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.

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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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.

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.

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…

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

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…

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…

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.

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.

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.

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.

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).

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.

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.

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…

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.

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.

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.

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…

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…

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.

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.

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.

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).

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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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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