For the last time during her incumbency, President Gloria Arroyo on Tuesday met with leaders of labor groups in the country in what was seen as a kick-off for the country’s celebration of Labor Day, May 1.

BEIJING, China—China announced Tuesday that it had lifted travel restrictions for foreigners with HIV and AIDS ahead of the 2010 Expo.

PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan, Philippines — President Macapagal-Arroyo signed Wednesday the National Framework on Climate Change, a complementary policy document to the newly enacted Climate Change Law (RA 9729), which provides the overarching policy directions on how the Philippines will cope with global warming and climate change.

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines dropped nine notches in the emerging opportunity market index due to the low projected economic growth for the country this year, the latest issue of the International Business Report (IBR) of global auditing from Grant Thornton noted.

MANILA, Philippines – The country’s imports climbed 27.6 percent in February from a year earlier, slowing from January’s seven-year high growth of 31 percent, mainly due to lower purchases of oil and oil products, the National Statistics Office (NSO) reported yesterday.

MANILA, Philippines – The government incurred a budget deficit of P63.9 billion in March, 21.3 percent higher than the deficit incurred in the same month last year, the Department of Finance (DOF) reported yesterday.

MANILA, Philippines – Two non-government organizations are urging Filipinos to vote for candidates who favor the reproductive health bill.

About two weeks ago, I received a bookbound copy of an academic thesis done by a fourth year high school student from Our Lady of Guadalupe Minor Seminary in Novaliches, Quezon City. It was a research about The Philippine Party-List System in the 14th Congress: A Study.

MANILA, Philippines – There will be no announcements of wage hikes from President Arroyo on Labor Day but workers may expect a P200-million non-wage and livelihood assistance package.

THE Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) yesterday ordered DCD Construction to stop work on the building for the expansion project of Aegis People Support at the AsiaTown IT Park after a portion of the building collapsed on Saturday.

Manila (27 April) — “The workplaces have become increasingly dangerous place for workers. The five new deaths in Cebu construction and 10 others from mining accidents in Nueva Vizcaya this April alone, showed continued disregard for workers’ safety and health and with safety standards and laws. How many more workers have to die before we…

Message of Atty. Alejandro Villaviza, Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) 3rd day of the National Tripartite Conference on Freedom of Association 4 December 2009, Sofitel Plaza Hotel, Manila

So, what on earth did you do for Mother Earth on her special day last Thursday, April 22 (aside from wear green with your heart on your sleeve)? Earth Day may be over, but hey, it doesn’t mean we have to stop doing our bit for the earth and our fellow earthlings. Why not make…

SIGE NA NGA: The Commission on Elections insists that it is ready to conduct credible national elections two short weeks from now. Having grown tired, I am tempted to throw up my hands and say, “Sige na nga, ready and able na po kayo!” Yes, let us leave the Comelec alone so it can concentrate…

MANILA, Philippines – Twelve party-list groups have statistical chances of winning seats in the House of Representatives in the May 10 elections, with Bayan Muna leading the list of probable winners, according to the latest BusinessWorld-Social Weather Stations (SWS) Pre-Election Survey.

MANILA, Philippines – The latest survey of the Social Weather Stations (SWS) showed that two actors who are also re-electionist senators are again leading the senatorial aspirants in the May 10 elections.

MANILA, Philippines – A total of 27 people, including a mayoralty bet and five running for councilor, were killed in 75 election-related violent incidents during the first 105 days of the campaign period for the May 10 general elections.

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THE ARROYO government is scrounging for non-wage benefits to present to the country’s workers on May 1, telling representatives of labor groups who gathered in Malacañang yesterday that much of these wage alternatives had already been given.

KEY ISSUES AND CHALLENGES ON FOA AND CIVIL LIBERTIES, TRADE UNION RIGHTS AND ENFORCEMENT OF LABOR LAWS IN THE TARLAC AND OTHER ECOZONES IN THE REGION INCLUDING SUGGESTED RESPONSES IN FORM OF ROLES, MANDATES, PROGRAMMES FOR CAPACITY BUILDING By Bro. Reynaldo Reyes, Union Representative, ALU-TUCP 27 April 2010, Holiday Inn, Clark, Pampanga

Message by Former Congressman and TUCP Vice President ATTY. ALEJANDRO C. VILALVIZA during the Luncheon Meeting with Her Excellency, GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, 27 April 2010, Malacañang Palace, Manila

THE PHILIPPINES became the “biggest faller” among 27 emerging markets in a survey that ranked countries based on its growth opportunities.

MANILA, Philippines – A group of Filipino drivers are living in a deplorable situation in Saudi Arabia. “Filipino drivers may be the best drivers, but they too could be living in a most miserable situation in a foreign land: living in  makeshift barracks they made themselves when off duty, and under the truck trailer when…

Workers, employers and governments mark the World Day for Safety and Health at Work each year as part of an international campaign to promote safe, healthy, and decent work. This year, it is focussing on emerging risks at the workplace and new forms of prevention in a changing world of work. ILO Online spoke with…

LONDON — A new decades-long study examining the link between the use of mobile phones and long-term health problems such as cancer and neurological diseases launched on Thursday across five European countries.

REPRESENTATIVES of labor groups that form part of Metro Manila’s Regional Tripartite Industrial Peace Council (RTIPC) yesterday said that the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines’ (TUCP) P75 across-the-board wage petition is no longer enough in the face of increasing oil and commodity prices.

BALANGA CITY, Bataan—Bataan Gov. Enrique Garcia has reiterated his strong opposition to the plan to rehabilitate the controversial Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP). The BNPP is in Morong town, Bataan.

LABOR groups in Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon and Palawan (Mimaropa) are seeking a P65 across-the-board wage increase on the grounds that prices of basic commodities have increased by 8 percent since last year.

Domestic car manufacturers are raising their sales targets. Originally, the industry projected sales of just 137,000 units, an increase of a sluggish 3.4 percent over the 132,444 units sold in 2009. They see a boom coming.

Last Monday, The Manila Times published a news story where Nacionalista Party senatorial candidate Susan “Toots” Ople urged the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to recall its Memorandum Circular 268, which allows banks to freely subcontract out in bulk jobs normally performed by their regular employees.