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MANILA, Philippines – To ensure that more workers are getting the rightful wages, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is now preparing to inspect over 35,000 commercial establishments nationwide.

Thousands of Filipino workers in Iraq are on the brink of losing their jobs after the US government ordered all its military contractors to send home expatriate workers whose country imposes a travel ban in Iraq.

A group of clinics accredited by Middle Eastern countries to conduct medical tests on Sunday said there is an “alarming” increase in the number of Filipino migrant workers bound for the region who tested positive for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

THE DEPARTMENT of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) wants to privatize the operations of three commuter rail systems in Metro Manila in one to two years by bidding out concession contracts similar to those covering tollways.

MANILA, Philippines—With the world experiencing the ill effects of climate change, the Philippines urged its co-members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to “climate-proof” the region’s energy sector.

MASINLOC, Zambales: Eighty Chinese allegedly working in a mining firm in Masinloc, Zambales were detained by the Philippine National Police Friday. Police Senior Supt. Rafael Santiago, Zambales provincial director of the Philippine National Police confirmed that the 80 Chinese nationals were in the vicinity of Coto Mining Inc. (CMI) located in Barangay Taltal, Sitio Coto…

People’s organizations (POs) and nongo-vernment organizations (NGOs) have made their wish list known to the public and they, hope, President Benigno Aquino 3rd, through the media, demonstrations and rallies. Some have sent manifestos and positions papers to Malacañang.

MANILA, Philippines – Coal-fired power plants remain the dominant source of electricity in the country, latest data from the Department of Energy (DOE) showed.

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines is racing to meet its Millennium Development Goals (MDG) by 2015 as the government is getting poor marks in era-dicating extreme poverty and hunger and achieving universal education, latest MDG indicators showed.

MANILA, Philippines –  Climate Change Commission vice chairman Heherson Alvarez has denied that loans related to the government’s climate change program have been spent by the agency.

MANILA, Philippines –  Sen. Pia Cayetano warned the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) yesterday of the repercussions of its plan to tax market and sari-sari store vendors, as well as pedicab and tricycle drivers, saying the revenue agency should focus instead on big tax evaders if it’s really serious about plugging the yawning deficit.

MANILA, Philippines –  Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Teresita “Ging” Deles is getting a second chance to push for peace with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and the New People’s Army (NPA).

MANILA, Philippines – Until last July 5 when she officially took over the leadership of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), Rosalinda Baldoz was content to be working in the background, playing a supporting role to her superiors.

SEEKING TO further open its doors to more international trade, the Philippines has expressed interest in joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a multilateral free trade deal that involves several economies, including the country’s biggest trading partner, the United States.

SAN FRANCISCO, California – Police arrested protesting hotel workers that blocked a street leading to the Grand Hyatt Hotel.

STATE subsidies to non-financial government-owned and controlled corporations (GOCCs) fell in June, the Bureau of the Treasury said on Friday. Last month, the national government only disbursed P183 million, or 90.6 percent lower than the P1.94 billion released in the same period a year ago.

DESPITE its benign inflation outlook in the medium term, the Philippine central bank sees upside risks given the pending petitions for power and transport fare hikes and the possibility that global commodity prices could turn upward, an official said. “Should the inflation outlook turn out to be less favorable as growth continues to gain traction…

A CONGRESSMAN filed a bill seeking to criminalize the use of artificial trans fat in food preparation and manufacture, citing the dangers of the ingredient when consumed.

Education Secretary Armin Luistro said Friday he would push for the prompt release of the adjusted teachers’ salaries as part of the department’s plan to upgrade the quality of education in public schools.

Former Health Secretary Dr. Jaime Galvez-Tan believes that there is still hope for the country to achieve the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) laid down by the United Nations (un) if the Aquino administration has the “political will.”

The launch of the Magna Carta of Women Implementing Rules and Regulations (MCW IRR) last week is hailed as a ground-breaking event as it provides the legal framework that recognizes women’s role in nation-building, and promotes equality between women and men in Philippine society.

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration employees’ association yesterday urged the Aquino administration to increase the salaries of Pagasa personnel, particularly weather forecasters, to prevent them from leaving the country for better paying jobs abroad.

TACLOBAN CITY—The International Labor Organization (ILO-Manila)is coordinating with the labor department in the region in its bid to address child labor problem in this part of the country.

LABOR groups would expect an ugly response from the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) in Northern Mindanao in their petition for a P75 across-the-board wage increase aimed at “uplifting the lives of the workers.”

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Sen. Juan Ponce Enrile has expressed alarm over the reported “meddling” of religious sectors in the fight for the Senate presidency, noting the apparent violation being committed by the religious groups on the principle of the separation of powers of Church and State.

Gunmen believed to be members of the communist New People’s Army (NPA) burned down several logging equipment worth millions of pesos in an inner Isabela town on Thursday, a military report said yesterday.

THE previous administration has spent most of the 2010 budget, leaving the government only 10 percent or about P100 billion to cover expenses for the next five months, President Benigno Aquino III said Friday.