Monthly Archives: September 2009

MANILA, Philippines – Roxas Holdings Inc., the second biggest refiner of raw sugar in the country, will start running its ethanol plant by early next year, an official of the Ethanol Producers Association of the Philippines (EPAP) said.

MANILA, Philippines – The local automotive industry remains upbeat despite the 1.3 percent drop in overall sales during the first eight months of this year.

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines further slipped in the World Bank’s annual ranking of economies based on the ease of doing business in their respective domains.

MANILA, Philippines – Nurses who cannot be employed overseas due to lack of working visas can now serve foreign patients through the world’s first borderless healthcare knowledge process outsourcing (kpo) here in the country.

MANILA, Philippines – The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said there are already signs of economic recovery, indicating that demand for Philippine exports would soon pick up.

MANILA, Philippines – Twenty-one countries from the Asia-Pacific region agreed yesterday to promote “ecologically sustainable pattern of development” through cleaner production technologies and practices in the face of the growing concern over global warming and climate change.

MANILA, Philippines – Investigators from the International Labor Organization (ILO) are arriving in the next two weeks to look into the killing of 92 labor union leaders.

These are excerpts from the book, “Let Evening Come: Reflections on Aging” by Mary C. Morrison. Morris L. West wrote a beautiful Preface for the book, although he never met the woman who wrote it. “I cherish a faint hope that one day before we both move off the planet, we may meet and touch…

Couples should consider sleeping apart for the good of their health and relationship, say experts.

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MANILA, Philippines – An affordable, accessible and portable education pathway is available for Filipinos to study and be equipped to take advantage of work opportunities in Australia.

The International Conference on Green Industry opens today up to September 11, 2009 at the Philippine International Convention Center in Manila.

The World Health Organization on Wednesday urged Asian countries to prepare for a surge in swine flu cases as the northern hemisphere’s winter approaches.

Brussels: Even though the World Bank has endorsed improved social safety nets to protect the millions of workers who have lost their jobs due to the global economic crisis, the latest edition of the Bank’s highest circulation publication discourages countries from adopting social protection schemes by designating governments that do so as anti-business. Doing Business…

MANILA, Philippines—The high-level mission of the International Labour Organisation due to arrive on September 22 should investigate violations of the right to unionize at the export zones and industrial estates, Partido ng Manggagawa (Workers’ Party) said Wednesday.

Asks Supreme Court to improve Philippine jails MANILA, Philippines—Albert Wilson, a British national, was wrongfully sentenced to death for allegedly raping his stepdaughter in 1998, but was acquitted by the Supreme Court in 1999.

More than 60 Filipino construction workers have reportedly been stranded in the Maldives for five months without food and water due to non-payment of their salaries, it was learned yesterday.

PARIS: Investing in higher education will help states move out of recession and also bring lifelong financial rewards to people who choose to study for longer, the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) said in a report Tuesday.

A STUDY among Philippine listed companies showed that corporate governance practices have improved, according to the Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD).

After hitting a record-high 14 million jobless rate in February, unemployment figures plummeted four months later, according to results of the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey.

Slide caused by poor infrastructure, labor market, institutions The Philippines’ ranking as a competitive economy fell 16 notches over the last year because of poor scores in infrastructures, institutions and labor market, according to the latest World Economic Forum (WEF) report.

CEBU, Philippines – Cebu City Councilor Nestor Archival wants the Department of Environment and Natural Resources to carry out a thorough and comprehensive study of the further risks posed by exposure to cellular phone tower radiation.

CEBU, Philippines – The Department of Labor and Employment has assumed jurisdiction over the ongoing labor dispute between the management of the Salcon Power Corporation and its union.

CEBU, Philippines – More than a hundred workers of the Alta Mode garments factory at the Mactan Export Processing Zone started a sit-down protest the other day against the forced leave implemented by management that allegedly discriminates union members.”

That man is richest whose pleasures are cheapest. — Henry David Thoreau The real source of wealth and capital in this new era is not material things… it is the human mind, the human spirit, the human imagination, and our faith in the future.— Steve Forbes

Last week, the Philippine peso plunged to a new low.  Depending on what business paper you read, it was a six month low for the Business Mirror and a nine month low in BusinessWorld. The Philippine Star had it also at a nine month low. The peso has recovered somewhat towards weekend but the direction…

MANILA, Philippines – Another housemaid of Mariano Tanenglian, estranged brother of business tycoon Lucio Tan, filed criminal complaints before the Department of Justice (DOJ) yesterday against her former employer.

MANILA, Philippines – The fate of the country’s first automated national elections will be known tomorrow.

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines dropped from 71st place to 87th in the latest Global Competitiveness Index prepared by the World Economic Forum.

BENCHMARK interest rates went up on Tuesday’s auction of Treasury bills (T-bills) ahead of the government’s planned borrowing through the sale of retail Treasury bonds (RTBs) next week.