MANILA, Philippines – Nearly half of Filipino students aged 13 to 15 years old have smoked cigarette, and 13.6 percent of those who never smoked are also likely to initiate smoking the following year, according to the Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) conducted in 2007. Read the rest of this entry »
Deadly habit snares youth
July 2, 2009
Spain pushes for reduced migration of RP youth
June 24, 2009
AS migration continues to be the way out for Filipinos seeking for a better life for their families, Spain has earmarked $6 million or P270 million for a project designed to harness the skills of the Filipino youth and make them be of service to the Philippines rather than abroad. Read the rest of this entry »
Nearly half of OFWs youths – ILO
June 20, 2009
MANILA, Philippines – Nearly half of the estimated eight million Filipinos employed in 190 countries abroad are young workers, the International Labor Organization (ILO) reported yesterday. Read the rest of this entry »
Online discussion forum on youth enterprise and the effects of the global financial crisis
May 31, 2009
Teens are top smokers in RP
May 27, 2009
One in every five students aged 13 to 15 is the current smoker in the Philippines, according to Dr. Agnes Segarra of teh Department of Health-National Epidemiology Center. Read the rest of this entry »
A magna carta for students?
May 12, 2009
A “magna carta” for students is in the works in the Lower House. Party-list Representative Ulan Sarmiento, a colleague at San Beda, furnished me with a copy of one version. I will not comment on that proposal here, but on the proposal of a “magna carta” in general. Read the rest of this entry »
900,000 college graduates may end up jobless or underemployed
May 3, 2009
MANILA, Philippines – The crop of more than 900,000 college graduates of class 2009 are facing the bleak possibility of joblessness or underemployment with the government failing to provide jobs other than those in the business process outsourcing (BPO) industry, according to a youth party-list lawmaker. Read the rest of this entry »
Reinforced student jobs plan to check rising youth unemployment
April 16, 2009
MANILA, Philippines – An educator-turned-lawmaker has hailed the passage of a new law aggressively expanding a government-subsidized student jobs plan, saying it would help put in check rising youth unemployment. Read the rest of this entry »
Comelec reminds youth to register for 2010 polls
April 13, 2009
MANILA, Philippines – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has reiterated its call for the youth to register so that they can vote in the 2010 local and national elections. Read the rest of this entry »
Executive Order No. 788 – Promoting a Youth National Service
March 30, 2009
