Monthly Archives: June 2013

Graphic showing the top producers of genetically modified crops. A study said on Monday, June 10, 2013, that more pest species are becoming resistant to the most popular type of genetically modified, insect-repellent crops, but not in areas where farmers follow expert advice.

MANILA, Philippines (Xinhua) – The unemployment rate in the Philippines rose to 7.5 percent in April as 600,000 farm workers lost their jobs owing to adverse weather conditions, according to data issued by the National Statistics Office (NSO) today.

MANILA, Philippines – About 7.2 million children benefitting from the government’s conditional cash transfer (CCT) program were among the 21 million preschoolers, elementary and high school students who trooped to public schools during the opening of classes last week.

The Supreme Court has dismissed the petitions of 23 other party-list groups and remanded back to the Commission on Elections (Comelec) the petitions of seven others earlier disqualified by the poll body.

Malacañang’s keeper of the purse once likened the Philippine education system to a frog in a kettle put to a boil. “The frog will not know it is dying until it is too late,” Florencio “Butch” Abad told me in 2007, two years after he left the Arroyo administration in a mass desertion of Cabinet…

Saying that the needs of women OFWs and of their families have often been “overlooked” in government programs, the head of the Commission of Filipinos Overseas has called for mainstreaming gender concerns in the national and local development plans.

MANILA, Philippines–About nine of 10 Filipinos are as concerned about energy prices and future energy demand as they are with employment and education, according to a survey commissioned by the Shell Companies in the Philippines.

All ageing bull markets eventually will “climb a wall of worry.” As stock prices keep rising, investors start to be anxious about whether the market has risen too high, too fast, and they start itching to hit the panic button. Who could blame them? Since hitting a market bottom in September 2011, the market had…

The Domestic Workers Act, or “Kasambahay Law,” took effect early this month, ushering a new era of greater protection for a sector that is often overlooked here and abroad.

ABU DHABI // Filipinas who plan to work in the UAE as domestic staff face a three-week wait to get an appointment for an orientation seminar in Manila, recruiters say.

FIFTY-TWO recruitment agencies maintained they are not collecting placement fee from Filipino household service workers bound for Hong Kong.

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Following a heartfelt complain by a former workmate about having heard this phrase, I could not help but write this in defense. Yes I am a Law graduate, and yes I have worked in the call center industry during my days thinking that this phrase meant that call center is as menial as they say…

What health issues are most important for women? While many women worry about breast cancer, heart disease presents a greater danger. Moreover, adequate stress management, a healthy heart and cardiovascular system plays a role in well health in many other conditions. In celebration of National Women’s Health Week, we’re taking a look at the top…

KUALA LUMPUR: A mobile application to equip domestic workers with crucial knowledge about taking care of the elderly will soon be made available here. The Malaysian Association of Foreign Maid Agencies said the paid service, called Medically Informed Minders (MiM), would be launched in Malaysia in September after a pilot test is conducted in 100…

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MANILA, Philippines — Fresh out of college and seeking for a job? Online jobs portal Jobstreet.com Philippines Inc. pooled job postings and ranked the best paying entry-level jobs for those who just graduated from college:

Jobstreet.com Philippines said quality control senior managers’ salaries are the highest, based on salaries from job listings. Quality control senior managers get around P253,000 a month on average, according to the online jobs portal.

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ILO Director-General and UNAIDS Executive Director launch new programme on voluntary and confidential HIV counselling and testing to reach 5 million workers world-wide.

MANILA, Philippines – The outgoing Congress had approved more than 100 key pieces of legislation, mostly on promoting human rights as well as strengthening the economy and the campaign against crime and corruption, Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. said yesterday.

Major players in the information technology and business process management (IT-BPM) are confident of delivering the $25-billion promised revenues and employment for 1.3 million workers by 2016.

MANILA, Philippines – With the investment-grade credit rating from Fitch Ratings in March, an improved international business reputation, and sound fiscal management, the Philippines is poised to become the next foreign direct investment (FDI) destination of Asia.

Batangas, Philippines – Three construction workers were killed while two others were wounded in a landslide at the boundary of Laurel, Batangas and Alfonso, Cavite yesterday afternoon, police said.

Memorandum Circular No. 48, s. 2013 MALACAÑAN PALACE MANILA MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 48 DIRECTING ALL CONCERNED GOVERNMENT AGENCIES TO ADOPT THE GENDER EQUALITY GUIDELINES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR RESPECTIVE MEDIA POLICIES AND IMPLEMENTING PROGRAMS IN ORDER TO PROMOTE GENDER MAINSTREAMING WHEREAS, Section 14, Article II of the 1987 Constitution provides that the State recognizes…

GENEVA – Inequality is on the rise in most advanced economies, the International Labor Organization lamented Monday, decrying surging executive compensation and large companies hording profits rather than investing.

Having attended several international conferences on women, I expected the Women Deliver 2013 global summit held in Kuala Lumpur last week to pass resolutions to accelerate the movement to reach the Millennium Development Goal 5 (targeted at 2015), and presenting them to the world’s governments for implementation. No such thing occurred. Women Deliver founder and…

Now it’s official: the Philippines is the fastest-growing economy in Asia. Beating China’s first quarter growth (7.7 percent) by a hair, our 7.8-percent growth in gross domestic product (GDP) was proudly homegrown, achieved in the face of a hefty drop (-7 percent) in exports. This implies that domestic demand for our economy’s goods and services…

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MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines remains Southeast Asia’s laggard in terms of motor vehicle and motorcycle production, according to latest data from the ASEAN Automotive Federation (AAF).