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Global Gender Gap Index Reports Progress in the Philippines
This year’s Global gender gap index shows that Thailand has significantly improved on gender equality in the category of educational attainment. The country is ranked 61st, which is up from 92nd last year. With this improvement, the country’s overall position is now 74th. The same report shows, that the Philippines has become better at addressing gender equality, ranking 16th place among 146 countries, according to the Global Gender Gap Report 2023.
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Published on 29/06/2023 by puertoparrot
Categories: Business, People, Society
Tags: Education, Workers
Restaurants, Spas Can Fire Unvaxxed Staff, Defer Pay
Establishments that are allowed to offer dine-in or in-person services under the relaxed alert levels so long as their workers are vaccinated can withhold the salary of—or even fire—employees who are not vaccinated. The recent guidelines of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) exempted certain establishments from the “no vaccine, no work” and “no vaccine, no pay” policies.
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Published on 22/10/2021 by puertoparrot
Categories: Business, Health, Legal
Tags: COVID-19, Workers, economy, establishments, vaccine
'Very Painful' to Leave PH, Says Blacklisted Dutch Missionary
This Dutch lay missionary and labor rights advocate has made the Philippines his home for 30 years and is pained and shocked at being ordered to leave by the Bureau of Immigration (BI). The most difficult part of leaving, says Otto Rudolf de Vries, is separation from his close friends, especially the workers and residents of poor communities “who have become very close to my heart.”
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Published on 14/03/2021 by puertoparrot
Categories: Communities, Legal, Religion
Tags: Church, Philippines, Rights, Workers, missionary, visa
Women Are the Future of Philly's Food Scene
Traditionally, historically (and for all the wrong reasons), professional kitchens have been a man’s game. But times change, and so has the industry. Now, women restaurateurs, chefs, front-of-the-house pros and food artisans are reimagining the way we eat. Here’s how they’re navigating the food scene. And here’s how they’re making an impact.
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Published on 12/01/2020 by puertoparrot
Categories: Culture, Food and Dining, People, Society
Tags: Asian, Chef, Chicken, Dining, Pork, Workers, industry, restaurant, women, women
On This Day: Death Came from Sky in Biggest Sea Battle
In March 1942 US General Douglas MacArthur had been changing trains at Terowie, 220km from Adelaide, when he gave his famous impromptu speech about Allied strategy. In it he talked about the relief of the Philippines being a priority, uttering his best known quote: “I shall return”.
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Published on 23/10/2019 by puertoparrot
Categories: Documentary, History
Tags: Australia, Japanese, Leyte, MacArthur, Workers, children, women