Feb 8, 2009
by Joel dela Torre
from People’s Journal
MARKING the United Nations Day for Women and International Peace today, the Commission on Human Rights called on government to improve protection and programs for the rights… Read the rest
Jan 21, 2009
from ITUC-CSI
LONDON, Jan 21 (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund will sharply cut growth forecasts this month and the world will not return to strong growth for two or three years, IMF Managing-Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn said on Wednesday.
“Things… Read the rest
Dec 30, 2008
Cris Evert Lato
Cebu Daily News
CEBU CITY, Philippines – About 30 percent of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) are working in the United States, according to research group Ibon Foundation.
At least 52 percent of OFW remittances… Read the rest
Dec 29, 2008
Kristine L. Alave
Philippine Daily Inquirer
MANILA Philippines—The Labor department will conduct surveys and meetings with companies in export zones next month to gain a full picture of how the global credit squeeze affects them and to… Read the rest
Dec 29, 2008
Agence France-Presse
Inquirer.net
MANILA, Philippines — Jobs in the Philippines’ export sector will be at risk next year as the global financial crisis worsens, Labor Secretary Marianito Roque warned Monday.
His comments came after Texas Instruments, one of the… Read the rest
Dec 28, 2008
Ronnel Domingo
Philippine Daily Inquirer
MANILA, Philippines – Toledo Mining Corp. said it had laid off some 600 workers and contractors while some directors took pay cuts as dampened demand took its toll on nickel operations in… Read the rest
Dec 27, 2008
Tonette Orejas
Central Luzon Desk
STA. RITA, Pampanga – A day after Christmas, 86-year-old Benjamin Mariano went to the Rural Bank of Sta. Rita in Barangay San Vicente here, wanting to get a word from the… Read the rest
Dec 17, 2008
Joel Guinto
INQUIRER.net
MANILA, Philippines – The government has set a P300-billion “sustainability plan” to fuel economic growth and to protect and generate jobs in the face of the global economic crisis, the full impact of which is expected… Read the rest
Dec 14, 2008
Philippine Daily Inquirer
THE BUSINESS slowdown due to the global financial crisis and the expected adverse impact of the recent removal of the tariff on cement have prompted local cement firms to rethink expansion and investment plans, and implement downsizing… Read the rest