Clarifies stand with 5-point declaration on RH MANILA, Philippines—Shortly after his combative speech at the University of the Philippines graduation rites, President Benigno Aquino III made it clear that a responsible parenthood program under his administration would make natural and modern family planning methods “equally available” to couples.

MANILA — The government said call center vacancies top the list of its online jobs portal this summer with the business process outsourcing industry showing no signs of let up.

Overview of amendments to the Standard Employment Contract April 20 2011 Introduction Amendments Introduction The Philippines Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) Standard Employment Contract (SEC) was last amended in 2000. A tripartite meeting to discuss proposed amendments was held in May 2008 with representatives from the manning agencies representing employers, the seafarers’ union and the government…

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CALL center vacancies top the government’s online jobs portal this summer, a top official of the labor department said Saturday.

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MANILA, Philippines – The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) yesterday said the impact of the magnitude 9 earthquake and powerful tsunami that hit Japan last March 11 on the export earnings of the country’s electronics industry would be temporary.

MANILA, Philippines – Citing the rising price of basic commodities and utilities, public school teachers called on the government to issue this year a  P1,500 pay hike installment they are scheduled to get next year.

MANILA, Philippines – Some 6,000 workers have been affected by the temporary closure and slowdown of several Japanese companies in the country.

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) warned the government yesterday that the hiring of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) is likely to decline in the coming months due to the continuing political unrest in the Middle East and Libya.

MANILA, Philippines – The government may resort to an “extreme legal measure” to cushion the effects of steadily rising oil prices – the issuance of an executive order banning further hikes, Justice Secretary Leila de Lima said yesterday.

Human Rights Watch Dhaka, Bangladesh – Ministers from Asian labour-sending countries meeting in Dhaka this week should together endorse protections for migrant workers, Human Rights Watch, Migrant Forum in Asia, and CARAM Asia said in a briefing paper released today. They should give priority to protecting migrant domestic workers, who are at especially high risk…

MANILA, Philippines–The Department of Energy (DoE) is asking oil companies that raised pump prices for the umpteenth time to explain why the latest round of increases was higher than computations showed.

WASHINGTON—A key credit agency issued an unprecedented warning to the United States government Monday, urging Washington to get a grip on its finances or risk losing the nation’s sterling credit rating.

CEBU, Philippines – The Associated Labor Unions-Trade Union Congress of the Philippines yesterday asked the Regional Tripartite Wage and Productivity Board to grant them a P100 across-the-board daily wage increase for the private workers in Central Visayas.

Corruption reduces domestic investment. It discourages foreign direct investment. It makes government spending larger than it should be. Worst, it shifts away resources that could go into more important uses for the nation.

MANILA, Philippines –  Seventeen senators have signed a committee report on similar bills filed by Senate President Pro-Tempore Jinggoy Estrada and Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago banning the specification of gender preference in job advertisements.

MANILA, Philippines –  Malacañang yesterday defended the Reproductive Health (RH) Bill that President Aquino is espousing, taking into consideration the benefits of a democratic country like the Philippines where people have a choice.

The government’s moratorium on timber harvesting has started to take its toll on furniture makers as sawmill companies scaled down operations by trimming the working period to four instead of five days.

THE government on Monday allayed inflation fears, saying prices should decline toward the latter part of the year to conform to the Bangko Sentral’s inflation expectations.

MANILA, Philippines—More than 100,000 jobs are up for grabs in various job fairs this coming Labor Day across the country, Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said Monday.

MANILA, Philippines—Some 300 overseas Filipino workers who reportedly abandoned their jobs in Madagascar, an island-nation in the Indian Ocean, are not entitled to the one-time financial grant of P10,000 from the government, according to the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA).

The Burma question seems unresolved within the short-term as Asian leaders have no compassion towards the people of Burma who have been suffering hellish plights underneath an atrocious military dictatorship. Currently, they are collaborating with Thein Sein’s sham civilian government so as to exploit the resource-rich country.

MANILA, Philippines (Xinhua) – The government is stepping up its anti-child labor drive by seeking the participation of 42,000 villages in the implementation of the administration’s program, a senior government official said today.

WASHINGTON, D.C.: Turmoil in Japan could spell higher costs and choppy sales for US firms, according to a survey of trade economists published Monday, showing jitters and uncertainty about the impact of the crisis.

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MANILA, Philippines – Treasury bill (T-bill) rates declined to new record lows on the back of the huge improvement in the country’s fiscal position as well as strong liquidity in the financial system. This prompted the Bureau of Treasury to open a tap facility to sell an extra P9 billion worth of debt papers after…

Malacañang yesterday passed on to the judiciary the “pressure” it is receiving from various media and other press-oriented organizations concerning the resolution of the 2009 Maguindanao massacre and other political killings involving journalists that happened during the Arroyo administration.

Reports of sleeping air traffic controllers highlight a long-known and often ignored hazard: Workers on night shifts can have trouble concentrating and even staying awake.