Sen. Manny Villar yesterday urged the Department of Labor and Employment and Overseas Workers’ Welfare Administration to act swiftly on the complaints of five overseas Filipino workers against a welfare officer based in Ammam, Jordan who wanted to force them to go back to work despite having escaped from abusive employers.

NEW YORK – Higher education leads to better paying jobs and by 2018 almost two thirds of all occupations in the United States will require a college degree, according to a new study.

Social Security System (SSS) has cut down its interest rates and relaxed its lending requirements to enable more companies to avail themselves of its social and business loans, a top official said.

In response to the mounting complaints of security guards against their employers for violating labor laws, the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) launched “Oplan Sikyu.”

Government travel ban to Iraq will stay even as the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has removed a stamp in Philippine passports, which says that it can not be used for travel to the conflict-stricken state.

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has asked members of the civil society and business organizations to participate in free trade agreements (FTA) consultations after the groups issued a warning on the DTI to carefully study the social costs of FTAs.

MANILA, Philippines – More high school graduates are now employed compared to those who earned college degrees owing to the dominance of low skilled jobs in the country, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) reported yesterday.

MANILA, Philippines – The House of Representatives has approved on third and final reading a bill prohibiting parents, guardians, teachers and elders from subjecting a child to physical punishment and psychological threats.

Below is a list of plain but hard facts, revealed by world leading scientific experts and by prestigious institutions, against the systematic nationwide distribution of artificial contraceptives. The following five points seek to address misconceptions about population growth, the spread of AIDs and artificial contraception:

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Four out of five overseas Filpino workers in Qatar do not save their money, according to the Philippine labor attaché there. Labor Attaché Ricardo Sodusta made the observation as he advised Filipinos to think about the future of their families when they decide to return home for good.

Loan defaults by Filipinos working in Saudi Arabia have become a big headache not only for money lenders in the Kingdom, but also for other Filipinos acting as their guarantors.

Shortage results in thriving illegal market for housemaids during Ramadan as ministry puts curbs on recruitment Riyadh: With the advent of Ramadan, there has been a thriving illegal market for housemaids in the Kingdom. This is because of the growing demand for housemaids and their low supply due to the Labour Ministry’s decision to ban…

CHIEF Justice Renato Corona on Thursday supported amendments to the 1987 Constitution, and in particular the changes to the provisions on business and the economy.

THE government on Thursday questioned the communist rebels’ sincerity after they postponed a meeting on social and economic reforms and demanded the release of more of their detained comrades.

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MANILA, Philippines — Lawmakers are pushing for a P6,000 additional monthly pay for the country’s 1.4 million government workers, saying that their salaries have become unrealistic due to inflation and other economic difficulties.

The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has increased allocations for three agencies for next year in a bid to boost social services, an official statement said on Friday.

THE Climate Change Commission revealed its program in support of the government’s campaign to create green jobs in the country.

There’s an angel watching over your child on the Internet. “Project Angel Net,” a 24/7 operation center and website aimed at fighting online sex predators and cyber bullies, was launched on Thursday by the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) of the Philippine National Police (PNP).

The SM Group, one of the biggest corporate land holder in the country, decided to pass on the forming of a Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) due to a provision that required at least 40 percent public ownership on the firm.

The International Labour Organization (ILO) expects the travel and tourism industry to create 296 million jobs by 2019, which is definitely good news for the Philippines because the country intends to double last year’s tourist arrivals from three million to six million in 2016.

MANILA, Philippines – The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) banned yesterday 23 more cosmetic and skin whitening products on the market were found containing excessive levels of mercury, a toxic substance that can damage the body’s vital organs.

STRUCTURAL CHANGES are necessary if the Philippines is to fully shake off its reputation as Asia’s laggard and grow at a pace that truly cuts poverty, an economist yesterday said.

Recognizing the contribution of seafarers to the economy of the Philippines, dubbed the “crewing capital of the world,” the Aquino administration on Thursday vowed to provide more scholarships for the children of mariners.

CEBU, Philippines – The Visayan Electric Company Employees’ Union-ALU-TUCP yesterday held an indignation rally at the vicinity of the National Labor Relations Commission Seventh Division to dramatize the union members’ disappointment over an impending dismissal of their motion for reconsideration.

I HAD hoped that a previous column on oil prices would have been the last but with local gasoline prices increasing upwards 15 times already this year alone (2011), answering the question of how to put the brakes on skyrocketing oil prices becomes imperative. Oil firms and government are singing the same tune as to…

SINGAPORE: The man with his right arm draped casually over Mohammad’s shoulders as they walk out of a metro station could be mistaken for the Bangladeshi guest worker’s best buddy.

MANILA, Philippines – The country’s budget deficit in the first six months of the year was way below what was programmed as the government has yet to catch up with its spending targets.