PEZA extends ITH for firms hit by Taal

Published by rudy Date posted on January 18, 2020

by Louella Desiderio (The Philippine Star) – 18 Jan 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Locators in ecozones in the Calabarzon (Cavite-Laguna-Batangas-Rizal-Quezon) area currently enjoying income tax holidays would be allowed to extend the period of their ITH commensurate to the number of days their operations are affected by the Taal Volcano eruption, the Philippine Economic Zone…

Read more

2 trafficking victims in Iraq return to Philippines

Published by rudy Date posted on January 17, 2020

By: Daphne Galvez, NQINQUIRER.net, 17 Jan 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Two Filipinas, who were victims of human trafficking to Iraq, arrived in the Philippines on Friday, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said.

Read more

World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP) report

Published by rudy Date posted on January 17, 2020

Read more here.

Read more

18 babae nasagip sa ‘prostitution den’ sa Makati

Published by rudy Date posted on January 17, 2020

by Fred Cipres, ABS-CBN News, 17 Jan 2020 MAKATI – Nasagip ang 18 babae matapos sugurin ng mga pulis ang 2 pinaghihinalaang prostitution den sa Palanan, Makati.

Read more

These are the top risks facing the world in 2020

Published by rudy Date posted on January 17, 2020

Read more here.

Read more

Small businesses, big economic impact

Published by rudy Date posted on January 17, 2020

By: Linda B. Bolido, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 17 Jan 2020 Zubuchon has successfully ventured out of Cebu through SM malls. Big businesses may get all the attention but based on government statistics, the real backbone of the Philippine economy are almost a million enterprises ranging from micro to medium.

Read more

Most OFWs from Iraq victims of trafficking

Published by rudy Date posted on January 17, 2020

By Bernadette Tamayo, with WILLIAM B. DEPASUPIL, 17 Jan 2020 MOST of the 13 Filipinos repatriated recently from Iraq were victims of human trafficking, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Thursday.

Read more

Work in the twenty-first century

Published by rudy Date posted on January 17, 2020

Read more here.

Read more

Reasons why the Supreme Court dismissed Falcis’ same-sex marriage case

Published by rudy Date posted on January 16, 2020

Read more here.

Read more

PHL improves score in WBL index

Published by rudy Date posted on January 16, 2020

By Cai Ordinario, Businessmirror, 16 Jan 2020 The extended duration of paid maternity leave approved by the government allowed the Philippines to register a slight improvement in its score in the 2020 edition of the World Bank’s Women, Business and the Law (WBL) index.

Read more

Hundreds of millions of workers need reskilling. Where do we start?

Published by rudy Date posted on January 16, 2020

Read more here.

Read more

China’s Belt and Road projects lack transparency – EU firms

Published by rudy Date posted on January 16, 2020

Read more here.

Read more

What’s the hold up on ambitious climate action?

Published by rudy Date posted on January 16, 2020

By Sharan Burrow, 16 Jan 2020 Some point to fossil fuel and heavy industry workers as a reason for delaying climate action. As the global elite gathers at World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Sharan Burrow says “not in our name”. Sharan Burrow is the general secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation and senior…

Read more

Study confirms: Any asbestos exposure amount can cause Mesothelioma

Published by rudy Date posted on January 16, 2020

Read more here.

Read more

Malacañang grants gratuity pay for 2019 to job order and contract of service workers in government

Published by rudy Date posted on January 15, 2020

https://twitter.com/GenKabiling/status/1217621274249199616/photo/1

Read more

Voluntary national reviews database

Published by rudy Date posted on January 15, 2020

Read more here.

Read more

A call to achieving SDG 1.3 and universal social protection in the context of the future of work

Published by rudy Date posted on January 15, 2020

Read more here.

Read more

Fixing the global skills mismatch

Published by rudy Date posted on January 15, 2020

Read more here.

Read more

Supporting informal livelihoods in public space: A Toolkit for local authorities

Published by rudy Date posted on January 15, 2020

Read more here.

Read more

Formalization of the informal economy

Published by rudy Date posted on January 15, 2020

Read more here.

Read more

PHL won’t hit growth goals till 2022, must stop fixation on ‘A’ rating

Published by rudy Date posted on January 15, 2020

By Cai Ordinario, Businessmirror, 15 Jan 2020 THE Duterte administration will not be able to hit the growth targets it has set until 2022, which will also prevent it from achieving an “A” credit rating status, according to a local think tank.

Read more

Eight key actions for development – Takehiko Nakao

Published by rudy Date posted on January 14, 2020

Read more here.

Read more

Globalization in transition: The future of trade and value chains

Published by rudy Date posted on January 14, 2020

Read more here.

Read more

Why legendary economists liked Universal Basic Income

Published by rudy Date posted on January 14, 2020

The idea wasn’t invented by today’s big-government left. It has intrigued thinkers from John Stuart Mill to Milton Friedman. By Stephen Mihm, Feb 19, 2019 Is socialism on the march in the U.S., as President Donald Trump warned in the State of the Union address this month? Hardly, but some recent proposals undoubtedly raised the…

Read more

Taal blast destroys P577.39M worth of crops, livestock

Published by rudy Date posted on January 14, 2020

by INQUIRER.net, 14 Jan 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Some P577.39 million worth of crops and livestock have already been ravaged by the phreatic eruption or steam-driven episode of Taal Volcano, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said Tuesday.

Read more

PH Navy eyes Hanjin’s Subic shipyard as submarine base

Published by rudy Date posted on January 14, 2020

By Priam Nepomuceno, 14 Jan 2020 MANILA — The Philippine Navy (PN) plans to construct the base of its proposed submarine arm inside the facility of the cash-strapped Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction (HHIC-Phils) in Subic Bay, Zambales.

Read more

Schools of the future: Defining new models of education for the Fourth Industrial Revolution

Published by rudy Date posted on January 14, 2020

Read more here.

Read more

The state of labour relations in China, 2019

Published by rudy Date posted on January 13, 2020

Read more here.

Read more

Middle age misery peaks at age of 47.2, economist says

Published by rudy Date posted on January 13, 2020

By Simon Kennedy, 13 Jan 2020 Middle age is miserable, according to a new economic study which pinpoints 47.2 years old as the moment of peak unhappiness in the developed world.

Read more

3 women hired as bar girls in Hong Kong rescued by BI

Published by rudy Date posted on January 12, 2020

By Jun Ramirez, Manila Bulletin, Jan 12, 2020 Bureau of Immigration (BI) officers at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) have foiled another human trafficking attempt with the interception of three women illegally recruited to work as bar girls in Hong Kong.

Read more

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

Categories

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo.