Monthly Archives: October 2012

LABOR Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz recently visited several barangays in Sagada to advocate child-labor free communities. Baldoz visited Madungo, Banga-an, Tanulong, Pide, Fidelisan, and Aguid villages in Sagada, Mountain Province last week to promote the convergence of services for the protection of children.

Countries in the Asia Pacific region, including the Philippines, should strengthen their efforts to create quality jobs for their young people, said a new report from the International Labor Organization.

Failure to attract foreign investments Stunts growth of the manufacturing sector. As the country’s growth is driven more and more by services, there is some effort to rekindle the strength of the manufacturing sector which has languished the past two decades.

MANILA, Philippines – The exponential rise in HIV cases in the country may be traced back to social media and use of injecting drugs.

BEIJING—China’s economic model that delivered three decades of double-digit growth is running out of steam and the country’s next leaders face tough choices to keep incomes rising. But they don’t seem to have ambitious solutions. Even if they do, they will need to tackle entrenched interests with backing high in the Communist Party.

MANILA, Philippines—Six Philippine cities are most at risk for the spread of the dreaded human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV-AIDS) virus, according to the Department of Health.

MANILA, Philippines — A forum on migration hosted by the Philippines has resolved to use International Labor Organization (ILO) Convention No. 189 in identifying gaps in existing government policies, programs and structures in order to improve the protection of domestic workers.

Some 60 participants from 19 countries joined the Global Forum for Migration and Development (GFMD) Preparatory Workshop from October 15 and 16 at the Hyatt Hotel in Manila.

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SOME 60 participants from 19 countries have recommended to strengthen the protection of the rights of migrant domestic care workers and empowering them as development actors at the conclusion of the Global Forum for Migration and Development (GFMD) Preparatory Workshop at the Hyatt Hotel last week.

MANILA, Philippines – The spokesman of the country’s premier commercial and financial district dismissed the findings of an online survey which ranked Makati City as the 3rd most promiscuous in Asia.

MANILA, Philippines—Makati is among Asia’s top cities with the “most promiscuous” men, according to a recently released online dating study. The study, which involved 10,000 members of dating website SeekingArrangement.com, found that around three in every four men in Makati (77 percent) reported having more than five sexual partners per year.

Online social networking contributes to the rise in the cases of human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) in the country, according to a study conducted by the Department of Health.

Second city in the Philippines approves anti-discrimination law thanks to LGBT rights groups The council of the second city in the Philippines approved an anti-discrimination law yesterday – the first of its kind in the country. The law, first proposed in January, declares as unlawful the refusal to provide access to any public program and…

NEW YORK (AP) — A new survey estimates that 3.4 percent of U.S. adults identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender, in what may be the largest study ever aimed at calculating the nation’s LGBT population. The Gallup survey released Thursday was based on interviews with more than 121,000 people.

(Updated 4:40 p.m.) If the United Nations will have its way, soliciting sex or paying for it in the Asia and the Pacific region will no longer risk imprisonment. In a recent report, the UN recommended the decriminalization of the world’s oldest profession to help curb the spread of sexually transmitted diseases, especially HIV.

MANILA, Philippines – Filipinos may not be getting the right amount of most vitamins and minerals they need every day. At the same time more Filipinos are becoming overweight and obese. According to Food and Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI), this trend also exposes more Filipinos to health risks related to high blood pressure, high blood…

Contrary to what several of my media colleagues have espoused against the RA (Republic Act) 10175, otherwise known as the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012, I maintain a generally positive view of the legislation. I admit that there are areas in RA 10175 that need to be clarified or rewritten in order that it might…

QUEZON CITY, Oct 18 (PIA) — The estimated number of working children aged five to 17 years old in the Philippines is about 5.492 million, based on the 2011 Survey on Children conducted by the National Statistics Office.

The ILO looks to harnessing the potential of the world’s rural areas as city dwellers in the developing world struggle to find work. GENEVA (ILO News) – It is impossible to talk about sustainable development without taking into account this simple fact: half of the world’s population and 75 per cent of the world’s poor…

A list of some of the most outrageous claims of finding a cure to AIDS Gambia President Yahya Jammeh has claimed that he can effectively cure HIV/AIDS with an herbal concoction. An October 9 Global Times article reported that Jammeh pronounced 68 people cured using the remedy. The World Health Organization and the United Nations…

MANILA, Philippines – Do you know how much land area the Philippines covers or where the 3.5 million coconut farmer-beneficiaries of the coco levy funds are located? Chances are, your guess is as good as the government’s. The government has struggled completing a database of key statistics about the Philippines due to lack of funds.

Decent Work and full employment must be key goals in the fight against poverty, says ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder. GENEVA (ILO News) -ILO Director-General Guy Ryder says the world needs to take a new approach – with jobs at the centre – in the fight to end global poverty.

MANILA (Mindanao Examiner) – Child Soldiers International and Human Rights Watch urged the Senate of the Philippines to remove a provision in a draft law that allows for the prosecution of the parents of children recruited to be soldiers.

THE International Labor Organization’s (ILO) Global Employment Trends For Youth 2012 indicates that since 2007, the global youth unemployment rate has started rising again. Nearly 75 million youth are unemployed around the world, an increase of more than 4 million since 2007.

Personal remittances sent by Filipinos abroad from January to August 2012 reached $15.3 billion. The figure is a 5.6 percent increase compared to remittances recorded in the same period last year, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) acting chief deputy governor Juan de Zuñiga Jr. revealed.

MANILA, Philippines – The peso closed at a four-and-a-half year high yesterday, following other Asian currencies which appreciated on the back of good news from the US. The local currency ended trading at 41.33 to a dollar, 12.5 centavos stronger than Monday’s close of 41.455 to $1. Dollars traded reached $1.021 billion, up from $687.950…

MANILA, Philippines – The economy could expand by 5.7 percent this year as steady flow of remittances buoys consumption growth and investment, an investment bank said yesterday.

TOKYO, Japan – The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) and its regional counterparts all expect no quick solutions to problems in the Euro zone but remain convinced Asia will be the driving force of the global economy.