Philippine
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Philippine Airlines Responds To Union Rally
Kris Alingod – AHN News Contributor Manila, Philippines (AHN) – Philippine Airlines fought back on Thursday against a massive rally of workers at the nation’s business district protesting the carrier’s plan to lay off thousands of employees in a restructuring program. “It cannot be business as usual: the global economic crisis of 2008 showed that [...]
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Nestle Opens 5th Philippine Factory
AHN News Staff Tanauan, Batangas, Philippines (AHN) – Nestle started construction of its fifth factory in the Philippines with groundbreaking rites Tuesday at a 27-hectare land in Tanauan, Batangas. The food giant will invest $97.6 million (4.3 billion) in the next two years to finish the facility, which is expected to create more than a [...]
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Philippine Congress Takes Interest In PAL Employee Lay-Offs
AHN News Staff Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines (AHN) – The Philippine Congress has taken an interest in the Philippine Airlines labor row after Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz allowed the flag carrier to lay off 2,600 workers. The House Labor and Employment Committee will set a hearing in the coming days to probe the alleged [...]
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Labor Department Approves Philippine Airlines Layoff Of 2,600 Employees
AHN News Staff Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines (AHN) – The Philippine Labor Department approved on Friday the mass lay-off of 2,600 employees of Philippine Airlines. The affected workers are those in PAL’s in-flight catering, airport services and call center reservations, whose jobs would be outsourced by the flag carrier to cut costs. Labor Secretary Rosalinda [...]