PEZA-registered investments up 32% as of Sept.

Published by rudy Date posted on October 14, 2010

INVESTMENTS registered with the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) are up 32.06% to P80.619 billion as of September from a year earlier, data from the state agency showed.

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The high cost of barangay elections

Published by rudy Date posted on October 14, 2010

It’s the eve of the campaign period for the Barangay and SK elections. At the stroke of midnight, the streets and alleys of the metro will once again take the shape of a 3-dimensional collage, plastered from end to end with faces and promises of the nation’s smallest political unit.

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Sotto to MMDA: Exercise diligence first before adopting odd-even scheme

Published by rudy Date posted on October 14, 2010

Not only did the odd-even scheme fail in the past, it does not also give assurance it could resolve the perennial traffic problem on major thoroughfares in Metro Manila, Senate Majority Leader Vicente Sotto III said yesterday.

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CPU to help 10,000 victims of child abuse

Published by rudy Date posted on October 14, 2010

Child Protection Unit (CPU) Philippines will help 10,000 maltreated children annually as child abuse cases reached an alarming rate of 9,787 last year.

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Govt to review mass housing policy

Published by rudy Date posted on October 14, 2010

The inter-agency Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC) on Wednesday said it would review its policy on mass housing amid the revenue lesion its loose definition has caused the government.

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GMA opposes conditional cash transfer for poor

Published by rudy Date posted on October 14, 2010

FORMER President turned Rep. Gloria Arroyo of the Second District of Pampanga has expressed opposition on the government’s planned massive expansion of the conditional cash transfer (CCT) program, a poverty reduction initiative that started under her administration in 2008. The former president was referring to the CCT initiative, which provides cash assistance to extremely poor…

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MMDA to recoup $2-B lost to traffic mess

Published by rudy Date posted on October 14, 2010

Traffic problems in Metro Manila have cost the government $2 billion in economic losses. Citing a study made by the World Bank, Chairman Francis Tolentino of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) on Wednesday said that the losses could be recouped in part by the odd-even scheme for vehicles that he has decided to revive.

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Up to P20 MRT 3 fare hike looms

Published by rudy Date posted on October 14, 2010

A STATE-RUN think tank on Wednesday recommended a fare hike of up to P20 for Metro Rail Transit (MRT) Line 3 to minimize the government’s multibillion-peso subsidy.

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DOLE moves to curb HIV/AIDS spread in workplaces

Published by rudy Date posted on October 14, 2010

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is looking at new measures to prevent the transmission of HIV/AIDS and other deadly diseases in workplaces.

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RP’s growth requires more funds, improved policies for R&D

Published by rudy Date posted on October 14, 2010

MANILA, Philippines – The government should adopt a national program for research and development (R&D), with better policies and a bigger budget.

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P-Noy’s K-12 plan must first overcome BEC deficiencies

Published by rudy Date posted on October 14, 2010

While the new DepEd Secretary, Brother Luistro is getting acquainted with UNESCO during the ongoing Autumn Executive Board meeting in Paris, former DepEd undersecretary to Brother Andrew, Isagani Cruz was tasked to inform the media and the public how President Noy Aquino’s K-12 education plan would work out. Expecting an avalanche of arguments to follow,…

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GMA gets back at Dinky, holds up OK of DSWD budget

Published by rudy Date posted on October 14, 2010

MANILA, Philippines – It’s payback time. Former president and now Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo played out her role as opposition leader in grilling administration officials over their budget proposal.

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Law needed to curb lifestyle diseases

Published by rudy Date posted on October 13, 2010

Sports scientist asks Congress to make daily exercise mandatory MANILA, Philippines – An expert in molecular biology and sports science called Wednesday on lawmakers to enact legislation that would encourage daily physical exercises, including in workplaces, as a solution to the worsening problem of lifestyle diseases like hypertension and diabetes.

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300 youths to benefit from TESDA partnership with PEZA, Informatics

Published by rudy Date posted on October 13, 2010

MANILA, Philippines – To ensure its scholars get employed, especially in the Information Technology (IT) industry, the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) enters into partnerships with private sector organizations.

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The SSS delinquency list

Published by rudy Date posted on October 13, 2010

I am writing this column in Cebu City while in the thick of preparations for a conference dubbed as the biggest human resource event of the year: The 47th annual conference of the People Management Association of the Philippines. The conference opens at 2 p.m. today at the Cebu International Convention Center.

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Why many Filipinos are poor (2)

Published by rudy Date posted on October 13, 2010

TO RECALL the first part of this topic, the World Bank’s latest report on the country, titled “The Philippines: Fostering More Inclusive Growth,” started its analysis of poverty in our country by asking: “Who are the poor, what are the characteristics of the poorest Filipinos?” The World Bank’s answer: first, the typical poor Filipino belongs…

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Blueprint for farm sector crucial to reducing poverty

Published by rudy Date posted on October 13, 2010

A COMPREHENSIVE road map that will ensure the increase in the income of all Filipino farmers is the “sure-fire” way of reducing rural poverty, the University of Asia and the Pacific’s Center for Food and Agribusiness (UA&P-CFA) said in a paper.

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Illegal Pinoys abroad in deeper rut

Published by rudy Date posted on October 13, 2010

FILIPINO migrant workers, mostly those undocumented, feel the brunt of foreign governments’ stringent economic measures resulting from the impact of the global financial crisis with continuing arrests in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) while those in Malaysia are forced to use their passports as collateral to get loans to get by as they continue to…

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UN: More than 1/3 of women abused or forced into sex

Published by rudy Date posted on October 13, 2010

UNITED NATIONS—More than a third of all women in the world have been forced into sex, beaten or abused by a partner or family member, a top UN official said Tuesday.

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SSS gives firms until mid-November to update workers’ loan accounts

Published by rudy Date posted on October 13, 2010

MANILA, Philippines—Employers have been given until mid-November to update their employees’ loan accounts to remove their delinquent status with the Social Security System, SSS chief executive Emilio de Quiros Jr. said Tuesday.

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‘Export strategy’ for auto manufacturing needed

Published by rudy Date posted on October 13, 2010

THE Philippine auto-manufacturing industry should formulate an “export strategy” to boost its regional competitiveness before the government can consider added incentives, Trade Secretary Gregory Domingo said on Tuesday.

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Food production threatened

Published by rudy Date posted on October 13, 2010

FOOD production and even economic growth in Asia, including the Philippines, will be under threat owing to the expected 40-percent shortfall in water supply and demand in the region by 2030, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said.

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‘Chemical leak’ near school downs teacher, 14 students in Iloilo

Published by rudy Date posted on October 13, 2010

A suspected chemical leak from a construction site downed a teacher and 14 students of a high school in Iloilo City Monday afternoon.

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UN cites Albay as model for disaster risk reduction

Published by rudy Date posted on October 13, 2010

MANILA, Philippines — United Nations (UN) Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has cited the province of Albay as a model for good practices on disaster risk reduction for this Thurday’s commemoration of International Day for Disaster Reduction.

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Second credit card bill pushed in Congress

Published by rudy Date posted on October 13, 2010

MANILA, Philippines – A second bill seeking to improve regulation of the credit card industry has been filed in Senate. Sen. Ramon Revilla Jr. has filed Senate Bill 2492, which seeks to provide more transparency on interests and charges that consumers pay credit card firms.

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Budget for higher education cut by P400-M

Published by rudy Date posted on October 13, 2010

SUCs urged to diversify sources of income MANILA, Philippines – The budget of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) for 2011 has been cut by P400 million.

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Goldman Sachs ups RP growth forecast to 7.4%

Published by rudy Date posted on October 13, 2010

US-based investment bank Goldman Sachs revised its 2010 Philippine economic outlook saying the economy will grow 7.4 percent from 4.2 percent after the stronger-than-expected rebound in the first six months.

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Civil society groups slam EU free trade pacts

Published by rudy Date posted on October 13, 2010

BRUSSELS, Belgium—Civil society groups that gathered in Brussels for the Asia Europe People’s Forum (AEPF) have called for the cancellation of the free trade agreements between the European Union and the developing economies, particularly those with India and South Korea.

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Canadian Ambassador ignores labor groups on asbestos

Published by rudy Date posted on October 13, 2010

Manila, Philippines — Newly installed Canadian Ambassador to the Philippines Christopher Thornley never responded to the request of the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP), the Associated Labor Unions (ALU) and the Building and Woodworkers International (BWI) for an appointment to receive the trade union statement on asbestos and make a brief response to…

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PCCI backs bid to extend basic education to 12 years

Published by rudy Date posted on October 13, 2010

The Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI), the country’s largest trade group, is supporting a proposal for a 12-year primary and secondary schooling for children under the K-12 program of the Aquino administration.

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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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