Monthly Archives: April 2009

MANILA, Philippines – Employment opportunities for Filipino professionals in the United States of America seem to be getting bleaker.

MANILA, Philippines – Consumers are still buying appliances despite the economic crisis but their purchases have shifted to cheaper brands and more cost-efficient products, Automatic Appliances Inc. president Samie Lim said.

BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines – Sexual abuse charges have been filed against a 50-year-old school head of a government institution for allegedly molesting two graduating high school students in northernmost Cagayan province.

MANILA, Philippines – The Municipal Trial Court in Rosario, Cavite has ordered the arrest of 33 militant leaders for charges of grave coercion, including direct assault upon agents or persons in authority, according to Merly Grafe, chairperson of the Solidarity of Cavite Workers (SCW).

A flatoxin in pistachios? Are you nuts? In a nutshell, this is how pistachios — those expensive nuts with greenish kernels that our dear thoughtful relatives abroad bother to send us by the bushels via balikbayan box — may get contaminated by aflatoxin: The pistachio shell is enclosed in a protective hull. A month or…

MANILA, Philippines – Dr. Michael Eades in his article “Meat and mortality” said, “The news is abuzz with reports of the latest study to come out showing that eating meat, especially red meat, kills us off before our time.”

Study says poverty threshold rose MORE than two million Filipinos fell below the country’s poverty threshold because of the increases in the prices of rice and fuel, according to a government think tank.

Among top government officials, Filipinos are satisfied with Vice-President Noli de Castro the most, according to the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey done in the first quarter of 2009.

The eurozone economy shrank more than previously estimated in the last three months of 2008, official figures say.

The government provided 75,000 jobs for unemployed Filipinos during the first quarter of the year under the Comprehensive Livelihood and Emergency Employment Program (CLEEP), an official said Monday.

With the United States still feeling the pinch of the global financial crisis, two American senators are seeking to limit the number of foreign information-technology professionals entering the country through the H1-B visa program, an advisory on the senators’ websites said.

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Bankruptcies are soaring in the US and UK. With jobs increasing hard to find, the Downturn Pushes More Toward Bankruptcy.

MANILA, Philippines – It’s all about the 3Cs — and what the consumers really, really want.

WASHINGTON: From the ashes of global prosperity the International Monetary Fund emerged this week as the bulwark against the economic crisis, its  role and finances heavily bolstered by world leaders.

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Finance (DOF) warned against the negative impact of income tax holidays granted to foreign and local investors.

MANILA, Philippines – The Civil Service Commission (CSC) has formally charged the board of regents of the Technological University of the Philippines with indirect contempt for refusing to execute an order suspending its president, who is facing a sexual harassment case.

FOR fear of losing their jobs abroad, more Filipinos working overseas have cancelled orders here for new homes and cars and will send less money for their amortization, a major trade union group said yesterday.

Taytay, Rizal: Mayor Joric Gacula over the weekend announced that the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) had approved a P1-billion project that would serve as an information-technolgy park and a tourism hub.

TAIPEI: Taiwan has cut the number of foreign workers and maids working on the island by 24,000 since November, as a result of the global economic slowdown, it was reported on Sunday.

A 20-person team of Philippine Science High School (PSHS) students and their mentors has qualified to take part in the FIRST Robotics competition in Atlanta, Georgia this April 16 to 18 pitting teams from 48 US states as well as teams from Brazil, Canada ,Chile, Germany, Israel and Mexico.

The Board of Investments (BOI) is currently fast tracking the guidelines of the proposed 2009 Investment Priorities Plan (IPP), including the “contingency list” that would include firms, which would save or give jobs.

BANGKOK: Southeast Asian nations and key regional partners will use a summit next week to discuss their follow-up to a G20 plan to lift the world out of recession, Thailand’s premier said Sunday.

THE bad loan ratio of universal and commercial banks edged up in January this year as the amount of non-performing debt rose amid a drop in total outstanding loans, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said.

Sen. Manuel Villar Jr. has urged the Arroyo administration to take appropriate measures needed for the early resolution of and to improve conviction rate of unsolved murder cases involving media people.

Labor Day is happening in a few weeks’ time. And because we are a country that unfortunately has this habit of making grand, dramatic— sometimes, token—actions to coincide with special occasions instead of putting in place programs that are sustainable and that produce lasting results, government has been quite busy putting together its annual package…

TAIPEI—Taiwan has cut the number of foreign workers and maids working on the island by 24,000 since November, as a result of the global economic slowdown, it was reported Sunday.

PRESIDENT Arroyo has ordered officials to look into the books of oil distributors following another round of increases in pump prices last week, which could have been unnecessary, an official said yesterday.

MANILA, Philippines – The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) warned yesterday of deeper economic difficulty as a growing number of Filipino workers are getting laid off from their jobs abroad.

Seoul (ANTARA News/Asia Pulse) — Asian countries are expected to announce the details of a proposed credit guarantee body next month, aimed at bolstering regional debt markets, a high-ranking Seoul official said Sunday.