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Philippines on its highest alert for APEC 2015 and other things you need to know

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">MANILA, Philippines - The Aquino government will 'graciously welcome' its international powerhouse set of guests for the APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting from Wednesday to Thursday (November 18 and 19), but aside from that there are other events that will transpire prior to the leaders’ meeting itself.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9PJWdM2zfnlh-6gQwyeB5iMvCu6QDUTiUXUHo3kLygOE9EyjlM_YpmenmfG8z9AzARYWcHT64C2aCNG9rVZ8XZ95ET34c9fEZMpVP96EyIp0MaeFul-_2TUszSwo5UoQKhU7-zN7lzhkt/s1600/APEC-schedule-events.png" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="The Philippines is now on its highest alert to ensure the safety and security of everyone for APEC 2015" border="0" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9PJWdM2zfnlh-6gQwyeB5iMvCu6QDUTiUXUHo3kLygOE9EyjlM_YpmenmfG8z9AzARYWcHT64C2aCNG9rVZ8XZ95ET34c9fEZMpVP96EyIp0MaeFul-_2TUszSwo5UoQKhU7-zN7lzhkt/s640/APEC-schedule-events.png" title="The Philippines is now on its highest alert to ensure the safety and security of everyone for APEC 2015" width="560" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Philippines is now on its highest alert to ensure the safety and security of everyone for APEC 2015</td></tr></tbody></table><b>APEC Summit 2015 Schedule</b><br /><br />As of today, two of the planned events has already began last Friday (November 13) with the APEC Voices of the Future, with 20 young Filipinos representing the country within the pool of 120 selected youth delegates coming from other APEC member economies.<br /><br />The first day of the two-day APEC Ministerial Meeting event already commenced Monday as well as the APEC SME (Small and Medium Enterprises) Summit in which some notable personalities like Maria Ressa, CEO of social news network Rappler, Asia Society’s President Josette Sheeran and Karen Reddington, FedEx Asia Pacific’s President joined the event.<br /><br /><br /><b>Who’s in Manila already? Chile, Papua New Guinea, Colombia and Taiwan first to arrive</b><br /><br />Chile’s first-ever woman president Michelle Bachelet was the ‘first’ to arrive in Manila last Sunday (November 15) for the APEC meeting and was welcomed by Vice President Jejomar Binay upon her arrival at NAIA Terminal 2.<br /><br />Bachelet was followed by Prime Minister Peter Charles Paire O’Neil of Papua New Guinea who arrived Monday afternoon (November 16). Other leaders who arrived Monday were Taiwan’s former Vice President Vincent Siew (01:20 P.M.) at NAIA Terminal 1 and Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos (04:13 P.M.).<br /><br />US President Barack Obama will arrive today (Tuesday) with his much-vaunted “pivot to Asia.”<br /><br />UPDATE: <a href="http://pinoybuzz.blogkorner.com/2015/11/us-president-barack-obama-arrives-in-manila-for-apec-2015-summit.html" rel="nofollow">US President Barack Obama arrives in Manila for APEC Summit 2015</a><br /><b><br /></b><b>RELATED STORY</b><br /><a href="http://pinoybuzz.blogkorner.com/2015/11/putin-withdraws-for-apec-2015-kris-aquino-to-host-luncheon.html" rel="nofollow">Putin withdraws for APEC 2015 in Manila; Kris Aquino to host luncheon for APEC Leaders' Spouses</a><br /><br /><b>No classes from November 17-20 in NCR, roads closed and flights are cancelled too</b><br /><br />Classes in all levels will be suspended too while the APEC leaders are in Manila for their meeting.<br /><br />In an earlier Proclamation 1072, s. 2015, Malacañan declared the dates of November 18 and 19 as special non-working holidays in NCR. CHED and DepEd meanwhile added the November 17 and 20 as no-school days to give way for the international event and protect the welfare of the students from the hassles of commuting from an expected heavy traffic that the arrival of APEC leaders will bring.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRhgYldYurCS-ABZKaz1usIkUaiom5uR6hc-U1s9VVnBZ6CFevphh2kRSEjzfvu5x-1vnTfqpiw9fO9h95ifnzq8lOs46Hua4ydIm2PKN0LnAjS6GPZoyQPm-ElOcHhNpJK80YYCBaLy6c/s1600/closed-roads-apec-summit.png" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="closed roads APEC Summit" border="0" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRhgYldYurCS-ABZKaz1usIkUaiom5uR6hc-U1s9VVnBZ6CFevphh2kRSEjzfvu5x-1vnTfqpiw9fO9h95ifnzq8lOs46Hua4ydIm2PKN0LnAjS6GPZoyQPm-ElOcHhNpJK80YYCBaLy6c/s640/closed-roads-apec-summit.png" title="closed roads APEC Summit" width="560" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Commuters should braced themselves for a rough week for road closures and flight cancellations</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Philippine Airlines (PAL) has already announced the cancellation of its 211 flights (115 domestic, 96 international) while budget carrier Air Asia Philippines cancelled its 84 flights (74 domestic, 10 international). Cebu Pacific cancelled 146 of its flights already for this week too.<br /><br /><b>Paris attack threatens APEC 2015, PNP and AFP on red alert status</b><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnUEdaGOJvSgo1YCShFaZJxbH-RCw1Iw2IntOeCeEVAgSYPe3g_r_bPLTmrlSkS-9ZpYVOlnByQlQanLjRCNtCURaci1Y_557SKJiNuYJZEODk1yfbpNvsVk-5PygJI3_Xl9aeJCZqD5Ay/s1600/paris-attack-memory.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Thousands gathered at Notre Dame cathedral in Paris to remember the victims of Paris attack" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnUEdaGOJvSgo1YCShFaZJxbH-RCw1Iw2IntOeCeEVAgSYPe3g_r_bPLTmrlSkS-9ZpYVOlnByQlQanLjRCNtCURaci1Y_557SKJiNuYJZEODk1yfbpNvsVk-5PygJI3_Xl9aeJCZqD5Ay/s640/paris-attack-memory.jpg" title="Thousands gathered at Notre Dame cathedral in Paris to remember the victims of Paris attack" width="560" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thousands gathered at Notre Dame cathedral in Paris to remember the victims of Paris attack last week. <br />Photo credit: www.edition.cnn.com</td></tr></tbody></table>The country’s security force is all set to ensure the safety and security of the international delegates as well as the local community as it beefs up its security measures amidst the <a href="http://pinoybuzz.blogkorner.com/2015/11/breaking-news-at-least-153-dead-in-paris-attacks-on-friday-the-13th.html" rel="nofollow">terror attack that happened in Paris</a>, France last November 13-14 in which more than a hundred victims died.<br /><br />PNP Director General Ricardo Marquez announced that all the units of the country’s police force are on their highest alert status, resonating with the country’s pledge to act as a ‘good host’ by ensuring the safety of everyone. The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) already raised their status to red alert a day ahead the APEC events.<br /><br /><b>‘No work, no pay’ for workers during APEC Leaders’ Meeting, DOLE Sec. Baldoz</b><br /><br />For workers, Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said that the ‘no work, no pay’ scheme will be in effect during the APEC 2015 in Manila unless their companies has a policy of providing payment for workers working on such occasions.<br /><br />Read: <a href="http://pinoybuzz.blogkorner.com/2015/11/dole-announces-pay-rules-for-apec-holidays-in-ncr.html" rel="nofollow">DOLE announces pay rules for APEC holidays in NCR</a><br /><b><br /></b> <b>Filipino designer Paul Cabral to dress APEC Leaders</b><br /><b><br /></b> <br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnRySzp9BwFx-ZItvg9PXd_-x7dOU1hBaWixB4ILTCdj-NW-I-831JB2iq-1Y1rmPEsUlriZ1cDIx4ZFM-tcxN_KoqhmLpe98Si0evgk55hF91TbWmOodOSR99JtJwq0izN8urRS-gfnCM/s1600/paul-cabral-apec.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt=" Paul Cabral to dress APEC Leaders" border="0" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnRySzp9BwFx-ZItvg9PXd_-x7dOU1hBaWixB4ILTCdj-NW-I-831JB2iq-1Y1rmPEsUlriZ1cDIx4ZFM-tcxN_KoqhmLpe98Si0evgk55hF91TbWmOodOSR99JtJwq0izN8urRS-gfnCM/s640/paul-cabral-apec.jpg" title=" Paul Cabral to dress APEC Leaders" width="560" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Designer Paul Cabral poses with his barong creations to be worn by APEC leaders in Manila. <br />Photo credit: GMA News online</td></tr></tbody></table>As part of its tradition, leaders of the APEC usually wears the traditional dress of the host country in which the summit is being held.<br /><br />For APEC in Manila, celebrated Filipino designer Paul Cabral acquired the task to dress the leaders.<br /><br />Each leader will wear a barong that has a very special design on them, representing something from their respective cultures.<br /><br />President Benigno Aquino III will wear a barong bearing ancestral houses of the country as embroidered designs on it. <b><i>- Michael Santiago/TheSummitExpress</i></b></div>

Philippines on its highest alert for APEC 2015 and other things you need to know

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DOLE releases pay rules for Papal Visit special non-working days in NCR on January 15, 16, and 19, 2015

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">MANILA, Philippines - The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said private business employers must observe proper pay rules and core labor standards for their workers on January 15, 16, and 19, 2015 which have been declared under Proclamation No. 936 as special non-working days in Metro Manila due to the much-awaited visit to the Philippines of His Holiness Pope Francis, the Supreme Pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church and Head of the State of the Vatican.<br /><br />President Benigno S. Aquino III issued Proclamation No. 936 on December 22, 2014 through Executive Secretary Paquito N. Ochoa Jr.<br /><br />“In view of the Proclamation, I enjoin all private sector employers in Metro Manila to observe the proper pay rules for the benefit of their workers,” said Baldoz after she issued Labor Advisory No. 14 Series of 2014 on December 29, 2014.<br /><br />Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz said the Labor Advisory states the pay rules applicable for the special non-working days as follows:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxKQjPILpGrZq5bJCGFBCSN4vxRJfZvSbnFCs585a5wUefU07QEJXPHoftw3HBuiYJiBbbruECB5xFAlQPlF9zkTBuVD2216lUxwU1ecl_x5CMuKbwUyVVhrRgZZR5dPaTa5WA2oer-T3x/s1600/holidaypaymatrix-dole.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="DOLE Pay Rules papal visit" border="0" height="570" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxKQjPILpGrZq5bJCGFBCSN4vxRJfZvSbnFCs585a5wUefU07QEJXPHoftw3HBuiYJiBbbruECB5xFAlQPlF9zkTBuVD2216lUxwU1ecl_x5CMuKbwUyVVhrRgZZR5dPaTa5WA2oer-T3x/s1600/holidaypaymatrix-dole.jpg" title="DOLE Pay Rules papal visit" width="560" /></a></div><br /><br />If the employee did not work, the “no-work, no-pay” principle shall apply, unless there is a favorable company policy, practice, or collective bargaining agreement (CBA) granting payment on a special day;<br /><br />If the employee worked, he or she shall be paid an additional 30 percent of his or her daily rate on the first eight hours of work [(daily rate x 130 percent) + COLA];<br /><br />If the employee worked in excess of 8 hours (overtime work), he or she shall be paid an additional 30 percent of his or her hourly rate on said day (hourly rate of the basic daily wage x 130 percent x 130 percent x number of hours worked);<br /><br />If the employee worked during a special day that also falls on his or her rest day, he or she shall be paid an additional 50 percent of his or her daily rate on the first 8 hours of work [(daily rate x 150 percent) + COLA];<br /><br />If the employee worked in excess of 8 hours (overtime work) during a special day that also falls on his or her rest day, he or she shall be paid an additional 30 percent of his or her hourly rate on said day (hourly rate of the basic daily wage x 150 percent x 130 percent x number of hours worked).<br /><br />Pope Francis’ visit is scheduled from 15 to 19 January 2015. During these dates, the Roman Catholic Church has lined up several religious activities in Manila that pay tribute to and express their faith through a joyful celebration. Filipinos who profess the Catholic faith are expected to join and participate in the five-day celebration as a way of showing support to the Catholic Church and its head.</div>

DOLE releases pay rules for Papal Visit special non-working days in NCR on January 15, 16, and 19, 2015

MANILA, Philippines - The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said private business employers must observe proper pay rules and core l...