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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 at 2023-06-29 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Business, People, Society

Tags: Education, Workers

New Immigration Operation Centre in Philippines Part of Canada’s Bid to Attract

Canada has opened a new immigration operation centre in the Philippines to get ahead in the global race for health care labour even as the Southeast Asian country struggles with an exodus of its workers.

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Published at 2023-03-07 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Business, Legal

Tags: Filipino, Global, Health, Manila, Workers, immigration

PH to Deport 40,000 Chinese Workers in Crackdown on Online Gambling Industry

The Philippines will stop operations of 175 offshore gambling firms and deport about 40,000 Chinese workers as part of a crackdown on the notoriously opaque online gaming industry.

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Published at 2022-09-27 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Business, Legal, Technology

Tags: China, Chinese, Workers, gambling

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 at 2021-10-22 by Puerto Parrot

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 at 2021-03-14 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Communities, Legal, Religion

Tags: Church, Philippines, Rights, Workers, missionary, visa

Another Batch of Dismissed Workers Repatriated

“I’ve been working with Galaxy for eight years. My contract that expired in May was not renewed. Twelve of us are going back home. They told us that if everything goes well, they might call us back again,” said one who worked as a public area attendant.

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Published at 2020-06-29 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Business, News and Events, People

Tags: COVID-19, Workers, flight

Palace: Still No to Jeepneys

Despite commuter woes, the government has no immediate plans of allowing jeepneys back on the road, but is looking into giving jeepney drivers alternative means of livelihood, such as hiring them as contact tracers, according to presidential spokesperson Harry Roque.

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Published at 2020-06-04 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Business, News and Events

Tags: COVID-19, EDSA, Jeepney, Workers, Workers, government

Palace: Still No to Jeepneys

Despite commuter woes, the government has no immediate plans of allowing jeepneys back on the road, but is looking into giving jeepney drivers alternative means of livelihood, such as hiring them as contact tracers, according to presidential spokesperson Harry Roque.

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Published at 2020-06-04 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Business, News and Events

Tags: COVID-19, EDSA, Jeepney, Workers, Workers, government

Last Mile: Honda Workers Fight for a Dignified Ending

On Saturday, Honda’s company headquarters in Japan said it would close the plant in the Philippines, an announcement that stunned everyone—the government, the public and its more than 380 workers.

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Published at 2020-02-27 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Business, News and Events

Tags: Global, Honda Bay, Market, Workers, Workers, country, production

Last Mile: Honda Workers Fight for a Dignified Ending

On Saturday, Honda’s company headquarters in Japan said it would close the plant in the Philippines, an announcement that stunned everyone—the government, the public and its more than 380 workers.

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Published at 2020-02-27 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Business, News and Events

Tags: Global, Honda Bay, Market, Workers, Workers, country, production

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 at 2020-01-12 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Culture, Food and Dining, People, Society

Tags: Asian, Chef, Chicken, Dining, Pork, Workers, industry, restaurant, women, women

10 to 15 Multinational Headquarters Pull out of PH on Tax Issues

Ten to 15 regional headquarters of multinational companies (MNCs) have pulled out of the country, according to the Philippine Association of Multinational Companies Regional Headquarters Inc

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Published at 2019-11-22 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Business, News and Events, Politics

Tags: Ilagan, Workers, companies, industry

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 at 2019-10-23 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Documentary, History

Tags: Australia, Japanese, Leyte, MacArthur, Workers, children, women

Workers Begin 10-day Countdown to Wage Increase

Days before May 1 Labor Day, the Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) reiterates its call for a pay hike. “Increasing the minimum wage from Php537 to Php750 will significantly lessen the gap between the current earnings and the family living wage,” the national labor center said in a statement today.

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Published at 2019-04-22 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Business, Legal, Society

Tags: Workers

Duterte Signs Expanded Maternity Leave into Law

A measure granting additional leave benefits for working mothers in both public and private sectors has been signed into law by President Duterte

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Published at 2019-02-21 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Health, Politics, Society

Tags: Workers