House leader bats for full implementation of Epira to solve power problem

Published by rudy Date posted on March 11, 2010

Saying that emergency powers are not needed, Deputy House Speaker and Camarines Sur Rep. Arnulfo Fuentebella said yesterday the creeping power outages threatening the country, especially Mindanao, could have been avoided had the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (Epira) of 2001 been faithfully implemented.

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Exporters brace for faster-than-expected recovery

Published by rudy Date posted on March 11, 2010

EXPORTERS are bracing for a quicker recovery than earlier expected, with demand returning to pre-crisis levels in the first month of the year. Sergio Ortiz Luis, Philippine Exporters Confederation Inc. president, on Wednesday said they expect revenues to match pre-crisis levels by the end of this year.

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SSS retains top rank in SWS survey on anti-corruption efforts

Published by rudy Date posted on March 11, 2010

The Social Security System (SSS) remained the top government agency in terms of sincerity in fighting corruption for the second straight year, according to results of an annual survey of Filipino business managers across the country.

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Exploiting the poor

Published by rudy Date posted on March 11, 2010

Earlier this week was International Women’s Day. While the Philippines has made great strides in the area of women and children’s rights, there is a lot of work to be done. In need of address are human trafficking and the sexual exploitation of Filipino women and children. In 2009 the US government put the Philippines…

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HIV/AIDS and the world of work

Published by rudy Date posted on March 11, 2010

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Bottled up

Published by rudy Date posted on March 11, 2010

Much has been made about Gov. Joey Salceda’s remarks about the poverty rate earlier this week. Those who made much about it laced the remarks with undue political speculation.

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All 17 wage boards to meet

Published by rudy Date posted on March 11, 2010

SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, Philippines – All 17 Regional Tripartite Wage and Productivity Boards (RTWPB) nationwide will gather in Baguio City on March 25 and 26 to explore the possible increase in minimum wages in various regions.

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RP in EPA talks with EU

Published by rudy Date posted on March 11, 2010

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines is in the process of negotiating its second bilateral economic partnership agreement (EPA), this time with the European Union (EU) in an attempt to beef up trade and attract more European investors to come to the country.

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Prices of consumer goods not likely to increase, says Favila

Published by rudy Date posted on March 11, 2010

MANILA, Philippines – Prices of consumer goods are not likely to increase despite an increase in the cost of power and the problems brought about by the El Niño, outgoing Trade Secretary Peter B. Favila said.

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Investments in electronics up 20% to $480 million in 2009

Published by rudy Date posted on March 11, 2010

MANILA, Philippines – Investments in the country’s electronics sector went up 20 percent in 2009 compared to the previous year as the global economy starts recovering from the recent financial crisis, the Semiconductor and Electronics Industries in the Philippines Inc. (SEIPI) reported.

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Net FDI inflows jump 26% to $1.95 billion

Published by rudy Date posted on March 11, 2010

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Net inflow of foreign direct investments (FDI) jumped 26.2 percent last year on the back of strong equity inflows as investors continued to plough back earnings to the country in re-cognition of the resilient domestic economy, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas officer-in-charge Diwa Guinigundo reported yesterday.

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Large drop in RP seaweed output seen

Published by rudy Date posted on March 11, 2010

MANILA, Philippines – Philippine seaweed production is expected to drop by 28.6 percent to 50,000 metric tons from last year’s 70,000 MT due to the prevailing El Niño weather phenomenon, driving up further the price of seaweeds and exerting additional cost pressure on local carageenan processors.

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Trade Union Congress joins drive vs plan to privatize Agus complex

Published by rudy Date posted on March 11, 2010

CAGAYAN DE ORO, Philippines/11 March 2010 by Mike Baños—The largest workers’ party in the country, Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP),  has joined the bandwagon calling on all Mindanaoans to vigorously oppose the privatization of the Agus-Pulangi Hydroelectric Complex.

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3 sailors die of food poisoning

Published by rudy Date posted on March 10, 2010

LE HAVRE – Three seafarers have died of food poisoning on an oil tanker traversing the Channel between Britain and Europe, French maritime authorities said Wednesday.

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More than three-quarters see Internet as a right – report

Published by rudy Date posted on March 10, 2010

LONDON – More than three-quarters of people across the world believe access to the Internet is a fundamental right, a poll carried out for the BBC indicated Monday.

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Lilia sells food in the streets but hasn’t heard of microfinance

Published by rudy Date posted on March 10, 2010

MANILA, Philippines—Life could have been easier for Lilia Roseryo had she been a beneficiary of a microfinance program, a government blueprint to ease poverty.

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Agrarian reform: Long on promises, short on performance

Published by rudy Date posted on March 10, 2010

I-TEAM REPORT: THINK ISSUES (Seventh of a series) CONCEPCION, TARLAC—It was a scene from Marlboro country come alive. The brothers Rocky and Joel Lopa, in full cowboy gear, came galloping on horseback at Hacienda Luisita as a security helicopter hovered overhead.

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Too much work takes toll on OFWs in Milan

Published by rudy Date posted on March 10, 2010

MILAN, Italy – The Philippine Labor Office in Milan is concerned about overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) whose health and career advancement are affected by misplaced priorities.

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RP 4th most corrupt on Asia-Pacific list

Published by rudy Date posted on March 10, 2010

Gloria’s graft-ridden gov’t root of widespread poverty—Erap It is no surprise that the Philippines under President Arroyo is again still in the bottom list of corrupt economies.

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200 hospitals shut down on nurses’ lack

Published by rudy Date posted on March 10, 2010

BRAIN drain or the loss of skilled intellectual and technical employees has plagued government and private hospitals in the last two years, causing the permanent closure of 200 institutions across the country and the partial shut down of another 800.

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The youth go for Gibo

Published by rudy Date posted on March 10, 2010

The results of the mock presidential election held by the University of Sto. Tomas is out. It is no longer surprising that former Defense Secretary Gilberto “Gibo” Teodoro topped the mock elections participated in by more than 13,000 students with 32.5 percent of the “votes” since he has emerged number in all surveys conducted in…

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Power-short Mindanao may have to stagger work hours

Published by rudy Date posted on March 10, 2010

THE government will encourage companies in Mindanao, where power outages are happening daily, to shift their working hours at night when demand for electricity is lower, Executive Secretary Leandro Mendoza said Tuesday.

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ABS-CBN bars workers from establishing union

Published by rudy Date posted on March 10, 2010

Thousands of workers of ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corp. said the management has barred them from forming a union.

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Philippines-EU forge justice support accord

Published by rudy Date posted on March 10, 2010

TOP government officials in the from of Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita and Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo, Justice Undersecretary Ricardo Blan-caflor, joined European Union Ambassador Alistair MacDonald to launch the EU-Philippine Justice Support Programme (EPJUST). Also participating were Detlev Mehlis, the team-leader of the EPJUST program, and Bo Åström, the program’s police advisor.

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Review, amend Epira

Published by rudy Date posted on March 10, 2010

PLDT not only stands for the country’s biggest phone company, said Ariel Ayala of Radio Veritas on Saturday.

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Indonesia, RP on corrupt list

Published by rudy Date posted on March 10, 2010

SINGAPORE: Indonesia remains the most corrupt country in Southeast Asia and graft is getting even worse, a poll of businessmen said, dealing a blow to the president’s efforts to clean up the country. The Philippines, however, was not far behind and was ranked 13th on the list of 16 countries that included developed economies for…

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Electric bills to balloon this month

Published by rudy Date posted on March 10, 2010

Pass-through charges to increase by P200-P400 Already saddled with erratic power supply, customers of Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) would also have to bear a hefty spike in their electric bill because of a surge in the utility’s power cost.

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Pro-life group backs candidacy of Villar

Published by rudy Date posted on March 10, 2010

CEBU, Philippines – A group that has been leading in the fight against the controversial Reproductive Health Bill has announced that it is supporting the candidacy of Nacionalista Party standard-bearer Senator Manny Villar.

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MBC hits ‘unstable’ government tax policies

Published by rudy Date posted on March 10, 2010

MANILA, Philippines – The Makati Business Club (MBC) has criticized the alleged “instability of government policies and regulations” after the government ordered Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corp. to pay back taxes.

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No tax – no service

Published by rudy Date posted on March 10, 2010

I have always liked Vicente “Tito” Sotto III. For starters, when my Dad Louie Beltran passed away in 1994, Tito Sotto took over dad’s “Brigada Siete” on GMA 7. Tito Sotto did so with respect and sensitivity to our family.

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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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