Monthly Archives: February 2010

DAVAO CITY (22 February) -Thirty trade union leaders from Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao completed recently the National Workshop on Productivity and Labor Management Cooperation (LMC), focusing on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Collective Bargaining.

Communist insurgents are demanding cash from politicians in exchange for “permit cards” that will allow them to campaign unmolested, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) yesterday said.

MANILA, Philippines – Forty-eight government agencies made it to the list of the top anti-graft champions of the Presidential Anti-Graft Commission (PAGC) for yearend 2009.

With the pool of foreign patients and health buffs seeking quality healthcare services and spa facilities abroad, it was only a matter of time until the Philippines positioned itself as one of the premier destinations for medical and wellness tourism.

I did not quite get Rep. Rufus Rodriguez’s point when he asked the President to declare a state of emergency in Mindanao due to the rotating brownouts.

MANILA, Philippines – Chief Justice Reynato Puno says distrust of foreigners and differences in approaching human rights prevent the integration of member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

MANILA, Philippines – Campaign donations from Philippine-based enterprises are expected to be “fewer and smaller” this year than in the 2004 presidential elections, according to a recent survey by the Social Weather Stations (SWS).

MANILA, Philippines – Businesses believe nothing much has improved in the government’s efforts to stamp out corruption, a survey by the Social Weather Stations (SWS) showed.

MANILA, Philippines – The ratio of soured loans of universal and commercial banks to the industry’s total loan portfolio fell to its lowest level in 13 years last year on the back of the country’s resilient economy that enabled household and corporate borrowers to pay their outstanding financial obligations, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP)…

MANILA, Philippines – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said yesterday it expects the economy to grow around 3.25 percent this year, slightly lower than a growth estimate it made in November, powered mainly by consumer spending.

A new study conducted by the Department of Education (DepEd) showed an alarming increase in the number of male students being sexually attacked in schools.

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The tuna fishing ban in the Pacific Ocean will directly affect some 500 workers in the country’s local fishing industry, the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) said Saturday.

BAGUIO CITY – At least 57 percent of the over 20,000 vehicular accidents that occurred nationwide last year is due to human error, thus, the need for a more aggressive driver and road safety education, Assistant Secretary Arturo C. Lomibao of the Land Transportation Office (LTO) said here Saturday morning.

Two workers died after they reportedly inhaled toxic fumes while fixing the walls of a cistern in a building at the Ortigas Center in Pasig City last Thursday.

Two party-list congressmen who have been declared persona non grata by the Davao City Council recently cried political harassment from Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte while at the same time they accused him of coddling communists and communist supporters and even supporting their candidacies.

MANILA, Philippines – Five laborers were taken to the hospital after they had difficulty breathing while sealing the cracks inside an underground water tank in Pasig City yesterday.

MANILA, Philippines – There are less business contributors in the upcoming elections than the last presidential race. Businessmen are also less keen in donating to multiple candidates.

Most people are familiar with diseases of the arteries since they account for heart attacks (coronary arteries), most strokes (the carotid arteries and smaller arteries in the brain), and many amputations (the leg arteries). And here’s more: Arterial disorders are also the culprits in many cases of kidney failure, dementia, intestinal bleeding, and even erectile…

MANILA, Philippines – At least 500 fishermen in General Santos City face possible displacement as a result of the two-year tuna fishing ban in the Pacific Ocean, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said yesterday.

MANILA, Philippines – Investment bank Barclays Capital sees the Philippine economy expanding at a faster pace of 4.3 percent and inflation kicking up to six percent this year on the back of election-related spending, robust private consumption, and higher investments.

MANILA, Philippines – The global economic crisis could push more than 20 million people in the Asia-Pacific region into extreme poverty, rolling back development gains, according to a United Nations-backed report.

SSS Circular No. 2010-004, Series of 2010 TO: All Employers and Employees SUBJECT: Implementing rules and regulations of the Socila Security Condonation Law of 2009 Pursuant to Section 5 of Republic Act (R.A.) No. 9903, An Act Granting The Social Security System (SSS) A One-Time Authority To Condone Penalties On Unremitted Or Delinquent Contributions By…

THE NUMBER of non-farm employees injured while on duty declined by a fifth in 2007, latest data from the Bureau of Labor and Employment Statistics (BLES) showed.

MANILA (AFP) – Seventeen million Asians have fallen into extreme poverty due to the global financial crisis, the Asian Development Bank and the United Nations said on Wednesday.

AS the United States government pressed Toyota for accountability over malfunctioning vehicles, the Philippines has taken the less contentious stance, with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) leaving it to the Japanese company to address possible consumer complaints.

The Department of Agriculture (DA) announced Thursday it has developed a master plan for helping farmers counter the negative effects of dry spell brought on by El Niño on their crops.

TOP government officials in the from of Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita and Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo, Justice Undersecretary Ricardo Blan-caflor, joined European Union Ambassador Alistair MacDonald to launch the EU-Philippine Justice Support Programme (EPJUST). Also participating were Detlev Mehlis, the team-leader of the EPJUST program, and Bo Åström, the program’s police advisor.

The huge throng, made up largely of women clad mostly in flaring orange, exchanged “Happy Valentine” greetings as they waited for the program to open. On stage were a highly popular evangelist, who also acted as the emcee, and his guests, including two larger-than-life public figures.

One of the benefits of modernization and globalization is the advancement in information and communications technology. The 21st century has been described as the knowledge society, and as result many nations are reassessing their public policies related to the higher education, science, technology and innovations.