Workers assured of PH investment vitality amid worries over Trump’s win
By Samuel Medenilla, Manila Bulletin, November 11, 2016
The Department of Labor and Employment allayed the fears of some Filipino workers that the recent win of U.S. president-elect Donald Trump will lead to mass displacement.
Labor and employment secretary Silvestre Bello III expressed confidence that the country will remain an attractive destination for U.S. investments even during the Trump administration due to the reforms implemented by President Rodrigo Duterte.
He said Duterte’s campaign to maintain peace and order and stamp out corruption has created the conducive climate for businesses to thrive.
“The president has provided all the business establishments, local and foreign, the right climate for the conduct of the business,” Bello told reporters in an interview. “They did not come here to be involved in politics.”
For them as long as the climate is there for the conduct of their business they will stay.”
Bello added that American investors will come and stay here “as long as we continue to provide them with a lower cost, better atmosphere and safer atmosphere.”
DOLE made the assurance amid concerns that Trump’s win will lead to the pullout of U.S. investments in the business process outsourcing (BPO) industry, now one of the country’s top employment-generating sectors.
Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) administrator Hans Cacdac, for his part, cautioned about prematurely determining the impact of Trump’s win on the employment prospects of overseas Filipino workers.
“We need to first find out the policies of President Trump by coordinating with our embassy in the U.S., DFA (Department of Foreign Affairs), and the U.S. government… It is still to early to speculate,” Cacdac said.
In case Trump’s labor policy affects some OFWs, National Reintegration Center for OFWs director Chona Mantilla said the government is ready to assist them on employment placement and skills training.
“The mechanism is already there and is already being implemented by government agencies,” Mantilla said.
September 18 –
International Equal Pay Day
“Increase wages now,
more than other cost items.
For widespread, practical equality!”
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO Constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar
to carry out the recommendations of the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry
against serious violations of protocols of
Forced Labour and Freedom of Association.
Accept the National Unity Government (NUG)
of Myanmar. Reject Military!
#WearMask #WashHands
#Report Corruption #SearchPosts #TakePicturesVideos
October –
Monthly Observances:
Industry and Commerce Safety Month
National Statistics Month
Local Government Month
Consumer Welfare Month
Cooperative Month
National Quality and Productivity Improvement Month
National Health and Wellness Tourism Month
National Indigenous Peoples Month
Weekly Observances:
Week 1: Elderly Filipino Week
Week 2: National Health Education Week
Local Government Week
National Mental Health Week
October 17-23:
National Week for Overcoming Extreme Poverty
October 18 – 24:
United Nations Week
Last Week:
Nurses’ Week
Consumers’ Protection Week
Week of the 4th Sunday:
Barrio Farmers’ Week
Daily Observances:
First Monday (Oct 4): Universal Children’s Day i
n the Philippines
Oct 5: National Teachers’ Day
Oct 10: Local Government Day
Third Thursday (Oct 14): Conflict Resolution Day
Oct 21: Tenants’ Emancipation day
Oct 24: United Nations Day
Oct 29: National Indigenous People’s Thanksgiving Day
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo.
