A year after the RH law, why the silence?

Published by rudy Date posted on June 27, 2015

Payal Shah, senior legal adviser of the New York-based Center for Reproductive Rights, discusses UN committee findings that many Filipinas still have no access to contraceptives and services

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Palace to Congress, judiciary: Help address human rights problems

Published by rudy Date posted on June 27, 2015

Malacañang on Saturday asked Congress and the judiciary to come together with the executive branch of government and explore ways to address human rights issues being raised in the US State Department’s 2014 report on the Philippines.

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How to solve a problem like capitalism

Published by rudy Date posted on June 27, 2015

Capitalism needs to be saved…according to a doyenne of the investment industry. Lynn Forester de Rothschild, chief executive of family-owned investment holding company E.L. Rothschild, told CNBC that she was on a mission to tackle inequality.

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BPO revenues to overtake OFW remittances in 2017 – IT expert

Published by rudy Date posted on June 27, 2015

Income from outsourcing industry was at $18.9 billion in 2014, and is expected to grow by 15% to 18% every year, says Jose Mari Mercado, president of the Information Technology-Business Process Association of the Philippines

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US Supreme Court rules in favor of gay marriage nationwide

Published by rudy Date posted on June 26, 2015

The Supreme Court ruled on Friday that the U.S. Constitution provides same-sex couples the right to marry, handing a historic triumph to the American gay rights movement.

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TESDA maintains high standards to produce globally-competitive graduates

Published by rudy Date posted on June 26, 2015

MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, June 26 (PIA) — The Technical Education Skills Development Authority (TESDA) has always adhered to the constant need to level-up with current demands in order to come up with a workforce that is competent enough to face the domestic or global market.

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Agriculture key to Asean integration, says group

Published by rudy Date posted on June 25, 2015

The country’s readiness for Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) integration hinges on how the next Philippine leaders would treat the agriculture sector, according to a group of vegetable farmers and traders.

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Published by rudy Date posted on June 25, 2015

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Government support to keep BPOs on growth path

Published by rudy Date posted on June 25, 2015

MANILA, Philippines – The business process outsourcing industry (BPO) expects continued growth in the medium term with enough support from the government, an industry expert said.

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Special Report: Beyond the fields (Second of three parts)

Published by rudy Date posted on June 25, 2015

IT IS Saturday. Sienna (not her real name), 14, is chopping sugarcane stalks. She began working with her mother in this sugarcane farm in Barangay Caputatan Norte, Medellin town, Cebu a year ago.

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PH hailed as first Asean country to implement fully automated polls

Published by rudy Date posted on June 24, 2015

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has said that the Philippines is the only country in the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) to hold fully automated elections on a nationwide scale.

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Mindanao’s growth triangle – Cagayan de Oro, Davao and General Santos

Published by rudy Date posted on June 24, 2015

By Gerardo P. Sicat (The Philippine Star), June 24, 2015 Three major urban areas serve as magnets for Mindanao’s economic heartland: Cagayan de Oro, Davao, and General Santos. These magnetos collectively provide transport logistics and the industrial and commercial support to the growth of Mindanao’s economy.

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Don’t make these 5 resume writing mistakes

Published by rudy Date posted on June 24, 2015

Tips to write your best resume yet. Check out your current resume to see if you’re making any of these mistakes I’ve seen dozens of resumes in my career and while the rules in writing one aren’t cast in stone, any hiring manager like me will spot a couple or two that won’t advance for…

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Philippines’ BPO industry on track to meeting employment target

Published by rudy Date posted on June 24, 2015

MANILA – The country’s information technology-business process outsourcing (IT-BPO) industry is on track to hit its 1.21 million employment target this year.

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Special Report: Boss-busting blues (Last of three parts)

Published by rudy Date posted on June 24, 2015

HAS anyone ever been jailed for child labor in Cebu? Sun.Star Cebu archives show that at least six cases have been filed under Republic Act (RA) 9231 since 2006, but it is unclear if anyone has ever been convicted.

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Special Report: Lack of foot soldiers, incentives

Published by rudy Date posted on June 24, 2015

PARENTS are against it. College teachers are losing sleep over it. And now the K to 12 program mandated by the Enhanced Basic Education Act of 2013 is igniting tensions yet again.

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Special Report: Invisible workers (First of three parts)

Published by rudy Date posted on June 24, 2015

WHEN vehicles slow down as they exit Bogo City, Cebu, Mina (not her real name), 14, leaps into the street, waving budbud kabog (millet and coconut milk rolls) before car windows, the few seconds before the cars roll into Tabogon town the only time she has to close a sale.

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2015 Change Readiness Index

Published by rudy Date posted on June 24, 2015

Use the 2015 CRI online tool to gain a deeper understanding of a country’s change readiness. Select a country on the bar chart or drop-down list to get started. Read here.

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10 ways to become an interview superstar

Published by rudy Date posted on June 24, 2015

Your dream job can slip away because of a poor performance in an interview. Nerves, a lack of research, or a tendency to ramble can all bring you unstuck. Here are 10 pieces of interview wisdom to help you shine.

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Another SSS contribution rate hike?

Published by rudy Date posted on June 23, 2015

The Social Security System’s reserve fund will be exhausted by 2042 if the contribution rate remains unchanged while benefit payments continue to swell, the fund says

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2015 threat report

Published by rudy Date posted on June 23, 2015

The human and technical aspects of cyber threats changed dramatically in 2014. Highly evasive attacks, created from blended techniques, exploited vulnerabilities and opened cracks in old infrastructure standards. The constant evolution of technology development created a completely new set of challenges.

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What’s the best policy to attract high-skilled migrants?

Published by rudy Date posted on June 23, 2015

Policymakers worldwide, cognizant of the pivotal role human capital plays in the economic development of receiving nations, increasingly vie to attract “the best and brightest” (Kapur and McHale 2005) in the “global competition to attract high-skilled migrants” (Boeri et al. 2012). Since high-skilled migrants are motivated to move internationally by myriad factors, the efficacy of…

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Global manufacturing outlook

Published by rudy Date posted on June 23, 2015

While it is clear that major transformation is coming to the manufacturing sector, few manufacturers are truly transforming their business models, operating structure, or supply chain in order to survive the battle.

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Go into your next job interview with more optimism, and better possibilities!

Published by rudy Date posted on June 23, 2015

SAMPLE ANSWERS: Each example in the guide begins with a discussion of the question, the reasons why they are asking it, and what they probably want to hear in your response.

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UN Women’s Committee makes inquiry into sexual and reproductive health rights in the Philippines

Published by rudy Date posted on June 23, 2015

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) has issued a summary of an inquiry initiated on the basis of information received in 2008 from three women’s rights NGOs in the Philippines.

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Lebanon launches hotline for women domestic workers to report abuse

Published by rudy Date posted on June 22, 2015

LONDON – Lebanon has launched a 24-hour hotline for female domestic workers to allow them to report abuse or mistreatment and receive help.

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The BPO business cycle

Published by rudy Date posted on June 22, 2015

IF you want to understand how the business cycle works, look no farther than the call-center business in the Philippines. If you want to learn how the business cycle functions most successfully without government interference, check the timeline of the Philippines’s business-process outsourcing (BPO) business.

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DSWD to determine best alternative family care for kids abused by father

Published by rudy Date posted on June 22, 2015

From the Department of Social Welfare and Development Parental abuse victims’ recovery is of high priority with the DSWD; extensive steps are being taken to ensure their care and well-being.

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These are the countries corporations want to invest in

Published by rudy Date posted on June 22, 2015

What are the trends in Foreign Direct Investment in 2016? Each year since 1998, consulting firm A.T. Kearney sends a survey to its corporate clients to track the impact of likely political, economic and regulatory changes on the foreign direct investment intentions of top business executives.

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Overtime, nightshift pay should be tax-free

Published by rudy Date posted on June 22, 2015

The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) has thrown its support behind two House bills seeking to exclude from income taxes all overtime and graveyard shift differential pay received by salaried employees, including the country’s 1.1 million business process outsourcing (BPO) workers who perform jobs all day and all night.

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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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