Europe-PH News
BPO Workers Opt For Jobs Overseas
April 02, 2012
Health and work-quality issues are pushing Filipino workers to leave call centers in the Philippines for locations abroad in an apparent exodus that may hobble the business-process outsourcing (BPO) industry to meet its jobs target by 2016. Read More
DOLE Rejects Calls For P125 Wage Hike
April 02, 2012
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) yesterday ruled out the possibility of a P125 across- the-board increase in the daily take-home pay of workers nationwide because it could trigger displacement of over 300,000 workers. Read More
Visa Deposit Costs Brought Down to Draw More Retirees
March 29, 2012
The retirement industry has remained on a steady upward trend since supervision was transferred to the Tourism department in 2010, the Philippine Retirement Authority (PRA) has reported. Read More
Beyond Campaigns
March 29, 2012
To bolster the status of the Philippines in the international tourism stage, the Tourism department last year unveiled a new campaign that quickly went viral, online and offline. Despite this initial success, industry leaders and analysts said the government must go beyond such campaigns, as many challenges still confront the industry. Read More
RP Invites SMEs From Germany
March 26, 2012
Germany's small and medium enterprises which are now positioning themselves in Southeast Asia in time for the region's full integration by 2015, are being lured to explore opportunities in the Philippines. Read More
Asserting Mining Rights
March 20, 2012
Over the mounting debate in the mining industry, the government took caution on the issuance of new executive order detailing mining regulations and instead will formulate a policy statement covering the mining sector. According to reports, the impeding policy statement would include certain important provisions that were supposedly a part of the canceled executive order. Read More
The Other Side Where The Grass Is Greener And The Music, Louder
March 15, 2012
Sinking in a boat loaded with rock stars wouldn't be a bad way to go. It would probably be the stuff of legend: a Puerto Galera-bound ferry carrying around 140 people, many of them musicians performing at the second Malasimbo Music & Arts Festival, disappeared beneath the waters of the Verde Island Passage this March. Read More
Design Trends & Smart Solutions at Ambiente
March 15, 2012
Romance, attitude, innocence and modernity are back and under one roof. For 2012, these are the trends that style makers and trendsetters at Ambiente, the world's biggest consumer-goods show, are forecasting, plus a move toward sustainable design and manufacturing processes. Read More
Puerto Galera Wants To Increase Local And Foreign Tourist Arrivals
March 12, 2012
Puerto Galera-With the start of the summer season the Department of Tourism is hopeful that more private companies will engage in government projects to improve tourism infrastructure such as roads leading to ports, repair of ferries, establishing eco-friendly hotels and resorts to increase tourist arrivals in the country. Read More
Call Center Olympics Slated
March 09, 2012
More than 20 contact center firms are expected to participate in fourth Call Center Olympics that will run from April to July in various sports venues in Metro Manila. Read More
Mission Integrity
March 04, 2012
The most sustainable manner of inculcating a culture of integrity in Philippine society is to get the private sector--academe, civil society, business and the churches--to be the main agent of change. Read More
CIPC To Formulate Programs To Promote BPO, IT Growth
March 01, 2012
CEBU, Philippines - Responding to the recommendations released by Tholons for Cebu to maximize its potential in advancing growth in the Business Process Outsourcing and Information Technology (BPO-IT) sector, the Cebu Investments and Promotions Center (CIPC) will lead the implementation of programs in line with the experts’ advice. Read More
