Monthly Archives: May 2014

MANILA, Philippines – Presidential assistant on rehabilitation and recovery Panfilo Lacson aims to complete about 85 to 90 percent of the rehabilitation of areas devastated by Super Typhoon Yolanda before the term of President Aquino ends in 2016.

Japan manufacturer wants to put up 3rd Asian hub here MANILA, Philippines—Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (MMC) is eyeing an initial investment of P10 billion in its Philippine operations to establish its third Southeast Asian manufacturing hub in the country, a statement from the Department of Trade and Industry’s foreign trade office in Japan showed.

Around 11.5 million adult Filipinos were without work in the first quarter of 2014, according to a new survey by pollster Social Weather Stations.

MANILA, Philippines—The Department of Health (DOH) has assured people afflicted with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that there is enough supply of the antiretroviral (ARV) drug.

A NEW OFFER CAP for the power traded at the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) is expected to be adopted within the year, the Energy chief said during the weekend.

JOBLESSNESS dipped in the first quarter, the Social Weather Stations (SWS) said in a new report, but optimism on the availability of work worsened slightly. Results of a March 27-30 survey set the joblessness rate at 25.7%, equivalent to an estimated 11.5 million adult Filipinos. This was down 1.8 points from the 27.5% (est. 12.1…

MANILA, Philippines – How do you really deal with Filipino white-collar and blue-collar workers most effectively? Win them to your side and you have the most loyal and productive people in your company. Understanding the Filipino psyche and the cultural diversities among the different regional groups in the Philippines can boost your leadership and management…

MANILA, Philippines – Business groups yesterday urged President Aquino to work on achieving power supply security and competitive power rates to allow the country to realize inclusive growth and industrialization.

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) yesterday launched a center that provides scientific data to government agencies and humanitarian organizations involved in the rehabilitation of areas ravaged by Super Typhoon Yolanda.

Increasing investments from employers to generate high-quality and remunerative employment is vital in achieving rapid poverty reduction towards inclusive growth, according to the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA).

Two of Japan’s leading universities will join Toyota, Honda, Nissan, Suzuki, Mazda, Mitsubishi, Daihatsu and Fuji Heavy in the project, which is mainly aimed at slashing engine emissions to meet tougher environmental standards

The DOE said brownouts were still a possibility, depending on supply and condition of power plants MANILA, Philippines – Following rotating brownouts in some areas of Luzon last week, the Department of Energy (DOE) said the power situation should go back to normal, barring the unexpected shutdown of power plants.

MANILA, Philippines – A watershed rehabilitation project of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Visayas and Mindanao will provide livelihood for some 350,000 families.

MANILA, Philippines – The United Nations Human Settlements Program (UN Habitat) has chosen Cagayan de Oro as one of nine “emerging cities of tomorrow,” Rep. Rufus Rodriguez announced yesterday.

Former Senator Ernesto Herrera (L), president of the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) and Tony Ton Wong (R), president of UMICORE Specialty Chemicals Subic, Inc. display the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) between the company and the UMICORE Employees Labor Association (EULA-AMAPO-TUCP) recently signed at Blue Rock Resort, Barretto, Olongapo City as Roberto Flores,…

MANILA, Philippines – Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz has ordered all regional directors of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to report work-related accidents in their jurisdiction within 24 hours.

WITH the carbon credit market down, the Philippine Ozone Desk of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources’s Environmental Management Bureau (DENR-EMB) is faced with the challenge of disposing waste from ozone-depleting substances (ODS) across the country.

NOMURA, a leading financial services group, said the Philippines is poised to be the strongest-performing Southeast Asian economy, expecting gross domestic product (GDP) growth to accelerate to 6.8 percent next year, from 6.7 percent this year.

WHAT do Nelson Mandela, Teddy Roosevelt and Golda Meir have in common? They all possessed the essential traits of great leadership. “Leadership is one of the most complex undertakings anyone will face,” says Doug Moran, author of If You Will Lead: Enduring Wisdom for 21st Century Leaders (Agate). “If we take the easy way out,…

THE League of Filipino Students (LFS) has condemned the Aquino administration for its position on tuition increases, saying its suggestion for students to enroll in state colleges and universities (SUCs) would not solve the problem.

NEW YORK (AP) — Labor organizers turned up the pressure on McDonald’s and other fast-food chains to raise worker pay on Thursday, with plans to stage actions in more than 30 countries. The demonstrations build on a campaign by unions to bring attention to the plight of low-wage workers and get the public behind the…

MANILA, Philippines—The Philippines may lose an even bigger chunk of its skilled labor force to neighbors in Association of Southeast Asian Nations, where workers get paid better when the region’s economic integration goes on full swing at end-2015, according to the Employers’ Confederation of the Philippines (Ecop).

Andaya got biggest kickback amounting to P255M Fifth of a series MANILA, Philippines—Cabinet secretaries in the Arroyo administration and officials of state-owned corporations—some of them still holding the same positions to this day—received a total of P820 million in commissions in schemes to siphon congressional pork barrel funds to ghost projects engineered by Janet Lim-Napoles, computer…

It is but only a month from now on June 18, and the Social Security System shows no intention of commemorating that day 60 years ago when President Ramon Magsaysay signed into law Republic Act 1161 or the Social Security Law of 1954 —“An Act To Create A Social Security System Providing Sickness, Unemployment Retirement,…

Keeps them in Cabinet till evidence show guilt PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino III said members of his Cabinet who are being dragged into the pork barrel scandal are innocent until proven guilty, and will remain at their posts until there is sufficient evidence to charge them in court.

Addressing Asia’s gender gap challenge Students line up to receive their degree certificates at the Kede College of Capital Normal University, Beijing. China has seen a turnaround in the status of women since the 1950s, with female literacy today at around 100 percent. (AFP) Throughout much of Asia, especially the developing nations, women can be…

Employers have reiterated the need to update the country’s Labor Code with a resolution approved at the close of its annual conference on Friday.