Labor Minister Bahk Jae-wan recently met with ambassadors and representatives of 15 labor-sending countries to discuss issues and concerns among the foreign migrant workforce.
TRADE Secretary Gregory L. Domingo was quoted as expressing a willingness to persuade employers to agree to a “reasonable” wage increase following the petition of the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) for 75 pesos across-the-board wage increase with the National Wage and Productivity Commission (NWPC). Speaking for the Employers Confederation of the Philippines…
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Despite the many-headed communications group at the Palace, President Aquino believed that there is failure in delivering his supposed achievements to public notice, resulting in the drastic fall in Aquino’s recent performance surveys, the reason for Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Herminio Coloma to order yesterday “all government agencies to work together” to do…
ENVIRONMENTAL groups expressed their dismay over the recently approved 2011 to 2016 Medium Term Philippine Development Plan (MTPDP) in a media briefing on March 29 in Quezon City.
ANOTHER recipient of the Peace and Equity Foundation (PEF) money is the Miriam College Environment Studies Institute. Using PEF funding, Miriam was able to do research, including a studies on the Laiban dam project, technology options for tricycle drivers and on sikad (padyak) operators.
AMONG the borrowers from NCSD-CCT The Times intyerviewed were Corazon Siya and Rosalinda Dagcasin of Caloocan City.
ONE of the recipients of a PEF loan is the National Council of Social Development (NCSD), a network of more than 150 NGOs working on different projects throughout the Philippines.
MANILA, Philippines – The Federation of Philippine Industries (FPI) has urged government to include the anti-smuggling bill in Malacañang’s list of priority measures not only to help increase tax collection but also to protect domestic manufacturers.
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine Airlines Employees Association (PALEA) could no longer go on strike as the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) had ruled the union’s dispute with management is subject to compulsory mediation, Malacañang asserted yesterday.
MANILA, Philippines – Twenty-five overseas Filipino workers currently jailed in Qatar have been granted amnesty and will soon be freed, according to Vice President Jejomar Binay, the presidential adviser on OFW concerns.
Approval ratings for Vice President Jejomar Binay, Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile, Speaker Feliciano Belmonte and Chief Justice Renato Corona edged higher, according to the Social Weather Stations (SWS), as public appreciation for President Aquino’s performance continues to take a slide.
Growth in the Philippines is slowing this year, after peaking to 7.3 percent in 2010, based on advanced information on the direction of the country’s economic activity.
THE government is studying granting a wage increase before July, presidential spokesman Ramon Carandang said Friday.
MONETARY authorities are ready to undertake another round of tightening in key policy rates if the minimum wage increases will go beyond what have been assumed in their forecast, according to the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP).
VARIOUS transport organizations on Friday expressed disappointment over the move of President Benigno Aquino 3rd to grant public utility jeepneys and tricycles fuel subsidy for at least one month, saying that the move was useless, unfair and just part of the government’s divide-and-rule tactics on their sector. A few lawmakers said that President Aquino must…
OVER the past few months, the rise in food prices worldwide has put agriculture officials, traders, sellers and consumers on edge as it recalled memories of the food crisis three years ago.
WE HAVEN’T really gotten over the impact of the 2008 food crisis, and yet another one is unfolding. Global food prices have hit record levels, largely driven by soaring prices of cereals, meat and dairy products.
MANILA, Philippines – Toyota Motor Philippines Corp. announced yesterday that the company’s local operations are still normal despite the work stoppage in Japan as a result of the twin disasters.
MANILA, Philippines – Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz yesterday stopped the Philippine Airlines Employees’ Association (PALEA) from holding a nationwide strike.
MANILA, Philippines – A member of the United Nations delegation visiting the country underscored yesterday the importance of the Reproductive Health (RH) bill, citing global evidence of improvement of countries after putting similar measures in place.
VARIOUS transport groups on Thursday snubbed a protest caravan organized by the militant Pinagkaisang Samahan ng mgs Tsuper at Opereytor Nationwide to dramatize its objection to the spate of oil price increases recently.
MANILA — Officials said a landslide triggered by heavy rains has buried alive three miners who were resting in their bunkhouse in South Cotabato province.
THE Energy Department on Thursday said it will more strictly enforce the energy conservation measures set in place by the previous administration to cut power and fuel consumption in government agencies by 10 percent.
The Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) said corruption, piracy, preferential tariff on various goods and restrictive laws remain barriers to trade between the US and the Philippines.
THE World Bank and other development partners of the Philippines have expressed confidence that the newly unveiled 2011-2016 Philippine Development Plan (PDP) would spur economic growth in the country for the next six years.
THIS week’s release of corruption survey results by the Hong Kong-based Political and Economic Risk Consultancy (PERC) brought back memories of this writer’s stint in Ma-lacañang. The annual poll prompted much downplaying by Palace officials, especially when the Philippines’ corruption score and ranking rose.
THE Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) and the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) said that Thursday’s transport caravan staged by militant groups failed to disrupt public transportation operation in Metro Manila and in other parts of the country.
ADVOCATES of the controversial Reproductive health bill have found new allies that would help in convincing the government to pass the proposed law and these are the various protestant churches and denominations in the country.
THE public-private Export Development Council (EDC) is assessing the potential effect of the disasters in Japan to Philippine exports in the long-term, although officials said that the impact would likely be minimal.