October 18, 2008
by Mahar Mangahas
from Philippine Daily Inquirer
MANILA, Philippines—The third quarter 2008 Social Weather Survey, fielded Sept. 24-27, had two modules on the topic of reproductive health (RH), one module of three items done on SWS’ own initiative, and a second module of three items commissioned by the Forum for Family Planning and Development (FFPD), a non-government advocacy group. Read the rest of this entry »
October 16, 2008
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines ranked as the 10th most competitive IT industry environment in the Asia-Pacific, a recent study showed. Read the rest of this entry »
October 14, 2008
by Mayen Jaymalin
from The Philippine Star
Labor Secretary Marianito Roque gave assurances yesterday that the world economic crisis would not cause Filipino workers in the United States and other countries to lose their jobs.
“It may affect us, but it will not hit us like a tidal wave, not suddenly,” he said. “With the bailout, I think we can avoid possible job losses.” Read the rest of this entry »
October 14, 2008
by Lee Ann Pattugalan
from People’s Tonight
IN a bid to strengthen multi-sectoral collaboration in the efforts to provide for more full, decent, and productive employment for Filipino workers, the Department of Labor and Employment yesterday launched the third cycle of the Philippine agenda on decent work. Read the rest of this entry »
October 14, 2008
by Ernesto F. Herrera
from The 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 to July dropped 60.2 percent and was less than half the $2.41 billion generated during the same period last year. Read the rest of this entry »
October 13, 2008
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. Read the rest of this entry »
October 11, 2008
The country’s largest labor group yesterday said the foreign investments of the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) were found to be generally safe. Read the rest of this entry »
October 10, 2008
Workers and pensioners nationwide can now sleep better.
The country’s largest labor group said today that the investments of the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) foreign investments were found to be generally safe. Read the rest of this entry »
October 9, 2008
The moderate Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) joined the United Opposition (UNO) in calling for the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) to disclose its foreign investments other than its reported earnings. Read the rest of this entry »
