Philippines NewsNews on Philippines continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.Where's a great place to work- June 27, 2008 According to the ISSP survey, Filipino workers work an average of 45.4 hours per week. One can call that five-and-a-half days a week, using the eight-hour norm. Overseas (i.e., in the 21 countries as a group), the average number of hours worked per week is only 40.1-or the same as the official weekly working hours for Philippine government employees. There is one country where workers presently work even longer hours than Filipinos do, namely South Korea (average 48.9); so, OFWs should be...http://www.topix.net/world/philippines/2008/06/where-s-a-great-place-to-work?fromrss=1 Dropping out after 3 days as a UP freshman- June 27, 2008 MANILA, Philippines-I was crestfallen to read that a University of the Philippines (UP) college freshman, who qualified as a Chemistry major, dropped out after three days of school in the Diliman campus. UP increased its tuition fees threefold last school year, coupled with reforms in the Socialized Tuition Financial Assistance Program (STFAP) to make rich students pay full tuition (some P20,000 each semester) while waiving tuition for poor students and giving them a P12,000 stipend per...http://www.topix.net/world/philippines/2008/06/dropping-out-after-3-days-as-a-up-freshman?... Arroyo endorses Santiago's candidacy for a seat at ICJ- June 27, 2008 NEW YORK CITY-(UPDATE) President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has endorsed the candidacy of Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago, saying that the legislator's election to the International Court of Justice would do justice "to interests of justice across the globe." The senator is the only female candidate to the 15-member ICJ and if she gets elected this November, she would become the first justice from Asia. To win the election, Santiago needs to get the majority vote or 97 of the 192 UN...http://www.topix.net/world/philippines/2008/06/arroyo-endorses-santiago-s-candidacy-for-a-... Philippines elected as VP in UN human rights body- June 27, 2008 The Philippines has been elected Vice-President of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva, Switzerland last Thursday. The Philippine Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva, Amb. Erlinda Basilio, was elected by members of the human rights body by acclamation to serve as Vice-President representing the Asian group of states, a statement released Wednesday said. The Philippines, through the Permanent Mission of the Philippines to the United Nations in Geneva, shall...http://www.topix.net/world/philippines/2008/06/philippines-elected-as-vp-in-un-human-right... Filipinos and allies in New York City to 'Detain and Deport Gloria!'- June 27, 2008 Progressive Filipinos and allies in New York City will "detain and deport Phil. Pres. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (GMA)" in front of the Philippine Consulate TOMORROW, JUNE 26. The cultural street action, along with speeches and statements from various Filipino and allied organizations will illustrate the criminalization of Filipino immigrants and serves as an act of protest to GMA's 10-day visit to the U.S. She will be in New York City on June 26-28 to meet with US politicians to ensure continued.http://www.topix.net/world/philippines/2008/06/filipinos-and-allies-in-new-york-city-to-de... NFA okays rice allocation to all gov't employees- June 27, 2008 TARLAC, Tarlac - The governing council of the National Food Authority (NFA) has agreed to allocate on a monthly basis 25 kilos of commercial grade rice at R25 per kilo to all regular national, provincial, city, and municipal government employees, an NFA official said yesterday. The "privilege allocation" will also benefit regular employees of all government-owned and controlled corporations, said NFA Tarlac manager Serafin Manalili. "It will be on a cash-to-cash basis," the provincial NFA...http://www.topix.net/world/philippines/2008/06/nfa-okays-rice-allocation-to-all-govt-emplo... Another Mindanao State University professor kidnapped- June 27, 2008 A professor of the Mindanao State University was kidnapped in Lanao del Sur weeks following the abduction of MSU Prof. Octavio Dinampo and an ABS-CBN News team in Indanan Sulu. A report reaching ABS-CBN News said Biology professor Sherwin Nacua, English professors Herbert Taberdo, Frank Amarillo and some 20 other faculty were on the way home to Iligan City from classes at the MSU campus in Marawi City when the abduction took place. Witnesses said the passengers jumped out the windows, fearing..http://www.topix.net/world/philippines/2008/06/another-mindanao-state-university-professor... U.S. helps beef up typhoon relief in Philippines- June 26, 2008 By Romeo RanocoSIBUYAN ISLAND, Philippines (Reuters) - U.S. soldiers shuttled water, rice and medicine to typhoon-ravaged islands in the central Philippines on Thursday as the search for hundreds of bodies from a capsized ferry continued.Helicopters from the USS Ronald Reagan, a nuclear-powered U.S. aircraft carrier that cut short a visit to Hong Kong to help relief efforts, transported supplies and scoured the seas around the Princess of the Stars, which went belly up with 865 people on board..http://www.topix.net/world/philippines/2008/06/u-s-helps-beef-up-typhoon-relief-in-philipp... Philippine president says ferry company accountable for capsizal- June 25, 2008 Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo said the authority is holding Sulpicio Lines Inc., owner of the capsized MV Princess of the Stars, "accountable" for the accident in which 744 people are still ...http://www.topix.net/world/philippines/2008/06/philippine-president-says-ferry-company-acc... Lawmaker seeks ban on trans fat- June 25, 2008 Congress has been asked to enact a law calling for a ban on the use of trans-fatty acid in food manufacturing. Valenzuela Rep. Magtanggol Gunigundo proposed the ban, citing a Health Department study which said that regular intake of trans-fatty acid even by 0.5 percent everyday is fatal. The solid fat makes vegetable oil easier to ship and handle. The trans-fatty acids can be found in food that have been cooked in the lard which has been re-melted for use in frying food such as chicken and...http://www.topix.net/world/philippines/2008/06/lawmaker-seeks-ban-on-trans-fat?fromrss=1 |