From the News! - Your Daily News » Social Protection http://fromthenews.net Tue, 23 Aug 2011 16:10:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Protect women — CHR http://fromthenews.net/protect-women-%e2%80%94-chr.htm http://fromthenews.net/protect-women-%e2%80%94-chr.htm#comments Sat, 07 Feb 2009 17:35:02 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=5264

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

]]> http://fromthenews.net/protect-women-%e2%80%94-chr.htm/feed 1 Hike in GSIS, SSS pensions pushed http://fromthenews.net/hike-in-gsis-sss-pensions-pushed.htm http://fromthenews.net/hike-in-gsis-sss-pensions-pushed.htm#comments Fri, 26 Dec 2008 23:09:14 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=5204 Michelle Remo
Philippine Daily Inquirer

The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) and the Social Security System (SSS) have been urged to consider raising the monthly pension received by its retired members as one way to help stimulate household spending… Read the rest

]]> http://fromthenews.net/hike-in-gsis-sss-pensions-pushed.htm/feed 0 Survey: OFWs don’t trust OWWA http://fromthenews.net/survey-ofws-don%e2%80%99t-trust-owwa.htm http://fromthenews.net/survey-ofws-don%e2%80%99t-trust-owwa.htm#comments Sat, 13 Dec 2008 22:39:56 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=5181 Kristine L. Alave
Philippine Daily Inquirer

MANILA, Philippines—Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) view the government Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) with distrust and are largely uninformed about what the agency is supposed to do for them, a survey by a… Read the rest

]]> http://fromthenews.net/survey-ofws-don%e2%80%99t-trust-owwa.htm/feed 0 GFIs to reinvest Meralco stake sale proceeds http://fromthenews.net/gfis-to-reinvest-meralco-stake-sale-proceeds.htm http://fromthenews.net/gfis-to-reinvest-meralco-stake-sale-proceeds.htm#comments Sun, 30 Nov 2008 05:35:09 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=5143 Iris C. Gonzales
Philippine Star

Major government financial institutions (GFIs) intend to reinvest the proceeds from the planned sale of their stake in Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) in other stocks, particularly in the geothermal sector, and to… Read the rest

]]> http://fromthenews.net/gfis-to-reinvest-meralco-stake-sale-proceeds.htm/feed 0 Labor favors 10% SSS share in P100-B crisis fund http://fromthenews.net/labor-favors-10-sss-share-in-p100-b-crisis-fund.htm http://fromthenews.net/labor-favors-10-sss-share-in-p100-b-crisis-fund.htm#comments Mon, 10 Nov 2008 01:08:39 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=5093 Philippine Star

The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) favors the planned P10-billion contribution of the Social Security System (SSS) in the proposed P100-billion public-private crisis fund meant to help stimulate the national economy and keep the country from… Read the rest

]]> http://fromthenews.net/labor-favors-10-sss-share-in-p100-b-crisis-fund.htm/feed 0 Mutual fund values slump amid crisis http://fromthenews.net/mutual-fund-values-slump-amid-crisis.htm http://fromthenews.net/mutual-fund-values-slump-amid-crisis.htm#comments Wed, 22 Oct 2008 08:57:38 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=4877 Daxim Lucas
Philippine Daily Inquirer

Philippine mutual funds have been pummeled by the global financial crisis, with those of Philam Asset Management Inc. and the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) among the hardest hit, according to an industry report.… Read the rest

]]> http://fromthenews.net/mutual-fund-values-slump-amid-crisis.htm/feed 0 GMA signs into law housing loan restructuring bill http://fromthenews.net/gma-signs-into-law-housing-loan-restructuring-bill.htm http://fromthenews.net/gma-signs-into-law-housing-loan-restructuring-bill.htm#comments Tue, 14 Oct 2008 09:51:52 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=5062 Paolo Romero
Philippine Star

Filipinos facing foreclosure can now save their homes through a rational loan restructure and condonation scheme after President Arroyo signed into law the Socialized and Low-Cost Housing Loan Restructuring and Condonation Act of 2008 yesterday.… Read the rest

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Manila Times

The Philippine economy is already seeing the effects of a global economic slowdown through a decrease in foreign investments flows.

The Bangko Sentral ng Pili–pinas (BSP) reported that net foreign direct investments from January… Read the rest

]]> http://fromthenews.net/capable-bsp.htm/feed 0 TUCP questions GSIS stakes in Indonesian banks http://fromthenews.net/tucp-questions-gsis-stakes-in-indonesian-banks.htm http://fromthenews.net/tucp-questions-gsis-stakes-in-indonesian-banks.htm#comments Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:42:09 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=4957 Philippine Star

The country’s largest labor group yesterday questioned the equity stakes of the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) in at least three Indonesian banks, which should have been invested in the country.

The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines… Read the rest

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Manila Standard

Isn’t it odd that former Senator Ernesto Herrera, secretary general of the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines, is so outspoken and persistent in compelling the Government Service Insurance System to make a full… Read the rest

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