Monthly Archives: February 2010

MANILA, Philippines – President Arroyo has yet to act on the recommendation of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to ban the deployment of Filipino seafarers to vessels sailing dangerous waters.

Congress passed into law last Tuesday the Financial Rehabilitation and Insolvency Act (FRIA), which will provide for the rehabilitation or liquidation of financially distressed companies and individuals to replace the more than century-old Insolvency Law of 1909 or Act No. 1956.

The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has warned erring contractors of local utility companies they will be arrested if they are found unnecessarily causing traffic jams along Edsa and other major thoroughfares due to their unscheduled road repairs and digging works.

SMOKE belching vehicles on the highways and byways of Metro Manila may soon be a thing of the past as the World Bank teams up with the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA). The two entities have signed an Emissions Reduction Purchase Agreement (ERPA) for a project designed to help address traffic congestion on Epifanio De…

THE National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) on Wednesday admitted that signal jammer devices could derail the transmission of election results on May 10 and there is no way to prevent that from happening. “It [jammer] has the capacity to prevent the transmission of the signal that will be used by Comelec [Commission on Election] to implement…

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has denied a petition of the National Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel) to be accredited as a citizens’ arm, citing the group’s partiality to certain political sectors. In a nine-page resolution promulgated on January 29, the commission en banc junked Namfrel’s petition, saying that it failed to qualify because of…

(Part 2 of a series on EFA-ESD Call for All…) The Consultation Meeting facilitated by CHED Commissioner Dr. Nona Ricafort, who is also the Education Committee Vice Chair of the Philippine UNESCO NatCom, for the SEA-CLLSD (Southeast Asian Center for Lifelong Learning for Sustainable Development) two weeks ago was attended by the major education agencies…

MANILA, Philippines – With the presidential elections three months away, Senators Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III and Manuel “Manny” Villar Jr. are now “statistically tied” in a survey released by Pulse Asia yesterday.

MANILA, Philippines – Members of credit cooperatives are now exempted from the payment of the 20-percent withholding tax, the Supreme Court has ruled.

MANILA, Philippines – International credit rating firm Standard & Poor’s has retained its stable outlook and BB- rating for the Philippines, citing the country’s strong external liquidity position and its track record of resilient economic growth.

MANILA, Philippines – Toyota cars sold locally are not affected by the accelerator-pedal recall implemented in the United States, a top official of Toyota Motor Philippines (TMP) said.

THE savings and time deposits of members of credit cooperatives are exempt from the 20-percent withholding tax, the Supreme Court has ruled.

There was a news report published in the inside pages of this paper last week, which was sadly largely ignored by other media networks.

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MANILA, Philippines—Aside from call center agents, policemen are also vulnerable to getting infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) due to the nature of their work, the Philippine National Police revealed.

MANILA, Philippines—Cancer deaths worldwide would more than double in the next 20 years if people do not change their lifestyles, according to the World Health Organization.

MANILA, Philippines—The government housing finance institution has expanded its mandatory coverage to include Filipino workers from formal and informal sectors here and abroad, it was learned Monday.

MANILA, Philippines – Magazine editor Wanggo Gallaga, a person living with HIV, warned the youth against having sex with strangers they meet through the internet.

MANILA, Philippines – Relatives of  13 journalists slain in the November 23, 2009 massacre in Ampatuan, Maguindanao brought a landmark suit Wednesday before the newly-established ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) to hold the Philippine government accountable for the carnage.

SINGAPORE: Longer lifespans, falling fertility rates and growing ranks of elderly people in Asia can pose problems as serious as the impact of climate change, a leading expert warned Monday.

THE National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) has recommended a fare hike of at least P2 for the Light Rail Transit (LRT) Line 2 to cover operating expenses.

Impressed with the electric version of Jeepneys now plying a few routes in the country, some financial institutions have expressed interest to implement similar programs in other countries, according to Philippine Utility Vehicle (PhUV) Inc. Vice President Rommel Juan.

CEBU, Philippines – The National Epidemiology Center of the Department of Health clarified that it did not intend to imply that call center agents per se are at higher risk of getting infected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV).

Senior citizen or not we are all victims of LIED. In the war against terrorists, most soldiers will tell you that the thing they fear the most is an IED or an Improvised Explosive Device. There is no sure way to detect it and the only certain thing about an IED is that its kill…

MANILA, Philippines – With only one session left today, the House of Representatives has shelved the Church-opposed reproductive health bill.

MANILA, Philippines – There might be fewer sugar products on store shelves in the coming days as supermarkets plan to pull them out due to rising prices, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said yesterday.

MANILA, Philippines – Re-electionist Sen. Ramon Revilla Jr. has topped the latest survey on senatorial bets of the Social Weather Stations (SWS), taking the lead from Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada.