The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said it has closed down a disco club in Parañaque City and a KTV bar in Cebu City for employing minors.

REPUBLIC SERVICE Last of Two Parts WHAT will be the impact of the economic and financial crises in America and Europe on Asia? For the region outside Japan, Morgan Stanley analysts see “No Escape from Weaker Growth in the Developed World”, as their Hong Kong report predicts.

A YOUNG Filipina Muslim has done the country proud by becoming one of the five international awardees of the Zonta International Young Women in Public Affairs Award (YWPA) for her work in building libraries and distributing books in areas known to be hotspots of rebels and terrorist groups.

ISLAMIC education is perceived by many, often in ignorance, as narrowly traditionalist and reactionary. What is ignored is that, over the past century, traditional Islamic schools have to respond to modernizing influences in many positive ways. This is shown in Indonesia where such changes are of enormous consequence. Indonesia is not only the world’s largest…

CLARK FREEPORT, Pampanga, Philippines – Social Welfare Secretary Corazon Soliman yesterday said some lawmakers had been “misinformed” when they called for an immediate exit from the government’s conditional cash transfer (CCT) program.

MANILA, Aug. 26 – The Philippine Airlines Employees Association (PALEA) filed on Friday a petition before the Court of Appeals (CA) questioning the national flag-carrier Philippine Airlines’ outsourcing plan which will pave the way for the termination of 2,600 workers in September this year.

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Misamis Oriental, Aug. 26 (PIA) -– Industries have to put in place standard safety programs to help prevent or eliminate accidents from happening.

TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, Aug. 25 (PIA) -– The International Labor Organization (ILO) has tapped the National Statistics Office (NSO) in conducting a survey to find out the extent of child labor situation in the Philippines.

An international survey conducted by the United Nations has revealed that production processes around the world will have to be significantly overhauled if poverty is to be eliminated and environmental issues facing the planet overcome.

COTABATO CITY, Philippines—The Department of Health of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao is maximizing the use of radio for a family planning campaign to help slow down the region’s exploding population.

When you run out of arguments to bolster your position, you resort to what, in Logic class, is called “poisoning the well.” It means throwing mud at your opponents, flinging suspicion and innuendo at them without offering to provide proof or evidence to prove these true, all with the intent to derail the discussion and…

Economic officials within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) cited the strategic role small and medium enterprises (SMEs) play in the region’s economic integration bid.

After unearthing recently the distribution of P2.4 billion worth of scholarships by former Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda) officials sans any appropriations in the budget, another discovery was made showing more than half of them were allegedly granted to “ghost” students and vocational schools.

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine Wood Producers Association (PWPA) is urging the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to start the evaluation of operations of all wood producers to enable a more realistic review of the wood industry’s request for the lifting of the total log ban.

MANILA, Philippines – The Retirement & Healthcare Coalition (RHC) together with German certifying firm TUV Rheinland will jointly undertake a program that will develop and install an internationally acceptable quality management and accreditation system among healthcare providers in the country.

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines is among the countries in Southeast Asia less likely to feel the pinch of the economic woes in the United States and the European Union, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said yesterday.

MANILA, Philippines – Schools and universities in the Philippines have been included in the list of beneficiaries of the foundation of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair for religious and cultural awareness as well as education programs.

THE number of Filipinos working in the informal sector fell over the past decades but poverty reductions remained stagnant because of low wages of employed workers, according to an Asian Development Bank (ADB) study.

ORMOC CITY, Leyte, Philippines (PIA) — The International Labor Organization (ILO) and the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) are embarking jointly on a new project seeking to at least halve incidents of child labor by 2016.

WASHINGTON—Some 8.7 million different species exist on Earth, though a tiny amount of those have actually been discovered and catalogued, researchers said Tuesday.

MANILA, Philippines—Eight lawmakers have sought an investigation into what they considered as questionable and disadvantageous policies and practices of airline companies with respect to flight cancellations and delays, among others.

Many also waiting to get gratuity pay, says PH labor attaché MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine Embassy in Libya is still encouraging more Filipino workers to avail of the offer of repatriation from the conflict-torn country, but lack of jobs back home is holding them from returning.

Asia’s economic growth will likely be hurt by the slowdown in the United States and Europe, but the impact should be minimal, an Asian Development Bank (ADB) official said yesterday.

The Philippines was listed among Southeast Asian countries less likely to feel the pinch of the economic woes in the United States and the European Union, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said citing a report of Bank of America Merril Lynch.

CEBU, Philippines – All drivers of public utility vehicles will soon be required to undergo and pass a competency assessment by the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA).

MANILA, Philippines – The National Government is partnering with the Business Processing Association of the Philippines (BPAP) for projects that would entail half a billion pesos in investments annually, Budget and Management Secretary Florencio Abad said yesterday.

MANILA, Philippines – Philippine Airlines (PAL) said yesterday it is ready for any threat by its labor union as Transportation and Communications Secretary Manuel Roxas III reminded PAL to prepare a contingency plan in view of a possible strike by members of the Philippine Airlines Employees Association (PALEA).

The Philippines needs to bring more competition into the economy to increase both high-quality employment opportunities and wages, an Asian Development Bank (ADB) report said.

INSTEAD of a wage increase, Bohol businessmen pushed for benefits like medicines and tax incentives to workers. The Bohol Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) made the proposal during a public hearing on the wage hike petition held by the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) in Montebello Hotel, Cebu City.

The United Nations is helping the Philippines tackle the mounting number of new HIV cases by putting local governments in the vanguard of the battle, mobilizing more than 1,000 officials and over 250 activists so far across 17 regions in the South-East Asian country.