IN our last conversation, we focused on the first two education priorities of Asean 2015. What we suggested were a mix of Asean-related activities in and outside formal classes, extending our reach to our various communities through civic engagement. Also as academics, that we enhance our scholarship on the Filipino through literature written by Filipinologists….

SOME of the cargo coming from and/or leaving the port of Manila should be diverted to two other facilities located in the North and South of the Philippine capital, a state-run think tank said in a policy note. The Philippine Institute of Development Studies (PIDS) made this recommendation in a policy note as part of…

Whatever you may have heard to the contrary, Chip Wilson is not an idiot. The founder and former CEO and Chairman of Lululemon Atheltica is, in point of fact, a highly successful entrepreneur, philanthropist, innovator, and self-made billionaire. Idiots are very rarely any of those things. But a 2013 Bloomberg TV interview with him and…

MANILA, Philippines – Many among those suffering from sexually transmitted diseases come from broken families, an official from the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) said yesterday. In an interview over Radio Veritas, CBCP-Episcopal Commission on Health Care (ECHC) executive secretary Fr. Dan Vicente Cancino said the “less than ideal” setup in families may…

MANILA, Philippines — A Filipina won a Canadian $55,000 (almost P2 million) award from the human rights tribunal of British Columbia, which found she had been held as a “virtual slave” and subjected to sexual assault and other abuses by members of the Hong Kong family that had hired her as a nanny.

Alarmed with the rising number of cases of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which could lead to the deadly Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), an official of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines said that many people living with HIV/AIDS hail from “dysfunctional families.” In a report published on CBCP News on Wednesday, CBCP’s Episcopal…

Poor employment opportunities have driven approximately 10 millions Filipinos overseas to find decent jobs. In foreign lands they develop a broader worldview and gain experience that can prove useful when they return to their own land. This, however, doesn’t happen as often as it should. Many overseas Filipino workers often return home only for annual…

No matter how this administration tries to spin it, there’s no denying that the country’s economic growth is driven by the precious dollar remittances sent in by the millions of overseas Filipino workers deployed all over the world. Data from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas show that OFW remittances increased 5.8 percent to $24.3 billion…

THE COUNTRY could finally penetrate the upper rungs of key global competitiveness lists this year, starting with the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business report, following further simplification of procedures especially for entrepreneurs, public and private sector officials yesterday said in a briefing in Makati City. A memorandum of understanding was signed by representatives of…

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) sees a below-target growth for the Philippines next year, but raised its expectations for 2015. In its recently published World Economic Outlook (WEO) for April, the IMF said its 2016 growth projection for the Philippines is at 6.3 percent. This is lower than its earlier forecast of 6.4 percent, as…

MANILA, Philippines – The property market remains strong across all sectors as top developers continue to expand due to the sustained growth of the Philippines as well as the impending Asean economic integration. According to Pinnacle Real Estate Consulting Services Inc., the office space sector is robust due to demand from business process outsourcing (BPOs),…

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines could lose as much as $500 million worth of export revenues if local exporters and manufacturers fail to comply with the social audit requirements of importers. In a statement, the Philippine Exporters Confederation Inc. cited the Foreign Buyers Association of the Philippines (FOBAP) as saying the country could lose $500…

MANILA, Philippines – Congressmen yesterday urged the government to fill nearly 190,000 vacant positions in the entire bureaucracy. Isabela Rep. Rodolfo Albano lll said filling these jobs would reduce the number of jobless college graduates in the country. He said as far as he knew, the House of Representatives and the Senate had included funds…

DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/13 April) – The Department of Health (DOH) has raised a red flag for Davao City for being one of the six cities in the country to have high HIV prevalence rates. According to news reports, in a workshop last Thursday in Tarlac, Dr. Jose Gerard Belimac, program manager of the department’s National…

THE Commission on Human Rights (CHR)-Davao had recorded a decrease in human rights violation cases conducted by police officials for the first quarter of this year. Speaking on Monday’s Kapehan sa Dabaw at SM City Annex, CHR-Davao chief investigator Emiliano Cajes said that for this year, they have only recorded one case each against officials…

[three_fourth_last](CNN Philippines) — It’s been nearly three years since the government began implementing its K-12 educational reform program — but the policy continues to have its share of detractors.

By Gina G. Macabaya 06 May 2014, Baguio City. –TOPPS (Teachers Organization of the Philippine Public Sector) held its 5th Triennial Congress on 3-6 May 2014 in Baguio City. Some 58 TOPPS leaders and members from Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao attended the program. The congress started with a caucus on women facilitated by Sis Wilhelmina…

By Joseph Jovellanos 25 May 2014, Manila. –SMP-NATOW (Samahang Manggagawang Pilipino – National Alliance of Teachers and Office Workers) held its 13th National Convention and 43rd founding anniversary on 25-27 May 2013 in Manila, with the theme “United, Great, and Free”. Some 180 leaders and members from various education institutions and offices all over the…

08 April 2014, Manila. Forty-four leaders representing nine national labor federations, 26 enterprise-based unions in special economic zones and in the BPO industry, and workers in the informal economy gathered to commemorate the 2014 International Workers Memorial Day with the theme: “Unions Fight for Safety and Health at Work!” Led by the TUCP Women’s Committee,…

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Manila, 08 February 2014. –Over a hundred trade union leaders and activists called on DOLE to prioritize closing the gap between law and practice on workers’ freedom of association and collective bargaining in special economic zones (SEZs) in the Philippines. TUCP also called on the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) and zone locators to respect…

THE APPELLATE court has ruled former senator Ernesto F. Herrera is the rightful president of the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) in light of the intra-organization dispute within the country’s largest labor union. In a 32-page decision, the Court of Appeals’ (CA) seventh division said Mr. Herrera is TUCP’s president in a holdover…

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Some thirty labor leaders, representing 14 national and enterprise-level unions, urge employers and government to institute and accelerate productivity improvements, equitable profit and gain sharing schemes, and compliance with and respect for core labor standards. The call comes with union commitment to pursue social dialogue and constructive industrial relations in their respective workplaces. The call…

Tagbilaran City, Bohol, July 20, 2011 – True to their promise for renewed joint collaboration, Japanese and Filipino unions are continuing to support nationally-identified issues and concerns in the Philippines. As a follow up to 2011’s programon decent work and green jobs, this year’s activity (third of its kind since the program was launched in…

From more than a year of deadlock, the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) was finally signed between the management and Valle Verde Country Club Inc. Employees Union-LIKHA-TUCP. In the photo are (from left) General Manager Erlinda Tanjangco; Ernesto Villaluna, Valle Verde Country Club President; NCMB Conciliator-Mediator Angelita Narvaez; Bro. Jesus Villamor, Union President; Atty. Florante Yambot,…

ITUC-AP General Secretary Noriyuki Suzuki presents to Fmr. Senator and TUCP President Ernesto F. Herrera the formal Statement of ITUC and ITUC-AP endorsing the constitutional succession of Bro. Herrera to the TUCP presidency. In their respective speeches UNI-APRO General Secretary Christopher Ng (right of Bro. Herrera) and LO-FTF/Danish Trade Union Council Consultant Jens Aarup (left…