An August 12, 2011 press release by the Department of Labor and Employment The Department of Labor and Employment, through the Bureau of Workers with Special Concerns, the Institute for Labor Studies, and Technical Education and Skills Development Authority, yesterday joined hands with the International Labor Organization, International Organization for Migration, United Nations Children’s Fund,…

DAGUPAN CITY, August 12 (PIA) — Almost 6,000 youths in the country expressed their views on issues and concerns confronting them in the latest National Youth Assessment Study presented by the National Youth Commission (NYC).

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MANILA, Philippines—An overseas Filipino workers group in the Middle East called on the Philippine government Friday to include sex education in the mandatory pre-departure orientation seminars for OFWs.

In last Monday’s SWS media release, the most pervasive finding is that 82 percent of Filipino adults nationwide agree that “The choice of family planning method is a personal decision of the couple, and no one should interfere with it,” as of June 2011.

TAGUIG CITY, August 10 (PIA) — The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) has partnered with a vocational institution in Japan to share their expertise on technical vocational education to its neighboring ASEAN countries.

Where are the jobs? For the call-center industry, the answer now is the United States, not India or other foreign countries. Today Jobs4America, a coalition of call-center companies, committed to creating 100,000 new call-center jobs in the United States over the next two years.

A DEDICATED job matching Web site for local freelancers and small and medium-sized firms has been set up in a bid to take increased Internet usage by Filipinos.

COTABATO CITY, Philippines—An estimated 5,000 Filipinos are languishing in various detention facilities in Sabah and other Malaysian states after they were arrested for “illegal entry,” according to an official of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).

MANILA, Philippines – With almost a zero strike record for the past seven months, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is working hard to set a historical record of 2011 being the most peaceful year in the country’s labor history.

MANILA, Philippines – Private economists and analysts slashed their inflation forecasts for this year and next year as concerns about the fragile global economic growth have eased due to moves to ensure steady supply of oil as well as efforts to address the debt crisis in Europe, a survey conducted by the Bangko Sentral ng…

BAHRAIN – The Bahraini government, thru the Royal Family, prefers Filipino workers compared to other nationalities.

MANILA, Philippines – Exporters should not worry so much that the peso is getting stronger against the dollar because since almost all other currencies have appreciated, the Philippines did not lose its competitiveness in the US market, Trade and Industry Secretary Gregory L. Domingo said.

PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino 3rd may very well address the problem of rising unemployment by filling up the 66,957 job vacancies in his own government.

An employee may have been dismissed for just causes but his dismissal may still be illegal because of violation of his rights to due process. In such as a case, what is he entitled to? This is answered in this case of Tino.

A Manila-based organization for migrant workers is urging the overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to learn how to protect themselves from being infected with HIV-AIDS.

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is not inclined, for now, to lift the deployment ban to Libya and Afghanistan, which are still experiencing civil unrest.

MANILA, Philippines – The latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey showed that nearly seven in 10 Filipinos or 68 percent believe the government should subsidize all methods of family planning, whether natural or artificial.

SYDNEY — A new global financial crisis would hit Asia harder than the last one, especially nations heavily exposed to offshore markets or still repairing budgets from the 2008-2009 crisis, credit ratings agency Standard and Poor’s yesterday said.

The Department of Labor and Employment is now monitoring the possible impact on overseas Filipino workers of last weekend’s credit rating downgrade on the United States.

THE women’s group Gabriela on Monday said some recipients of government dole had to stop working to qualify for the cash payouts, while others received less than the promised amount, indicating an avenue for corruption.

PHILIPPINE economic managers on Monday warned that the domestic economy, particularly exports and remittances would slow following Standard & Poor’s downgrade in the US’ credit rating.

PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino III on Monday challenged the communist rebels to show sincerity in pursuing the peace process after they abducted a mayor and four jail officials in separate incidents in Mindanao.

THE peso would likely weaken for “a couple of weeks” as the downgrade of the United States’ credit rating continued to roil markets worldwide, but the currency could resume its appreciating trend in the medium-term amid the Philippines’ improving fundamentals, Finance Secretary Cesar Purisima told a Senate hearing Monday.

MANILA: Government officials here both from the present and past administrations have expressed grave concern over the impact of the credit rating downgrade in the United States on the Philippine economy.

MANILA, Philippines—The country’s five largest credit card players have set up the Philippines’ first international private credit bureau, aiming to ease credit flow by reducing risk for lenders and lowering the cost of money for the “good” borrowers.

Life is a constant cycle of impermanence. There are daily changes in everything and everyone. As they say, there are only two things that are permanent in life: death and taxes.

Everybody has and needs blood pressure. Without it, blood can’t circulate through your body. And without circulating blood, your vital organs can’t get food they need to work. That’s why it’s important to know about the basics of blood pressure and how to keep it in the normal range.

MANILA, Philippines – Malacañang welcomed yesterday the “vote of confidence” in the Aquino administration as shown in the Makati Business Club’s 2011 Executive Outlook Survey showing that 64 percent of the respondents acknowledged that the business environment had improved over the past year.

MANILA, Philippines – Yields on Treasury bills (T-bills) tumbled during yesterday’s auction as market investors sought safer facilities to park their funds on the back of jitters brought about by the downgrade in the US credit rating.