Gulf labor ministers Tuesday agreed on minimum terms in the contracts of domestic staff to improve the widely criticized working conditions of over 2.4 million foreign maids, an official said.

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine bond market posted the fastest growth in emerging East Asia in January to September this year, according to a report released by the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

MANILA, Philippines – The country’s imports declined 2.6 percent in September from a year ago, amid weak performance of electronic products and two other commodities.

MANILA, Philippines – Fewer Filipino families give bribes or “grease money” to government officials and they do so usually only after being asked to, a 2013 survey commissioned by the Office of the Ombudsman shows.

With only a 3rd quarter economic growth of 5.3%, experts say that ‘normalized’ government spending, private consumption, and investments will help the country stay on its growth track MANILA, Philippines – Thursday’s announcement that the gross domestic product (GDP) performance for the 3rd quarter slowed down to 5.3% indicates the economic growth target for 2014…

Nearly two out of five Filipinos or 39 percent were optimistic that their quality of life would improve in the next 12 months, a 2014 third quarter poll taken by the Social Weather Stations found.

MANILA – The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) is assuring its members that it has enough funds to meet financial obligations to present and forthcoming pensioners.

Asia-Pacific countries today adopted a ministerial declaration committing to accelerate action on achieving gender equality and women’s empowerment across the region. Representing a strong and united regional voice, leaders from more than 40 countries committed to reinforcing their efforts to eliminate gender discrimination and inequality, as a matter of human rights and for the development…

Labor Minister Abdullah Saleh Al Khulaifi says his country needs more skilled manpower from the Philippines, given Qatar’s expanding economy MANILA, Philippines – The labor chief of Qatar assured the Philippines on Sunday, November 23, that amendments to his country’s labor law that could benefit overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) are slated to pass before 2015.

PhilHealth President Alexander Padilla acknowledges there will be ‘transition difficulties’ as they implement the new PhilHealth law, but government wants to implement it as soon as possible

This seems an odd question to ask for me as president of the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines. But it is a legitimate question that any labor union and union leader should seek to answer.

Ninety rights and labour groups renew call for “urgent action” to protect migrant workers in the Gulf states. A collective of major international rights and labour groups have launched a fresh call for urgent action to protect migrant workers from abuse in Gulf Arab countries.

No placement fees for Filipinos working abroad as domestic workers, caregivers and seafarers. This was the reminder of the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration to prospective overseas Filipino workers.

Two construction workers were killed while another was injured in an accident in the construction site of a 40-story building Wednesday in Libis, Quezon City, police said yesterday.

MANILA, Philippines – Nineteen workers, three of them minors, were rescued from a garments factory in Potrero, Malabon yesterday.

Does sharing information on foreign domestic worker(FDW) labour laws and market conditions help improve employment outcomes? One in every five Singaporean households employs a foreign maid.

Yesterday (November 20) marked the 25th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), an international human rights treaty that discusses children’s rights in four areas: the right to survival, the right to develop to the fullest, the right to protection from harmful influences, abuse and exploitation, and the right to participate…

QUEZON CITY, 21 Nov. (PIA)–Some 268 Quezon City youths recently graduated from the JobStart Life Skills Training under the DOLE’s JobStart Philippines Program.

National Bureau of Investigation agents rescued 10 minors on Thursday after a raid on a printing press in Barangay Potrero in Malabon City that was allegedly being run like a sweatshop.

A London-based health and safety organization on Friday called on world leaders to stop children from “doing dangerous jobs.” In a press statement, the British Safety Council said countries should “look again at the commitments they have made” on the matter and work on “what more they can do.”

MANILA, Philippines – A deceleration in government spending could weigh down on the country’s economic growth in the second half despite the expected strong domestic demand, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas said.

THERE is now a consensus among Filipino and foreign economists that the Philippines has shifted to a higher growth level of 6 percent to 6.5 percent. Ceteris paribus, or all other things being equal, we expect this trend path of the economy to continue for the next six to eight years, encompassing the period of…

THANK God for the judiciary, another Aquino administration act of betrayal of our Overseas Filipino Workers has been stopped. But only for 20 days, which will be up today! This betrayal is the integration of airport terminal fees with the price of airline tickets.

The Philippines is not the only country exerting efforts to protect its migrant workers against abusive hiring practices. In a conference last week, other Southeast Asian nations shared their own methods of keeping their overseas workers—especially the women, who are more prone to abuses—safe.

TAG president Christian Cabaluna, associate producer of investigative show Imbestigador, decries the network’s treatment of them as ‘second-class citizens’ MANILA, Philippines – Over 100 “talents” of network giant GMA-7 have banded together to protest their employer’s refusal to consider them as regular employees despite years of service they’ve rendered.

MANILA, Philippines – Filipinos may have to wait five to 10 more years to reap the benefits of long-term economic growth due to the still high birth rate in the country, even as the United Nations population agency urged the government to invest in the youth.

Does sharing information on foreign domestic worker(FDW) labour laws and market conditions help improve employment outcomes? One in every five Singaporean households employs a foreign maid. Access to foreign domestic workers has freed up skilled female (and sometimes male) workers to participate in the formal Singaporean economy, while relying on migrants for their household needs.

A 58-year-old cargo checker at the Manila North Harbor Port in Tondo, Manila died after he was squashed by two empty truck chassis Sunday.

A new study indicates that Filipinos are among the overworked, overweight, and overwhelmed in Asia. What can you do about it? MANILA, Philippines – The 20- to 30-somethings of this era go by many labels: Millennials. Digital Natives. Generation Z. Now, new research from Sun Life Financial Asia suggests that today’s young professionals may fall…