Youth

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Young Pinoys want to save more than their elders Penny-pinching Filipino yuppies are poised to outdo their older counterparts—even their parents—in saving more for the proverbial rainy day.

Consumers in the Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Africa regions were more predisposed to save up for a rainy day with the proportion of younger consumers below the age of 30 saving more than older consumers, according to a recent MasterCard survey.

MANILA, Philippines – Two government agencies and a business group – the Philippine Council of Students in Intrapreneurship (PCSI) – signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) that aims to boost community projects that would provide livelihood opportunities dubbed “Youth Entrepreneurship Support Project (YES).”

Brussels,  (ITUC Online): Today is International Youth Day, as declared by the United Nations General Assembly, and young people all over the planet are mobilising around the theme: “Sustainability: Our Challenge, Our Future”

CLARK FREEPORT: Two government agencies and a business group signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) that aims to boost community projects that would provide livelihood opportunities dubbed “Youth Entrepreneurship Support Project [YES].”

CEBU, Philippines – The out-of-school organization of Talisay City, Pag-asa Youth Association (PYA), yesterday celebrated its second founding anniversary that was highlighted by the opening of the youth center and products and services booths at the city’s sports complex in Barangay Poblacion.

MANILA, Philippines – With the economic downturn making jobs scarcer, the government is urging the youth to turn instead to entrepreneurship.

Marveling at her newfound opportunity to finally pursue her dream of becoming a nurse someday, Gina Baylosis could not express her gratitude enough when she was named one of the scholars under the DBP Endowment for Education Program (DEEP).

MANILA, Philippines – Nearly half of Filipino students aged 13 to 15 years old have smoked cigarette, and 13.6 percent of those who never smoked are also likely to initiate smoking the following year, according to the Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) conducted in 2007.

AS migration continues to be the way out for Filipinos seeking for a better life for their families, Spain has earmarked $6 million or P270 million for a project designed to harness the skills of the Filipino youth and make them be of service to the Philippines rather than abroad.

MANILA, Philippines – Nearly half of the estimated eight million Filipinos employed in 190 countries abroad are young workers, the International Labor Organization (ILO) reported yesterday.

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One in every five students aged 13 to 15 is the current smoker in the Philippines, according to Dr. Agnes Segarra of teh Department of Health-National Epidemiology Center.

A “magna carta” for students is in the works in the Lower House. Party-list Representative Ulan Sarmiento, a colleague at San Beda, furnished me with a copy of one version. I will not comment on that proposal here, but on the proposal of a “magna carta” in general.

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.

MANILA, Philippines – An educator-turned-lawmaker has hailed the passage of a new law aggressively expanding a government-subsidized student jobs plan, saying it would help put in check rising youth unemployment.

MANILA, Philippines – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has reiterated its call for the youth to register so that they can vote in the 2010 local and national elections.

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The Department of Education (DepEd) recently started conducting a massive search for these out of school youths (OSYs) by means of the Project Reaching All Children (REACH), aimed at bringing back young Filipinos to school.

Ask anyone over the age of 25 and they will tell you that the youth today are different, that they aren’t like what they used to be back in the old days. Ask anyone under the age of 25 and they will tell you the youth of today are different and that things aren’t what…

MANILA, Feb. 6 (PNA) – In an effort to reach out to young dropouts and out of school youth (OSY) and bring them back to finish school, the Department of Education (DepEd) announced on Wednesday they are now conducting a massive search for 5.6 million OSY through the Project Reaching All Children (REACH).

The Department of Education(DepEd) on Thursday admitted that there is still a large number of school-aged children out in the streets, and that these young people face exploitation in all forms.