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By Bernadette D. Nicolas & Jovee Marie N. dela Cruz, Busnessmirror, 9 Jan 2020 HIGHER oil prices, declining remittances and a multibillion-peso bill for bringing thousands of Filipino workers to safety—that might be the cost of the unfolding geopolitical conflict in the Middle East.
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If you’ve been lucky enough to travel across the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey (MENAT) region over the past few years, you likely will have noticed what I would characterize as a great sense of potential. From the energy and entrepreneurism of our youth to the tremendous value of our human capital and the…
MANILA, Philippines – A spokesman of the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) said on Wednesday that President Aquino should seek funds from the private sector for returning overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from Libya.
THE ECONOMIC IMPACT of continued unrest in the Arab world can be managed, observers said, particularly if a surge in crude prices is contained.
THE Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said the political unrest in the Middle East may dampen remittance inflows and exports.
MANILA, Philippines – If people in other parts of the world are demanding change through protests in the streets or on Internet social networks, should Filipinos be concerned?
It’s women’s month!
“Support women every day of the year!”
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!
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Monthly Observances:
Women’s Role in History Month
Weekly Observances:
Week 1: Environmental Week
Women’s Week
Week 3: Philippine Industry and Made-in-the-Philippines
Products Week
Last Week: Protection and Gender-Fair Treatment
of the Girl Child Week
Daily Observances:
March 8: Women’s Rights and
International Peace Day;
National Women’s Day
Mar 4— Employee Appreciation Day
Mar 15 — World Consumer Rights Day
Mar 18 — Global Recycling Day
Mar 21 — International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Mar 23 — International Day for the Right to the Truth concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims
Mar 25 — International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
Mar 27 — Earth Hour
