Factories lead US recovery, spur broader job growth

Published by rudy Date posted on April 6, 2010

Factories kick-started the US economy from its worst recession in seven decades. Now they’re taking the lead in reviving the labor market.

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Wage hike still uncertain–Neda

Published by rudy Date posted on April 6, 2010

WORKERS in Metro Manila will have to wait for more time before the proposed P75 across-the-board wage hike can be decided on by the National Wages and Productivity Commission (NWPC).

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‘Improve productivity to spur farm growth’

Published by rudy Date posted on April 6, 2010

WHILE agricultural growth can be achieved by the expansion of agricultural area and input intensification, growth through the improvement in productivity is a promising option, according to a discussion paper released by a senior research fellow of the government think tank Philippine Institute of Development Studies (PIDS)

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Elderly Pinay wins $120K settlement from K-MART

Published by rudy Date posted on April 6, 2010

HONOLULU, Hawaii – The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has ordered K-Mart to pay a 73-year-old former Pinay employee US$120,000 in damages.

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Private schools overburden students, parents with too much work

Published by rudy Date posted on April 6, 2010

MANY CHILDREN enrolled in private schools and their parents are overburdened by school work. The students have very little time after class hours to indulge in recreational activities and enjoy their youth. Their parents, right from work, have to spend the rest of the day and into the evening helping their children accomplish homework and…

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Why people buy pirated DVDs

Published by rudy Date posted on April 6, 2010

I’d like to share a letter e-mailed to me over the weekend which somewhat illustrates that, in our country where pirated DVDs abound and where few have moral or legal qualms about buying them, sometimes theatre owners are hardly helping the cause of the movie industry against piracy.

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Study: Breast-feeding would save lives, money

Published by rudy Date posted on April 6, 2010

CHICAGO – The lives of nearly 900 babies would be saved each year, along with billions of dollars, if 90 percent of U.S. women fed their babies breast milk only for the first six months of life, a cost analysis says.

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Peso rises to 20-month high

Published by rudy Date posted on April 6, 2010

THE peso hit a 20-month high against the US dollar on the first trading day of the second quarter mainly because of improving risk appetite, currency traders said.

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Career service executive defends GMA appointments

Published by rudy Date posted on April 6, 2010

MANILA, Philippines – Amid criticism that President Arroyo has made numerous political appoint-ments in the past nine years, officials claimed that her administration has the highest ratio of career service executives since 1986.

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Biden: Despite ‘encourging’ signs, US economy has long way to go

Published by rudy Date posted on April 6, 2010

WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said there were “some signs of hope” in May’s employment report, but cautioned that the U.S. economy is far from a full recovery.

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Government sets dialogue with international community on Morong 43

Published by rudy Date posted on April 6, 2010

MANILA, Philippines – The government will meet with the diplomatic community tomorrow to explain its side on the alleged human rights abuses committed against the so-called Morong 43.

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‘Privatization of government assets as a tool of budgetary strategy’

Published by rudy Date posted on April 6, 2010

(Fourth of five parts) The more specific macroeconomic benefits of privatization are:

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Treasury bill rates down across the board

Published by rudy Date posted on April 6, 2010

MANILA, Philippines – Treasury bill (T-bill) rates fell across the board as investors swarmed the first auction of government securities for the second quarter of the year, the Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) reported yesterday.

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Business optimism at 14-year high – MBC

Published by rudy Date posted on April 6, 2010

MANILA, Philippines – The outlook of local businessmen on the economy for this year is the most upbeat in 14 years, based on the Makati Business Club’s Executive Outlook Survey.

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Water shortage: Never ‘tubig’ a problem

Published by rudy Date posted on April 6, 2010

Suddenly, it’s summer! The heat is on. And we don’t really mean the frenzied presidential campaign, with elections just around the proverbial bend. Also making big news is our water shortage problem due to the decline in he water level in Angat Dam, which supplies 97 percent of Metro Manila’s raw water, due to the…

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Fewer Pinoy nurses, other professionals getting jobs abroad

Published by rudy Date posted on April 6, 2010

MANILA, Philippines – Fewer Filipino nurses and other professionals are getting hired abroad, the local recruitment industry reported yesterday.

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Business optimism at 14-yr high: MBC survey

Published by rudy Date posted on April 5, 2010

MANILA, Philippines – Business outlook for 2010 is the most upbeat in 14 years as the economy recovers from the global crisis, according to a survey conducted by the Makati Business Club (MBC).

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Dealing with HIV and AIDS

Published by rudy Date posted on April 5, 2010

Filipinos have been familiar with HIV and AIDS since the 1980s. Remember movies made about Sarah Jane Salazar and Dolzura Cortez? Even so, the knowledge of the existence of this condition did not alarm most people at the time. The Philippines was thought to be a low-prevalence country, compared to other countries especially in Africa.…

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HARTFORD: Legislative Committiee OK’s Call Center Rules

Published by rudy Date posted on April 5, 2010

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP)  — Unions and their allies in the General Assembly have cleared a first hurdle for legislation setting new rules for how telephone call centers are staffed.

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US Senate files bill for RP garments

Published by rudy Date posted on April 5, 2010

A SENATE version of the US bill that would provide preferential treatment to certain Philippine-made garments has been filed, according to the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI).

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Aging boomers may bring fiscal blessings instead

Published by rudy Date posted on April 5, 2010

Older workers who can’t retire comfortably are likely to be needed in the workplace as the economy grows, easing threats of an entitlement load.

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Investment commitments surge in first quarter

Published by rudy Date posted on April 5, 2010

COMMITMENTS to invest in the Philippines grew by more than two-fold in the first quarter of the year, according to the Department of Trade and Industry.

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Tuna catch declining in GenSan on El Niño

Published by rudy Date posted on April 5, 2010

GENERAL SANTOS CITY: Tuna catch is declining in the southern Philippines as the warm climate continues to affect the ocean’s temperature.

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Strategy map, governance scorecard of national police [Conclusion)

Published by rudy Date posted on April 5, 2010

For tourist destinations, the initiative is to have gun-free zones and discipline zones. The targets are: 10 percent in 2010; 50 percent in 2020; and 100 percent in 2030.

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SC: First-level courts can now tackle small claims

Published by rudy Date posted on April 5, 2010

MANILA, Philippines – The Supreme Court (SC) ordered all first-level courts in the country to hear small claims cases, giving complainants wider access to a litigation system that does not require a lawyer.

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8 coops want 75-25 power sharing

Published by rudy Date posted on April 5, 2010

MANILA, Philippines – Eight rural electric power cooperatives in the Visayas have called on the national government to honor its standing 75-25 agreement in sharing power with its energy-generating facility, if only to end daily two-hour blackouts in the region.

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Noynoy vows to void all unlawful appointments

Published by rudy Date posted on April 5, 2010

MANILA, Philippines – Liberal Party standard-bearer Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III vowed yesterday to nullify all the illegal appointments made by President Arroyo during the election ban.

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2 supporters of Palparan’s party-list group found dead

Published by rudy Date posted on April 5, 2010

DAVAO CITY, Philippines – Two supporters of the Bantay party-list group of Rep. Jovito Palparan were found dead in separate places in the region on Good Friday, more than two weeks after they were abducted in this city.

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RP seen shifting to motorcycle as preferred mode of transport

Published by rudy Date posted on April 5, 2010

MANILA, Philippines – Sumisho Motor Finance Corp, the country’s first motorcycle financing company, expects the Philippines to soon join its neighbors in the ASEAN region which have shifted to motorcycles as the preferred mode of transportation.

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Bank officers, employees barred from unsafe banking practices

Published by rudy Date posted on April 5, 2010

MANILA, Philippines – State-run Philippine Deposit Insurance Corp. (PDIC) has barred banks or its directors, officers, and employees from marketing and promoting transactions that constitute or emanate from unsafe and unsound banking practices.

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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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