NGO: Eton tragedy highlights need to end subcontracting

Published by rudy Date posted on January 28, 2011

MANILA, Philippines – A non-government organization is urging the Labor Department to terminate existing subcontracting chains in the construction sector following the death of 10 workers in an ongoing high-rise residential project in Makati City.

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Published by rudy Date posted on January 27, 2011

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Senate tackles proposals on equal employment opportunities for women

Published by rudy Date posted on January 27, 2011

MANILA, Philippines—The Senate has started deliberations on proposals that seek to give equal employment opportunities regardless of gender. This includes allowing night work for women employees.

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Council on Migrants and Itinerant people’s welfare empowers OFWs in La Union

Published by rudy Date posted on January 27, 2011

San Fernando City, La Union (27 Jan) –Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) and their families, either displaced or presently working abroad were glad to have the inter-agency council for Migrants Concern here in La Union or the LUIMCO whose primary concern is the welfare and empowerment of OFWs in the locality.

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Charter change not among House priorities—Belmonte

Published by rudy Date posted on January 27, 2011

MANILA, Philippines—For now, Charter change is not among the priorities of the House of Representatives, saying it needs ample time to be debated in plenary, Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. said Thursday.

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Gov’t forms body to assess Jpepa

Published by rudy Date posted on January 27, 2011

The government has formed an inter-agency body to review the impact of the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (Jpepa) on the local economy.

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CCT funds going to wrong hands — minority

Published by rudy Date posted on January 27, 2011

Funds from controversial Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) Subsidy Program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) under its chief, Corazon “Dinky” Soliman, as predicted, have been going to families who can hardly be considered the poorest of the poor.

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Motorcycle sales hit new record

Published by rudy Date posted on January 27, 2011

MOTORCYCLE sales zoomed to a record last year, according to the Motorcycle Development Program Participants Association Inc. (MDPPA). Ma. Sheryl Santos, MDPPA secretary general, told The Manila Times that the sales of the group’s six member-companies last year totaled 759,849 units—the industry’s highest so far and 19.1 percent more than the 637,792 units sold in…

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Parenthood same as pending RH bill

Published by rudy Date posted on January 27, 2011

THERE is no need to come up with a responsible parenthood (RP) bill to compliment the pending reproductive health (RH) bill measure proposed in the House of Representatives, an RH bill author in the House said Wednesday. House Minority Leader Edcel Lagman noted that the responsible parenthood bill parallels Lagman’s House Bill 96 along with…

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‘No halt in OFW deployment even in uncertified countries’

Published by rudy Date posted on January 27, 2011

MANILA, Philippines – Here’s good news for aspiring overseas Filipino workers. The Philippine government is not halting the processing and deployment of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) even to countries still “uncertified” by the government as safe destinations for workers.

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HIV prevalence is rising in MSM

Published by rudy Date posted on January 27, 2011

ZAMBOANGA CITY, Jan. 27 (PIA) — Men having sex with Men (MSM) tops the Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) registry list as cause of the / Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) cases in the region.

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DZIQ: 10 killed from fall in Makati construction site

Published by rudy Date posted on January 27, 2011

MANILA, Philippines – (UPDATE 6) At least 10 workers, not 11 as posted, were killed at a construction site in Makati City when an electric gondola carrying them broke and sent them plummeting from the 28th floor to the 7th floor, according to a report on Radyo Inquirer.

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Real estate firm mourns, offers aid to Makati condo workers’ kin

Published by rudy Date posted on January 27, 2011

MANILA, Philippines—(UPDATE) Eton Properties Philippines, Inc. of tycoon Lucio Tan expressed its condolences to the families of 10 workers killed in Thursday’s accident at one of its property development projects in Makati City.

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PJEPA benefits studied

Published by rudy Date posted on January 27, 2011

The Philippines is assessing how it can further benefit from the Philippines-Japan economic partnership agreement two years after the country’s first bilateral pact came into force.

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DOLE sends team to probe Eton’s construction site hazards

Published by rudy Date posted on January 27, 2011

MANILA, Philippines—The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) sent on Thursday an inspector to the Eton construction site in Makati City to investigate the company’s compliance with occupational safety standards in the building.

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Cracks in ASEAN?

Published by rudy Date posted on January 27, 2011

Southeast Asia’s mainland states are seen drifting away from ASEAN and into the warm embrace of China. RFA The route taken by ASEAN foreign ministers on their one-day road trip from Thailand to China. Twenty years after China and Southeast Asian nations forged official links, fears are growing that Beijing’s rising military and economic clout…

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China, ASEAN eye stronger ties

Published by rudy Date posted on January 26, 2011

KUNMING / BEIJING -Foreign ministers from China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on Tuesday agreed to further promote strategic cooperation, which analysts believe sets a positive tone for China-ASEAN relations this year.

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TUCP partylist to extend some more assistance

Published by rudy Date posted on January 26, 2011

CEBU, Philippines – The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines PartyList has assured barangay and local government officials in Metro Cebu and other towns in the province of more assistance.

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300 female OSYs granted scholarship

Published by rudy Date posted on January 26, 2011

Three hundred female out of school youth from Cebu were granted Information and Communications Technology (ICT) vocational training in a deal signed between Cebu Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA), the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda) and Informatics Philippines.

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Foresters oppose total log ban

Published by rudy Date posted on January 26, 2011

MANILA, Philippines – The Society of Filipino Foresters Inc. (SFFI) is opposed to the imposition of a total log ban as proposed by Senate Bills 1360 and 21.72.

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BSP: Inflation risks in PH lower than rest of Asia

Published by rudy Date posted on January 26, 2011

The monetary policy is still “appropriate” as inflation this year and next remains within the target range, Bangko Sentral Governor Amando Tetangco said.

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Nurses unfazed by job-training ban

Published by rudy Date posted on January 26, 2011

THE Philippine Nursing Association on Tuesday belittled the move of the country’s hospitals’ group not to accept nurse interns for on-the-job-training, saying it will not impair the nurses’ chances for employment.

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Electric coops warn of power crisis in off-grid areas

Published by rudy Date posted on January 26, 2011

OFF-GRID utilities that source their electricity from state-owned National Power Corp. (Napocor) are appealing to President Benigno Aquino 3rd to address a power crisis in their service areas because of the government’s inability to secure their fuel requirements. In an open letter to the President, members of the Association of Isolated Electric Cooperatives Inc. (AIEC)…

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Malaysia’s maid crunch hits households

Published by rudy Date posted on January 26, 2011

KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) – Tens of thousands of Malaysian households have been thrown into domestic chaos as a shortage of maids hits a country with a long-standing addiction to cheap foreign labour.

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Holidays and national development

Published by rudy Date posted on January 26, 2011

A new cycle of holidays will start in this new year, 2011. Our country has more holidays than most countries and some of them happen at the spur of presidential decision.

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Growth versus equity

Published by rudy Date posted on January 26, 2011

It was pretty disappointing that Economic Secretary Dondon Paderanga was not able to give a more spirited defense of the administration’s conditional cash transfer program when it was attacked, ever so gently, by Sen. Bongbong Marcos during the FOCAP forum last week. Sen. Marcos raised the growth versus equity thing… that P-Noy is sacrificing growth…

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Businessmen form shadow Cabinet vs corruption

Published by rudy Date posted on January 26, 2011

MANILA, Philippines – Members of the Management Association of the Philippines (MAP) will form an informal advisory body on corruption, peace and security, and climate change.

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Fewer colleges to impose tuition increase – CHED

Published by rudy Date posted on January 26, 2011

THE Commission on Higher Education (CHED) on Tuesday said it is confident that less number of private colleges and universities will implement tuition increase amid various student groups raising alarm on the expected hike. In an interview with Executive Director Julito Vitriolo, the commission expects only around 20 percent, or less of the total population…

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State of peace: RP ranks 130th

Published by rudy Date posted on January 26, 2011

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines ranked 130th in the 2010 Global Peace Index (GPI), an international survey that measured the state of peace in 149 countries.

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China ups minimum wages, as inflation persists

Published by rudy Date posted on January 26, 2011

SHANGHAI – Many Chinese cities are raising minimum wages for workers, fanning inflationary pressures while also seeking to soothe frustrations over price hikes.

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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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