Monthly Archives: May 2014

MANILA, Philippines—Communist rebels seized dozens of prospectors in a remote Philippine gold rush site and used them as “human shields” against pursuing troops, a military official said on Sunday.

‘As a nation, we can do so much more to show the world that we are a country that values gender equality but in the small communities we serve, I believe we are off to a good start’ The Philippines, if not the world, has come a long way in empowering women.

By: Allan Macatuno – Correspondent, INQInquirer Central Luzon, May 03, 2014 SUBIC, Zambales – A worker died from severe burns on May 1, Labor Day, in the latest accident that struck the Hanjin shipyard here, reports said.

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Providing employees with a social “mission” in their jobs doesn’t increase their effort: In an experiment in which workers could generate donations to NGOs of their choice, people whose jobs had a mission made no more effort than purely self-interested workers, say Sebastian Fehrler of the University of Zurich and Michael Kosfeld of Goethe University…

MANILA, Philippines – The campaign for workers’ rights is now in social media. Unified hashtag #May1Fight aims to consolidate online discussion on yesterday’s Labor Day activities. However, social media will not be used as an alternative to protest actions, but a complementary move to disseminate information about the struggles of workers.

58 Filipinos are arrested in Taguig, Laguna and the Bicol region for their involvement in an online scam on Facebook that caused the death of at least one teenager in Scotland MANILA, Philippines (4th UPDATE) – “Kill yourself mate,” the message read. And so he did. In July 2013, 17-year-old British national Daniel Perry jumped…

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An infographic posted by ASEAN DNA shows what most Pinoy netizens already know to be true: Internet speed in the Philippines is the slowest in the whole Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

(Last of two parts) Ronald has been working for a real estate company for 14 years, but he was never quite sure if he was ever on the employees’ list.

MANILA, Philippines — (UPDATE 2 – 1:33 p.m.) Fifty-eight people have been arrested in the Philippines for their involvement in a giant, global Internet “sextortion” network, local police and Interpol announced in a joint press conference on Friday.

MANILA, Philippines—The good news on total fertility rate (TFR) in the Philippines is that it has been cut by more than half in a span of five decades. The bad news is that it remains the highest among the 10 member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean).

Team San Miguel regains lead as Phl’s best-paid executives; Meralco comes in 2nd San Miguel Corp. has regained the lead in executive compensation among listed companies for 2013, with Manila Electric Co. zooming up as a close second on the back of record management bonuses.

MANILA, Philippines—Almost 500 new cases of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)—which could lead to the fatal Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)—were reported in March, the highest number recorded in one month, the Department of Health said on Thursday.

A LABOR group gave President Benigno Aquino III a “poor rating” for allegedly failing to address the country’s high unemployment rate.

DAVAO CITY, Philippines—In what could be the clearest illustration of the absence of a steady nonpolluting source of electricity, or efforts to have one, this city and other parts of Davao del Norte would suffer power outages lasting four to six hours a day as a result of dams drying up in the summer heat.

The plight of about 200,000 survivors of Super Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) might worsen if the government’s relocation efforts would not focus on job generation, an international aid group said.

MANILA, Philippines—Labor groups on Thursday expressed “extreme disappointment” with the four-year-old Aquino administration over its lack of concern for workers and its failure to protect jobs, raise wages and reduce power rates.

MANILA, Philippines – It was a full house for this little hole in the wall along Escolta. The room was teeming with artists, vintage collectors, and thrifty shoppers. In the sea of young entrepreneurs was a group of volunteers hoping to sell enough second-hand items to feed children in Tondo.

AS THE discussion over Thomas Piketty’s new book has expanded, the argument has occasionally been made that concern about inequality is essentially an elite phenomenon. Rich folks in rich cities are devouring and debating the Piketty book, while the rest of the rich world goes on about its business, more worried about jobs and wages…

THE GOVERNMENT celebrated Labor Day yesterday with President Benigno S. C. Aquino III’s visit to semiconductor plants in Laguna, and nationwide job fairs fielded by the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE).

MANILA, Philippines—Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. said moves to increase the minimum wage should be brought to the wage boards instead of to the House of Representatives, Inquirer Radio 990AM reported on Thursday, Labor Day.

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MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines has the highest unemployment rate among members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), according to a report of the International Labor Organization (ILO) published in 2014.

The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) on Wednesday signed a memorandum of agreement (MOU) with the Subic Heart Center (SHC) that will provide medical services to members of the labor organization, including their families and dependents.

THE Philippines marks Labor Day today as millions of Filipinos struggle to survive because the Aquino government has failed to create enough jobs to lower the unemployment rate, former senator Ernesto Herrera, the president of the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP), said.

MANILA, Philippines—As labor militants individuals condemned contractual employment, among other things, in rallies across the country, other people kept themselves busy doing something else on Labor Day: They applied for mostly contractual jobs.

MANILA — The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) on Wednesday signed an agreement with the BPO Workers’ Association of the Philippines (BWAP-TUCP) and EACOMM Corporation that would ensure the safety of BPO workers who regularly commute from dusk to dawn.

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