Archive for the ‘Health’ Category
Convergys hiring 5,000 more employees
Business process outsourcing (BPO) firm Convergys is hiring 5,000 more employees for its new contact centers in Cebu and Baguio city. The Camp John Hay site, which formally opened last July 27, is Convergys Corp.’s 15th site and offers hope for many Filipinos who are looking for a job. Convergys president and chief operations officer [...]
July 30, 2011
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Posted in: Announcement, BPO, Business News, business opportunity, Call Centers, Career, communications, Corporations, Customer Service, e-commerce, economy, Employment, finance, Foreign exchange, Health, innovation, investments, Job Opportunities, Opportunities, Philippine business news, Philippines, Technology
Senator pushes bill for household helpers
Senate Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada, chair of the Senate Committee on Labor, Employment and Human Resources Development, appealed to the House of Representative to pass their own version of the “Kasambahay Bill.” The Senate Bill No. 78, which was approved by the Senate in the third and final reading in December last year, provides a [...]
June 23, 2011
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Tags: additional benefits, household helpers, Kasambahay Bill, minimum wage, Senate Bill No. 78 · Posted in: Business News, economy, Government, Health, Law, Philippine business news, Philippines, Poverty
PhilHealth to cover 5.2 M indigents by July
Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) president and Chief Executive Officer Rey B. Aquino assured on Tuesday that 5.2 million Filipinos who belong to the poorest segment of the population will be added to those covered by its health insurance program by the end of June. The Philhealth chief said this is in line with President [...]
June 21, 2011
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Tags: Government, health coverage, indigent, insurance, Philhealth, Philippines, public service · Posted in: Announcement, Consumers, economy, finance, Government, Health, Medicine, money, Philippine business news, Philippines
Johnson & Johnson makes Philippines its global service center
Johnson & Johnson plans to expand operations in the Philippines to allow its service centers in the country to serve countries outside the Asia Pacific, said Dominic Caruso, the company’s chief financial officer. Caruso said pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson’s newly inaugurated $13.25-million Global Finance Services (GFS) in Parañaque City will be set up to [...]
May 11, 2011
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Tags: Asia, expansion, GFS, global service center, Johnson & Johnson, manufacturing operations, pharmaceutical, pharmacy, Philippines · Posted in: Announcement, Corporations, economy, Employment, finance, Health, investments, Job Opportunities, marketing, Medicine, Philippine business news, Philippines, Products
The Expanded Senior Act of 2010 (Republic Act 9994)
The Republic Act 9994 or the Expanded Senior Citizens Act of 2010 was finally signed into law, giving our senior citizens additional benefits. Among them is their exemption from the 12% value-added tax (VAT), as stated in the implementing rules and regulations signed last Friday by the Deparment of Social Works and Development (DSWD). This [...]
June 18, 2010
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Tags: Expanded Senior Citizens Act of 2010, Government, Law, Philippines, RA 9994, Republic Act 9994, value-added tax, VAT exemption · Posted in: Announcement, Consumers, finance, Government, Health, Law, Philippines, Taxation
BFAD is now FDA by the power of RA 9711
The Bureau of Food and Drugs (BFAD) will now be known as the Food and Drugs Administration. The BFAD was renamed into FDA by the power of the Republic Act 9711 which was signed into law by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo last Tuesday in Malacañang, witnessed by some lawmakers and government officials. RA 9711, according [...]
August 19, 2009
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Tags: BFAD, Cheaper Medicine Law, FDA, Francisco Duque III, Health Secretary, Malacañang, Medicine, news, Philippines, President Arroyo, RA 9711, Republic Act 9711 · Posted in: Health, Law, Medicine, Philippines
