Labor News
Assessment of Labor recommendations in Arangkada
28 January, 2012 at 17:39
PART 4: GENERAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT – Labor COMMENTS BY: VICENTE
Investors now eyeing Philippines
29 November, 2011 at 15:26
China wage inflation drives business to Manila The Philippines is benefiting more and more from China’s increasing wage inflation as companies
Focus, R&D are key to revival of...
29 November, 2011 at 09:36
MANILA, Philippines — Revival of domestic manufacturing is in the offing as the Philippines is back into the “sweet spot” in terms of cost
Worker shortage
21 November, 2011 at 17:23
This is a re-posted op-ed piece. The population continues to grow rapidly and most schools are overcrowded. In the tertiary level, enrollment is
Philippines closes training schools on quality grounds
18 November, 2011 at 09:41
THE Philippines has shut down three allegedly substandard maritime training establishments in the face of the European Commission’s threat to
Philippine, Indonesian maids to return to Saudi
18 November, 2011 at 09:34
Agreement ends one-year ban and involves protection of maids Saudi Arabia has agreed to re-admit domestic workers from the Philippines and
Can Indonesia Benefit From Rising Labor Costs...
14 November, 2011 at 11:11
Regional News This is a re-posted blog article. I noticed a buzz about the economy, when I was in Indonesia last week, which was very different
Filipino engineers less trained than their Asian...
7 November, 2011 at 10:53
FILIPINO ENGINEERS could soon be crowded out by their better-trained Southeast Asian counterparts without strong industry-academe partnership and
Agri sector faces hurdles in bid to...
4 November, 2011 at 10:05
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine agricultural sector faces major stumbling blocks in attracting investments, according to an official
‘Economic future under President Aquino’
26 October, 2011 at 13:56
This 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
Filipino workers caught in jobs dilemma
13 October, 2011 at 10:45
After three years working in the Middle East for a Kuwaiti engineering company, Leah Aquino is back in Manila. But rather than relaxing on her
Is PAL worth saving?
12 October, 2011 at 09:33
This 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
Buck Up, America: China Is Getting Too...
10 October, 2011 at 12:02
Global 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
Good news comes in threes too
22 September, 2011 at 11:43
It seems that good news for the country is such a rarity this days — legitimate good news, that is, rather than the
