Caloocan to hold job fair, March 24, 2010, Barangay 152

Published by rudy Date posted on March 22, 2010

MANILA, Philippines – The Caloocan City government has set a job fair on March 24 at the Barangay 152 covered court. The one-day job fair will offer 3,000 vacancies in at least 75 firms to prospective employees, said Mayor Enrico Echiverri. Among the companies participating in the job fair are SM, Puregold, Isetann, Rustan’s and…

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Bureau of Immigration’s foreign employer visa scheme creates 20,000 jobs

Published by rudy Date posted on March 22, 2010

MANILA, Philippines – The Bureau of Immigration’s special visa scheme for foreign employers has created almost 20,000 jobs for Metro Manila residents since it was launched last year.

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Two sides of the issue

Published by rudy Date posted on March 22, 2010

In the interest of fairness and responsibility presented herewith is Health Secretary Esperanza Cabral’s reply to my column of March 12, 2010 entitled “Deceptions”. The full text may also be reproduced elsewhere in the pages of Phil Star, space permitting.

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‘RP has slipped behind neighbors in education’

Published by rudy Date posted on March 22, 2010

DAGUPAN CITY, Philippines – The chairman of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) admitted Saturday that the quality of education in the country has “deteriorated way behind our neighbors.”

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Fwd: UNDP head: Decent employment key to economic recovery

Published by rudy Date posted on March 22, 2010

Quality employment key to poverty alleviation, UN official says 22 March 2010 –Decent employment opportunities are essential for countries to achieve economic growth and alleviate poverty, the head of United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) said today, stressing the need to create more and better jobs each year.

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New law adds safeguards for migrant workers

Published by rudy Date posted on March 21, 2010

A BILL giving Filipinos who want to work abroad more protection lapsed into law after President Gloria Arroyo let the 30-day period within which to veto it pass.

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RP’s banking system still fragmented

Published by rudy Date posted on March 21, 2010

The Philippine banking system remains fragmented, with no single bank considered too big too fail as those in the United States, a Bangko Sentral official said Friday.

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Next gov’t urged to add two years to basic education

Published by rudy Date posted on March 21, 2010

MANILA, Philippines—The next administration should immediately add two more years to Philippine elementary and high school education, an education expert said.

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Power, power, power

Published by rudy Date posted on March 21, 2010

IF THE Philippine government took to heart the lessons learned from the past, these power shortages would not have happened. While the worsening power supply situation had been attributed to the breakdown of several facilities, scheduled maintenance shutdowns and the El Niño weather disturbance, Francisco L. Viray believes that these outages are also rooted on…

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Bet backs nuke power but not from Bataan

Published by rudy Date posted on March 21, 2010

COTABATO CITY—A senatorial candidate from power-deficient southern Philippines doesn’t want the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) reopened but proposes that Luzon, the Visayas and Mindanao each get a nuclear power facility.

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RP a model for migrant workers’ policy

Published by rudy Date posted on March 21, 2010

THE PHILIPPINES’ “good practices” in migrant workers’ policy is a model that Bangladesh would want to copy, according to Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dipu Moni.

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Analyst: May 10 polls a 4-cornered race

Published by rudy Date posted on March 21, 2010

Noynoy, Erap, Gibo, Villar have ‘winning formulas’ MANILA, Philippines – The presidential race is down to a 4-cornered fight between Sen. Benigno Aquino III, former President Joseph Estrada, administration bet Gilbert Teodoro, and Sen. Manny Villar, according to a veteran political analyst.

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PhilHealth now covers measles confinement C

Published by rudy Date posted on March 21, 2010

CEBU, Philippines – Outbreaks of measles are to be expected during the summer season, but 2010 saw incidences of outbreaks as early as January.

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Illegal miners flock to Zamboanga gold mountain

Published by rudy Date posted on March 21, 2010

Mercury, cyanide peril people ZAMBOANGA DEL SUR: Mercury and cyanide used by illegal miners searching for gold is threatening the environment and health of thousands of villagers in the southern province of Zamboanga Sibugay. And small-scale miners have been operating over the past decade in the province, particularly in Diplahan—a remote mountain town where tunnels…

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NP: Hunger, poverty hinder youth education

Published by rudy Date posted on March 21, 2010

CEBU, Philippines – Nacionalista Party senatorial candidate Gilbert Remulla said lingering poverty and hunger hamper the country’s goal to provide access to primary education for millions of school-age children despite the existing law on free elementary and high school education.

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200 OFWs in Saudi get royal pardon

Published by rudy Date posted on March 21, 2010

At least 200 Filipinos in Saudi Arabia who were imprisoned for petty offenses were granted pardon and subsequently repatriated to the Philippines since December 2009, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) reported Saturday. Foreign Affairs Undersecretary for Migrant Workers Affairs Esteban Conejos Jr. said that the Philippine Embassy in Riyadh and the Philippine Consulate General…

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SSS expands repayment period for overdue contributions by employers

Published by rudy Date posted on March 21, 2010

MANILA, Philippines – The Social Security System (SSS), the state-run pension fund for private employees, has expanded the repayment period for overdue contributions to encourage employers to settle their obligations under an amnesty period which will run until July 31.

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Church backs banana aerial spraying

Published by rudy Date posted on March 21, 2010

MANILA, Philippines – Banana growers in Davao have gained the support of the Church in their appeal to the government not to ban aerial spraying for banana plants in the region.

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‘Killing now seen as cheaper alternative to cheating’

Published by rudy Date posted on March 21, 2010

CLARK FREEPORT, Pampanga , Philippines  – Defense Secretary Norberto Gonzales said some local candidates seem to regard killing their rivals as a less costly alternative to cheating in the country’s first automated elections this May.

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Published by rudy Date posted on March 21, 2010

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DOLE plans to give out female condoms

Published by rudy Date posted on March 21, 2010

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is eyeing the distribution of female condoms in workplaces to protect women workers from HIV/AIDS infection.

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Past years’ failure in corruption fight being rectified

Published by rudy Date posted on March 21, 2010

IN JULY 2009, the administration admitted that it had failed in fighting corruption according to the target set by the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), but only by a thin margin. It declared it’s optimism to pass the MDG corruption score card by 2010.

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Philippines is now only ‘partly free’– Freedom House

Published by rudy Date posted on March 21, 2010

Several controversies in the human rights department and various unsavory political events have demoted the status of “freedom in the Philippines” during the years of the Arroyo administration as assessed by Freedom House. From “free” we are now only “partly free,” according to the studies of the nonprofit organization co-founded, during the rise of Hitler’s…

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Quietly, step-by-step six key govt agencies meeting their reform goals

Published by rudy Date posted on March 21, 2010

Working to get a US$500-million anti-corruption grant from Millennium Challenge Corporation How the Arroyo administration has been failing in its efforts to meet the Millennium Development Goals (there is a 2015 deadline) is what media have been focusing on. Their facts are accurate. These negative reports also include praise for the administration where it has…

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Obama signs multi-billion dollar jobs bill

Published by rudy Date posted on March 20, 2010

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Thursday signed into law a package of tax breaks and spending designed to give the US a jobs boost by encouraging the private sector to start hiring again.

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Fix it if it’s broke

Published by rudy Date posted on March 20, 2010

While we’re at it, we might as well fix the problem where labor always demands salary increases, but the system simply does not address the truth and reality of business and economics.

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Firms move to augment power shortage in South

Published by rudy Date posted on March 20, 2010

POWER industry players are taking steps to augment the electricity supply in Mindanao. A German-backed consortium operating a coal-fired power plant on the island is looking at expanding its capacity amid the region’s power crisis.

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HIV cases up in past three years

Published by rudy Date posted on March 20, 2010

There was a sharp increase in the number of diagnosed HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) cases in the country in the last three years, the Department of Health said on Friday.

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Schools defy DepEd’s warning on collecting graduation fees

Published by rudy Date posted on March 20, 2010

Militant student groups revealed that more than 95 schools all over the county continue to collect graduation fees from students and parents despite repeated warnings by the Department of Education (DepEd).

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Wage adjustment before Labor Day unlikely–govt

Published by rudy Date posted on March 20, 2010

Workers may as well pin their hope on the new administration  for a new wave of salary increases as it is unclear whether the Arroyo government can give in to their demand before Labor Day.

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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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