MANILA, Philippines—Just in time for the opening of classes next week, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has announced that the distribution of grants to beneficiaries in provinces included in the so-called expansion areas of the government’s conditional cash transfer program will start in June. Read the rest of this entry »
Gov’t’s cash-for-school grants start in June
May 31, 2009
Due to world crisis, ‘RP should reset antipoverty goals’
May 31, 2009
MANILA, Philippines—The global economic downturn, which recently pulled the Philippines down to its slowest growth in a decade, will result in the country’s failure to meet its poverty-reduction goal by 2010 and is expected to increase the number of poor Filipinos. Read the rest of this entry »
ASEAN Charter to reinforce link with EU
May 31, 2009
The European Union joined other international organizations that have recognized the legal personality of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), which is trying to build a regional economic community. Read the rest of this entry »
Commission on Human Rights: Some Davao cops involved in death squad
May 31, 2009
MANILA, Philippines – Some members of the Davao police are actually “involved” in the death squad behind the vigilante killings in the city, Commission on Human Rights chairperson Leila de Lima said yesterday, citing “confirmed information.” Read the rest of this entry »
Philippine Nurses Association bats for P24,000 starting salary for nurses
May 31, 2009
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine Nurses Association (PNA) batted yesterday for a monthly starting salary of P24,000 or Salary Grade 15 for new nurses as stipulated in the Nursing Act of 2002. Read the rest of this entry »
Cabral to sign IRR to hasten adoption of abandoned children
May 31, 2009
MANILA, Philippines – Social Welfare Secretary Esperanza Cabral will sign tomorrow the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of a law that hastens the adoption process of abandoned or neglected children, including infants. Read the rest of this entry »
Providing cutting edge technical-vocational training
May 31, 2009
The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority
Joel Maureal was a computer technician profiting from the high-caliber training he received from the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda). The man is productive despite the fact that he lost an arm in a jeepney accident 20-years ago. Read the rest of this entry »
3-day job fair marks Freedom Day rites
May 31, 2009
THE Department of Labor and Employment will be holding a three-day job and livelihood fair in 19 cities nationwide starting on Independence Day, expecting some 1,000 employers to participate in the event, including some from the overseas recruitment industry. Read the rest of this entry »
$13-m aid looms for rice sector
May 31, 2009
THE Philippines could gain $13 million in official development assistance from Korea to put up modern rice-processing systems in Pangasinan, Iloilo, Bohol and Davao del Sur, officials said yesterday. Read the rest of this entry »
Children suffer most when justice is denied
May 31, 2009
Beth was a docile and submissive child. She lived in fear of her dominating father and he was addicted to buying the dirt cheap child pornography CDs that are widely available in the Philippines. It was perhaps inevitable that he would rape her and he did several times over two years ago in the province of Bataan not far from Manila. When she was rescued and brought safe in the Preda Children’s Home, she recovered and was soon strong and brave enough to tell her story to a lawyer. Read the rest of this entry »
