MANILA, Philippines- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved on Tuesday a $350-million loan to help the Philippines in policy reforms aimed at developing skills among out-of-school youth.
ADB said the “Increasing Competitiveness for Inclusive Growth Program” aims to help the youth better integrate in the labor market and develop workplace skills. The multilateral financial institution is working with the Labor Department in designing a program that will provide 1,600 youth with career counseling services, grants for vocational training and internships with employers.
The project, called MyFirstJob, is one of several programs that will be used to make the labor market more inclusive in the country. Others include the tourism industry-led skills development program and a new tourism quality assurance and accreditation system that will improve competitiveness in the tourism industry.
“There has been marked improvement in the Philippines’s global competitiveness, but regulation, lack of domestic competition in key sectors, underinvestment in infrastructure and a mismatch of skills in the labor market are keeping the country from realizing its full potential,” Kunio Senga, director general of Southeast Asia Department said. –Jovan Cerda (philstar.com)
July 2025
Nutrition Month
“Give us much more than P50 increase
for proper nutrition!”
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO Constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar
to carry out the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry recommendations
against serious violations of
Forced Labour and Freedom of Association protocols.
Accept National Unity Government (NUG)
of Myanmar. Reject Military!
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July
3 July – International Day of Cooperatives
3 July – International Plastic Bag Free Day
5 July – World Youth Skills Day
7 July – Global Forgiveness Day
11 July – World Population Day
17 July – World Day for International Justice
28 July – World Nature Conservation Day
30 July – World Day against Trafficking in Persons
Monthly Observances:
Schools Safety Month
Nutrition Month
National Disaster Consciousness Month
Weekly Observances:
Week 2: Cultural Communities Week
Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise
Development Week
Week 3: National Science and
Technology Week
National Disability Prevention and
Rehabilitation Week
July 1-7:
National Culture Consciousness Week
July 13-19:
Philippines Business Week
Week ending last Saturday of July:
Arbor Week
Daily Observances:
First Saturday of July:
International Cooperative Day
in the Philippines
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