Monthly Archives: March 2015

A press release from the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) on the minimum wage last Monday brought me back to a vigorous debate among my economist friends in the Foundation for Economic Freedom (FEF). The debate was so heated that fraternity brothers were accusing each other of being less than academically adequate even…

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on Wednesday announced the approval of a P15-wage hike in Metro Manila, Radyo Inquirer 990AM said.

Will the ASEAN integration and its promise of better opportunities keep highly-skilled Filipinos from leaving the Philippines? MANILA, Philippines – When it comes to the ASEAN economic integration, it is said the Philippines has competitive advantage in its highly-skilled workers “capable of working in every corner of the world.”

THE SOCIAL Weather Station survey citing that 4-million Pinoys are crime victims in 2014 alone sounds realistic. And this statistic could be lower or higher depending on the incidents being reported by different police units in the countryside.

Horrible bosses come in all shapes and sizes. You can probably think of a few previous bosses you’ve had the (dis)pleasure to work for. According to a recent poll of 2,700 respondents at Monster.com, more than one in three consider their boss to be “horrible” (38 percent) and 54 percent of respondents gave their boss…

To discourage the abuse of household helpers in Saudi Arabia, the Kingdom’s labor ministry is cooking up a shame campaign that places abusive employers and recruitment offices in a black list.

KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, March 17 (PIA) — The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is now crafting a joint department order that would set rules and regulations on employment and working conditions of fishers employed in vessels engaged in commercial fishing.

OUR country is a signatory to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. We have enough laws against child labor. And yet the worst forms of child labor can still be found in many parts of the country today, according to a recent European Commission-funded study.

To solve important problems, we need diversity in the organization, said our global chairman. Talking about gender diversity, it was a source of laughter among my colleagues when I said that in the Philippines, the gender diversity issue is the other way around: the male species is emasculated by the females in the profession, and…

The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines, the largest group of labor federations in partnership Bayanko, a non-partisan crowdsourcing movement is for a complete overhaul of politics and government in the country.

I believe the time is right.. Who would have thought that I will now be a graduate of BSED Mathematics? My batch mates graduated from college 6 years ago. It took me 11 years to finally finish college. I actually thought I would never see myself wearing a TOGA again. My parents can send me…

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THE LARGEST Philippine pension fund wants to increase the amount it can invest in stocks as returns from bonds shrink.

Statement of Secretary of Labor and Employment Rosalinda Baldoz On the results of the January 2015 Labor Force Survey [Released on March 12, 2015] The results of the January 2015 Labor Force Survey of the Philippine Statistics Authority encourage us greatly at the Department of Labor and Employment to continue to strengthen our various employment…

THE LARGEST Philippine pension fund wants to increase the amount it can invest in stocks as returns from bonds shrink.

My comments last week on the country’s high growth performance emphasized the role of luck and the importance of international perception on economic prospects. Good perception creates a positive outlook.

MANILA, Philippines – Malacañang said yesterday efforts to decongest the ports were progressing and that importers and forwarders were now being urged to reduce trucking rates back to where they were prior to the congestion.

MANILA, Philippines – Philippine stocks faltered yesterday as earlier fears about a sooner-than-expected US interest rate hike resurfaced.

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Finance is strongly urging Congress to immediately pass the Tax Incentives Management and Transparency Act (TIMTA) to bring Philippine fiscal policy into the 21st century and attract more companies to do business.

MANILA – Some 39,000 teachers and 14,000 non-teaching acedemic personnel will lose their jobs over a span of five years in the “worst case scenario” as the Department of Education fully implements the K to 12 education program, DepEd Secretary Bro. Armin Luistro said Wednesday.

MANILA, Philippines–Long-term foreign investments in the Philippines rose last year to its highest level in history as the country reaped the benefits of its recent turnaround into one of the region’s growth leaders.

MANILA, Philippines (Xinhua) – In 2014, the Philippines registered an all-time record of $6.2 billion in inflows of foreign direct investment (FDI) in what economic managers described as a clear indication that the country is well on the road to higher growth this year.

Get together with old classmates, old colleagues, and old friends: The author Letty Lopez with some old college classmates on a fun trip to Vigan. It’s a check list that no one has taken seriously or, worse, has been forgotten:

MANILA, Philippines – Nearly nine out of 10 Filipino consumers do their shopping online, based on a study commissioned by Visa International. The Visa eCommerce Consumer Monitor 2014 also reveals that the top reasons for online shopping are convenience (58 percent), price (47 percent), and deals (46 percent).

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Mercury is a silvery metal in liquid form. It is found in many products such as medical devices, light bulbs, batteries, and dental fillings.

MANILA, Philippines – Malacañang yesterday joined the world in celebrating the annual International Women’s Day by recognizing the importance of women in nation-building.

FIRST a minimum wage, then a mandatory quota for women on corporate boards—and this just in the first few months of 2015. Germany’s grand-coalition government, which includes the centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Christian Social Union (CSU) as well as the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD), has been busily reforming the labour market. Now a…

Around one quarter of foreign domestic workers surveyed have poor mental health: HOME – Less than half are given weekly days off More than 2 out of every 10 foreign domestic workers (24%) who were surveyed in a new research by the Humanitarian Organisation for Migration Economics (HOME) suffer from poor mental health. This is…

Women, Business and the Law 2014: Removing Restrictions To Enhance Gender Equality finds that while 42 economies reduced legal differences between women and men, 128 out of 143 economies studied still impose legal differences on the basis of gender in at least one of the report’s key indicators. The report also identifies 48 law and…