Monthly Archives: April 2015

Not so special

Published by rudy Date posted on April 4, 2015

The world is awash with free-trade zones and their offshoots. Many are not worth the effort WHEN the first modern free-trade zone was established at Shannon airport in 1959, few outside Ireland paid much attention. Now everyone seems to be an admirer of “special economic zones” (SEZs) that offer a combination of tax-and-tariff incentives, streamlined…

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Philippine economy to lead Asean growth: IMF

Published by rudy Date posted on April 3, 2015

The Philippine economy will be Southeast Asia’s growth leader this year on the back of more aggressive government spending, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

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Where is the world’s greenest city?

Published by rudy Date posted on April 2, 2015

Bristol is the ‘green capital’ of Europe, but its predecessor Copenhagen comes top in a Europe-wide index. Curitiba, San Francisco and Singapore all have strong eco-friendly claims too – so what’s the best way to compare cities’ greenness?

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Migration and Remittances in Asia and the Pacific

Published by rudy Date posted on April 2, 2015
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Concern over rise in HIV infections in the Philippines

Published by rudy Date posted on April 2, 2015

According to a UNAIDS report, new incidents of HIV infections around the world halved between the years 2001 and 2011. But in the Philippines, the number of new infections has risen by 25 per cent.

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COA: DepEd wasted P608-M books due to K to 12

Published by rudy Date posted on April 2, 2015

MANILA – The 16,296,231 textbooks that the Department of Education (DepEd) bought for P608.7 million for its school year 2011-2012 textbook replenishment project under the old curriculum have become obsolete because of the shift to the K to 12 program.

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Flexible curriculum

Published by rudy Date posted on April 2, 2015

The Department of Education (DepEd) does not believe that “one size fits all.” If you read the curriculum guides on its website, as well as the DepEd orders relevant to the curriculum, you will see that the government has taken a lot of pains to allow individual public and private schools to tailor their curriculum…

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Do structural reforms only pay off in the long term?

Published by rudy Date posted on April 1, 2015

Professor Nicholas Barr of LSE used to kick off his public economics lectures by illustrating cases of what he facetiously named ‘pub economics’, defined as something that everyone knows to be true, but is not. In his lectures, examples of these misconceptions were the notion that free university education would unequivocally lead to improved access…

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BPO sector coping well with wage hikes – lawmaker

Published by rudy Date posted on April 1, 2015

MANILA, Philippines – Pasig City Rep. Roman Romulo yesterday said he expected the business process outsourcing (BPO) sector to cope well with “reasonable wage increases.”

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656,284 join labor force this year

Published by rudy Date posted on April 1, 2015

MANILA, Philippines – Over half a million college graduates are expected to join the labor force at the end of the academic year.

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April 2025

World Day for Safety and Health at Work
“Safety and health at work every day!”

Invoke Article 33 of the ILO constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar to carry out the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry recommendations against serious violations of Forced Labour and Freedom of Association protocols.
Accept National Unity Government
(NUG) of Myanmar.
Reject Military!
#WearMask #WashHands #Distancing #TakePicturesVideos

Time to support & empower survivors. Time to spark a global conversation. Time for #GenerationEquality to #orangetheworld!

Monthly Observances:

March – Women’s Role in History Month
April – Month of Planet Earth

Weekly Observances:
Last Week of March: Protection and Gender Fair Treatment of the Girl Child Week
Last Week of April – World Immunization Week

Daily Observances:
Mar 25 – International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transallantic Slave Trade
Mar 27– Earth Hour
Apr 21 – Civil Service Day
Apr 22 – World Earth Day
Apr 28 – World Day for Safety and Health at Work

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