Protesters burn Aquino effigy at Mendiola Bridge
By Jamie Elona
Labor Day protesters burned an effigy of President Benigno Aquino III at Mendiola Bridge in Manila to symbolize the supposed condition of Filipinos under his administration.
Labor Day protesters burned an effigy of President Benigno Aquino III at Mendiola Bridge in Manila to symbolize the supposed condition of Filipinos under his administration.
Pope Francis on Wednesday urged political leaders to make every effort to create jobs and said unemployment was caused by economic thinking “outside the bounds of social justice.”
After labor leaders air their concerns on a host of workers’ issues, President Aquino will outline the non-wage benefits for the country’s workforce in Tuesday’s breakfast meeting, according to Malacañang.
The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits jumped by 16,000 last week, the second straight weekly increase. But the longer-term trend in layoffs remained consistent with an improved job market.
The new K+12 education program is one way of addressing the country’s unemployment woes.
Spain’s unemployment rate shot up to a record 26.02 percent in the fourth quarter of 2012, leaving almost six million people out of work, the National Statistics Institute said Thursday.
The future of the 35 employees of Sugbo TV and Sugbo News appears bleak after acting Gov. Agnes Magpale shut down the operation of these two province-owned media outlets on Friday.
About 7 percent of poor unemployed Filipinos were residing at the National Capital Region in 2009, according to data from the National Statistical Coordination Board. In the same period, approximately 4 out of 10 poor unemployed were in Luzon.
The level of unemployment in the Philippines remained the same in July as a year ago, according to the National Statistics Office (NSO).
A disappointing August jobs report could wipe out any traditional bounce in the polls President Barack Obama might have gotten from the festive, well-choreographed three-day Democratic National Convention, making his hopes of holding on to his own job even more challenging.
Unemployment in the country dropped from an estimate of 13.8 million individuals in the first quarter to 10.9 million individuals in the second quarter, according to a recent survey by the Social Weather Stations (SWS).
“Palpak ang gobyerno ni Ginoong Benigno Aquino III (Aquino’s government is a failure),” said a well-known Catholic priest on the lack of job opportunities in the Philippines.
Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz on Tuesday downplayed the results of a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey which showed that the number of jobless Filipinos rose by more than four million.
