Nursing graduates in contact center jobs: Philippines and India
July 31, 2010
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Fix education problems first, says Ateneo president
July 31, 2010
GET YOUR priorities straight.
Ateneo de Manila University president Fr. Bienvenido Nebres SJ has criticized the Aquino administration’s plan to add two more years to basic education, saying government should focus first on cutting the number of “illiterates” the country produces annually. Read more
Acclaim for the automated election
July 31, 2010
PERIODICALLY, POLLSTERS have the pleasure of announcing good news, which offsets the pain, roughly as periodic, of announcing news not so good.
One of the good days was Wednesday (July 28), when Social Weather Stations reported high acclaim for the country’s first use of the automated election system (AES), based on its June 2010 national surveys of voting-age adults (voters, for short) and of teachers who served as election inspectors (poll workers, for short). Read more
‘Deport me:’ The harsh life of workers under a foreign bridge
July 31, 2010
For some time now, the media have always had a field day every time news or images of Filipino nationals living in seemingly harsh conditions under a bridge in Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, are published or seen on television screens. Invariably, the message that such news or images deliver is that our Filipino “workers” are getting the raw end of their quest for better opportunities abroad. Read more
Slumbering law
July 31, 2010
“A MAN will fight over three things,” the late US Sen. Barry Goldwater once mused. “Water, women and gold, usually in that order.”
Goldwater’s remark resonates in recent threats of riots over water shortages in 177 barangays of Metro Manila. Dry taps signal a hair-trigger threat. We ignore the threat at our children’s peril. Read more
SC ruling puzzles Luisita workers
July 31, 2010
MANILA, Philippines—The leaders of the group of farm workers claiming ownership of the 6,500-hectare Hacienda Luisita in Tarlac—owned by the Cojuangco family of President Benigno Aquino III—are perplexed over why the Supreme Court has given priority to a labor question that had been settled four years ago. Read more
Wide scope bared for truth body in EO
July 31, 2010
LOW-LEVEL OFFICIALS, PRIVATE EXECS COVERED
While focused on the nine-year Arroyo administration, the so-called Truth Commission created yesterday through Executive Order No. 1 will include in its broad scope public officials of at least third-level, such as department heads of government agencies and even private individuals suspected of being involved in graft and corruption cases. Read more
Ranting, whiming about RH issues
July 31, 2010
When our friend and fellow reproductive health advocate, Carlos Celdran calls us to get together, you can bet that the usual suspects are all going to show up, ready to spend another evening of ranting and whining about the issues that Reproductive Health (RH) advocates obsess about: SexEd bill, the stand of president on RH and what he REALLY means by “responsible parenthood.” Last Saturday was no exception, but we were all surprised to see a foreign TV news crew walk in with their heavy duty equipment. Read more
Contractuals, non-career government workers keep jobs until Oct. 31
July 31, 2010
MANILA, Philippines – Malacañang yesterday decided to allow non-career service officials working in various government offices to continue until Oct. 31, 2010. Read more
Increase in fares of MRT inevitable, says Aquino
July 31, 2010
MANILA, Philippines – President Aquino yesterday admitted an “inevitable” increase in fares of the Metro Rail Transit (MRT), citing the inability of the government to sustain the subsidy due to the high cost of its operations. Read more
