Ministry cold to amending foreign worker laws

Published by rudy Date posted on April 3, 2011

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.

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Labor’s rightful share

Published by rudy Date posted on April 3, 2011

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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3 not enough, Palace taps all agencies for PR work

Published by rudy Date posted on April 3, 2011

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…

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Groups pan govt failure to ‘green’ MTPDP

Published by rudy Date posted on April 3, 2011

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.

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This Miriam College institute also received PEF funding

Published by rudy Date posted on April 3, 2011

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.

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Caloocan micro-entrepreneurs owe PEF, NCSD-CCT their livelihood

Published by rudy Date posted on April 3, 2011

AMONG the borrowers from NCSD-CCT The Times intyerviewed were Corazon Siya and Rosalinda Dagcasin of Caloocan City.

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Example of PEF borrower: NCSD with its network of more than 150 NGOs nationwide

Published by rudy Date posted on April 3, 2011

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.

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FPI pushes for anti-smuggling bill in admin’s list of priority measures

Published by rudy Date posted on April 3, 2011

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.

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Palace won’t dip hands into PALEA strike

Published by rudy Date posted on April 3, 2011

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.

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25 OFWs jailed in Qatar granted amnesty

Published by rudy Date posted on April 3, 2011

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.

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Binay, Cabinet ratings up — SWS

Published by rudy Date posted on April 2, 2011

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.

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Economic growth slowing down

Published by rudy Date posted on April 2, 2011

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.

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Palace considers wage hike by July

Published by rudy Date posted on April 2, 2011

THE government is studying granting a wage increase before July, presidential spokesman Ramon Carandang said Friday.

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BSP mulls rate hike on wage pressures

Published by rudy Date posted on April 2, 2011

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).

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Transport groups unhappy on subsidy

Published by rudy Date posted on April 2, 2011

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…

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PH rice prices stable while those of other cereals soar

Published by rudy Date posted on April 2, 2011

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.

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Addressing emerging food crisis

Published by rudy Date posted on April 2, 2011

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.

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Toyota says local operations normal despite Japan stoppage

Published by rudy Date posted on April 2, 2011

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.

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Baldoz stops PALEA from holding nationwide strike

Published by rudy Date posted on April 2, 2011

MANILA, Philippines –  Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz yesterday stopped the Philippine Airlines Employees’ Association (PALEA) from holding a nationwide strike.

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UN supports RH bill for Phl

Published by rudy Date posted on April 2, 2011

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.

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Transport groups snub protest action

Published by rudy Date posted on April 1, 2011

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.

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Landslide kills 3 miners in South Cotabato

Published by rudy Date posted on April 1, 2011

MANILA — Officials said a landslide triggered by heavy rains has buried alive three miners who were resting in their bunkhouse in South Cotabato province.

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Malacañang resurrects Arroyo-era program

Published by rudy Date posted on April 1, 2011

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.

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USTR says corruption pervasive in Philippines

Published by rudy Date posted on April 1, 2011

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.

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Philippines could catch up with Asean neighbors

Published by rudy Date posted on April 1, 2011

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.

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How corrupt is the Philippines?

Published by rudy Date posted on April 1, 2011

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.

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Strike fails to paralyze public transport

Published by rudy Date posted on April 1, 2011

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.

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Protestants endorse RH measure

Published by rudy Date posted on April 1, 2011

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.

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Export targets reviewed over Japan’s woes

Published by rudy Date posted on April 1, 2011

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.

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July 2025

Nutrition Month
“Give us much more than P50 increase
for proper nutrition!”

Invoke Article 33 of the ILO Constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar
to carry out the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry recommendations
against serious violations of
Forced Labour and Freedom of Association protocols.

Accept National Unity Government (NUG)
of Myanmar.  Reject Military!

#WearMask #WashHands #Distancing #TakePicturesVideosturesVideos

Time to support & empower survivors. Time to spark a global conversation. Time for #GenerationEquality to #orangetheworld!

July


3 July – International Day of Cooperatives
3 Ju
ly – International Plastic Bag Free Day
 
5 July –
World Youth Skills Day 
7 July – Global Forgiveness Day
11 July – World Population Day 
17 July – World Day for
International Justice
28 July – World Nature Conservation Day
30 July – World Day against Trafficking in Persons 


Monthly Observances:

Schools Safety Month

Nutrition Month
National Disaster Consciousness Month

Weekly Observances:

Week 2: Cultural Communities Week
Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise
Development Week
Week 3: National Science and
Technology Week
National Disability Prevention and
Rehabilitation Week
July 1-7:
National Culture Consciousness Week
July 13-19:
Philippines Business Week
Week ending last Saturday of July:
Arbor Week

 

Daily Observances:

First Saturday of July:
International Cooperative Day
in the Philippines

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