Always beaten in the negotiation game? Here’s a list of must-dos to gain the upper hand in bargaining sessions. You know you’re good. You’ve got skills, the experience and the expertise to do the job well. Despite this, how come you always seem to be on the losing end in salary negotiations?

The Partido ng Manggagawa supports the P75 wage petition filed by the TUCP. Its basis is rock solid. Inflation has truly eroded the purchasing power of workers in the almost two years since the last wage order in June 2008. And price hikes in the coming months should indeed be factored into any computation of…

MANILA, Philippines – A recent survey by the Food and Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI) showed that more Filipinos are at-risk for lifestyle-related diseases.

When people talk about child laborers, they generally refer to juvenile sakada workers, house-help, watch-your-car boys, little sampaguita vendors, port area baggage kids and beggars. Some people in show business, however, hope that child stars and starlets will soon be added to that list.

The third reality of the workplace is that there will be temptations, usually financial or sexual. For example, sales people may be tempted to fudge on their expense account. Or an unscrupulous supplier offers a kickback to a purchasing assistant in exchange for the order. A married employee may be attracted to a co-worker and…

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MANILA, Philippines—A study recently released by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) provides an informative and substantially probing picture of how families of overseas Filipino workers spend their remittance money.

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… but hunger incidence still near all-time peak THE NUMBER OF FILIPINO FAMILIES who feel poor has fallen to a level last seen 23 years ago but hunger remains near the record high, the Social Weather Stations (SWS) said, tracing the dichotomy to significant belt-tightening.

Regarding our proposal to boycott party-list groups of dubious legitimacy or whose nominees are discredited politicians or scheming operators, we received a plea that Mindanao party-lists be given a fair chance.

MANILA, Philippines—Elections Commissioner Armando Velasco urges Filipinos abroad to vote for the May 10 polls, either by mail, in person or using the pilot automated polls in Hong Kong and Singapore.

New law scraps DST, travel tax, airport fee for migrant workers Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) are now exempted from paying documentary stamp tax (DST) on their remittances as well as travel tax and airport fee.

(This is the conclusion of  the columnist’s discussion of this subject, which started last Friday.)

Manila, Philippines – The multi-sectoral group tasked to discuss the adoption of a National Program for the Elimination of Asbestos Related Diseases (NPEAD) finally agreed in a meeting today, 16 April 2010, to develop the NPEAD based on the outline of the International Labor Organization (ILO) and World Health Organization (WHO).

To help address the mismatch between available jobs and college graduates, foreign-owned businesses in the country would offer longer internship programs to qualified students.

DEMAND for business process outsourcing (BPO) office space in Metro Manila will rise this year with prices returning to pre-crisis levels seen two years ago, according to an international property consultant.

BAGUIO CITY: Posting pictures on social networking sites may land one in jail.

A House panel has approved several measures seeking to establish breast care centers around the country amid reports that the Philippines has the highest incidence of breast cancer in the South East Asian region.

Filipinos are preparing for a historic election in which they will vote using automated machines for the first time, but there are rising fears the experiment could fail and trigger deep political chaos.

The next Philippine president who will be elected on May 10 should prioritize job creation and education, a United Nations survey released on Thursday showed.

MANILA, Philippines – A wish list of priority economic reforms was handed over to Congress’ administrative units yesterday in a bid to lay down an agenda for incoming legislators.

MANILA, Philippines – Davao has been named the Philippines’ top “next wave” city for business process outsourcing (BPO).

MANILA, Philippines – Money sent home by overseas Filipinos grew 7.1% in February, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) reported on Friday.

CEBU, Philippines – The Supreme Court (SC) has finally released Tuesday the rules of procedure on environmental cases which shall form bases for the prosecution of cases involving the environment protection and preservation. Environmental lawyer Gloria Estenzo-Ramos said that the rules of procedure on environmental cases will help usher in an era of stewardship and…

BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya , Philippines  – Ten small-scale miners were buried alive in an illegally constructed tunnel in a gold-rich mountain village in the province’s eastern Kasibu town last week, belated reports said.

MANILA, Philippines – Foreign portfolio investments or “hot money” that entered the country surged by 602 percent in the first quarter of the year on the back of robust corporate earnings, strong peso, the rise in US stock market as well as bouyant Asian markets, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) reported yesterday.

NEW YORK – All the dirty laundry younger people seem to air on social networks these days might lead older Americans to conclude that today’s tech-savvy generation doesn’t care about privacy.

CHICAGO – Asian economies are “on the move” after weathering the global economic downturn, but require more liberalization and reforms, Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said Thursday.

From the introduction of R. Torres, IILS Director: This Policy Brief shows that the benefits from adopting and pursuing fiscal measures in support of jobs are significant. Such measures are crucial for reducing the lag between the incipient economic rebound and job creation. Indeed, a premature exit from such measures would weaken the economic recovery,…

THE PHILIPPINES SAVED some P4.4 billion in 2009 due largely to energy efficiency and conservation measures implemented by the government last year, according to the Department of Energy.