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                    [ArticleID] => 1240765
                    [Title] => Pinoy maids in Hong Kong get pay hike
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Filipinos and other foreign household service workers (HSWs)  in Hong Kong are getting a much-awaited salary increase, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) reported yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2013-10-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097338 [AuthorName] => Mayen Jaymalin [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1154101 [Title] => Recruiters use ‘loan contracts’ to collect fees from OFWs [Summary] =>

Some recruiters are resorting to loan contracts to collect placement fees from Filipinos seeking employment in Hong Kong, an official said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2013-08-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097338 [AuthorName] => Mayen Jaymalin [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 687628 [Title] => P5 to P8 ECOLA an insult-labor group [Summary] =>

A representative of the labor sector said the offer of management groups in Panay of a P5 to P8 Emergency Cost of Living Allowance (ECOLA) to workers is a pittance and an insult to labor.

[DatePublished] => 2011-05-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1806207 [AuthorName] => Danny B. Dangcalan [SectionName] => Freeman Region [SectionUrl] => region [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 238277 [Title] => Mga INUTIL at PATAY-GUTOM na mga kawani ng embahada natin sa Riyadh [Summary] => MARAMING mga public service program sa TV na sadyang nilikha para pagsilbihan ang mga pamilya ng Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) natin.

Ang mga programang ito’y mapapanood sa cable channel o di naman kaya sa mga libreng channel sa TV na mapapanood nationwide.

Ilan sa mga programang ’to ay ginagamit lamang ‘‘pampapogi.’’ Makikita sa kanilang mga usapin puro ‘‘positibo’’ at mga magagandang ulat sa kabila ng sangkaterbang problema ang mga OFW natin partikular sa Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
[DatePublished] => 2004-02-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133616 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1167424 [AuthorName] => Ben Tulfo [SectionName] => PSN Opinyon [SectionUrl] => opinyon [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 186576 [Title] => Kudos to SEC on Glasgow [Summary] => Small investment firms suspected of operating so-called pyramiding schemes have come tumbling down like a deck of cards, thanks to the vigilance of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Many small investors, including teachers and policemen, have reportedly placed their hard-earned money in the hands of these firms which promised large returns. The scheme is very attractive. In fact, one firm is said to have generated close to P28 billion.
[DatePublished] => 2002-12-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134315 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 143093 [Title] => Southern Mindanao workers demand P125 wage increase [Summary] => DAVAO CITY — The labor sector in Southern Mindanao refuses to settle for less than the P125 across-the-board increase in the daily minimum wage it has demanded from the regional tripartite wage and productivity board.

Felixberto Irag, regional secretary-general of the Kilusang Mayo Uno, said they are pressing hard for the P125 wage increase for private sector workers and P3,000 monthly wage adjustment for government employees.

"We cannot accept less than these amounts," Irag said.
[DatePublished] => 2001-12-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 131208 [Title] => P125 wage hike unlikely in Region 11 [Summary] => DAVAO CITY — It is unlikely that the tripartite wage and productivity board of Southern Mindanao (Region 11) will give in to the labor sector’s demand for a P125 wage increase.

Manuel Roldan, regional director of the Department of Labor and Employment, said the regional wage board, which he heads, is thoroughly studying a "compromise" increase which the business sector can afford given the economic slump.
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