DAVAO CITY — More than a thousand local government leaders nationwide will gather here for an entrepreneurship development training dubbed 3rd Negosyo sa Barangay to be held at The Royal Mandaya Hotel starting today.
Labor officials meeting with Consul General Leo Herrera-Lim Officials of the US Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division paid a courtesy call on Philippine Consul General in Los Angeles Leo Herrera-Lim on July 14. The Labor officials came to welcome Consul General Herrera-Lim and discuss joint commitments between their office and the Philippine Consulate General in Los Angeles on ensuring workers’ rights of Philippine nationals. The meeting also touched on proposed activities for the Labor Rights Week in August including joint outreach programs and exploration of collaboration in consonance with the alliance agreement signed on 28 October 2013 between the Consulate General and the US Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (US DOL WHD), Western and Southwest Regional Offices, to educate Filipino workers, both legal and illegal, on their rights to fair wages and working conditions. Deputy Consul General Imelda Panolong, Director of Public Relations Priscilla Garcia, Consul General Herrera-Lim, Community Outreach and Resource Planning Specialist Justin Emerick and Vice Consul Rainier Casis. The alliance agreement establishes a collaborative relationship to provide “low wage, at-risk” workers in Southern California, Southern Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona and Texas with information, guidance, and access to education and training resources to help workers understand the rights and responsibilities of both employers and employees under the US Fair Labor Standards Act.
Pageant organizers announces ‘real winners; Finalist Lovely Jane Tanglao ‘stable’and recovering’ after freak accident Binibining Pilipinas USA winners: (From left) 2ND Runner Up Gabbie Gonzales; Binibining Pilipinas USA–Tourism Czarina Hermoso; Binibining Pilipinas USA 2014 Christelle Abello and 1st Runner Up Caitlin San Diego. Not in photo is 3rd Runner Up Lovely Jane Tanglao. Photo: Andy Edralin/Aze Media Los Angeles – After an eventful and dramatic Coronation Night at the Centinela Valley Center for the Arts in the South Bay, Los Angeles, organizers of the 2014 Binibining Pilipinas USA, late Saturday evening, clarified and confirmed the official results for its second annual pageant. The official results: Binibining Pilipinas USA: Christelle Abello Binibining Pilipinas USA–Tourism: Czarina Hermoso 1ST Runner Up: Caitlin San Diego 2ND Runner Up: Gabbie Gonzales 3rd Runner Up: Lovely Jane Tanglao With the final two candidates on stage for their crowning moments, it was initially announced that Binibini No. 4, Czarina Hermoso, a 17-year old beauty, won the title of Binibining Pilipinas USA 2014. Instead, Binibini No. 9, Christelle Abello, a 20-year old stunner, scored the highest rankings and should have been proclaimed the titleholder of Binibining Pilipinas USA, rather than her announced Binibining Pilipinas USA-Tourism crown. Immediately after this on-stage announcement and with the show at the close, the lead tabulator ran into the audience to tell the organizers that Abello was the actual winner. By then the stage was in chaos, and the executive team immediately began to investigate what transpired, leading to a conference between tabulators and senior Read More …
Manila Electric Company (MERALCO) employees restore the electric posts along Mayon corner P. Florentino Streets at the boundary of Manila and Quezon City while a mango tree lies at the sidewalk along Visayas Avenue, Quezon City during the height of typhoon Glenda on Wednesday (MNS photo) MANILA (AFP) – The death toll is still rising and hundreds of thousands of homes are without power five days after Typhoon Rammasun’s (known locally as Glenda) rampage through the Philippines, authorities said Monday. Reports of fatalities from the typhoon, which struck the archipelago on July 16, continued to come in from isolated areas, bringing the number of dead to 97, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said in a statement. Officials have said most were killed by falling trees and debris or knocked down by the storm’s powerful winds. Six people, most of them fishermen who went out to sea, also remained missing, the council said. The Department of Energy said power had been restored to many areas but about 280,000 households in Metro Manila and surrounding provinces were still without electricity. Other provinces that felt the storm’s fury also had only partial electrical service as power companies struggled to repair tens of thousands of toppled electrical poles, said department spokeswoman May Militante. The Manila Electric Co., which distributes power to the capital and surrounding areas, hopes to have electricity restored to virtually all affected areas by Wednesday, the department said. But areas outside the capital region may not get power Read More …
President Benigno S. Aquino III graces the Inauguration of Ciudad de Victoria (City of Victory) in Bocaue, Bulacan on Monday (July 21, 2014). Ciudad de Victoria is a 50-hectare tourism enterprise zone established by the Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC) in time for its centennial celebration on July 27 (Sunday). Other major structures expected to be completed in the area in the near future are the Philippine Stadium, New Era University, Eraño G. Manalo Medical Center, and some soon-to-rise shops, hotels, and leisure parks. INC is considered as the third largest religious denomination in the Philippines with its members comprising 2.3 percent of the population based on the census of Year 2000 conducted by the National Statistics Office (NSO). (MNS Photo) MANILA (AFP) – Philippine President Benigno Aquino presided over the opening on Monday of what is billed as the world’s largest indoor stadium, erected by a politically-influential religious sect. The $175-million Philippine Arena, which can seat 55,000 people, was hailed as a showcase that will serve as a major venue for concerts and sports events as well as gatherings for its owners, the Iglesia ni Cristo (Church of Christ) sect. “You have proved that the Filipino can reach great heights, that we can have achievements as lofty as any in the world,” Aquino said in a speech to Iglesia members. He hailed the 15-storey structure as “the largest domed arena in the whole world”, saying its capacity was “even double that of the Staples Center in Los Angeles”, a major Read More …
President Benigno S. Aquino III, who likened Chinese rulers to the Nazi rulers “ironically” delivers his speech during the ceremonial signing of the Memorandum of Agreement between the Federation of Filipino-Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Inc. (FFCCCII) Foundation, Inc. and the Provincial Government of Leyte for the construction of 500 houses and five units of Barrio Schools for Typhoon “Yolanda” victims at the Rizal Hall of the Malacañan Palace on Wednesday (February 05). MANILA (AFP) – Philippine President Benigno Aquino, who has been criticized for his own inability to quit smoking, has signed a law requiring tobacco companies to print graphic warning pictures on packets, his spokesman said Sunday. The bill signed Friday has long been campaigned for by health advocates but is opposed by the tobacco industry. It requires companies to devote about half the space on packets to warnings including photographs of internal organs ravaged by smoking. The Philippines has long had a conflicted attitude towards smoking, with the government trying to discourage it even as it encourages a politically powerful tobacco-growing industry. In 2013 Aquino signed a “sin tax” bill dramatically raising the taxes on tobacco products. The Philippines is the latest developing country to follow Western nations in requiring shock pictorial health warnings. A similar Indonesian law came into force in late June, but was initially widely ignored. According to a 2009 survey, 28 percent of adult Filipinos are smokers.
THE P64.9-billion Light Rail Transit Line 1 (LRT-1) Cavite Extension public-prive partnership (PPP) project has moved closer to implementation, with the Transport department’s (DoTC) bids and awards committee (BAC) endorsing it for approval by the Metro Manila railway regulator before awarding to a consortium of Ayala Corp. and Metro Pacific Investments Corp. (MPIC), an official said in a text message yesterday.
MUMBAI/BANGKOK — Thailand is set to reclaim its status as the world’s top rice exporter as weak monsoon rains curb India’s crop, helping the Southeast Asian country’s new military government off-load bulging stockpiles.
IN A SOCIETY with ever-expanding needs, health insurance continues to climb to top priority. The seeming inability of the government to provide Filipino citizens affordable — if not free — access to basic health services and medicine drives low and medium-income earners to apply (and remain) as employees of private companies offering pre-need medical benefits, even as their basic salaries are just enough to meet day-to-day needs.
Andi Eigenmann comments on her image, “Just because you’re not like all the rest doesn’t mean you’re bad.”