Child labor seen to rise

Published by rudy Date posted on June 16, 2008

MALOLOS CITY – Incidence of child labor in the country is seen to rise due to rising cost of living and prices of basic commodities, officials said during the annual celebration of World Day Against Child Labor at the Bulacan State University here Friday.

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Child workers

Published by rudy Date posted on June 15, 2008

DESPITE the government’s nationwide campaign against child exploitation, the Philippines is still teeming with child workers, who are forced to drop out of school not only in the countryside but also in Metropolitan Manila and other urban centers across the country.

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9,000 child workers return to school

Published by rudy Date posted on June 13, 2008

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) began yesterday the implementation of a four-year project aimed at providing free education to over 9,000 child workers in the country. This means that child workers nationwide can now look forward to a better future as they abandon their jobs and go back to school, labor officials said.

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Good news for child workers

Published by rudy Date posted on June 13, 2008

THE government will mark this year’s celebration of the World Day Against Child Labor with the implementation of a four-year project aimed at sending child workers to school, particularly in areas with high incidence of child labor.

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Willful disobedience

Published by rudy Date posted on June 12, 2008

One of the valid grounds for terminating employment is willful disobedience. What constitutes willful disobedience? This is answered in the case of Pancho.

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NBI agents intercept suspected human trafficker; rescue seven, mostly minors

Published by rudy Date posted on June 10, 2008

AT least seven persons, most of them minors, were rescued by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) from an alleged human-trafficking syndicate in an operation in North Harbor, Manila. Roland Argabioso, chief of the NBI’s Field Operations Division, said two persons were arrested while another is still at large.

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Philippines is Best Practice Country — survey

Published by rudy Date posted on June 3, 2008

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines was adjudged Best Practice Country among eight other countries surveyed that are sending workers through Korea’s Employment Permit System (EPS).

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ALU-TUCP asks Caraga wage board P125 increase for workers

Published by rudy Date posted on May 30, 2008

Butuan City (May 30) — The Associated Labor Union-Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (ALU-TUCP) recently filed a petition to the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) Caraga for a wage increase of 125 pesos.

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16 GROs rescued from prostitution den

Published by rudy Date posted on May 21, 2008

CAMP MACABULOS, Tarlac — Agents of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Team (CIDT) rescued four minors and rounded-up 12 guest relation officers from a prostitution den in Bgy. San Isidro, Tarlac City yesterday.

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Study says carbon nanotubes as dangerous as asbestos

Published by rudy Date posted on May 20, 2008

New research shows that long, needle-thin carbon nanotubes could lead to lung cancer.

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Worker’s inn opens June 12

Published by rudy Date posted on May 19, 2008

The second worker’s inn would be open in time for Independence Day, said the Metro Manila Development Authority.

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Call-center employees are getting stress and breaking traditional life style and living with relationship troubles needs counselling badly

Published by rudy Date posted on May 18, 2008

Dr. Avnish Jolly,18 May:Working as counsellor in the City Beautiful from last fifteen years, I find Call-center employees are getting stress and breaking traditional life style and living with relationship troubles.

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Non-members to pay union fees too

Published by rudy Date posted on May 17, 2008

THE Supreme Court has declared as legal the collection of union dues from non-union members who are included in the benefits negotiated by the union from management through a collective bargaining agreement.

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RP urges removal from UN child soldiers list

Published by rudy Date posted on May 15, 2008

MANILA – The Philippines has urged its removal from the UN’s list of countries with child soldiers, stressing that it condemns the practice by various rebel groups, the foreign department said Wednesday.

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Turkish owner regrets buying the Otapan (ship full of asbestos)

Published by rudy Date posted on May 15, 2008

The Otapan is finally on it’s way to Turkey to be broken up. Will the Turkish owner earn some money with it? “No, the Otapan only gave us trouble.”

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Pinoy student wins int’l public speaking contest in London

Published by rudy Date posted on May 11, 2008

Sixteen-year-old Gian Dapul, an incoming senior at the Philippine Science High School, won the English Speaking Union’s International Public Speaking Competition held in London last Friday.

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Out with asbestos pipes, homeowners tell water agency

Published by rudy Date posted on April 30, 2008

MANILA, Philippines – A homeowners’ welfare group group in Parañaque City is calling on a water concessionaire to replace the old asbestos pipes at BF Homes when the agency takes over their water system.

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Clear and conclusive

Published by rudy Date posted on April 29, 2008

For so many years now, government employees have been fighting for the payment of the allowances, fringe benefits and COLA that were discontinued following the passage of R.A. 6758, otherwise known as the Salary Standardization Law and the issuance of Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Circular No. 10 implementing said law that deemed the…

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Lawsuit claims ‘CSI’ toy kits contain asbestos

Published by rudy Date posted on April 28, 2008

LOS ANGELES — A California asbestos awareness group sued CBS Corp, a toy maker and several retailers on Friday, claiming they sold toy crime-scene kits based on the hit CBS series “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” that contained the cancer-causing substance.

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Ateneans top MS software tilt

Published by rudy Date posted on April 18, 2008

Three IT-savvy students of Ateneo de Manila University bagged the top prize in the Imagine Cup 2008, the yearly software design competition sponsored by global software giant Microsoft.

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What worries employers most, according to DoLE) Qualified people, high turnover, absenteeism cited

Published by rudy Date posted on April 16, 2008

MANILA, Philippines — The top three issues that worry Metro Manila employers are the lack of qualified manpower, high turnover rate, and absenteeism/tardiness, according to a survey of the Department of Labor and Employment.

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Filipino innovates, promotes value engineering

Published by rudy Date posted on April 11, 2008

MANILA, Philippines—Value engineering is often defined as the formal or informal attempt to assure highest value by delivering all required functions of a certain product, project, or process at the lowest overall cost.

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Police break up picket line at Philippine port

Published by rudy Date posted on April 4, 2008

Last Saturday, Philippine police violently dispersed more than 100 sacked workers, who had been picketing at the gates of the port at Dumaguete city, the capital of Negros Oriental province. Ten people were reported injured, including four workers, a child and five police personnel.

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Filipinos least prepared for retirement, study shows

Published by rudy Date posted on March 25, 2008

MANILA, Philippines — Filipinos start thinking about retirement early but still end up the least prepared when they actually reach old age, prompting most to seek work past retirement, according to a global retirement study conducted by Paris-based AXA.

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Pinay discovers largest number of ‘black holes’

Published by rudy Date posted on March 18, 2008

A Filipina astrophysicist is making waves in the international community after leading the discovery of the largest number of “supermassive” black holes.

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IMF, OECD hit alarm buttons for crisis-hit global financial system

Published by rudy Date posted on March 17, 2008

PARIS, March 17, 2008 (AFP) – The IMF and OECD, two top world economy forecasters, struck alarmist notes Monday about crisis and threatening stagflation in the financial system and the need for measures to shore it up as markets sent distress signals. Only hours after the US Federal Reserve took emergency weekend action to keep…

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UNESCO cites RP for use of ICT in education

Published by rudy Date posted on March 17, 2008

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines through the Commission on Information and Communications Technology (CICT) has won a commendation from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) for a project to digitize non-formal education in the country, a government executive has told INQUIRER.net.

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GMA gives in to demands of transport groups

Published by rudy Date posted on March 12, 2008

Transport groups called off a transport strike yesterday after President Arroyo issued an executive order granting their demand  for the implementation of a unified ticketing system for violations of traffic rules in Metro Manila.

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DOLE justifies suspension of OFW loans

Published by rudy Date posted on March 11, 2008

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) justified yesterday the suspension of loans to departing overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), saying that it was necessary to stop draining government funds.

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Labor union leader gunned down in Cavite

Published by rudy Date posted on March 11, 2008

Camp Vicente Lim, La­guna – A member of a labor union was gunned down by unidentified men yesterday morning while driving his car along the national highway in Imus, Cavite, police said

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July 2025

Nutrition Month
“Give us much more than P50 increase
for proper nutrition!”

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!

#WearMask #WashHands #Distancing #TakePicturesVideosturesVideos

Time to support & empower survivors. Time to spark a global conversation. Time for #GenerationEquality to #orangetheworld!

July


3 July – International Day of Cooperatives
3 Ju
ly – International Plastic Bag Free Day
 
5 July –
World Youth Skills Day 
7 July – Global Forgiveness Day
11 July – World Population Day 
17 July – World Day for
International Justice
28 July – World Nature Conservation Day
30 July – World Day against Trafficking in Persons 


Monthly Observances:

Schools Safety Month

Nutrition Month
National Disaster Consciousness Month

Weekly Observances:

Week 2: Cultural Communities Week
Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise
Development Week
Week 3: National Science and
Technology Week
National Disability Prevention and
Rehabilitation Week
July 1-7:
National Culture Consciousness Week
July 13-19:
Philippines Business Week
Week ending last Saturday of July:
Arbor Week

 

Daily Observances:

First Saturday of July:
International Cooperative Day
in the Philippines

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