MANILA, Philippines — Filipinos start thinking about retirement early but still end up the least prepared when they actually reach old age, prompting most to seek work past retirement, according to a global retirement study conducted by Paris-based AXA. Read the rest of this entry »
Filipinos least prepared for retirement, study shows
March 25, 2008
Pinay discovers largest number of ‘black holes’
March 18, 2008
A Filipina astrophysicist is making waves in the international community after leading the discovery of the largest number of “supermassive” black holes. Read the rest of this entry »
IMF, OECD hit alarm buttons for crisis-hit global financial system
March 17, 2008
PARIS, March 17, 2008 (AFP) – The IMF and OECD, two top world economy forecasters, struck alarmist notes Monday about crisis and threatening stagflation in the financial system and the need for measures to shore it up as markets sent distress signals. Only hours after the US Federal Reserve took emergency weekend action to keep the US financial system afloat with cash, the head of the IMF warned that the world economy was being hit by an “important slowdown.” Read the rest of this entry »
UNESCO cites RP for use of ICT in education
March 17, 2008
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines through the Commission on Information and Communications Technology (CICT) has won a commendation from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) for a project to digitize non-formal education in the country, a government executive has told INQUIRER.net. Read the rest of this entry »
GMA gives in to demands of transport groups
March 12, 2008
Transport groups called off a transport strike yesterday after President Arroyo issued an executive order granting their demand for the implementation of a unified ticketing system for violations of traffic rules in Metro Manila. Read the rest of this entry »
DOLE justifies suspension of OFW loans
March 11, 2008
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) justified yesterday the suspension of loans to departing overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), saying that it was necessary to stop draining government funds. Read the rest of this entry »
Labor union leader gunned down in Cavite
March 11, 2008
Camp Vicente Lim, Laguna – A member of a labor union was gunned down by unidentified men yesterday morning while driving his car along the national highway in Imus, Cavite, police said Read the rest of this entry »
Professors win dismissal case against AIM
March 10, 2008
THE National Labor Relations Commission has declared as illegal the one-year suspension of two officers of the Asian Institute of Management Faculty Association and ordered the educational institution to pay the mentors the salaries and benefits that were withheld from them. Read the rest of this entry »
A blessing to workers
March 10, 2008
The Filipino workers may not realize it but they have just scored a significant victory in the latest amendments to the rules of procedure promulgated by the Supreme Court. In a yet another effort to speed up proceedings in cases, the highest tribunal approved amendments to Rules 41, 45, 58 and 65 of the Rules of Court which took effect on Dec. 27, 2008. Read the rest of this entry »
Militants picket MPD to protest police brutality
March 8, 2008
Some 400 militant workers staged a picket in front of the Manila Police District headquarters along United Nations Avenue in Ermita yesterday morning to condemn the alleged police brutality in the violent dispersal of their colleagues in front of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) office in Intramuros Thursday night. Read the rest of this entry »
