Monthly Archives: February 2014

DOLE wants breastfeeding stations in more workplaces

Published by rudy Date posted on February 4, 2014

As part of its efforts to support the “modern Filipino working woman,” the Department of Labor and Employment on Tuesday pushed for breastfeeding stations in more workplaces.

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Premium increase upsets SSS

Published by rudy Date posted on February 3, 2014

The Social Security System (SSS), the pension fund for workers in the private sector, started the New Year with the bad news that the Aquino administration had summarily rejected calls to stop the increase in SSS and Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) premiums.

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ANZ bumps up Phl growth forecast

Published by rudy Date posted on February 3, 2014

MANILA, Philippines – Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. (ANZ) has revised its 2014 economic growth outlook for the Philippines to 7.3 percent after the gross domestic product (GDP) zoomed by a better-than-expected 7.2 percent last year.

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Public warned vs toxic ‘trumpo’

Published by rudy Date posted on February 3, 2014

MANILA, Philippines – A consumer watchdog warned the public yesterday against buying trumpo or tops, saying that most of those available on the market contain lead and other poisonous substances.

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Published by rudy Date posted on February 3, 2014

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A New Multilateralism for the 21st Century: the Richard Dimbleby Lecture

Published by rudy Date posted on February 3, 2014

Good evening. It is a great honor to be invited to deliver this year’s Dimbleby Lecture, and I would like to thank the BBC and the Dimbleby family for so kindly inviting me—and especially David Dimbleby for his warm words of introduction.

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PIDS tops SEA ranking

Published by rudy Date posted on February 2, 2014

MANILA, Philippines – State-run Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) ranked as the top think tank in Southeast Asia and remains one of the best in the world, according to the 2013 Global Go Think Tank Report released by the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program (TTCSP) of the University of Pennsylvania.

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World works to make the few richer

Published by rudy Date posted on February 2, 2014

The 85 richest people in the world have as much wealth as the 3.5 billion poorest persons in the world. It’s hard to choose a single appropriate adjective for this statistic – depressing, frustrating, incredulous, and startling. And what would be the public reaction? It has ranged from anger at such inequality, to cynicism with…

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Domestic workers come out of the closet in Hong Kong

Published by rudy Date posted on February 2, 2014

HONG KONG — Working long hours away from home for low pay and little time off, life is tough for foreign domestic workers in Hong Kong, but for some the city has brought sexual liberation unheard of in their home countries.

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September 18 –
International Equal Pay Day

“Increase wages now,
more than other cost items.
For widespread, practical equality!”

Invoke Article 33 of the ILO Constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar
to carry out the recommendations of the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry
against serious violations of protocols of
Forced Labour and Freedom of Association.

Accept the National Unity Government (NUG) 
of Myanmar.  Reject Military!

#WearMask #WashHands
#Report Corruption #SearchPosts #TakePicturesVideos

Time to support & empower survivors. Time to spark a global conversation. Time for #GenerationEquality to #orangetheworld!

October –

   

Monthly Observances:

Industry and Commerce Safety Month 

National Statistics Month 

Local Government Month 

Consumer Welfare Month 

Cooperative Month

National Quality and Productivity Improvement Month 

National Health and Wellness Tourism Month
National Indigenous Peoples Month

 

Weekly Observances:

Week 1: Elderly Filipino Week 

Week 2: National Health Education Week 

Local Government Week 

National Mental Health Week 

October 17-23:

National Week for Overcoming Extreme Poverty 

October 18 – 24:

United Nations Week 

Last Week:

Nurses’ Week 

Consumers’ Protection Week 

Week of the 4th Sunday:

Barrio Farmers’ Week

 

Daily Observances:

First Monday (Oct 4): Universal Children’s Day i
n the Philippines 

Oct 5: National Teachers’ Day 

Oct 10: Local Government Day 

Third Thursday (Oct 14): Conflict Resolution Day 

Oct 21: Tenants’ Emancipation day 

Oct 24: United Nations Day 

Oct 29: National Indigenous People’s Thanksgiving Day

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