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MANILA Philippines, May 1 (Eagle News) — Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz reminded and advised employers to pay workers with the proper wages and benefits this Labor Day. Baldoz said that employers should follow the rules on holiday pay after President Benigno S. Aquino III declared May 1 as a regular holiday. (Eagle News Service Dexter Magno, MRFaith Bonalos)
FINANCE stakeholders in the Asia Pacific region agreed in a two-day meeting in Bacolod City to develop a vibrant microinsurance in the region as well as create a regional risk pool mechanism to reduce risk of individual countries when there are calamities. “The meeting today is an offshoot of the finance ministers’ meeting in Tagaytay. In that meeting there was a decision to develop a disaster risk finance in APEC (Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation),” Finance […]
MANILA, 1 May (PIA) – The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) announced that Ayala Bridge in Manila will fully open on June 11, 2015. Secretary Rogelio L. Singson said that the movement of dates was to ensure the safety of the public and due to the complexity of the rehabilitation activities on the bridge’s superstructure and retrofitting works on its substructure. The DPWH earlier announced that partial re-opening of the bridge to light […]
MAY 1 (Reuters) — The Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao fight has certainly grabbed the attention of sports and non-sports fans alike, turning Saturday’s (May 02) welterweight championship contest into a “must see or be seen at event.” And while the fight has yet to fought and a decision has not yet been rendered, it’s safe to say that the city of Las Vegas and the sport of boxing has already scored a massive knockout. “To be […]
MAY 1 (Reuters) — Five days after Nepal was hit by a massive quake, measuring 7.9 on Richter scale, residents in the Sindhupal district were on Thursday (April 30) still sifting through the rubble as the death toll continues to rise. Sindhupal, home to more than 300,000 people, is the worst affected in the Himalayan nation with almost 2,000 deaths being reported. The government still has little precise information where the damage is most extensive […]
WHILE trash-talking by the two fighters has been at a bare minimum ahead of Saturday’s (May 02) welterweight showdown between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao, their trainers engaged in a war of words on Thursday (April 30). Pacquiao’s corner man, Freddie Roach, complained that the Mayweather camp had not yet submitted their gloves for testing before his opposite number, Floyd Mayweather Sr., countered by saying that the Pacquiao camp was simply running scared. Roach […]
RESCUERS on Thursday (April 30), pulled free a woman who had been trapped under a collapsed building for five days following a 7.8 magnitude earthquake which devastated the tiny Himalayan nation of Nepal. Krishna Devi Kadkha, who is in her late twenties, was working as a maid in a Kathmandu hostel when the quake struck. She spent five days trapped under the rubble with three bodies, including that of her uncle. The alarm was raised by 14 […]
May Day, or Labor Day, is a public holiday in many countries worldwide. It usually occurs around May 1, but the date varies across countries. It is associated with the start of spring as well as the celebration of workers. History Araw ng Manggagawa or Labor Day is a non-working holiday celebrated on May 1 of every year in the Philippines. This day is celebrated by workers all over the country; however, this day is […]
May Day, or Labor Day, is a public holiday in many countries worldwide. It usually occurs around May 1, but the date varies across countries. It is associated with the start of spring as well as the celebration of workers. Here are some trivia about Labor Day: Research by: MRF Bonalos Infographics designer : Dex Magno
APRIL 30 (Reuters) — Fifteen-year old earthquake survivor, Pema Lama, was rescued in Kathmandu on Thursday (April 30), six days after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit Nepal. He was found amongst the rubble of the collapsed Hilton Hotel, and quickly extricated by Nepal’s Armed Police Force. As the death toll on Thursday neared 5,500, rescue teams toiled in pouring rain in the debris left by Saturday’s (April 25) deadly quake, as officials said the chance of […]
Mahigit isang taon ang nakalipas ng nananalasa ang bagyong Yolanda sa Pilipinas at isa ang probinsya ng Iloilo sa bahaging norte ang sinalanta ng nasabing bagyo. Maraming mga kababayan natin ang nawalan ng kabuhayan at tahanan bunga ng hagupit ng bagyong Yolanda. Ngunit nabiyayaan ng pabahay ang bayan ng Concepcion sa lalawigan ng Iloilo na kasalukuyang ipinapatayo ng SM Foundation sa barangay Bakhawan Concepcion. May lawak na isang hektarya at 200 units na semi duplex […]
Isang blood donation activity ang isinagawa ng mga kaanib ng Iglesia ni Cristo sa Tabuk City sa lalawigan ng Kalinga. Layunin ng aktibidad na ito na makatulong hindi lamang sa mga kaanib ng Iglesia ni Cristo maging sa mga hindi pa kaanib na nangangailangan. Ang nasabing aktibidad ay dinaluhan ng maraming donors na nagmula pa sa iba’t-ibang lokal ng Iglesia ni Cristo sa lalawigan ng Kalinga. (Eagle News Correspondent Liezeil Rueco, Eagle News Service, MRFaith […]
