Monthly Archives: April 2009

MANILA, Philippines – More than 200,000 jobs will be created from April to June as construction for resorts, hotels and restaurants in the PAGCOR (Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp.) City will be in full swing during the second quarter.

MANILA, Philippines – The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) expects an increase in remittances sent through formal channels to boost the country’s gross international reserves (GIR).

Rep. Casiño stresses need for a wider investigation of extrajudicial killings in the country

Leaders of the world’s largest economies have reached an agreement to tackle the global financial crisis with measures worth $1.1 trillion (£681bn).

Palace allows OFWs into Lebanon, Jordan   Despite the global crisis, more than 100,000 jobs in Qatar are available for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), the Labor department announced Wednesday after attending a meeting with Qatari labor officials last week.

THE Philippines’ biggest real-estate developer announced Wednesday that cancellations increased last year amid the global financial crunch.

When both partners are of one mind to end a relationship, the pain will be substantially less. Though both will mourn the loss of time, effort, emotional investment and money that were put into the failed love, at least both now recognize that the relationship has outlived its usefulness and the time has come to…

THE Supreme Court has declared as unconstitutional a provision in the Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipino Act, which set limits on the salary claim of illegally dismissed workers.

The Philippines is one of the 22 high-burdened countries with tuberculosis based on the World Health Organization Watch List, Health Secretary Francisco Duque said.

Republic of the Philippines Congress of the Philippines Metro Manila Fourteenth Congress Second Regular Session  Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-eighth day of July, two thousand eight. Republic Act No. 9547             April 1, 2009 AN ACT STRENGTHENING AND EXPANDING THE COVERAGE OF THE SPECIAL PROGRAM…

MANILA, Philippines — The three biggest oil companies owe the government between P8 to P 9 billion in contributions to the defunct Oil Price Stabilization Fund (OPSF), the chairman of the House committee on ways and means said Wednesday.

With complaints from members MANILA, Philippines–The House of Representatives is set to investigate complaints about difficulties in transacting with the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS), according to militant lawmakers.

France threatens to walk out of G20 meeting LONDON — Top international organizations issued bleak forecasts for the world economy on Tuesday as France threatened to walk out of a high-stakes summit of the G20 group of the world’s top 20 economies, which is being overshadowed by US-Europe divisions.

MANILA, Philippines — Economic recovery should be on top of the county’s list of concerns notwithstanding the impending 2010 elections, charter change talks and various discussions of politicized issues, Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) president Edgardo Lacson pointed out.

MANILA, Philippines—President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has signed an executive order (EO) for the drafting of “flexible, socially sensitive” tuition fee payment plans in state colleges and universities.

Press Secretary Cerge Remonde announced that the National Economic and Development Authority Board , headed by President Gloria Arroyo, has approved the Asean-Korea Free Trade Agreement. The agreement provides tariff elimination on 90 percent of lines in the normal track by January 1, 2009, Remonde said. An executive order implementing the tariff reduction schedule from…

MANILA, Philippines—As jobs become scarce, more than 11,000 nurses have scrambled to gain a slot in the government’s emergency employment program for 5,000 nurses in the countryside, officials said Tuesday.

MANILA, Philippines–The Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) industry gleams with hope during times of crisis, according to Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI).

A six-hour drive north of Alice Springs, this is the proposed site of a radioactive waste dump – a project that has not only sparked the most rancorous of environmental debates, but divided the local Aboriginal community, the traditional owners of the land.

STI rates have been increasing among people over 45. Middle-aged people are continuing to take an irresponsible attitude to their sexual health, say

The run-up to the G-20 meeting has been interesting and colorful. President Lula Da Silva of Brazil declared that “this crisis was caused by the irrational behavior of white people with blue eyes, who before the crisis appeared to know everything and now demonstrate that they know nothing.”

Unemployment across the eurozone rose to its highest level in almost three years in February as the economic downturn continues to tighten its grip.

Developing countries push for greater say in world regulation, immediate action on funding.

MANILA, Philippines — The Asian Development Bank said the Philippines would feel the pinch of the global crisis and growth would decelerate this year, but noted that the country would be in a much better position than most of its neighbors to cushion the impact of the turmoil.

MANILA, Philippines – The government is expecting more investments from European countries as a 40-man business delegation from Belgium and Spain visited the country and announced they are interested in locating their manufacturing and services operations here.

MANILA, Philippines – The country’s external debt fell by $1 billion to $53.9 billion in 2008 from $54.9 billion at the end of 2007 as both the public and private sector prepaid some of their outstanding foreign obligations.

MANILA, Philippines – A seafarer won $26,442.73 in wages for the nine months and 23 days that he would have spent on board ship after the Supreme Court declared as unconstitutional a clause in Republic Act 8042, the Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipinos Act, limiting the money claims of overseas Filipino workers.

Under Article 157 of the Labor Code, employers with more than 200 workers should provide or make available medical and allied services consisting of a full time registered nurse, part time physician and dentist and an emergency clinic. Does this mean that the employer should hire or employ a nurse, doctor and dentist? This is…

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines bagged two awards in the FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) recently held in Honolulu, Hawaii, the Science Education Institute (SEI) reported yesterday.

BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya , Philippines  – Sen. Francis Escudero said the country appears to be ill prepared for full automation with only a little over a year before the synchronized national and local elections.