ONE of the accomplishments of the Arroyo administration is the creation of the Nautical Highway System using roll-on, roll-off (roro) vessels. It has reduced passenger and cargo transport costs as well as travel time within the Philippines. This is only part of the administration’s great accomplishments in infrastructure building in terms of roads, bridges and…

The Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) and five government agencies joined hands in launching the “Kabayanihan” program, integrating various social protection services for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs).

Dismissed employees of broadcasting giant ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corp. accused the company’s chairman, Eugenio Lopez III, of unfair labor practices, including union busting.

Dear PAO, The company where I worked was one of the companies that suffered recession in 2008. In 2009, the company closed its office after it declared bankruptcy. All the employees were terminated but we were not given our respective separation pay. Two months after the closure, we heard that the company reestablished its operation…

Under President Gloria Arroyo’s watch, the former US Subic Naval Base and Clark Air Base have developed to become an important part of a premier Asan integrated logistics base. After President Arroyo’s nine years in office, the vast Subic-Clark Corridor has become one of the more important investment havens in the country.

Data from the Office of the President show that from 2004 to Nov 2009, a total of 14.2 million jobs were generated. This is 237 percent of the low-end six million target and 142 percent of the high-end 10-million target stated by President Gloria Arroyo in the 10-point legacy development agenda

During the Arroyo years, electrification of 99 percent of all barangays was achieved. Access to water and electricity in barangays across the country improved remarkably over the past decade, data and statements from government agencies disclose. Jesus Tamang, Department of Energy director, said that as of March 31, 2010 the government has accomplished the electrification…

Successes 5, good WORK 2, FAILURES 3 IN 2004, President Gloria Arroyo announced her 10-point Development Agenda to be achieved before she leaves office in June 2010. These are:

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SAYS LABOR GROUP MANILA, Philippines—A United States Senate bill seeking to discourage the transfer of American contact center jobs to foreign locations is not expected to adversely affect the booming business process outsourcing (BPO) industry in the Philippines, a Filipino labor leader said in a news release Sunday.

Days after their resignation went into effect, more than 20 machine operators in Saudi Arabia have yet to be repatriated and their recruitment agency still has to pay for their booked tickets.

Dear PAO, I filed a complaint before the National Labor Relations Commission for illegal dismissal against my employer. During mediation, my employer said that he will not pay a single cent to me because I was the one who abandoned my work. Can you clarify to me this allegation? Jose

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At least two million Filipinos became poor in the aftermath of unfortunate events that hit the country in the last four years, a study commissioned by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) showed on Friday. The study, titled Tackling Poverty and Social Impacts: Philippine Response to the Global Economic Crisis, attributed the number of poor…

MANILA, Philippines – Metro Manila workers asked yesterday the National Wages and Productivity Commission (NWPC) to implement a P75 salary increase instead of the P22 increase recently granted by the regional wage board, saying that P22 is not sufficient to improve the living condition of ordinary wage earners.

MANILA, Philippines – Various health groups led by the Health Alliance for Democracy (HEAD) presented yesterday a nine-point health agenda that president-elect Benigno Aquino III “should immediately address.”

HANDOG NG GLOBAL PINOY SA BAGONG PANGULONG NOYNOY: TWO DAYS OVERSEAS EMPLOYMENT MEGA JOBS FAIR July 2 & 3, 2010 from 8AM – 5PM at Philippine Trade Training Center (PTTC), Gil Puyat (Buendia) Ave. Extn., cor. Roxas Blvd., Pasay City Email early your resume to: pasei.jobsxpo@gmail.com Thousands of overseas jobs will be made available to…

I’ve been having an argument with a fellow economist who thinks Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo did just great as president. The trouble is that he belongs to a very small minority who thinks so. Overwhelmingly, the rest decry her performance.

CEBU, Philippines – In a recent forum hosted by the Association of Government Information Officers in Region 7 (AGIO), Dr. Alvin Roxas, head of the Renal Center of the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center, said that kidney or renal failure is considered one of the top 10 diseases afflicting Filipinos today.

It’s becoming clear that high in the new Aquino administration’s priorities will be the addition of two more years to our formal basic educational system. Right now, we have six years of primary school and four for the secondary to make 10. The idea is to make that 12, but it is still unclear where…

Extreme positions aside, many parents— and some teachers too—do have valid reasons for worrying about the possible impact of the new sex education modules being pilot-tested by the Department of Education. We can classify these various anxieties into three concerns: preparation, parental privilege and promiscuity.

MANILA, Philippines – With the recent RP visit of former US Vice President (now iconic champion against climate change) Al Gore, concern for the environment has been pushed to the top of the Filipino mind – no doubt helped along by the very public and shocking debacle that is the BP oil spill in the…

Something is really wrong when government agencies are adopting measures based on a legislation that has not even been passed by Congress yet. This is what the Department of Education (DepEd) under outgoing Secretary Mona Valisno is doing in her last few days in office when she issued DepEd Memo 261 integrating the subject of…

GOVERNMENT officials and employees have been prohibited to interact with tobacco industry members under a joint circular issued by the Department of Health (DoH) and Civil Service Commission (CSC), pursuant to the government’s anti-smoking campaign.

MANILA, Philippines – Most national and local candidates lied in their statements of contribution and expenditures and actually spent more than what is allowed by law in the May 2010 polls.

THE WORLD Bank will implement starting this Thursday a new policy that will allow the public to access its reports as part of the agency’s efforts to promote transparency and accountability.

MANILA, Philippines – Outgoing Finance Secretary Margarito Teves said the economy could have performed better and trimmed fiscal deficit were it not for the impact of the global financial crisis.

THE GOVERNMENT has saved a total of P2.3 billion from the rationalization plan which abolishes redundant functions and outdated positions in the bureaucracy, a Budget official said yesterday.

BRUSSELS, Belgium – Undocumented Filipino migrants in Belgium are concerned over the delay in the results of their applications for regularization.