Monthly Archives: June 2013

The world should stop arguing about whether humans are causing climate change and start taking action to stop dangerous temperature rises, the president of the World Bank said on Wednesday.

SYDNEY — A study has found that for desk-bound office workers, introducing interventions such as sit/stand workstations, can reduce sitting time by over an hour each working day, leading to better health.

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MANILA, Philippines – Filipinos rule the global gin market and among the top drinkers of rum products, according to market research firm International Wine & Spirit Research (IWSR).

Reducing hours of work can have positive effects on employment levels during a severe economic downturn, preserve skills and sustain enterprises.

The Philippines needs to attract more foreign direct investments to complement domestic market-driven investment which it do by easing systems in doing business and by providing better infrastructure.

MANILA, Philippines — Two construction workers were injured on Tuesday afternoon after the gondola they were using to perform a finishing touch on SM Aura in Taguig City. SM Aura is SM group’s newest shopping complex.

BACOLOD CITY—One of the country’s biggest mining firms has suspended operations in Sipalay City, Negros Occidental, following a raid on its facilities by New People’s Army (NPA) guerrillas last month, according to the firm’s highest-ranking official.

THE FIRST HALF of 2013 saw several positive developments in our country. The two recent credit upgrades obtained by the Philippines from Fitch Ratings and Standard & Poor’s have placed the country in the investment radar of the international community.

MANILA (2nd UPDATE) – Two construction workers were rushed to a hospital following an accident at the newly built SM Aura Premier mall in Taguig City on Tuesday.

ANGELES CITY—Bishop Pablo Virfiolio David is looking into the sale of asbestos as soundproofing material in hardware stores here despite a worldwide ban.

PUBLIC consultations with various stakeholders will be held next month to assess if there is a need to adjust the daily minimum pay in Metro Manila, officials of the regional wage board yesterday said.

“Magsasagawa ng job fair para sa mga mga may kapansanan o persons with disabilities (PWD) na may kaalaman at kakayahan sa computer at information technology.”

MANILA, Philippines — The highly controversial Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 may be suspended for now, but recent moves by the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) raise the specter the IP office’s new powers enable the cybercrime law’s “takedown clause.”

Four of 10 companies in Asia Pacific, including the Philippines, are spending more than 20 percent of their payroll on employee benefits, according to a recent survey.

Everybody’s talking about inclusive growth, but the latest labor and employment data suggest that the breathtaking growth our economy has been achieving lately—the fastest in all of Asia, in fact—is anything but that. The latest quarterly Labor Force Survey (LFS) of the National Statistics Office (NSO) reports that there were actually 21,000 fewer jobs overall…

MANILA, Philippines (UPDATE) – An analyst said a weaker peso will be good for the Philippine economy.

MANILA – Where do the remittances of overseas Filipinos go when these reach their loved ones back home? Of the 525 households polled by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), 95.4 percent said they used the remittances for food, 67 percent for education, 54.9 percent for medical payments and 42.1 percent for debt payments.

Wider infrastructure development is crucial for the Philippines to push a faster and more robust economic growth in the next three years, research from the Standard Chartered Bank showed on Monday.

(Updated 3:30 p.m.) It’s not just armed rebel groups, but also the Philippine military that recruited minors for their operations in 2012, according to a new report from United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

Adultery, absconding, theft are the main crimes committed by domestic helper in city Dubai: Police warned on Monday that not paying domestic helpers on time could lead them to commit serious crimes.

ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland— Europe is mired in debt and recession. Financial markets have hit violent ups and downs on fears that U.S. stimulus efforts may soon be scaled back. Japan is finally looking up after years of stagnation — but it remains an open question if the recovery will stick.

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) will implement a P268-million online labor inspection system in August that is expected to reduce cases of labor abuse.

ROME—Thirty-eight countries have beaten a UN-imposed deadline of 2015 to cut in half the proportion of hungry people. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization on Saturday recognized the 38 countries and urged those still working to meet the UN target to redouble efforts.

Mr. President, I congratulate your esteemed leadership of the Conference. I also congratulate Director General Guy Ryder and commend him for his incisive and forward-looking report. The Philippines, with its tripartite constituents, supports and is ready to engage the ILO on its Centenary Initiatives outlined in the report of the Director General.

Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz has acknowledged before a leaders’ meeting at the International Labor Organization (ILO) in Geneva that the country’s robust economic growth, highlighted by the 7.8-percent expansion of gross domestic product in the first quarter, is not creating enough decent jobs.