Monthly Archives: November 2011

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said demand for call center agents continue to grow in the Philippines. Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz, as such, urged students, fresh graduates, and workers to enhance their communication skills to have better employment opportunities in the growing business process outsourcing (BPO) industry.

A Filipino migrants’ rights group in the Middle East yesterday urged the Aquino government to resolve the issue on OFWs deployment ban in 41 countries as soon as possible saying “it causes confusions among OFWs and would-be OFWs and will result to proliferation of illegal deployment and human trafficking activities.”

Statement of Ambassador Roy V.Señeres, spokesperson of TUCP, in Manila Bulletin, regarding ban on deployment of OFWs to 41 countries. DFA urged: Delay ban to protect OFWs MANILA, Philippines — The recruitment industry urged the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Sunday to withdraw its certification on the 41 banned countries.

HONOLULU, Hawaii – The Philippines will no longer be needing rice imports as it is already nearing a self-sufficiency stage, President Aquino said yesterday in a panel discussion with chief executive officers of top companies.

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) yesterday assured the public that there is no plan yet to increase its premium, particularly for those who are employed.

Classes start 8 November 2011: 4 classes in FFCCA; 1 class in Housekeeping; 1 class in Hilot/Massage; No classes yet in other courses.

MANILA, Philippines – Vice President Jejomar Binay is preparing his PDP-Laban (Partido ng Demokratikong Pilipino- for a “big fight” in the 2013 and 2016 elections.

MANILA, Philippines – The government recalled the ban on the deployment of overseas Filipino workers to 41 countries earlier declared “unsafe” for OFWs, the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) said yesterday.

WAGES of bus drivers must be based on part-fixed and part-performance instead of purely commission basis, the Metro Manila Development said Friday.

MANILA, Philippines – Health Secretary Enrique Ona yesterday underscored the need for the Philippines to become “globally competitive” because of the challenges posed by medical tourism.

HONOLULU (AP) — Leaders working to forge a Pacific free trade bloc plan to announce an outline for achieving that goal at an annual Asia-Pacific summit this weekend, one of many initiatives aimed at fending off recession as Europe struggles to resolve its debt crisis.

Unfortunately, across most of the Asia-Pacific region, the returns on higher education are not high enough when viewed in terms of economic returns. The parallel problems of unfilled job vacancies together with unemployed tertiary graduates showed that higher education was not yielding the expected benefits.

Rebuild crumbling social contract At the core of the conflict between Philippine Airlines (PAL) and PAL Employees Association (Palea) is the effort of the airline to manage business freely with maximum flexibility, including its contested prerogative to outsource jobs done by regular and unionized workers.  PAL says outsourcing is a legitimate weapon in insuring its…

CITY OF MALOLOS, Bulacan, November 12 (PIA) — The National Capital Region (NCR) and Region III accounted for the most number of Filipinos migrating to other countries as the number of intermarriages through the internet increases.

ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines—Torture and forced disappearances involving soldiers and policemen continue to be recorded in many areas in Mindanao under the Aquino administration, and Western Mindanao, where the government’s anti-terror campaign is centered, accounts for the most cases.

Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada yesterday supported the provision of fixed monthly salaries for bus drivers and conductors, saying the new system upholds the rights of workers to decent wage and working conditions as it promotes road safety for commuters and common road users.

Tomas D. Achacoso was administrator of the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration from 1987 to 1990 under then-President Corazon C. Aquino, when Filipino migrant workers were still called overseas contract workers (OCWs).

EDUCATORS and teachers on Thursday expressed alarm over the continuous decline in the percentage of successful examinees for Licensure Examination for Teachers (LET) nwith a measly one of every five examinees passing, as the 2011 LET indicated.

THE government on Thursday allayed fear of a bus shortage on the major highway, especially during rush hours following the suspension of 672 city buses and the cancellation of 129-bus fleet of singer-businesswoman Claire de la Fuente to operate along Edsa.

The Communist Party of the Philippines-National Democratic Front says it is becoming increasingly doubtful that a final peace agreement will be signed with the government by next year.

FOREIGN investments fell 55 percent in August as investors continued to shy away from the Philippines, where the planned infrastructure projects are still to take off more than a year into President Benigno Aquino III’s term.

Young women in the Philippines who have taken up smoking is increasing at an alarming rate, a recent study of the Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance showed. The study, which was conducted in 2009 and released on Wednesday, revealed that affordable cigarettes contribute to the increasing number of female smokers in the country.

Flag Carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) filed criminal complaints yesterday for grave coercion against 41 members of the PAL Employees Association (Palea), over an incident last Oct. 29 when rowdy protesters harassed airline staff and service providers and violently prevented vehicles loaded with inflight meal provisions from leaving company premises.

ZAMBOANGA CITY: New People’s Army rebels raided a plywood factory and torched its equipment before escaping in the province of Agusan del Sur in the southern Philippines, military officials said.

Vice President and housing czar Jejomar Binay announced that domestic workers or “kasambahays” can now become members of the Pag-IBIG Fund and can avail themselves of multi-purpose, calamity and housing loans.

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) yesterday clarified that the withdrawal of Philippine deployment ban on 41 states that lack adequate protection for foreign workers is only temporary pending the outcome of dialogs with the concerned nations.

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MANILA, Philippines — A labor organization appealed Thursday to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to conduct an inspection of toxic wire gauzes sold in Rizal Avenue, Manila and impose safety product labeling to warn the public of its asbestos content.

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MANILA, Philippines – The World Economic Forum (WEF) Competitiveness Survey only represents the sentiments of the big businesses and not the small and medium sized ones or those located in the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) zones, an economist said.