Monthly Archives: April 2019

by Rudy Santos (The Philippine Star), Apr 21, 2019 MANILA, Philippines — Two chefs who were duped into working at a restaurant in Lagos, Nigeria arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 1 last night.

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Woman held for online trafficking Emmanuel Tupas (The Philippine Star) – April 18, 2019 – 12:00am MANILA, Philippines — Police arrested in Mandaue City, Cebu yesterday a 45-year-old woman who allegedly offered her daughters to online traffickers. The International Justice Mission (IJM) said the suspect was transmitting sexually explicit photos of her daughters, aged six…

by Richard Feloni, Apr 19, 2019 Gupta said that the fissuring of the economy remains overlooked, and that labor policies need to catch up. She believes this time of economic transformation is opening an opportunity for bringing more workers to the table to discuss how these changes unfold, which will ultimately benefit companies’ profits. Sarita…

Twelve workers were killed, three workers were injured and three missing in eight serious workplace incidents in the Philippines in January – March 2019 – an NTUC Philippines compilation of media reports show. Most of those killed were in Mining (five) and Construction (four).  

  MANILA, Philippines — Ports tycoon Enrique Razon is in talks with the creditor banks of Hanjin for the possibility of taking over the shipyard of the bankrupt shipping construction giant. “We’re still making presentations to the banks. We’re developing a masterplan for Hanjin.” Razon told reporters yesterday on the sidelines of the annual stockholders…

Skills Every Call Center Agent Should Know To Have An Effective Communication With Customers Fred Chua  – December 17, 2018 To have an effective communication with customers, businesses and brands need to know what their customers want. In many cases, customers have an ideal customer experience where they would deal with the company seamlessly. For…

  28 November 2018 — Participants in the National Trade Union Center (NTUC Philippines) one-day workshop on “Strengthening the Campaign for an ILO Convention and Planning Enterprise Level Campaigns on GBV in the World of Work” in Quezon City on 21 November 2018, identified and  pledged to push wide-ranging activities against gender-based violence (GBV) at…

by Emmanuel Tupas (The Philippine Star), Apr 18, 2019 MANILA, Philippines — Police arrested in Mandaue City, Cebu yesterday a 45-year-old woman who allegedly offered her daughters to online traffickers.

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by Ian Nicolas Cigaral, (Philstar.com), Apr 17, 2019 MANILA, Philippines — More short-term portfolio investments exited than entered the Philippines in March, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas reported Wednesday.

Workers will get compensation for work cancelled last minute, and bosses will be made to pay workers for mandatory training, among other rights by Jon Stone Brussels, Apr 17, 2019 The European parliament has approved new minimum rights for workers in so-called “gig economy” jobs such as Uber drivers and Deliveroo riders.

by Anna Felicia Bajo/BM, GMA News, Apr 17, 2019 The Australian Embassy in the Philippines has launched a program that aims to help protect children in the Philippines from online exploitation, abuse, and violence.

by Gabriel Cardinoza, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Apr 16, 2019 DAGUPAN CITY — Authorities on Tuesday rescued 22 fish cage workers from their employers in Sual town in Pangasinan province.

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by BBC, Apr 15, 2019 The Chinese billionaire and co-founder of the online shopping giant Alibaba has continued to argue for a 9am to 9pm working day, and a six-day week. The Chinese billionaire and co-founder of the online shopping giant Alibaba has continued to argue for a 9am to 9pm working day, and a…

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Computer technician gets life term for online trafficking in Pampanga Jun A. Malig Published 1:40 PM, April 13, 2019, Updated 1:41 PM, April 13, 2019 ANGELES CITY, Philippines – A Pampanga court has sentenced a 26-year-old computer technician to life imprisonment for acting as a co-conspirator in online sexual exploitation of children in this city.…

By staff | April 14, 2019 New York, NY – Forty activists gathered on Friday, April 12, at The People’s Forum in New York City for an event on the Philippines labor movement hosted by BAYAN USA and Mission to End Modern Day Slavery. The program, titled, “Breaking the Chains: A Sharing on the Philippines…

by KATH M. CORTEZ, Apr 14, 2019 COMPOSTELA VALLEY, Philippines – Red flags are still waving high as hundreds of banana workers remained on strike against the giant Japanese banana firm for its unfair labor practices and the company’s push for government’s immediate intervention on different attacks against the striking workers.

Judge Katrina Nora Buan-Factora does not give merit to the defense of Christian Chaneco that he just did his job as a computer technician and acted upon the order of his clients by Jun A. Malig, Rappler, Apr 13, 2019 ANGELES CITY, Philippines – A Pampanga court has sentenced a 26-year-old computer technician to life…

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by Vito Barcelo and Maricel V. Cruz, Manila Standard, Apr 12, 2019 A Philippine Statistics Authority official on Thursday defended the P10,481 estimated minimum budget needed by a family of five to survive in a month.

By: Ronnel W. Domingo, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Apr 12, 2019 The growth in Philippine-bound investments and tourist arrivals from mainland China is expected to help keep the domestic real estate sector along an upward trajectory in 2019, based on positive positions across segments seen so far in the first quarter.

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By: Neil Arwin Mercado, INQUIRER.net, Apr 11, 2019 MANILA, Philippines — Private sector employees can now opt to work outside their workplace using telecommunications and computer technologies, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said Thursday.