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The growing need for an automated storage of research products is an increasing concern for research institutions. The complex and ever changing environment where knowledge should reside makes it more compelling to treat information as a strategic resource requiring proper database management.

In light of this situation, the Institute for Labor Studies (ILS) conducted a technical learning session (TLS) for its staff on Project Tracking and Monitoring Information System (PTMIS) last November 27 at the Management Information Resource Center (MIRC).

THE Institute for Labor Studies (ILS), the policy research and advocacy arm of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), will hold a policy forum on gender, employment, population and development entitled, “From challenges to dividends: Toward a new discourse on gender, employment, population and development,” on November 18, 2013 at The Bayleaf Hotel, Intramuros, Manila.

THE Institute for Labor Studies (ILS), the policy research and advocacy arm of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), will hold a policy forum on gender, employment, population and development entitled, “From challenges to dividends: Toward a new discourse on gender, employment, population and development,” on November 18, 2013 at The Bayleaf Hotel, Intramuros, Manila.

ILS Executive Director Cynthia R. Cruz spoke on Hazards at Work: A Study on Child Labor in Crop Agriculture at the 15thOccupational Safety and Health (OSH) National Convention held at the Ibalong Centrum for Recreation, Tahao Road, Legazpi City, Albay.

“Its important that safety professionals are aware of the dangers at work, particularly on what work hazards child laborers are exposed to. This study shows the different risks they are exposed to specifically in the crop agriculture industry,” said Executive Director Cynthia R. Cruz of the Institute for Labor Studies.

The Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME) Industry is booming in the Philippines. And with its prospects gleaming, the spotlight is now shifting to the Philippine furniture industry, which has rapidly expanded over the years.

In view of this huge employment generation potentials of the industry, the ILS organized a Roundtable Discussion on developing Philippine MSME furniture firms for Job Creation on August 7, 2013 at the Occupational Safety and Health Center (OSHC) in North Avenue, Quezon City.