Resources on safety and health at work

Experts Meeting on the Philippines Country Review of the Skills Development System and Delivery

04 June 2012

With funding from the ILO/Korea Partnership Programme, an experts meeting to initiate the review of the Philippines skills development system and delivery will be conducted.

Q&A-Manuela Tomei

22 April 2011

Ms Manuela Tomei, Director of the ILO’s Conditions of Work and Employment Programme, explains how adopting an international labour standard on domestic work at the 100th ILC would help regulate what is most often an ‘unregulated’ and sometimes hazardous field of work.

HIV-AIDS

31 May 2010

HIV/AIDS is one of the most formidable challenges to development and social progress. The disease poses a great threat to the workplace. In the Philippines, reports indicate that cases have been significantly increasing since 2000. From a classification of “low and slow”, the situation has since been described by government as “hidden and growing”. That is why the ILO is committed to working closely with its constituents and partners to help avert the spread of HIV/AIDS especially in the workplace.

Safety and health at work

22 March 2010

Overcoming the Jobs Crisis and Shaping an Inclusive Recovery: The Philippines in the Aftermath of the Global Economic Turmoil

11 March 2010

The forum aimed to discuss the lessons from the global economic crisis response and look into ideas about more coherent national job-rich recovery programmes and mechanisms to respond to recurring emergencies.

Cost-Benefit Analysis of HIV Programs Prevention Programs for Filipino Seafarers 2010 - 2015

01 February 2010

The Philippines is the world largest supplier of seafarers, contributing approximately 20 per cent of the seafarers in the international maritime sector. According to the Philippine Overseas Employment Agency (POEA) 267,000 Filipino seafarers were deployed by international maritime industry in 2007. The number of HIV infected Filipino seafarers is increasing. They are a potential route of transmitting the epidemic to the general population in the Philippines. Therefore there is a need for concentrated prevention efforts in the maritime sector. Cost-benefit analyses of the current and potential HIV prevention interventions targeting the seafarers and their spouses were carried out in order to facilitate decision-making and program planning.

Climate change in Jabonga, Philippines - the water is already rising

24 September 2009

Gingging Poyo cuddles her baby after a day’s work. The 31-year-old mother is part of the maintenance staff of a lake resort in Jabonga. “I grew up in this place so I decided to settle here with my family,” she says. Jabonga, a town in the province of Agusan del Norte, Philippines, seems to have many natural advantages to offer a young family: a view of mountains, rock formations, underwater caves, waterfalls, diving sites and a fresh water lake. However, changing weather trends in Jabonga are affecting many residents, including Gingging and her family.

Closing remarks at the ASPPI 10th General Assembly and Convention

28 August 2009

By Ms Linda Wirth, Director, ILO SRO-Manila, Davao City, Philippines

Opening message at the 11th National Occupational Safety and Health Congress

08 October 2008

By Ms Linda Wirth, Director, ILO SRO-Manila, Manila, Philippines

World Day for Safety and Health at Work

28 April 2007

This internationally recognized campaign is celebrated globally to promote promote safe, healthy, and decent work.