Monthly Archives: March 2018

7 girls, 3 women rescued from sex ring MANILA, Philippines — At least 10 females, seven of them minors, were rescued from a prostitution ring based in a hotel in Tondo, Manila Wednesday night.

GENEVA (ILO News) – Women are less likely to participate in the labour market than men and are more likely to be unemployed in most parts of the world, says a new study by the International Labour Organization (ILO) released on the eve of International Women’s Day (marked on 8 March.)

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by Dr. Travis Bradberry, Nov 15, 2017 Procrastination affects everyone. It sneaks up on most people when they’re tired or bored, but for some, procrastination can be a full-fledged addiction. They avoid all day the work that is right in front of them, only to go home and toil late into the night, frantically trying…

By: Doris Dumlao-Abadilla – Reporter, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Mar 08, 2018 With an estimated net worth of $20 billion, SM founder Henry Sy Sr. remains the richest among the tycoons from the Philippines who made it to Forbes magazine’s latest annual list of the wealthiest people on the planet.

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The number of “core violations” of labor rules doubled at suppliers, many of which were new to Apple’s supply chain. BY STEVEN MUSIL, Mar 7, 2018 Apple uncovered a higher number of serious labor and human rights rules violations at its supplier facilities in 2017, the company said Wednesday in its annual audit of its…

With International Women’s Day just around the corner and the looming mandatory gender pay gap reporting deadline in April, the topic of encouraging female talent in the workforce is more prevalent than ever.

By Charles R. Pepito, Businessmirror, Mar 7, 2018 CONCERNED over sightings of child laborers in Bogo City and Medellin town in Cebu, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE 7) in the region will have work places where children were seen, inspected.

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by Leo Udtohan, Inquirer, Mar 7, 2018 TAGBILARAN CITY—Rescuers found on Wednesday the bodies of the two workers buried alive in a landslide at a quarry site at the foot of the mountain in Sitio San Isidro in Barangay Candabong in Anda town, Bohol province.

by Ben O. de Vera, Inquirer, Mar 7, 2018 Jobless rate declined to 5.3 percent although the number of underemployed increased in January amid the growing labor force population in the country, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Wednesday.

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By Amy B Wang, Mar 7, 2018 In a move that can only be described as utterly Canadian, hundreds of doctors in Quebec are protesting their pay raises, saying they already make too much money. As of Wednesday afternoon, more than 700 physicians, residents and medical students from the Canadian province had signed an online…

by Ador Mayol, Nestle Semilla, Mar 6, 2018 CEBU CITY—The Office of the Building Official (OBO) in Cebu City immediately ordered the suspension of all projects undertaken by J.E. Abraham C. Lee Construction and Development Inc. following the collapse of its bunkhouse, which housed more than 160 construction workers in Barangay Lahug on Tuesday.

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by Daxim L. Lucas, Inquirer, Mar 6, 2018 It may get worse before it gets better. The central bank on Tuesday said that the pace of increases in the prices of goods and services in the country will likely remain high for the rest of the year before normalizing in 2019 once so-called “transitory effects”…

by Maila Ager, Inquirer, Mar 6, 2018 Two women were reportedly harassed every day in the country’s capital, Senator Risa Hontiveros revealed on Tuesday, citing police records.

By CNN Philippines Staff, Mar 6, 2018 Around 154 people were sleeping inside the steel bunk house along Archbishop Avenue, Brgy. Lahug, Cebu City when it collapsed. Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, March 6) — Five people died after a bunkhouse of a construction firm collapsed in Barangay Lahug, Cebu City early Tuesday morning.

By: Cielito F. Habito, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Mar 06, 2018 I’m told that in public gatherings assembled by the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and local government units, audiences are practically being promised heaven under a federal form of government, with hardly any serious effort to explain how or why. In a…

Forrester examines the productivity paradox and how technology will impact the workforce. By Forrester Research and J.P. Gownder | March 6, 2018 One of today’s biggest opportunities for IT to make an impact is by automating business processes, manufacturing, repetitive tasks, and more. We delve into examples and best practices.

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AFP News, Mar 5, 2018 Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who made his fortune selling financial data, has given more than a billion dollars since 2007 to curb global tobacco use, which claims nearly seven million lives every year.

by Vince F. Nonato, Inquirer, Mar 5, 2018 The Sandiganbayan will proceed with the graft and reckless imprudence trial of the general manager of Kentex Manufacturing Corp., which burned down in May 2015, killing 74 people, mostly workers of the slipper factory in Valenzuela City.

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