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In a bid to further accelerate Philippine exports to Japan, local companies from the fashion wearables and home furnishings sectors will participate in the two-week Philippine Trade Mission with Business Meetings to be held at Tokyo’s ASEAN-Japan Hall in July, reported the Center for International Trade Expositions and Missions (CITEM), an attached agency of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI).

“The vision [here] is to increase awareness on Philippine products in the world’s second biggest market and of Japan as one of the top export destinations of products from the Philippines,” said DTI Trade Secretary Jesli Lapus in a statement.

Sponsored by the ASEAN-Japan Centre (AJC) in collaboration with CITEM, the trade mission will grant exposure to the products of around 15 Filipino companies during a 10-day exhibition period starting 13 July 2010, and will move on to intensive…

In recent years, the quest for sustainable living has redefined conventions, including the way we view our public and private structures. This has paved the way for the growth of more breathable and environment-friendly “green” buildings in the country, sites that aptly demonstrate that nature and architecture can work together well.

Green building as defined by the Philippine Green Building Council (PhilGBC) is the practice of creating structures that are designed, built, renovated, operated or re-used in an ecological and resource-efficient manner.

“[It] focuses on the promotion and practice of sustainable site development, improvement of indoor air quality, use of efficient energy, improvement of water management, utilisation of green materials and the preservation of cultural heritage,” said PhilGBC Chairman Architect Christopher de la Cruz in a statement. Established in 2006, PhilGBC is the largest green building movement in the country…

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) will improve the access of poor young workers to decent work to reduce youth unemployment in the next six years.

Labor and Employment Secretary Marianito D. Roque said the DOLE has constituted the program steering committee (PSC) tasked to oversee the DOLE’s participation in the country’s implementation of the United Nations’ medium development goals- fund (MDG-F) joint programme on youth, employment and migration (YEM).
The MDG-F joint programme on YEM refers to the US$ 6 million initiative being funded by Spain called the “Alternatives to Migration: Decent Jobs for Filipino Youth,” which aims to improve policy coherence and implementation of YEM through full stakeholder participation in helping poor young men and women in the country gain access to decent work.

Roque said the PSC team has, so far, drafted the DOLE workplan…

Message from the Secretary
Citizen Charter

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The DOLE Integrity Development Action Plan (IDAP) was adopted as the National Anti-Corruption Strategy Framework of the Executive Branch in December 2004. It has 22 specific and doable anti-corruption measures, as follows :
On Prevention:

1. Strengthen internal control through institutionalization of Internal Audit Unit
2. Conduct of Integrity Development Review
3. Fast-track e-NGAS and e-bidding for the procurement of goods, services and infrastructure projects
4. Incorporate integrity check in recruitment and promotion of government personnel
5. Institutionalize multi-stakeholder performance evaluation system
6. Protect meager income of government employees
7. Adopt a single ID system for government officials and employees

On Education:

1. Disseminate compendium of anti-corruption laws, rules and regulations
2. Prepare agency-specific code of ethical standards/guidelines for adoption
3. Provide ethics training, spiritual formation, moral recovery program
4.…

Ethel Doria Sinajon is a 42-year-old registered nurse and married with two children. She was challenged to enrol in nursing as a second courser in a college in Kidapawan City due to her daughter’s condition, who is a type I diabetic. After hearing about Project Entreprenurse from her husband, Mario, she was encouraged to join also because of her daughter’s condition. “I want to share my knowledge on how to manage type I diabetic patients and act as a support group to the parents,” Ethel added.

Elizar Bulac, on the other hand, is a graduate of both BS Nursing and BS Physical Therapy. “Business is rooted in of our family. My father is a retired business manager and my mother ran her own business. I worked in a hospital for two (2) years. I also worked as Medical Sales Executive in…