Monthly Archives: November 2014

MANILA, Philippines — More than six million senior citizens will be granted automatic coverage by the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. under a law signed last week by President Benigno Aquino III, Senate President Pro-Tempore Senator Ralph Recto said Tuesday.

The Reconstruction Assistance on Yolanda (RAY): Implementation for Results is the second of two planning documents prepared by NEDA to meet immediate post-disaster needs in areas affected by typhoon Yolanda.

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MANILA, Philippines–The Philippine automotive industry still lags behind its peers in the Asean in terms of vehicle sales and production, even as local players have consistently post strong, double-digit growths since the start of the current year.

MANILA – The Philippine market for motor vehicles and motorcycles remain one of Asean’s fastest growing in the first nine months of the year.

A YEAR after typhoon Yolanda battered parts of central Philippines, the worst-hit victims and the actors in the recovery effort are finding themselves navigating complex political realities that have come to the fore after the storm.

MOODY’S Corp. and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) highlighted the Philippines’ improving economic position at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Chief Executive Officers’ (CEO) Summit, a Palace official said.

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TODAY reports: A new campaign aimed at changing perceptions and raising awareness of the plight of maids here, Respect Our Rights, has been launched on Oct 21.

BRUSSELS – Between Raquel Crisostomo and Thelma Nullar is more than 30 years of experience in domestic work. Both women worked as au pairs, nannies and cleaners for different ambassadors in Brussels, Belgium, including the Danish and British ambassadors. Diplomats from NATO also hired them to clean their homes.

BUKIDNON, Philippines – Four passengers were hurt in an explosion that ripped through a bus in Maramag town on Thursday. Paquito Jivares, 61; Lyn Quadero, 21; Diolola Fostanes, 36; and Daniel Sincero, 45, were seated at the rear of the Rural Transit Bus where the improvised explosive device was planted.

Have you ever heard of managers barking out this cliché? “Don’t just work harder, work smarter!”

A year after Super Typhoon Yolanda battered the country, close to a million people are still living in inadequate shelters and having a hard time finding jobs and livelihood, a humanitarian group said.

MANILA, Philippines – Faced with public frustration over the progress of rebuilding areas ravaged a year ago today by Super Typhoon Yolanda, President Aquino said yesterday the government is doing its best to speed up the process and make sure everything is done right.

At this point, most people are getting a little blasé about the employee benefits and perks that now come out of Silicon Valley companies and the tech industry: free food, free massages, concierge services to do your bidding, bike repairs, hair care, and more. Even traditional employee benefits like health insurance coverage and retirement plans…

“I remember how scared everyone was,” says Marina Delubio, a resident of Barangay 88, one of the biggest suburbs of Tacloban City. “We were clinging to the rafters of our semi-concrete house but it sounded like the fury of the winds and the tsunami-like waves were still going to take us all away. My family…

MANILA – Labor Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz and other labor officials, together with the eco-park’s administration, recently unveiled a marker at the entrance of the Luisita Industrial Park (LIP) which reads: “This is a Labor Law compliant Eco-Zone”.

Inequality is one of the key challenges of our time. Income inequality specifically is one of the most visible aspects of a broader and more complex issue, one that entails inequality of opportunity and extends to gender, ethnicity, disability, and age, among others. Ranking second in last year’s Outlook, it was identified as the most…

Here are more bits and pieces from the report of MTR HK on the condition of our MRT 3. Speed restriction of 45kph was currently imposed for safety reason. The growth of passenger capacity in 2015 will increase train loading as well as increase trend of broken rail failure, if no systematic plan to restore…

If you have been watching the business news channels on cable you couldn’t have missed the excitement over softening international oil prices. The same message was reinforced by energy expert Daniel Yergin, whose well attended lecture at the Makati Shang last Tuesday examined the future of energy.

MANILA, Philippines – Ethanol production in the country remains scarce, leaving oil firms no choice but to import overseas to comply with the government’s E10 requirement for gasoline, according to a study by a United Nations arm.

Overseas Filipino workers in Saudi Arabia may finally benefit from better working conditions provided in a labor pact signed by the Philippines and Saudi Arabia last year, after the Saudi Cabinet gave the agreement its nod this week.

QUEZON CITY, 7 NOV. (PIA)–The Department of Labor & Employment (DOLE) awards workplaces who exemplified the new breed of establishments that are always mindful of the health and safety of their workers.

MANILA – The Philippines is seen to benefit the least from trade and investment cooperation among ASEAN nations, a Korean trade expert said. Park Bun Soon, a professor at Hongik University in Seoul, said the Philippines’ trade with other ASEAN countries accounted for only 19.1 percent of its total trade.

MANILA, Philippines–Despite the healthy growth seen over the past several years, the Philippines’ overall economic performance in the last three decades has remained “poor” compared to other member states of the Asean as it continued to lag behind its neighbors in terms of growth rates, trade relations and investments.

MANILA, Philippines – The solid pace of the country’s economic growth is at risk from the critical energy supply, a global energy expert said in a forum organized by the American Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines.