Is Monday, Sept. 7, a non-working Holiday due to NIC Leader's burial?

[shadow]

Why should the employees of the BPO and Electronics firms be alienated from this national holiday? They're probably one of the biggest taxpayers in the country. E kung hindi kaya magbayad ng tax ang mga ito???

8601:matrix:

ito sabi ng Malacang...

"Press Secretary Cerge Remonde said this was due to the request of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), citing the “24/7" nature of the two sectors."

and besides wala naman talagang holiday sa mga call center eh.

[testament11]

eeehhhh...???!!! ngayon lang nangyari eto ah! eh di dapat pala, ang mga said sectors na yan, walang holiday, work 365 days/year at walang pahinga!

[CVT]

E nakaimbento na naman sila ng ibang klaseng holiday. It should be for everyone. It feels bad to be discriminated in your own country.

Declare kasi ng holiday, Friday afternoon na... Bigla-bigla....

8601:matrix:

[XTO]

Kailangan kasi nila ang boto ng INC. It's that simple.

Korek! terible mga nagsidalaw na politiko sa lamay. maski sa newspaper obituaries grabe mga politikong nagpalagay! Ang laki ng takot nila sa INC

[_Cathy_]

E nakaimbento na naman sila ng ibang klaseng holiday. It should be for everyone. It feels bad to be discriminated in your own country.

Declare kasi ng holiday, Friday afternoon na... Bigla-bigla....

so true! this country is insane!

Not all BPOs are call centers. I heard about some mfg companies na may BPO rin. Malabo yang announcement nila! Pano kaya yung nagwo work sa call center? Ite text or tatawagan isa isa ng HR???

[Gerbo]

Declaration of National Holidays in honor of someone should be an act of Congress, not a presidential prerogative.


But in the Philippines today, it may not make a difference.

[ess]

parang OA na... imho, holiday economics is good if people have disposable cash to spend, but what i have been observing is that people now stay at home because they have no or limited cash to spend... so instead of having business be productive which can create better economic flows, tumitigil ngayon.

tsk.... langya talaga itong si gloria... hindi na nagiisip.

GMA and her family have a lot of disposable cash to spend....

[mapusok]

ito sabi ng Malacang...

"Press Secretary Cerge Remonde said this was due to the request of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), citing the “24/7" nature of the two sectors."

and besides wala naman talagang holiday sa mga call center eh.

Dapat national holiday ang September 7 and 21...pero kahapon, September 5, Saturday and shortly two days from September 7, nagkaroon ng pahabol ang Malacañang. The electronic business sector and BPO industries are exempted from the holidays, meaning may work sila. So be it! Pero there are issues to be clarified here:
1. Exempted
Does this mean na regular working day lang for them or holiday pa rin but they just have to work and in effect may double pay.
Pero ang pinakamalapit na katotohanan dito ay "exempted" na ang ibig sabihin ay hindi nila i-oobserve ang mga holidays na to? Mukhang eto nga yon!!!
Baket? Dahil ba BPO sila it makes them less as a Filipino that they get to be deprived of taking part or observing the NATIONAL holidays? Eh hindi ba't may mga Filipino communities pa nga tayo sa ibang bansa na kahit papano ay nagko-commemorate sa mga NATIONAL holidays ng Pilipinas kahit nasa labas sila ng Pilipinas? Baket ang mga Filipino na nandito sa Pilipinas ay deprived of such national holidays? Isn't that ironic?
OO nga, kasi BPOs nad electronic sectors and most if not all of their clients ay foreign, does this make them loose their right to the national holidays? Hindi ba pala workable na magiging prerogative na ng kumpanya kung magpapatrabaho eto o hindi? Ayaw magbayad ng doble? This is understandable kasi lahat na nga nag-ko-cost cutting na di ba? Pero para mo naman i manipulate ang isang batas for the convenience of a few, sana naman isipin yung nakakarami...to think na yung nakakarami ang syang workforce ng bansang ito. HIndi ba? At kung hindi dahil sa napakayaman na workforce natin, ay wala ang mga banyagang investors sa atin, hindi ba? Sana naman bago sila magdesisyon, pagisipan muna nila. Sana hindi na lang sila nag declare ng holiday sa Sept. 7. Kung tutuusin kasi isang sector lang naman ang talagang affected dito eh. Yun nga lang ang isang sector na to ay may malaking bahagi na magagampanan sa May 2010. E, di sana nagdeklara na lang sila ng local holidays (for a particular sector lang) hindi yung parang pinaglalaruan lang nila ang karamihan. Di naman magic wand ang binigay sa kanila when they were elected to office eh. DISGUSTING!!!

2. By virtue of what ACT ba kasi? Sorry ha di ko kasi nakuha kung anong presidential act this was.
Section 26 of the Philippine Administrative Code says, unless otherwise modified by law, regular and special holidays MUST be observed by this country kasi. So anong batas ang nag-modify ng nadeklara na na holidays? Meron ba?

[mapusok]

ito sabi ng Malacang...

"Press Secretary Cerge Remonde said this was due to the request of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), citing the “24/7" nature of the two sectors."

and besides wala naman talagang holiday sa mga call center eh.

Dapat national holiday ang September 7 and 21...pero kahapon, September 5, Saturday and shortly two days from September 7, nagkaroon ng pahabol ang Malacañang. The electronic business sector and BPO industries are exempted from the holidays, meaning may work sila. So be it! Pero there are issues to be clarified here:
1. Exempted
Does this mean na regular working day lang for them or holiday pa rin but they just have to work and in effect may double pay.
Pero ang pinakamalapit na katotohanan dito ay "exempted" na ang ibig sabihin ay hindi nila i-oobserve ang mga holidays na to? Mukhang eto nga yon!!!
Baket? Dahil ba BPO sila it makes them less as a Filipino that they get to be deprived of taking part or observing the NATIONAL holidays? Eh hindi ba't may mga Filipino communities pa nga tayo sa ibang bansa na kahit papano ay nagko-commemorate sa mga NATIONAL holidays ng Pilipinas kahit nasa labas sila ng Pilipinas? Baket ang mga Filipino na nandito sa Pilipinas ay deprived of such national holidays? Isn't that ironic?
OO nga, kasi BPOs nad electronic sectors and most if not all of their clients ay foreign, does this make them loose their right to the national holidays? Hindi ba pala workable na magiging prerogative na ng kumpanya kung magpapatrabaho eto o hindi? Ayaw magbayad ng doble? This is understandable kasi lahat na nga nag-ko-cost cutting na di ba? Pero para mo naman i manipulate ang isang batas for the convenience of a few, sana naman isipin yung nakakarami...to think na yung nakakarami ang syang workforce ng bansang ito. HIndi ba? At kung hindi dahil sa napakayaman na workforce natin, ay wala ang mga banyagang investors sa atin, hindi ba? Sana naman bago sila magdesisyon, pagisipan muna nila. Sana hindi na lang sila nag declare ng holiday sa Sept. 7. Kung tutuusin kasi isang sector lang naman ang talagang affected dito eh. Yun nga lang ang isang sector na to ay may malaking bahagi na magagampanan sa May 2010. E, di sana nagdeklara na lang sila ng local holidays (for a particular sector lang) hindi yung parang pinaglalaruan lang nila ang karamihan. Di naman magic wand ang binigay sa kanila when they were elected to office eh. DISGUSTING!!!

2. By virtue of what ACT ba kasi? Sorry ha di ko kasi nakuha kung anong presidential act this was.
Section 26 of the Philippine Administrative Code says, unless otherwise modified by law, regular and special holidays MUST be observed by this country kasi. So anong batas ang nag-modify ng nadeklara na na holidays? Meron ba?

[Mskieyo]

....yan ang dapt gawin kay GMA!!!!hahahaha walang kwenta ang gobyerno natin!!! pati ba naman INC gawing holiday, ano yan HERO? well, cguro para kay gloria hero cla kc yan ang nagpapanalo sa knya!!!bullshit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!