Pinoy Biztalk and Jobs Abroad: Make your own toothpaste!As the number of Filipin...

Make your own toothpaste!
As the number of Filipinos with missing teeth climbs higher, Drew Arellano explores the do's and dont's of oral hygiene. Meanwhile, chemist Janir Datukan shows us how anyone can make toothpaste in their home! (Aired Sep. 9, 2012)
Date posted: Sep 10, 2012 2:47pm
Reporter: Drew Arellano

Pinoy Biztalk and Jobs Abroad: Make your own toothpaste!
As the number of Filipin...: Make your own toothpaste! As the number of Filipinos with missing teeth climbs higher, Drew Arellano explores the do's and dont's of oral ...

December Birthday Celebrant

It's your birthday! This significance of this day is beyond just your birthday.

It is a celebration of someone that is loved and greatly admired. Happy Birthday!

May the peace, beauty and grace of natures be yours throughout
the coming year?  

Wish you a super duper Birthday!

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181443	Legaspi	Gladys	Fernando	December 31, 1978
1161127	Belesario	Melissa	Quintano	December 23, 1993
58644	Lucero	Luisito	Basilides	December 12, 1975
1070760	Cabaluna	Alfredo Jr	Marquez	December 29, 1983
203837	Cortez	Earl Francis	Lazaro	December 8, 1980
1122932	Gajeto	Riza	Antipuesto	December 30, 1991
1090865	Brion	Vanessa Gracia	Roque	December 13, 1985
46	Obligado	Marionito	Gamundoy	December 21, 1953
155177	Millante	Philip	Bongabong	December 3, 1977
168397	Anillo	Marvin	Pelaez	December 7, 1979
192595	Hembrador	Maricar	De Luna	December 17, 1981
267679	Alorro	Alven	Sidello	December 28, 1985
1149967	Dela Cruz	Michael	De Castro	December 27, 1988
1110814	Pasa	Aaron Paul	Tongo	December 17, 1990

Nagkaisa! opposes passage of Abad bill

The country’s biggest labor coalition Nagkaisa! warned the members of electric cooperatives (EC) of the dangers posed by the Abad bill or House Bill 6214 that passed the second reading yesterday. The bill, principally authored by energy committee Chair Dina Abad, seeks extra powers for the National Electrification Administration (NEA).

Wilson Fortaleza, spokesperson of Partido ng Manggagawa (PM) and one of the convenors of Nagkaisa! said, the Abad bill is truly a bad and dangerous bill since it gives NEA ‘step-in rights’ or extra powers to impose its will against a particular EC. In essence, HB 6214 provides NEA the dictatorial powers to:

(1) take-over the management and operation of the EC;

(2) appoint or assign third persons to the Board, or;

(3) create a management team whose members possess the qualifications and experience suited for the job

Fortaleza explained that the bill also expands and strengthens NEA’s power to fire general managers, directors, and even employees of both the NEA and CDA-registered electric cooperatives — rights that were already provided under PD269 and PD1645.

Nagkaisa! maintains the position that the logical end to NEA’s mission since it was mandated 40 years ago to pursue the total electrification the country is to leave a legacy of being able to empower and democratize the ownership and control of the country’s 119 electric cooperatives.

“Unfortunately HB6214 is a push toward the opposite direction. It will create a Super NEA that is eventually more powerful than the EC’s highest policy making body, the general assembly,” said Fortaleza.

Louie Corral of the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) likewise argued that NEA already has too much power as the registration agency, the bank, and the implementor of coop projects.

“NEA is basically the SEC, the Land Bank, and the DPWH rolled into one for all coops. This over-concentration of powers is a formula for conflict of interest and abuse of powers. The bill adds to these powers by introducing the concept of ‘step-in rights’ that practically would lead to the total emasculation of the coop’s general assembly and the marginalization of the unions in these coops,” explained Corral who is also a Nagkaisa! convenor.

The clear intent of the bill, he added, “Is for NEA to displace the role of the true owners of the coop – the 9 million consumer households — and to supplant them with corporatization and eventual takeover of the coops by the Voltage 5 which is allowed under EPIRA.”

Labor groups under Nagkaisa! such as the Alliance of Progressive Labor (APL), Associated Labor Unions (ALU) and Partido ng Manggagawa (PM) have affiliate unions in electric cooperatives. All these groups are working for the democratization of control and ownership of electric cooperatives.

Another Nagkaisa! convenor Josua Mata, the Secretary General of APL, called on consumers to reject the bill, warning that once enacted, EPIRA’s privatization agenda “freely steps into the doors of the consumer-owned electric cooperatives.”

He asserted that there are other ways in solving the problems of distressed ECs outside of the EPIRA frame as shown by the coop-to-coop cooperation model successfully worked out by the union and the consumers of the Albay Electric Cooperative (ALECO).

Source: The country’s biggest labor coalition Nagkaisa!

Nagkaisa! opposes passage of Abad bill

Republic Act 8504 Basics

Key Features of Republic Act 8504: Provisions of RA 8504 relevant in the workplace

Article I: Education and Information - Section 6: HIV/AIDS Education in the Workplace

• All government and private employees shall be provided with standardized basic information and instruction on HIV and AIDS.
• HIV / AIDS education shall be integrated into orientation, training, continuing education, HR dev’t programs, etc
• Each employer shall develop, implement, evaluate and fund a workplace HIV and AIDS education and information program.
• In collaboration with the DOH, DOLE shall oversee the anti-HIV/AIDS campaign in all private companies.

Article III: Testing, Screening and Counseling: 

• Section 16: Prohibition on Compulsory HIV Testing
  Compulsory HIV testing as a precondition to employment, admission to educational institutions, the provision of medical service or any kind of service shall be deemed unlawful.
  
  Exceptions to Prohibition on Compulsory HIV Testing
  • When charged with crime under the Revised Penal Code, Death penalty Act, Anti-rape Law
  • When resolving issues relevant to the Family Code
  • When complying with requirements of organ or blood donation
  • Reportorial requirements
  • When informing health workers directly involved in treatment and care of persons with HIV/AIDS
  • When responding to legal proceedings where the main issue is the HIV status of a person

• Section 18: Anonymous HIV Testing
• Section 19: Accreditation of HIV Testing Centers
• Section 20: Pre-test and Post-test Counselling

Article VI: Confidentiality

• Section 30: Medical ConfidentialityAll health professionals, medical instructors, workers, employers, recruitment agencies, insurance companies, data encoders, and other custodians of any  medical records, file, data or  test results to observe strict confidentiality particularly the identity and status of persons with HIV
  
  Release of HIV/AIDS Test Results will only be allowed to the following parties:
  • Person who was tested
  • Parent of minor if minor
  • Legal guardian of mentally handicapped person
  • Person authorized to receive results for AIDSWATCH
  • Justice of Court of Appeals or Supreme Court
• Section 34: Disclosure to Sexual Partners Any person with HIV is obliged to disclose his/her HIV status and health condition to his/her spouse or
  sexual partner at the earliest opportune time.

Article VII: Discriminatory Acts and Policies - Section 35: Workplace Discrimination

• Discrimination in any form from preemployment to post-employment, including hiring, promotion or assignment, based on the actual, perceived or suspected HIV status of an individual is prohibited. Termination from work on the sole basis of actual, perceived or suspected HIV status is deemed unlawful.
• Persons with HIV/AIDS already employed by any public or private company shall be entitled to the same
  employment rights, benefits and opportunities as other employees.
• HIV infected employees shall act responsibly to protect own health and prevent HIV transmission
• Acts of discrimination shall be reported to DOLE or to CSC

Penalties

• Misleading information / advertising2 months to 2 years imprisonment
• Knowingly & negligently infecting others in the practice of one’s profession 
  6-12 years imprisonment, fines, suspension or revocation of license/accreditation
• Violations on medical confidentiality
  6 months to 4 years imprisonment, fines, suspension or revocation of license/accreditation
• Discriminatory acts & policies
  6 months to 4 years imprisonment, fines of not over P10,000, revocation of license/permits

Mandate of the Philippine National AIDS Council

To be the central advisory, planning and policy-making body for the comprehensive and integrated HIV / AIDS prevention and control program in the Philippines.

Related Documents

• Full version of the Republic Act 8504.

Source: http://www.pnac.org.ph/index.php?page=republic-act-8504-basics

TESDA provides skills training to 1,600 youths

MANILA, Philippines – Close to 1,600 youths have moved up the ladder from being out-of-school youths to full-fledged skilled graduates ready to take on jobs.

They came from among the country’s four poorest provinces, who were profiled, enrolled and given skills training under the Spanish-funded Millennium Development Goals Joint Program on Alternatives to Migration: Decent Jobs for Filipino Youth Program.

The skills training component of the program is jointly implemented by the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) and the International Labor Organization.

From the 2,000 youths selected from the provinces of Masbate, Antique, Agusan del Sur and Maguindanao, a total of 1,547 have been given on-the-job training and have graduated from their respective courses.

All of the 2,000 youth swho enrolled under the program completed their courses, but a few are awaiting formal graduation pending the completion of on-the-job training requirements.

Secretary Joel Villanueva expressed optimism their education could be put to good use with the right job.

“Joining the work force or being successful entrepreneurs will give these youth a confident grip on their future,” Villanueva, TESDA director general, said.

Jobs, in fact, came easy for a total of 397 graduates, who have found employment right after finishing their courses.

Of the 2,000 enrollees, Villanueva said they aimed to get at least 1,100 or 55 percent employed.

After graduation, the youths underwent competency assessment that determined if they would qualify to be certified specialists by TESDA.

Of the 1,547 graduates, 500 each came from Antique, Masbate and Agusan del Sur, while 47 came from Maguindanao. 

Source: –(The Philippine Star)

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• Philippine Online UNGASS Data
• CRIS3 Philippines

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Women Workers Welfare Advocacy Program

W³AP  (Read as Triple W  AP) - stands for “Women Workers Welfare Advocacy Program”, a program lodged with the Women Workers Development Division (WWDD) of the Bureau of Workers with Special Concerns (BWSC). All advocacy initiatives pertaining to the Family Welfare Program, the anti-sexual harassment, and other related laws that affect women workers shall be published under this program.  This maiden issue focuses on the setting up of the lactation stations as provided for in the newly enacted “Expanded Breastfeeding Promotion Act of 2009”.  The contents of this material will be particularly helpful to Human Resource managers, as they will be guided in how to set up or operationalize the provisions of said law.

SETTING UP A WORKPLACE LACTATION STATION :

a guide for employers and family welfare committees

A lactation station is one of the low-cost family-friendly facilities an employer can put up at the workplace for the benefit of employees. Anything a company can do to add benefits to an employee’s working life helps to attract  people and retain people. Breastfeeding mothers who wish to continue breastfeeding their children after they resume their work have special needs. A lactation station provides safe and healthful working conditions for women workers taking into account their maternal functions, thus, promoting the constitutional provision of providing facilities and opportunities to enhance their potential in the service of the nation. A recently passed law,

Republic Act 10028 or the “Expanded Breastfeeding Promotion Act of 2009”

which amended RA 7600 or the “Rooming-in and Breastfeeding Act of 1992,” adopts a national policy to encourage, protect and  support the practice of breastfeeding. Specifically, this law requires establishments to set up lactation  stations in the  workplace and provide compensable time for breastfeeding and  lactation periods.

Breastfeeding is nature's way to nourish and protect young infants. The many benefits of exclusive breastfeeding to the child specifically in the first 6 months are irreplaceable. The positive effects for the working breastfeeding mother are equally rewarding.

For the child, exclusive breastfeeding reduces infant deaths caused by common childhood illnesses such as diarrhea and pneumonia as well as  hasten recovery during a bout of illness. Breastmilk provides all the energy and nutrients that an infant needs during the first 6 months. For the working breastfeeding mothers, some of the positive effects are the delay in the resumption of normal ovarian cycles and the return of fertility in most women. Breastfeeding mothers lose their weight gained during pregnancy more quickly because they are using more  calories to produce milk.

For the establishment, some of the positive effects are:

• Less absenteeism among workers
• High employee productivity
• Greater company loyalty
• High employee morale
• Improved ability to attract and retain valuable employees

• Family-friendly image in the community

 Source: http://www.bwsc.dole.gov.ph/bwscweb/