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U.S. Open will factor maternity leave into seedings

Field Level Media/Reuters
Posted at Jun 24 08:54 AM

Serena Williams was unseeded at the French Open last month due to an extended absence for the birth of her first child but she is not likely to face the same problem at the U.S. Open. Read more »

Paternity leave para sa tatay na hindi kasal, pinapayagan ba ng batas?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 12 06:15 PM

Kapag malapit nang manganak ang kinakasama ng isang lalaki, posible ba siyang maghain ng paternity leave? Read more »

Lifelong 'lab affair': UP professors postpone retirement for science

Rhys Buccat, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 30 06:45 PM

Chemistry professor Dr. Veronica C. Sabularse was all set to harvest the fruits of her lifelong service in the academe, but she chose to delay her retirement as her work in the lab ripens.  Read more »

New Zealand PM set to give birth, reveals maternity leave arrangements

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 14 05:05 PM

WELLINGTON - New Zealand's pregnant Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Monday revealed her government's plans for running the country after she gives birth and takes six weeks maternity leave. Read more »

Sereno, balik-trabaho sa Korte Suprema

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 09 09:03 PM

Ang pagbabalik ni Sereno ay nangyari dalawang araw bago ang nakatakdang special en banc session ng mga mahistrado, kung saan inaasahang pagbobotohan ang quo warranto case laban sa kaniya.  Read more »

Batas sa mas mahabang maternity leave itinutulak sa Kamara

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 12 01:45 PM

Umaapela ang ilang mambabatas na isama sa prayoridad ang panukalang magpapahaba sa maternity leave sa mga bagong panganak.  Read more »

ALAMIN: Mga benepisyo ng mga buntis na empleyada

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 07 06:01 PM

Ayon kay Atty. Claire Castro, maaaring maghain ng maternity leave o pahinga mula sa trabaho ang isang buntis na emplayada bago manganak. Nagtatagal ang maternity leave ng 60 araw o 2 buwan. Read more »

Sereno, hindi pinagkakaisahan sa Korte Suprema: Carpio

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 06 03:28 AM

Iginiit ni Acting Chief Justice Antonio Carpio na hindi pinagkakaisahan si Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno para mag-indefinite leave. Read more »

Sereno leave hailed, mocked at Supreme Court flag ceremony

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 05 11:40 AM

The indefinite leave of Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno drew both cheers and jeers during a flag ceremony at the High Court on Monday. Read more »

Trillanes to SC justices: Ousting Sereno is 'brazen usurpation' of Congress power

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 04 12:14 PM

Removing Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno from power through any other means other than impeachment would be unconstitutional and a "brazen usurpation" of lawmakers' exclusive power, Senator Antonio Trillanes IV warned Supreme Court justices on Sunday. Read more »

Ano'ng hanap ng Pinoy sa trabaho, bukod sa magandang suweldo?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 01 06:36 PM

Hindi na lang mataas na suweldo ang tinitingnan ngayon ng mga Pinoy na naghahanap ng trabaho, base sa survey ng isang online jobs portal. Read more »

Pagliban ni Sereno, 'consensus' ng SC; Chief Justice, nag-sorry sa 'kalituhan'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 01 08:49 PM

Para sa mga mahistrado ng Korte Suprema, nagresulta ang mga pahayag ng kampo ni Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno sa "pagkasira" ng integridad ng SC at ng buong hudikatura. Read more »

Controversy continues over Sereno's leave of absence

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 01 12:17 AM

The head of the country's national organization of lawyers said if reports that Supreme Court justices pressured Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno into taking an indefinite leave of absence were true, this could create a dangerous precedent that could ultimately affect the magistrates themselves.   Read more »

Kampo ni Sereno, iginiit na sariling desisyon ang 'wellness leave'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 28 11:18 PM

Taliwas ito sa maugong na usap-usapang sapilitang pinagliban si Sereno ng mga kapwa mahistrado. Read more »

SC justices to release statement on Sereno leave - sources

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 28 10:40 PM

The magistrates of the Supreme Court will release Thursday a statement regarding Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno's "wellness leave." Read more »

Sereno to go on 'indefinite leave'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 28 02:36 PM

MANILA - (UPDATED) Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno will go on indefinite leave, according to a letter she submitted to the Clerk of Court, which was revealed Wednesday.  Read more »

Sereno, 'pinagliban' ng mga kapwa mahistrado: sources

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 27 10:49 PM

Umikot ang ulat na 'napilitan' lamang si Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno na lumiban, bagay na kinontra ng kanyang mga tagapagalita.  Read more »

'Anti-women': Grupo nagbabala sa 120-day maternity leave

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 27 04:28 PM

Ayon sa grupo ng mga negosyante, lalo pang magpapahirap sa mga ina ang panukalang pagpapalawig sa maternity leave dahil posibleng ipagpaliban na lang ang pagkuha sa mga kababaihan.  Read more »

Women push for 120 days of maternity leave

Manny Palmero, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 09 07:16 PM

Members of Akbayan Women hold a press conference at the Quezon City Memorial Circle, Thursday. The group asked the Duterte government to make the country's "Maternity Leave Policy"at par with the standards set by the Association of South East Asian Nations(ASEAN). Read more »

PH urged to make maternity leave longer, at par with ASEAN neighbors

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 09 05:49 PM

Several women's groups are calling upon the Philippine government to make the country's maternity leave law at par with its Southeast Asian neighbors ahead of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit. Read more »