By Melissa Luz T. Lopez, Reporter, June 07, 2016, http://www.bworldonline.com/content.php?section=Finance&title=credit-card-companies-putting-up-debt-restructuring-program&id=128647 The Credit Card Association of the Philippines (CCAP) yesterday launched the Interbank Debt Relief Program (IDRP) geared towards offering longer repayment periods or cheaper interest rates for highly indebted cardholders.
By ANNE FISHER, Jun 7, 2016 Despite last Friday’s dismal official employment numbers, the job market may be a lot healthier than it looks. A new study from CareerBuilder and its analytics arm, EMSI, says employment in 1 out of 3 U.S. industries is about to take off.
By Mayen Jaymalin (The Philippine Star), June 6, 2016, http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2016/06/06/1590568/philippine-starts-deployment-maids-japan MANILA, Philippines – Filipino household service workers are set be sent to Japan. Administrator Hans Cacdac of the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration said they have issued the necessary implementing rules and regulations governing the hiring of Filipino household service workers in Japan.
by MARIA PATRICIA C. BORROMEO, June 6, 2016, http://davaotoday.com/main/human-rights/dole-identifies-only-%E2%80%8B398-child-laborers-in-davao-region/ DAVAO CITY — The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has identified only 398 child laborers in Davao Region, a sharp drop from the estimate of 114,000 in 2011.
by Samuel Medenilla, Manila Bulletin, June 5, 2016, http://www.mb.com.ph/limited-deployment-of-hsws-to-japan-approved/ The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) issued its new implementing rules and regulations (IRR) recently on the deployment of Filipino household service workers (HSW) to Japan.
Written by Jomo Kwame Sundaram, Assistant Director-General and Coordinator for Economic and Social Development, Food and Agriculture Organization, United Nations, https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/06/who-would-the-tpp-really-benefit/?utm_content=buffer163e9&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement is being portrayed as a boon for all 12 of the countries involved. But opposition to the agreement may be the only issue that the remaining US presidential candidates can agree…
Sept 5 – Oct 5
National Teachers Month
“Pay teachers decent wages,
Pay attention to teachers!”
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!
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#Report Corruption #SearchPosts #TakePicturesVideos
September
Monthly Observances:
Health, Safety, and Sanitation Month
Clean-up Month
Civil Service Month
National Peace Consciousness Month
Social Security Month
Rule of Law Month
National Teachers’ Month (Sept 5-Oct 5)
Weekly Observances:
Sept 17 – 23:
World Clean and Green Week
Week 2: Education Week
Week 4: Medicine Week
Last Week: Family Week
Daily Observances:
Third Saturday: International Coastal Clean-up Day
Third Monday: World Health Day
Last Friday: National Maritime Day
Sept 8: National Literacy Day
Sept 15: Philippine Medicine Day
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