Monthly Archives: April 2013

DESECRATION: Welcome to the super rich, the over-represented and even political parties — and goodbye to the dreams of the truly marginalized sectors to become lawmakers themselves to enact laws to benefit them.

MANILA – The Philippine economy is likely to sustain its strong growth this year until 2014, but unemployment and underemployment remain a key concern, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said on Tuesday.

Austerity measures have not addressed the root causes of the crisis nor have they brought down unemployment, according to a snapshot of EU countries based on an upcoming ILO report on the state of global labour markets.News | 08 April 2013

MANILA, Philippines—Filipino workers in Taiwan stand to benefit from a new minimum wage increase approved by the island’s highest administrative organ this month, Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said Friday.

The ILO will cooperate with the European Commission in tackling the employment crisis facing young people, including through youth guarantee schemes. GENEVA (ILO News) – As young people continue to be disproportionately affected by the employment crisis, the International Labour Organization (ILO) has said it is ready to join forces with the European Commission to…

Every year, the first week of April is known as Asbestos Awareness Week. Asbestos, a naturally occurring fibrous material, is a known human carcinogen and has been linked as a cause to asbestos-related cancers and mesothelioma. Despite such serious results from exposure to this mineral, asbestos is still not banned completely in the United States…

As the business process outsourcing (BPO) industry in the Philippines continues to grow, more and more Filipinos are finding themselves working at odd hours, risking mostly their health.

‘Maybe it’s time to think out of the box.’ THE poverty rate has remained unchanged since 2006 according to the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB). And the bad news is that the rate is likely to stay that way three years from now.

MANILA — The Department of Health (DOH) has recorded 339 new human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) cases last February, a few notches lower than the 380 recorded a month earlier.

339 new infections recorded for February, including 45 OFWs HIV ( human immunodeficiency virus) cases in the Philippines are expected to reach over 4,000 this year, following the 339 fresh infections recorded for February and 380 in January.

WASHINGTON—People age 65 and older who eat fish may live an average of two years longer than people who do not consume the omega-3 fatty acids found mainly in seafood, a US study suggested on Monday.

WASHINGTON – The author of an influential 2006 study on climate change warned Tuesday that the world could be headed toward warming even more catastrophic than expected but he voiced hope for political action.

It’s been 15 years since I came out as a gay woman in the Philippines, and even if Aiza Seguerra is now an out adult lesbian with a girlfriend, Rustom Padilla is now BB Gandanghari, Pinoy Big Brother always has gay characters, and Boy Abunda is now out and proud, an educated Pinay I met…

THE GOVERNMENT will soon allow importation of “sensitive” commodities prone to smuggling only through select ports, the Department of Finance (DoF) said in a statement yesterday.

THE BENEFITS of the first ever investment-grade upgrade are grossly exaggerated. The behavior of the stock market last Monday, rising tentatively, retreated, and finally fell, supported this view. The stock markets’ hyperactive reaction to the upgrade before the Holy Week break was totally irrational.

The corruption and lack of transparency continuing to plague the Philippines are having a negative impact on trade and investments, the United States Trade Representative (USTR) said in its latest report released Tuesday.

BRUSSELS (AP) — Unemployment across the 17 European Union countries that use the euro has struck 12 percent for the first time since the currency was launched in 1999.

ZAMBOANGA CITY—An estimated 100,000 Filipinos in Sabah are expected to flee to the Philippines by May, according to a government “worse case scenario” following an incursion by supporters of the sultan of Sulu in February and a subsequent crackdown by Malaysian forces in the area.

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