Yearender 2013

YEARENDER: Banks gear up for Basel 3, Asean integration

Published by rudy Date posted on December 30, 2013

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine financial system had remained resilient from all external shocks in 2013, thanks to the country’s strong economic fundamentals.

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YEARENDER: Optimism in tourism: It’s still more fun in the Philippines

Published by rudy Date posted on December 29, 2013

MANILA, Philippines – A new trend has been set in the country’s tourism industry this year, despite a number of natural calamities that caused tourism authorities to doubt if they could meet the five million foreign tourists arrival target for 2013.

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PH economy in 2013: Wins and losses

Published by rudy Date posted on December 29, 2013

MANILA, Philippines – The past year was generally a good one for the Philippine economy. Growth continued to be among the fastest in the region. And the country won investment grade status for the first time – a vote of confidence in a nation once dubbed as the sick man of Asia.

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YEARENDER: No shortage of energy woes in 2013

Published by rudy Date posted on December 28, 2013

The year 2013 had been a busy year for the energy sector as it had to deal with the perennial problem of tight energy supply. Energy Secretary Carlos Jericho Petilla, indeed, had quite a hectic year with the Mindanao power crisis, the spiraling oil prices, the tight supply in liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), the power…

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March –
IT’S WOMEN’S MONTH!

“Respect and support women
every day of the year/s!”

Invoke Article 33 of the ILO Constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar
to carry out the recommendations of the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry
against serious violations of protocols of
Forced Labour and Freedom of Association.

Accept the National Unity Government (NUG) 
of Myanmar.  Reject Military!

#WearMask #WashHands
#Report Corruption #SearchPosts #TakePicturesVideos

Time to support & empower survivors. Time to spark a global conversation. Time for #GenerationEquality to #orangetheworld!

 

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
March 4: Employee Appreciation Day
March 15: World Consumer Rights Day
March 18: Global Recycling Day
March 21: International Day for the Elimination
   of Racial Discrimination
March 23: International Day for the Right to the Truth
   Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations
   and for the Dignity of Victims
March 25: International Day of Remembrance of the
   Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
March 27: Earth Hour

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