EUROPE-PH News

April 10, 2012
Workshop Offered

The European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines (ECCP) has partnered with Robert Bosch,Inc. and Clean Air Asia to host a workshop on April 19 at the Dusit Thani Hotel that aims to equip participants with the right knowledge and tools to improve fuel savings and vehicle reliability.

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April 10, 2012
Disclose Kin Doing Business with DPWH, Officials, Workers Reminded

Employees and officials of the Department of Public Works and Highways should disclose if they have family members doing business with the DPWH in the last five years.

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April 10, 2012
BPO Industry Promotes Well Rounded Lifestyle

Manila, Philippines - The local business process outsour-cing industry (BPO) is promoting a well- rounded lifestyle for employees to sustain its growth momentum and deliver client expectations.

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April 09, 2012
From Cubicles to Combat Zones: The 4th Call Center Olympics

Call center agents usually possess commendable verbal prowess, the ability to keep their tolerance compass from going haywire, and their knack for making their way out f long-winded and exasperating converstaions with customers. have you ever thought about what kind of abilities they would flaunt when unleashed from theri cubicles to the athletic arena? Wonder no more, for the 4th call center Olympics is now here to supply you with answers.

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April 02, 2012
BPO Workers Opt For Jobs Overseas

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.

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April 02, 2012
DOLE Rejects Calls For P125 Wage Hike

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.

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March 29, 2012
Visa Deposit Costs Brought Down to Draw More Retirees

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.

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March 29, 2012
Beyond Campaigns

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.

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March 26, 2012
RP Invites SMEs From Germany

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.

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March 20, 2012
Asserting Mining Rights

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.

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March 15, 2012
The Other Side Where The Grass Is Greener And The Music, Louder

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.

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March 15, 2012
Design Trends & Smart Solutions at Ambiente

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.

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