Malacañang to provide shuttle service, ‘Botika ng Bayan’ to public servants

Published by rudy Date posted on May 3, 2009

Malacañang yesterday said the government will do all it can to alleviate the plight of workers despite the limited power of the President to rule on wage adjustments.

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RP has most displaced persons in 2008 — report

Published by rudy Date posted on May 3, 2009

The country chalked up another dismal world record yesterday after a United Nations-backed report stated the biggest number of internally displaced people last year was in the country where an estimated 600,000 Filipinos fled fighting between the government and a break-away faction of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) after the aborted signing of the…

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Burden of gold: Children mine workers in Bicol

Published by rudy Date posted on May 3, 2009

VIRAC, Catanduanes: Each day starts early for Aiza, her sister Angeline and their mother Emily.

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All is not lost: Child labor has declined worldwide

Published by rudy Date posted on May 3, 2009

AFTER a decade of one of the largest social reform movements ever seen, the end of child labor is now within grasp.

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‘Children of the evening dew’

Published by rudy Date posted on May 3, 2009

THEY are called “Shine Girls” in Davao. Batang tun-og or “children of the evening dew” in General Santos. “Vitamin C” in Cagayan de Oro.

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The world of RP’s 4 million child workers

Published by rudy Date posted on May 3, 2009

“PROSTITUTION” to pay for school fees is just one of the many guises of children in the Philippine flesh trade.

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Uphill battle vs. worst proof of poverty

Published by rudy Date posted on May 3, 2009

“The government is committed to reduce and finally eradicate the incidence of child labor,” Labor and Employment Secretary Marianito Roque told The Manila Times. “Most of the country’s child labor arises from poverty in the countryside. That is why we launched last year our four-year project to help indigent parents send their children to school.”

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RP land reform: Going the way of Zimbabwe?

Published by rudy Date posted on May 3, 2009

“HOw can CARP be extended “with reforms” but without audit? How will the taxpayers know whether the new extension law will address the real causes of CARP’s failure during the past 20 years?

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FDI inflows are not dependent on foreign ownership of land – FPI

Published by rudy Date posted on May 3, 2009

There is a no need to allow foreigners to own land in the country to encourage more foreign direct investment (FDI), the Federation of Philippine Industries (FPI) said.

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Report shows press freedom declines worldwide

Published by rudy Date posted on May 3, 2009

WASHINGTON — Press freedom declined worldwide in 2008 as even once-unfettered nations such as Israel and Italy imposed new limits on media coverage, according to a report by media analysts.

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Mass housing market still robust, says FLI

Published by rudy Date posted on May 3, 2009

MANILA, Philippines – Sales of publicly listed Filinvest Land Inc. to the expatriate Filipino community remain strong despite the global economic crisis, as FLI caters mainly to the mass housing market, its head said yesterday.

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PEZA sees higher investments, exports in Q2

Published by rudy Date posted on May 3, 2009

MANILA, Philippines – After registering a 50-percent drop in investments in the first quarter, the Philippine Economic Zone Authority expects the second quarter to be much better, with demand for the country’s products starting to pick up.

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Worthwhile investments

Published by rudy Date posted on May 3, 2009

MANILA, Philippines- I wrote recently on the perverse Philippine experience wherein poverty had risen in recent years even as the economy reportedly grew at the fastest rate achieved in 30 years. The fact is, compared to the rest of the world, Asia as a region had actually translated every percentage point of economic growth into…

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900,000 college graduates may end up jobless or underemployed

Published by rudy Date posted on May 3, 2009

MANILA, Philippines – The crop of more than 900,000 college graduates of class 2009 are facing the bleak possibility of joblessness or underemployment with the government failing to provide jobs other than those in the business process outsourcing (BPO) industry, according to a youth party-list lawmaker.

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Press freedom in RP declines considerably, says Freedom House

Published by rudy Date posted on May 3, 2009

WASHINGTON – A number of emerging democracies including the Philippines  have suffered considerable declines in press freedom over the last five years, Freedom House reported.

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Worthwhile investments

Published by rudy Date posted on May 3, 2009

MANILA, Philippines- I wrote recently on the perverse Philippine experience wherein poverty had risen in recent years even as the economy reportedly grew at the fastest rate achieved in 30 years. The fact is, compared to the rest of the world, Asia as a region had actually translated every percentage point of economic growth into…

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Sudden summer showers

Published by rudy Date posted on May 3, 2009

SUMMER is here. Then why is it raining hard in April? Thirty years ago, summer was always humid and dry. We all know the months of March and April are rainless while November to February are chilly months. When rain starts to pour in May, most kids are out in the streets playing and enjoying…

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Customs scanners seek higher hazard pay

Published by rudy Date posted on May 2, 2009

The Customs bureau has asked the Department of Finance for a higher hazard pay and medical benefits for X-ray scanning staff exposed to radiation at the worksite.

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A formula for cutting the cost of power

Published by rudy Date posted on May 2, 2009

Several years ago, this senior legislator from Cagayan led a one-man campaign against the controversial  purchased power adjustment scheme in which end-users were unreasonably  made to shoulder even the cost of excess or unused power supplied by independent power producers.   The scrapping of the scheme to ease the burden on power consumers became his campaign…

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P8b to rebuild typhoon-hit Panay, Negros

Published by rudy Date posted on May 2, 2009

Congress has earmarked a supplemental budget of P8 billion for the rehabilitation of communities in Panay and Negros islands that were devastated by typhoon Frank on June 20 last year.

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Flexible tuition payment pushed

Published by rudy Date posted on May 2, 2009

President Arroyo has ordered the Commission on Higher Education to drop the “no-payment, no-periodical examination” policy and adopt instead a “flexible, socially sensitive” tuition payment plan for all state colleges and universities.

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State workers to receive new non-wage benefits

Published by rudy Date posted on May 2, 2009

PRESIDENT Arroyo unveiled a package of non-wage benefits for over a million state workers yesterday, including shuttle services and more scholarship programs for their children and siblings.

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Government inaction could trigger more attacks on unionists, warns solon

Published by rudy Date posted on May 2, 2009

The Philippines ranks as the second most dangerous country for trade unionists, and opposition Sen. Francis “Chiz” Escudero yesterday said the government’s seeming indifference to killings of trade union leaders could trigger more attacks against them.

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Thomson Reuters selects RP for outsourced legal content business

Published by rudy Date posted on May 2, 2009

Leading data provider Thomson Reuters has announced plans to expand its legal content business and that is has chosen the Philippines to host its facility.

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Banks see downtrend in loan delinquency

Published by rudy Date posted on May 2, 2009

Local economy still unaffected by credit crunch MANILA, Philippines—Big Philippine banks saw a surprise downtrend in loan delinquency in the first quarter, suggesting that the local economy remained resilient so far to credit stresses that have bludgeoned financial institutions in the United States and elsewhere in the world.

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Training center for maritime workers rises in Cebu City

Published by rudy Date posted on May 2, 2009

While workers around the country marked Labor Day with rallies, elsewhere maritime workers opened their training center at the Cebu Ports Area of Cebu City yesterday.

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Why the markets are up

Published by rudy Date posted on May 2, 2009

To understand the rally, recognize that the GDP statistics you are reading are already out of date.

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NEDA data shows oil companies gouging Filipinos

Published by rudy Date posted on May 2, 2009

THE National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) on Friday said pump prices today should be P32 lower per liter if oil companies purchased crude in February or March.

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Olongapo holds peaceful rally marking Labor Day; Subic hosts sports festival

Published by rudy Date posted on May 2, 2009

OLONGAPO City: Some 500 members of cause-oriented groups including workers of the Hanjin Shipyard in Subic Bay Freeport Zone held a peaceful rally to celebrate Labor Day.

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GMA honors workers, as militants protest

Published by rudy Date posted on May 2, 2009

President Gloria Arroyo saluted the Filipino workers on the occasion of Labor Day in her speech during the turnover ceremony for the chief of staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines on Friday.

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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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