MANILA, Philippines - The Philippine agricultural sector faces major stumbling blocks in attracting investments, according to an official of the Min
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. In his second year in office, President Noynoy Aquino has to make his economic programs work or his legacy will be
Read MoreAfter three years working in the Middle East for a Kuwaiti engineering company, Leah Aquino is back in Manila. But rather than relaxing on her visit
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. We can perhaps look at what’s happening at Philippine Airlines today as something like birth pain. Maybe all the u
Read MoreGlobal News A few years ago in Hong Kong I met a furniture manufacturer from South Carolina who had outsourced production to China and then been cr
Read MoreIt seems that good news for the country is such a rarity this days -- legitimate good news, that is, rather than the press-release-image-building ki
Read MoreMAP STATEMENT OF THE WEEK 19 September 2011 The MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION OF THE PHILIPPINES (MAP) supports the stand of the Employers Confederat
Read MoreTHE year 2011 may yet turn out to be the most peaceful year in the country’s industrial relations history as the Department of Labor and Employment
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — Trade and Industry Secretary Gregory L. Domingo has opposed two labor moves: The proposed P125 wage hike and ban on labor cont
Read MoreThe Asian Development Bank has urged developing countries, including the Philippines, to pursue measures that will provide good-quality jobs for the
Read MoreFinally, after 37 long years, the Labor Code of the Philippines, which was originally issued as Presidential Decree No. 442 during the martial law y
Read MoreIn the last four decades, our country has become one of the world’s most remittance-based economies. With more than eight million Filipinos spread a
Read MoreHONG KONG, CHINA – Developing Asia’s demographic landscape will change dramatically in coming decades and policymakers will need to manage the proce
Read MoreThis is a re-posted article MANILA, Philippines - The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has given its full backing, but organized labor and e
Read MoreIn a previous analysis of potential outcome from the initiative to amend the restrictive provisions of the Philippine Constitution, it is asserted t
Read MoreRegional News BANGKOK—The Thai government will raise the minimum monthly wage of civil servants to 15,000 baht (about $500) as of Jan. 1, Deputy Fi
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. Even from her sickbed, Gloria Arroyo doesn’t stop. The full-page ad boasting of her achievements does it all over
Read MoreThis is an article repost. A SPECTER is haunting the worker's movement as it celebrates Labor Day today - the specter of end of contract (endo) and l
Read MoreThis is an article repost. Business leaders on Friday cheered Malacañang’s decision to allow Philippine Airlines to outsource its non-core operations
Read MoreThis is an article repost. MANILA, Philippines — Automotive workers are pushing for the abolition of Article 27 of the Philippines-Japan Economic Par
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