DOLE reminds operators to pay wages to bus drivers

Published by rudy Date posted on February 2, 2012

THE Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on Wednesday reminded bus operators that starting this month, bus drivers and conductors plying the Metro Manila route will receive minimum wage and other statutory wage-related benefits under a fixed pay scheme, replacing the old commission-based pay practice.

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Aquino planning to use his powers to put a stop to unabated increase in oil prices

Published by rudy Date posted on February 2, 2012

President Aquino is seriously considering to use his powers to halt what seemed to be an uncontrollable increases in prices of petroleum oil products. He also assured the public the country has a buffer stock of petroleum products that would still be good for at least 24 days.

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Increase in HIV infections, poisoning cases revealed

Published by rudy Date posted on February 2, 2012

DILIMAN, Quezon City, Philippines – An 800-percent increase in HIV infections. A steady rise in the number of poisoning cases. A 17-percent reduction in the number of Filipinos suffering from worm infections.

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PH, Lebanon ink accords to protect OFWs

Published by rudy Date posted on February 2, 2012

BEIRUT, Lebanon — Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz on Wednesday signed two agreements here to protect the rights of Filipino workers in Lebanon and pave the way for the lifting of a ban imposed by the Philippine government on the deployment of Filipino workers to that country.

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Philippines bans new deployment of OFWs to Iraq

Published by rudy Date posted on February 1, 2012

Government raises alert level three over state of unrest in Iraq, offers voluntary repatriation of Filipinos there Manila: The Philippine government banned new deployment of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to Iraq, due to escalation of unrest and bombings in the capital, following the withdrawal of the military forces of the United States last December, said…

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Auto industry presents roadmap

Published by rudy Date posted on February 1, 2012

MANILA, Philippines – The local auto industry is asking up to 100 percent excise tax rebate from the government to make local manufacturing more competitive.

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Should we let car manufacturing die?

Published by rudy Date posted on February 1, 2012

We have to make up our minds sooner than we want to. Our car manufacturing industry, or what little of it that we have, is on the verge of dying. Our car market is growing, but the share of locally manufactured (assembled) cars is going down. In 1993 when the total number of vehicles sold…

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Voluntary act

Published by rudy Date posted on February 1, 2012

If there is voluntary resignation and waiver or quitclaim, there can be no illegal dismissal. This is illustrated in this case of Tessie. Tessie was a flight attendant of a Mideast airline company (Saudia) having been hired on May 13, 1986. During the course of her employment she was assigned to work at the Manila…

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Senate OKs bill defining acts constituting cybercrime

Published by rudy Date posted on February 1, 2012

MANILA, Philippines – The Senate has approved on third and final reading the bill defining acts that will constitute cybercrime. With a vote of 13 in favor and one against, the Senate approved yesterday Senate Bill 2796, which defines cybercrime and provides the penalties for those found guilty of these acts.

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Soliman downplays findings of SWS survey on hunger

Published by rudy Date posted on February 1, 2012

MANILA, Philippines – Social Welfare Secretary Corazon Soliman downplayed yesterday the findings of the recent Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey which showed that hunger incidence in the country went up to 22.5 percent at the end of 2011.

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Car industry aiming for Asean single market

Published by rudy Date posted on February 1, 2012

THE automotive manufacturing industry roadmap, which was unveiled on Tuesday at the Third Automotive Manufacturing Summit, proposes the transformation of the industry from assembly of completely knocked down units for the domestic consumers to outright manufacturing of vehicles for the local and export markets.

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Palace justifies 3.7% economic growth in 2011

Published by rudy Date posted on February 1, 2012

MANILA, Philippines – Malacañang justified yesterday the country’s 3.7 percent economic growth, saying that the government made investments in social services and the administration would implement measures to further improve the economy.

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25 provinces free of communist rebels

Published by rudy Date posted on February 1, 2012

THE Armed Forces of the Philippines has declared the province of Ilocos Norte insurgency-free, bringing to 25 the total number of provinces that the military claimed were completely freed from the influence of the communist New People’s Army (NPA).

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Panel to review oil firms’ books completed

Published by rudy Date posted on February 1, 2012

THE Department of Energy on Tuesday announced the final members of the Independent Review Committee that will look into the books of oil companies to ensure transparency in fuel pricing.

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Govt lines up anti-hunger programs

Published by rudy Date posted on February 1, 2012

MALACAÑANG on Tuesday announced that it has listed several programs that will directly solve hunger in the country. Deputy spokesman Abigail Valte said that results of a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey done in December showed that self-rated hunger was statistically identical to results of the September 2011 survey.

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Noynoy blamed for making RP vulnerable to recession

Published by rudy Date posted on February 1, 2012

The administration of President Aquino was chided yesterday by a lawmaker for the dismal performance of the country’s economy in 2011. Posting a mere 3.7 percent growth in gross domestic product (GDP) compared to 7.6 percent the year before, the economy, according to Zambales Rep. Ma. Milagros “Mitos” Magsaysay, was mishandled because of the administration’s…

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Spain OFWs join calls to stop closure of diplomatic offices

Published by rudy Date posted on February 1, 2012

Filipino workers in Spain have joined calls to stop the closure of Philippine diplomatic missions this year as they decried the government’s plan to cease the operation of the country’s three-year-old consulate in Barcelona.

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Avoiding body odor: Sweat success

Published by rudy Date posted on January 31, 2012

Having BO (body odor) can be an embarrassing problem. This unpleasant smell comes from a mixture of sweat and bacteria. Normally, our sweat should have little odor. However, it’s the bacteria in the skin that cause one’s perspiration to smell sour.

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RP BPO industry to hit $25-B revenues by 2016

Published by rudy Date posted on January 31, 2012

Amid a growing anti-outsourcing sentiment in the United States, the Philippines expects the information technology-business process outsourcing (IT-BPO) industry to employ as much as 1.3 million and generate as much as $25 billion in export revenues by 2016.

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The BPO backlash

Published by rudy Date posted on January 31, 2012

Last week, this column argued that many Philippine commentators on economic affairs fail to think “outside the box.” Due to ideological commitment, some voluntarily submit to the narrow horizons of the current, dysfunctional “export-oriented” economic model, imposed by the World Bank and International Monetary Fund decades ago. Others have simply abandoned hope that the Philippines…

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Overdose of politics, underspending blamed for dismal 3.7% 2011 growth

Published by rudy Date posted on January 31, 2012

The economy turned in a weak 3.7 percent growth for the entire of last year from a 7.6 percent expansion the previous year mainly as a result of sluggish activities in the last two quarters when President Aquino was hotly pursuing his political adversaries former President Gloria Arroyo and Chief Justice Renato Corona instead of…

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Electronics sector likely missed $1-B investment target in 2011

Published by rudy Date posted on January 31, 2012

MANILA, Philippines – The local electronics industry likely missed its $1-billion investment target in 2011 even as three large Japanese firms indicated plans to set up manufacturing facilities here, the Semiconductors and Electronics Industry of the Philippines Inc (SEIPI) said.

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Local BPO firms remain bullish

Published by rudy Date posted on January 31, 2012

MANILA, Philippines – The local call center industry said it remains bullish on its growth prospects despite a US bill seeking to remove tax incentives to companies that outsource services.

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2 miners drown in Camarines Norte

Published by rudy Date posted on January 31, 2012

LEGAZPI CITY ,Philippines  – Two miners drowned in Barangay Palanas in Paracale town in Camarines Norte Sunday morning after sea water seeped through the mining pit they were digging , police said.

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Phl tops 2011 UN disaster league table

Published by rudy Date posted on January 31, 2012

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines topped the disaster league table last year with 33 major reported events, affecting 12.5 percent of the population, according to the UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR).

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Poverty down, hunger up – SWS

Published by rudy Date posted on January 31, 2012

MANILA, Philippines – While the country’s poverty rate dropped at the end of 2011, the number of Filipinos who experienced hunger went up during the same period, the Social Weather Stations (SWS) said in its latest survey.

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Breaking away from dynastic rule

Published by rudy Date posted on January 30, 2012

Former senator and labor leader Ernesto “Boy” Herrera has risen from semi-retirement to take on the challenge to rebuild and revitalize the Philippine labor movement. He needs to break some chains to succeed.

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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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