Monthly Archives: October 2015

HK raises minimum pay, food allowance for domestic helpers

Published by rudy Date posted on October 1, 2015

The new levels of the minimum allowable wage and food allowance will apply to all foreign domestic helper contracts signed on or after October 1

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Philippines pledges 70% carbon emissions cut by 2030

Published by rudy Date posted on October 1, 2015

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines submitted to the United Nations on Thursday its initial commitments to address climate change including a 70-percent reduction of carbon emissions by 2030.

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DOLE denies Human Rights Watch report on Philippine child labor

Published by rudy Date posted on October 1, 2015

MANILA, Philippines – Reports that the government has failed to implement laws against child labor are baseless, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said yesterday.

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Is APEC stepping stone for Philippines’ inclusive growth?

Published by rudy Date posted on October 1, 2015

With just about one more month to go before the heads of 21 member-countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) meet in Metro Manila, the atmosphere in the metro is slowly getting into the frenzy of preparations for the two-day event.

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Women in the workplace

Published by rudy Date posted on October 1, 2015

Women remain underrepresented across organizations—especially at senior levels of leadership—a new survey by LeanIn.Org and McKinsey finds. September 2015 From entry level to the C-suite, women are underrepresented at US corporations, less likely to advance than men, and face more barriers to senior leadership. In fact, at the rate of progress of the past three…

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Why PH has 2nd highest income tax in ASEAN

Published by rudy Date posted on October 1, 2015

Come ASEAN integration by yearend, the Philippines will have the most uninviting tax system in the region MANILA, Philippines – The 19-year-old personal and corporate income tax systems of the Philippines are the “most uninviting and out of date” among the Association of the Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) economies, several economists said.

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April – Month of Planet Earth

“Full speed to renewables!”

 

Continuing
Solidarity with CTU Myanmar,
trade unions around the world,
for democracy in Myanmar,
with the daily protests of
people in Myanmar against
the military coup and
continuing oppression.

 

Accept National Unity Government
(NUG) of Myanmar.
Reject Military!

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