Secretary Cabral airs side

Published by rudy Date posted on March 28, 2010

Dear Atty. Sison: This has reference to your column “A Law Each Day (Keeps Trouble Away)” in The Philippine STAR dated March 12, 2010 and entitled Deceptions. While we respect the good attorney’s opinion, please allow us to clarify a few points.

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Common interview questions to prepare for

Published by rudy Date posted on March 28, 2010

Tell me about yourself The question is not about you, the person. Focus on selling yourself. Make it short — 30 to 60 seconds

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The Best Interview Tips

Published by rudy Date posted on March 28, 2010

Preparing Do research on the company Research on the functions of the position Know the jargon of the industry Read up on current events

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North Harbor workers opt to settle

Published by rudy Date posted on March 27, 2010

NORTH Harbor workers have “agreed in principle” to set aside their concerns so that the busiest port in Manila can be turned over to its new operators, a Metro Pacific Investment Corp. (MPIC) executive said. “I understand we have agreement in principle on the labor issue. I’m just waiting for the confirmation,” Jose Ma. Lim,…

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Only one Pinoy, 2 Indonesian nurses pass Japan test

Published by rudy Date posted on March 27, 2010

TOKYO, Japan – Three foreign nurses on Friday passed the Japanese nursing exam, the first to do so under Japan’s drive to attract Asians to help ease the nation’s severe shortage of nurses.

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74 new HIV cases recorded in city from January – March

Published by rudy Date posted on March 27, 2010

CEBU, Philippines – The Department of Health announced yesterday that they have recorded 74 new cases of individuals infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome in Cebu City just in the first three months of this year.

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DSWD starts program against violence on women

Published by rudy Date posted on March 27, 2010

More than 50 men from the Department of Social Welfare and Development -7 have pledged to fight violence against women and children after they were installed as members of Men Oppose to Violence Against Women Everywhere or MOVE-7. Their installation was made during the culminating program of the Women’s Month held at SM City-Cebu. Violence…

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Consumer confidence turns positive – survey

Published by rudy Date posted on March 27, 2010

MANILA, Philippines – Consumer confidence for the next 12 months finally turned positive after being in negative territory over the past seven quarters as the global economic recovery gains more foothold, a survey conducted by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) showed.

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Migrants are buying more houses, says survey

Published by rudy Date posted on March 27, 2010

More families of migrant Filipino workers have recently acquired houses, supporting the growth of the remittance-driven real estate industry.

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Furniture and furnishing sector recovering

Published by rudy Date posted on March 27, 2010

The country’s furniture and furnishings sector is expected to recover at least two more years should the present global economic activity continue to improve.

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Why migrant workers are shunning China’s factories

Published by rudy Date posted on March 26, 2010

Finding a job in the city of Donguan in southern China is not hard at the moment. There is said to be a shortage of two million workers in this part of China.

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Abolish the party-list or abolish Congress?

Published by rudy Date posted on March 26, 2010

For almost 100 years since the birth of the Philippine Republic on June 12, 1898, people didn’t have the benefit of having to vote for a party-list group that nominated sector representatives to Congress. Nonetheless the republic survived, although it did not necessarily progress, nor improve, nor prosper, politically.

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CHED rejects tuition hike at state school

Published by rudy Date posted on March 26, 2010

Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Chairman Dr. Emmanuel Angeles assured that there will be no tuition increase in the Polytechnic University (PUP) of the Philippines and in other state universities and colleges (SUC) across the country.

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Workplace fertile ground for TB – DOLE

Published by rudy Date posted on March 26, 2010

The workplace is the fertile ground for tubercolosis, or TB,  the sixth  leading cause of death and illness in the Philippines, a Labor official said Thursday.

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Economy seen performing better in 2010 despite risks

Published by rudy Date posted on March 26, 2010

MANILA, Philippines – The government remains optimistic that the domestic economy in 2010 will improve in line with a global rebound as early signs indicate, a top economic manager said.

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GM corn production now a multi-billion-peso industry

Published by rudy Date posted on March 26, 2010

LOS BAÑOS, Laguna , Philippines  – Genetically modified (GM) corn production in the Philippines has become a multi-billion-peso venture.

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Factory output surges 39.3% in January

Published by rudy Date posted on March 26, 2010

MANILA, Philippines – Output of the country’s manufacturing sector went up by a double-digit growth in January compared to the year-ago level, the National Statistics Office (NSO) reported yesterday.

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Low human development index reflects MDG failure

Published by rudy Date posted on March 26, 2010

During the period of Mrs. Gloria Arroyo’s presidency, the state of Human Development in the Philippines has remained relatively stagnant as reflected by the country’s Human Development Index (HDI). The HDI is a figure calculated by research teams of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to help determine a particular nation’s quality of life for…

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With polls, UA&P sees 4.2% growth in 2010

Published by rudy Date posted on March 25, 2010

THE Philippine economy could grow by 4.2 percent this year—beyond the official government forecast of 2.6 percent to 3.6 percent—with election spending directly triggering a 0.5-percent growth, economist Dr. Victor Abola said.

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Filipino women becoming major economic force — poll

Published by rudy Date posted on March 25, 2010

Filipino women are becoming a major force in the economy with the proportion of women to men in terms of labor force participation rate increasing from 62.08 percent in 2009 to 62.16 percent this year, based on the findings from the latest MasterCard Worldwide Index of Women’s Advancement.

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More people seen leaving Mindanao due to drought, brownouts

Published by rudy Date posted on March 25, 2010

BAGUIO CITY—Drought equals brownouts equals bad economy equals migration.

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Comelec rules party-list nominees must ‘belong’ to sector they represent

Published by rudy Date posted on March 25, 2010

MANILA, Philippines—The Commission on Elections has issued the rules on the qualification of candidates for party-list representatives, mandating that nominees prove they “belong” to the marginalized sector they seek to represent.

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No law defining ‘marginalized’ sector

Published by rudy Date posted on March 25, 2010

MANILA, Philippines—The absence of a law defining a “marginalized” sector is putting the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in a legal and procedural dilemma.

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40,000 purged from Maguindanao voter’s list

Published by rudy Date posted on March 25, 2010

COTABATO CITY—Some 40,000 voters have been removed from the Maguindanao voter’s list for failure to validate their records through the biometrics system or due to their failure to vote during the two previous elections, officials said yesterday.

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Protected:

Published by rudy Date posted on March 25, 2010

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Protected: Companies reluctant to hire more – D&B

Published by rudy Date posted on March 25, 2010

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NEDA sees ‘better’ economic expansion in first quarter

Published by rudy Date posted on March 25, 2010

PHILIPPINE economic growth likely picked up in the first quarter of the year despite the El Niño phenomenon and an electricity shortfall, the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) said.

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DepEd to include sex education in schools

Published by rudy Date posted on March 25, 2010

Despite strong opposition from the Catholic Church, newly appointed Education Secretary Mona Valisno on Wednesday said she is committed to integrate sex education in the country’s basic education curriculum.

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Italy needs Philippine nurses, health workers

Published by rudy Date posted on March 25, 2010

Italy is in need of Filipino nurses sooner than later, a former envoy said. Philippe Lhuiller, who served as Philippine ambassador to Italy from 1999 until January 2010, said, “They really need nurses. There are hospitals, at least five of them near our embassy, have closed shop because of the shortage of nurses.”

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Gibo enters Top 3 in presidential bet surveys

Published by rudy Date posted on March 25, 2010

Former Defense Secretary Gilbert “Gibo” Teodoro is now among the top three candidates for president in the May 10 elections, according to a series of preference surveys.

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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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