MANILA: The Korea Soft Tennis Association (KSTA) will send one of its professional women’s teams to the Philippines this month for a technical training exchange program. The Korea Daegu Bank team headed by coach Cho Kyoung Soo will arrive on Jan. 16, a day before the training begins at the Felicisimo Ampon Tennis Center…
ISTANBUL: Shorter workdays and more flexible work schedules, like those utilized during the Covid-19 pandemic, can benefit economies, enterprises and workers as well as pave the way for a better and healthier work-life balance, the International Labor Organization (ILO) said Friday. Analyzing different working-time arrangements and their effects on work-life balance, including shift work,…
MANILA: Quezon City Rep. Marvin Rillo is pushing for the passage of new legislation that would grant a fully paid week-long bereavement leave benefit to all employees in the event of an immediate family member’s death. As proposed by Rillo in House Bill No. 4340, private and public sector employees would be entitled to…
MANILA: Malacañang said Saturday the business agreements secured by President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. with Chinese firms would help reduce the prices of fertilizer, a vital part of the administration’s current bid to help farmers and ensure food security. Two Chinese fertilizer-manufacturing companies have recently signed a cooperation agreement with the Philippine International Trading…
MANILA: Bay Area bucked the absence of Andrew Nicholson and held off Ginebra, 94-86, in Game 4 of the PBA Commissioner’s Cup finals before 17,236 fans at Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City on Friday night. Kobey Lam caught fire for the Dragons as he led their fightback, where they held the Gin…
MANILA: A low-pressure area (LPA) and the northeast monsoon, or “amihan,” are seen to bring overcast skies and rains over most of the country on Saturday. In its 4 a.m. weather bulletin, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said the LPA was last estimated at 1,000 km. east of Southeastern Mindanao….
