Six steps and eight days. This is what 12 government agencies had been working on and seem quite proud enough to give it the budget for limited print ads in the national dailies recently.

THAT worked out as well as we expected. Almost exactly a year ago, we wrote that the Philippine National Railways (PNR) was a classic government failure of ownership and management. This was at the time when Congress was getting ready to vote on extending the PNR’s operation mandate and life for another 25 years. Of…

HOW about the youth? International Labor Day celebrations are not normally focused on young people when they should be also be the front and center. Work is very much a core youth concern specially in the context of young people in the Philippines.

From the National Economic and Development Authority In a bid to accelerate poverty reduction and promote growth in areas where the poor are found, the NEDA Social Development Committee – Human Development and Poverty Reduction Cluster (SDC-HDPRC) embarked on a concerted effort among the government, private sector, and the poor to ensure that the factors…

HEALTH officials in Central Visayas Health are finding it alarming that the region is now second in areas in the country with the most number of persons afflicted with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), which causes Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome or Aids. The health officials urged the public to avail themselves of free voluntary testing…

UN says Manila’s Executive Orders 003 and 030 violate women’s right to access reproductive health information and services MANILA, Philippines – Manila’s local policies harm women’s reproductive health (RH) rights, said the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW).

MANILA, May 6 (Xinhua) — The Philippine Department of Health ( DOH) said on Wednesday that it expects some 8,000 new HIV/AIDS cases to be recorded by the end of this year.

As part of Interview Intervention: Communication That Gets You Hired, I included what I consider the 14 most effective job interview questions an employer can ask a job candidate. While there are loads of great interviewing techniques and questions, I feel it’s important to balance time and effectiveness when determining whether a candidate and employer…

THE government has released P1.2 billion to be spent on the needs of indigent senior citizens, the Department of Budget and Management(DBM) said on Tuesday. The fund released to the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will cover elderly indigents’ social pension. The DBM said that under Section 5 of Republic Act (RA) No.…

Working hard at a job, traveling for business and trying to move up the career ladder can make doing everything else in life that much tougher. Unless, of course, you have some flexibility in how you structure your job — especially in terms of when and where you work. And that’s exactly what workers say…

Office distractions are all around us. And they are getting increasingly more difficult to tune out. There are so many ways our boss, customers and teammates can reach us to break our focus, it makes it challenging to get things done.

Discussions at our Annual Meeting 2015 in Davos highlighted the importance of tackling discrimination due to sexual orientation, which unfortunately still takes place in many countries around the world. At the World Economic Forum, we look at discrimination predominantly through an economic lens. There is no doubt that countries or companies that discriminate against people…

TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan, May 4 (PIA) – – Secretary Rosalina Dimapilis-Baldoz of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has called on all concerned agencies, local government units and other stakeholders to help put an end to all forms of child labor in the country. Baldoz said the department has already implemented the Child Labor-Free…

The removal of the port-congestion surcharge (PCS) by shipping lines and the reduction in trucking fees would not be enough to boost the competitiveness of businessmen, according to local and foreign traders.

IF it is not quite yet fair and accurate to characterize President B.S. Aquino 3rd as someone hostile to the welfare and interests of the Philippines’ vast working class, it is very quickly approaching that point.

An international human rights group denounced the Philippine government for denying the full range of reproductive health services for thousands of Filipino women, including universal and affordable modern contraceptives.

Maternal death is the death of a woman during pregnancy, during delivery or soon after childbirth (excluding accidental or incidental causes). It is regarded as a tragedy for the woman, her family and for society as a whole—a reason why it was included in the Millennium Development Goals (MDG).

MANILA, Philippines – Filipino workers all over the world must be more empowered, President Aquino said yesterday, citing the efforts initiated by his administration to create a healthier working environment.

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This infographic shows which countries have the most number of OFWs in death row for drugs or murder. There are a total of 77 OFWs on death row. Tap or hover on the icons to see more details.

The Philippines Department of Labour and Employment (DOLE) has signed an agreement with the country’s Foreign Buyers’ Association of the Philippines (FOBAP) in a drive to implement the government’s the new Labor Laws Compliance System, or LLCS, according to a report on the DOLE’s website.

THE Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) is targeting workers in a program to be held in partnership with government’s Climate Change Commission (CCC). TUCP President Ernesto F. Herrera said they aim to bring awareness to the organization’s 850,000 members “about the extent of the disastrous effects of climate change, the ways to reduce…

Would you rather take the bus or the MRT? Why not improve both? Metro Manila’s public rail system, the MRT, is dying. It hasn’t been maintained properly, and now every component – from the rails, to the passenger cars, to the signaling and switching system, even the elevators and escalators in the stations – need…

SANILA, Philippines – Unemployed Filipinos dropped by about 3.4 million in the first quarter of 2015, the Social Weather Stations (SWS) said in its latest report. The new SWS survey showed the country’s joblessness rate falling from 27 percent, or an estimated 12.4 million adults, in December last year to 19.1 percent, or about nine…

From the Department of Labor and Employment Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz yesterday said productive dialogue between the government and organized labor continues and transcends the time-frame of the Labor Day commemoration.

A 42-year-old helper was killed while his co-worker was injured in an industrial accident in Quezon City Tuesday. Reports reaching the Quezon City Police District-Criminal Investigation and Detection Unit identified the fatality as Bernardo Maraya of South Daang Hari, Taguig City.

MANILA, Philippines – Filipino business leaders were found to be the most optimistic in Southeast Asia and the third most bullish in the world as prospects for the economy remain bright, a Grant Thornton International business report showed. Punongbayan & Araullo, which released the results yesterday, said 86 percent of the Filipino businessmen who participated…

Statement of Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda on the first quarter 2015 SWS survey on adult joblessness: Joblessness down, optimism up [Released on April 29, 2015] The most recent survey released by the SWS, covering the first quarter of 2015, shows that adult joblessness in the country has fallen drastically to 19.1%, down from 27% last…

MORE FILIPINOS took their talents to overseas job markets last year, further highlighting the role remittances play in the Philippine economy, with lower-paid workers accounting for a larger share of the total year-on-year while the proportion of professionals and managers declined.

OUR COMMON UNDERSTANDING As leaders from diverse religious traditions, we share a compelling vision to end extreme poverty by the year 2030. For the first time in human history, we can do more than simply envision a world free of extreme poverty; we can make it a reality. Accomplishing this goal will take two commitments:…