MANILA, Philippines – Strong ties between learning institutions, local government units and private companies in developing technical-vocational education and training (TVET) programs is key to providing better employment opportunities for underprivileged youth, according to an official of a leading tech-voc school in the country.
MANILA, Philippines – Barangay officials and health workers are now covered by the Philippine Health Insurance (PhilHealth) in the P2.606-trillion national budget the House of Representatives approved last week, Negros Occidental Rep. Alfredo Benitez said yesterday.
SAFETY LAST: The Department of Transportation and Communications appears to be compromising public safety while covering up for the poor maintenance of the Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT3) running on EDSA.
(Reuters) – Euro zone business growth picked up less than expected in October despite another, deeper round of price cuts, according to surveys that are unlikely to ease simmering tensions among the bloc’s central bankers.
It had been a while since the private owners of MRT 3 commissioned MTR HK to conduct a study on the true state of the system. The study had long been pushed off by DOTC and I suppose they finally agreed to do it only after a series of almost daily accidents happened.
Why a Services Trade Restrictiveness Index (STRI) Trade in services drives the exchange of ideas, know-how and technology. It helps firms cut costs, increase productivity, participate in global value chains and boost competitiveness. Consumers benefit from lower prices and greater choice.
PARIS – People who work shifts for 10 years or more may suffer loss of memory and brain power, said a study Tuesday that also warned of safety concerns in high-risk jobs.
Now that the Federal Reserve has brought its program of quantitative easing to a successful conclusion, while the French and German governments have ended their shadow-boxing over European budget “rules,” macroeconomic policy all over the world is entering a period of unusual stability and predictability. Rightly or wrongly, the main advanced economies have reached a…
MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and the Philippine embassy in Copenhagen should investigate a report from a Danish labor union that nine out of 10 au pairs complaining of abuse from their host families in Denmark are Filipinas, Vice President Jejomar Binay said yesterday.
Here are three pieces of advice for your job interview: put your best foot forward, make a good first impression, look your interviewer in the eye.
The number of Filipinos who use modern contraception methods rose by about 209,000 in 2013, according to an international progress report on family planning.
A new study reports that nearly half of U.S. moms are their households’ main earners. Breadwinner moms in the United States make up nearly half of households’ major earners or are on par income-wise with their significant others, according to a new study.
Hundreds of Filipino domestic workers abroad will soon undergo skills assessment to secure a national certificate (NC) that will allow them to look for better jobs.
Leadership is never easy. People desire positions of high leadership without knowing the many challenges that accompany such titles. Most people equate leadership with high positions, but this is not quite the case and I do have an explanation for this.
In the phrase “inclusive growth,” the key word is “inclusive,” not “growth.” Unless economic growth is inclusive, meaning that it benefits the lower classes, let us not make so much propaganda about it.
MANILA, Philippines—The Department of Justice’s Office of Cybercrime (DOJ-OOC) has asked the Supreme Court anew to create special courts to handle litigation of crimes committed online amid the worsening incidence of cases such as child pornography, sextortion and other abuses through the Internet.
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