by Roy Stephen C. Canivel, Inquirer, Mar 15, 2018 Foreign direct investments (FDIs) in manufacturing reached $1.15 billion worth in 2017, a jump of 244 percent from year-ago level, preliminary central bank data showed.
Mar 14, 2018 – SEXUAL HARASSMENT VICTIM IN HANJIN BELIEVES IN “For the union makes us strong …” A 26-year old office staff in a Hanjin contractor today filed charges of “acts of lasciviousness’ against a Korean supervisor (foreman). She alleged these acts have been taking place for three years, the latest incident happening on…
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14 March 2018 https://www.etui.org/ReformsWatch/Sweden/Sweden-arrangement-on-new-employment-model-for-labour-market-entrants Based on an earlier deal between the social partners, the government and representatives of employees and employers have agreed on a new system of ‘entry agreements’. The aim is to help newly arrived immigrants and long-term unemployed people to become established in the labour market, and to facilitate future skills provision for…
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by Edward Gately, Mar 13, 2018 Verizon is transitioning seven of its U.S. call centers to a 100 percent home-based agent (HBA) model, a move the Communications Workers of America (CWA) says will eliminate thousands of jobs.
BY KENNETH TEE, Mar 13, 2018 KUALA LUMPUR, March 13 — The police said today they will consider roping in non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to help investigations on human exploitation and trafficking.
‘This is what the youth see and hear. So the notion that women are not equal to men is reinforced,’ says the Vice President by Rappler.com, Mar 13, 2018 MANILA, Philippines – Vice President Leni Robredo said on Tuesday, March 13, that the country’s leaders should be heading efforts against gender stereotyping and discrimination against…
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by Mayen Jaymalin (The Philippine Star), Mar 12, 2018 MANILA, Philippines — To enable more women to get employed and participate in the labor force, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is pushing the implementation of reproductive health programs for the informal sector.
Mar 12, 2018 – GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE ON WOMEN UNIONISTS IN HANJIN ON WOMEN’S MONTH! In perverse commemoration of Women’s Month, a Korean foreman [foreperson] of shipbuilder Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction – Philippines allegedly committed despicable acts of violence on two women unionists. Women’s month pa naman.
by Daxim L. Lucas, Inquirer, Mar 12, 2018 Foreign businessmen brought in a record amount of investments into the country in the first full year of the Duterte administration owing to the Philippines’ strong economy, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas said on Monday.
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by Julius N. Leonen, Inquirer, Mar 9, 2018 Government operatives have rescued five minors from a reported child pornography distributor during a raid of a safehouse in Barangay Anilao, Malolos City, the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) said on Friday.
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7 girls, 3 women rescued from sex ring MANILA, Philippines — At least 10 females, seven of them minors, were rescued from a prostitution ring based in a hotel in Tondo, Manila Wednesday night.
GENEVA (ILO News) – Women are less likely to participate in the labour market than men and are more likely to be unemployed in most parts of the world, says a new study by the International Labour Organization (ILO) released on the eve of International Women’s Day (marked on 8 March.)
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by Dr. Travis Bradberry, Nov 15, 2017 Procrastination affects everyone. It sneaks up on most people when they’re tired or bored, but for some, procrastination can be a full-fledged addiction. They avoid all day the work that is right in front of them, only to go home and toil late into the night, frantically trying…
By: Doris Dumlao-Abadilla – Reporter, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Mar 08, 2018 With an estimated net worth of $20 billion, SM founder Henry Sy Sr. remains the richest among the tycoons from the Philippines who made it to Forbes magazine’s latest annual list of the wealthiest people on the planet.
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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
July
3 July – International Day of Cooperatives
3 July – 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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