From the Department of Labor and Employment Secretary of Labor and Employment Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz yesterday enjoined would-be overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), especially Household Service Worker (HSW) applicants, to honor their commitments based on their employment contract to be worthy of the better conditions and standards assured by host countries and overseas employers.

Because the Philippines had flunked the first time, a second time would have dire consequences. We’re talking here about the second audit made by the European Maritime Safety Administration (EMSA) last April on the reported deficiencies of the Philippines on the international Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW).

Last April, German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle delivered a speech at a conference on “German Businesses: Pioneers of the Dual System of Vocational Training Abroad.” In that speech, he called the German dual-tech system “a real export hit Made in Germany.”

GENEVA — Global warming accelerated since the 1970s and broke more countries’ temperature records than ever before in the first decade of the new millennium, UN climate experts said yesterday.

A scientist from Sumitomo discovered presence of scandium from nickel being refined by Nickel Asia. It is a rare mineral that sells $10,000 a pound. The by-product is largely used to further strengthen the alloy of nickel plated specialty steel products. (upper right picture) LME warehouses are filling up with 188,000 tons at the end…

More job opportunities are being presented to Filipinos in Europe as the European Union (EU) needs about 2 million migrant workers who will augment the region’s sagging work force due to its aging population.

MACROECONOMIC ASSUMPTIONS and fiscal targets for this year and 2014 were retained yesterday by economic managers as they chose to keep a “conservative stance” on growth goals.

European Union (EU) Ambassador Guy Ledoux said there are two million jobs available for migrants, including overseas Filino workers (OFW), amid record-high unemployment and fragile economies in Europe.

Many years of awareness raising and activism across the labour movement and three intense weeks of negotiations with employers and governments produced a first ever agreement on environmental issues at the International Labour Organisation’s 102° Conference, last month in Geneva, Switzerland.

AS PRESIDENT Aquino marks the mid-point of his term, his forthcoming State of the Nation Address (SONA) is going to get more attention, and the hype from both sides of the political arena will be even more intense and exaggerated than usual. To try to keep things on a relatively even keel, the Movement for…

BIG gains have been made in at least half of the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), a United Nations report said. The MDGs were adopted upon by UN member-countries as a result of the UN Millennium Summit in 2000. The agreement seeks to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger, achieve universal primary education, promote gender equality…

THE PHILIPPINES lags behind its neighbors in providing social protection, particularly for the poor, an Asian Development Bank (ADB) study showed.

The Philippines’s spending for social protection programs remains below regional average although it is already classified as a “large middle-income” country, a report of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) showed.

Unprotected sex, men having sex with other men prevalent, says gov’t report MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) reported on Monday that 415 new cases of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) were reported in May, a 52-percent leap compared to figures culled during the same period in 2012 and the highest number of cases…

MANILA, Philippines – At the height of the debates surrounding the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Law (RH law), many pro-life groups vowed that passing the law could signal the country’s transition to legalized abortion.

Barely had the monsoon season started in the Philippines, and a maritime disaster had already been chalked. Early last month, a passenger ferry was reported to have sunk in the early hours, about 20 km from the port of Pio Duran in Albay.

A SECOND revision to the Nutritional Guidelines for Filipinos was released yesterday by the National Nutrition Council (NNC) in a bid to encourage good eating habits and the choice of better food content.

MANILA, Philippines – At the height of the debates surrounding the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Law (RH law), many pro-life groups vowed that passing the law could signal the country’s transition to legalized abortion.

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MAGSINGAL, Ilocos Sur – A 64year-old fisherman died Saturday when the homemade dynamite he was carrying exploded near the shorelines of Barangay Puro in Magsingal, Ilocos Sur.

MANILA, Philippines – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is setting aside $500 million for the Philippines’ Local Government Finance and Fiscal Decentralization Reform Program. In addition, the ADB is willing to provide a $1-million technical assistance (TA) grant for the program.

Comelec chief Sixto Brillantes will never allow a manual recount of even only the automated senatorial voting. He will do all to block it, from stunning his critics with the cost (“Pay up P200 million first”) to having presidential spokesmen speak for him (“We preferred to sweep the entire slate but we didn’t”). A manual…

MANILA, Philippines – Despite robust economic growth so far this year and a series of international credit rating upgrades, inclusive growth and poverty alleviation still elude the Philippines.

MANILA, Philippines – President Aquino has signed a law conferring civil service eligibility on thousands of members of provincial boards and city and municipal legislative councils.

MANILA, Philippines – President Aquino approved on Wednesday six public-private partnership projects with a combined total of P76.5 billion among five government agencies, but two of the National Economic Development Authority-approved projects carried “conditions.”

Last June 19, Francis Estrada, former president of the Asian Institute of Management (AIM), spoke before the Financial Executives Institute of the Philippines (FINEX). It was vintage Francis… incisive and to the point. He talked about the Philippines today… what is right with it… what are the challenges.

MANILA, Philippines—One out of every five Filipinos from the middle to upper income groups claims to be an “expert” in money matters. But a global insurance giant recently found that members of these classes perform poorly in a basic financial literacy quiz.

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