Monthly Archives: February 2022

24 Feb 2022 – NTUC Phl picks LENI and KIKO as its presidential and vice presidential bets.

Published by rudy Date posted on February 25, 2022

  In its meeting on 23 February, the NTUC Phl General Council picked LENI ROBREDO and KIKO PANGILINAN as its candidates for president and vice president in the May 2022 elections. The criteria for selection: committed to our labor agenda; track record of supporting labor, trade unions, farmers, educators, sectors, and advocacies; COVID-19 response; human rights…

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TUCP endorses Marcos-Duterte tandem

Published by rudy Date posted on February 21, 2022

Mayen Jaymalin, Ralph Edwin Villanueva – The Philippine Star February 21, 2022 | 12:00am MANILA, Philippines — The country’s largest group is endorsing the UniTeam tandem of presidential aspirant Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and vice presidential candidate Sara Duterte-Carpio. Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) president Raymond Mendoza said the trade group chose to endorse…

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21 Feb 2022 – ILO pushes more social protection as COVID-19 wanes

Published by rudy Date posted on February 21, 2022

Louise Maureen Simeon – The Philippine Star February 21, 2022 | 12:00am MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines should double it’s effort in boosting social protection programs, especially for informal workers, as the pandemic is slowly nearing its end, according to the International Labor Organization (ILO). The COVID-19 pandemic has shown the need for social protection…

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Sex trafficking sans intercourse

Published by rudy Date posted on February 21, 2022

By Persida Acosta, Manila Times February 21, 2022 300 Dear PAO, I have a 19-year-old neighbor who was persuaded by a certain adult to have sexual intercourse with the latter’s “friend” in exchange for money. When my neighbor refused, this adult asked him to have sexual contact instead with his (my neighbor’s) friend who was…

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2 get life terms, P4.6 million fine for online child sex trafficking

Published by rudy Date posted on February 20, 2022

Ranier Allan Ronda – The Philippine Star February 20, 2022 | 12:00am In a decision dated Feb. 15, Pasig Regional Trial Court Branch 262 Judge Joy Casihan-Dumlao found Victor Amarillo and Marjorie Imson guilty of two counts of illegal trafficking in persons and two counts of child pornography for sexually abusing the two girls in…

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Tulfo, Cayetano, Legarda top Pulse Senate survey

Published by rudy Date posted on February 15, 2022

Tulfo, Cayetano, Legarda top Pulse Senate survey Cecille Suerte Felipe, Jose Rodel Clapano – The Philippine Star February 15, 2022 | 12:00am MANILA, Philippines — Broadcaster Raffy Tulfo, Taguig Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano and Deputy Speaker Loren Legarda have topped Pulse Asia’s latest pre-election senatorial survey. The poll, conducted from Jan. 19-24, showed Tulfo garnering…

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19 Jan 2022 – Millionaires join non-profits in call for wealth tax

Published by rudy Date posted on February 14, 2022

Philstar.com, January 19, 2022 PARIS — A wealth tax on the world’s richest people could raise at least $2.52 trillion per year, enough to fund COVID vaccines for everyone and lift billions out of poverty, groups including non-profits and millionaires said Wednesday. The proposal from a network of NGOs, social movements and pro-tax millionaires follows…

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14 Feb 2022 – DOLE to workers: File raps vs ‘red-taggers’

Published by rudy Date posted on February 14, 2022

Mayen Jaymalin – The Philippine Star February 14, 2022 | 12:00am MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) yesterday advised workers and trade groups anew to file criminal complaints against those who “red-tag” them.

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SSS to refund P105 million pension loan payments

Published by rudy Date posted on February 13, 2022

Elijah Felice Rosales – The Philippine Star February 13, 2022 | 12:00am MANILA, Philippines — State-run Social Security System (SSS) is extending P105 million in refunds to more than 25,000 borrowers as part of measures to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The pension fund manager said that it has started refunding one to…

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ADB considers RCEP beneficial to BPO sector; says not too late to join

Published by rudy Date posted on February 9, 2022

February 9, 2022 | 8:57 pm THE outsourcing industry is poised to benefit from the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) trade deal, with opportunities still likely available even with a delayed start, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said. “RCEP includes two chapters that are very relevant for digitalization,” ADB Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Department…

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We must join RCEP

Published by rudy Date posted on February 3, 2022

By: Peter Wallace – @inquirerdotnetPhilippine Daily Inquirer / 05:03 AM February 03, 2022 Let me repeat it, we must join the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP). Everybody else has. We can’t continue to be last in damn near everything we do in Asia. The only opposition to doing so is coming from the agricultural sector…

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December – Month of Overseas Filipinos

“National treatment for migrant workers!”

 

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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