address child labor and integrate anti-child labor initiatives in their local development plans and programs.

YET another typhoon, and in September. I have lost count of how many weather disturbances there have been over the past months, I can barely remember when we last had a sunny weekend day here in Alabang. Must be something to do with climate change, the melting of the polar ice caps, and holes in…

“Even the mighty fall, Mom,” my son remarked as he looked out into our garden and saw that the huge traveler’s palm tree that had stood as an imposing presence on our lawn since he was a baby was now lying prostrate on the ground.

The Philippine government has set aside P2 billion in business loans under its re-integration program for migrant workers including those who may be displaced by a new policy being enforced by Saudi Arabia, one of the richest markets for Filipino manpower.

Members of the Philippine Airlines Employees Association (Palea) have offered to return to their jobs to avoid further disruptions to the operations of Philippine Airlines, but on the condition that management halt its plan to outsource their jobs until the Supreme Court hands down a decision on the matter, according to the union’s leader.

AMENDMENTS OF CONSTITUTION BY LEGISLATION ILLEGAL The proposed “mongrel” constituent assembly (con-ass) to seek amendments to the 1987 Constitution that was proposed during the Legislative Summit last Thursday is not provided under the Charter and its forming would run contrary to the basic law of the land, according to a senior member of the House…