Monthly Archives: March 2010

The party-list group Trade Union Congress Party (TUCP) is strongly opposing the proposed sale of the six Agus-Pulangi hydro power plants in Mindanao to the private sector.

The Social Security System (SSS) is ready to start on March 8 its new Text-SSS, an information service system that allows members to inquire on their number of contributions, loan eligibility and loan balance via text messages using their cellular phones.

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In the parish where I grew up in Quezon City, the latest scandal involves one of the local clerics making a choir member pregnant. The matter has been complicated by the fact that the young woman also has a boyfriend who is not a member of the clergy and who has since been threatening to…

THE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is mulling over a plan to ease business requirements for exporters registered with its incentive-giving agencies.

The Philippine central bank on Wednesday said that full-year inflation might come in lower than earlier forecast amid expectations of a moderate dry spell.

COMMENTARY The EDSA dream of gradually transforming an elite and moneyed Congress into one truly representing the interests of the people through the party list system is fast turning into a gruesome nightmare as we approach the 2010 elections.

The Philippines has expressed interest in acquiring two nuclear plants from South Korea, according to Rep. Mark Cojuangco of Pangasinan. “A letter submitted [to the South Korean government showed that President Gloria Arroyo] is interested [in the two nuclear plants being auctioned off],” Cojuangco said on Wednesday.

According to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s Education for All 2010 Report, the Philippine education system is one of the worst in the world in terms of primary school enrolment. The sad part is that our primary school enrolment numbers rank alongside countries such as the United Republic of Tanzania or Zambia…

MANILA, Philippines – Lakas-Kampi-CMD presidential candidate Gilberto “Gibo” Teodoro Jr. said yesterday the National Wages and Productivity Commission (NWPC) and the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Boards (RTWPB) should be given a free hand to review petitions for an across-the-board daily wage increase.

MANILA, Philippines – The country is in danger of losing investments as the business community expressed grave concern on the worsening power crisis in the country.

MANILA, Philippines – Remittances from overseas Filipinos are forecast to grow by up to nine percent in 2010 as demand for Filipino workers remains strong, a report by First Metro Investment Corp. (FMIC) and the University of Asia and the Pacific (UAP) said.

MANILA, Philippines – A child’s environment plays a crucial role in his or her growth. Kids’ rapid physical and mental growth makes them vulnerable to the physical and natural factors of their surroundings. Thus, it is important for parents to make sure that their homes are healthy and kid-friendly.

MANILA, Philippines – Ninety percent of examinees flunked the Civil Service Examinations (CSE), the Civil Service Commission (CSC) announced yesterday. Only 10 percent or 6,334 out of 62,389 individuals passed the tests that were conducted nationwide last November.

MANILA, Philippines – The entire Philippine grid – not just Mindanao – has turned out to be unstable, with power plants bogging down one after another. In a report, the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) said reserves in the Luzon and the Visayas grids normalized on Tuesday only to get depleted again yesterday.

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Davao City (3 March) — Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) representative Raymond Mendoza filed a petition for a P75 cross-the-board wage increase in Region XI yesterday to the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB).

If I didn’t have my hands full with other pressing engagements last Monday, I would have been there at the Department of Health compound on Tayuman Street in Manila joining hands with women’s groups, non-government organizations, and people living with HIV/AIDS in support of beleaguered Health Secretary Esperanza Cabral.

A 24-year-old Filipino programmer has won the Google Map Maker Global Competition, which encourages users around the world to map universities, schools and hospitals to help humanitarian organizations do their jobs better.

The last Commission on Elections (Comelec) list of senatorial candidates that I saw had 59 names in it. With only 12 Senate seats up for grabs, the candidacies of 47 of the listed candidates will be unsuccessful. Who will end up in the 12-candidate winning circle will depend upon a trio of factors.

Contentious defense pact between RP, US constitutional THE Supreme Court (SC) affirmed with finality on Tuesday the constitutionality of the controversial RP-US Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA), allowing American and Filipino soldiers to conduct joint military exercises on Philippine soil.

MANILA, Philippines – The National Union of Students of the Philippines (NUSP) and the Kabataan party-list yesterday called on the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) to impose a tuition increase moratorium.

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) appealed yesterday to overstaying Filipino workers in Oman to avail themselves of the amnesty program being offered by the Omani government for foreigners with expired work permit.

MANILA, Philippines – The power deficiency in Mindanao has doubled, raising fears of longer blackouts as well as massive business disruptions. The surge in Mindanao’s power deficiency to 578 megawatts (MW) came as electricity supply in Luzon and the Visayas started to normalize yesterday.

MANILA, Philippines – The Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP) yesterday said a P75 across-the-board wage increase in Metro Manila will hamper the job creation process and will only help a small fraction of the population.

OMAHA, Nebraska (AP) — Billionaire Warren Buffett said Monday the US economy is improving but at a very slow rate and consumers are still not spending much, so job growth will remain slow.

MANILA, Philippines – The mining sector received a total of $2.8 billion in investments following the implementation of a revitalization program for the minerals industry during the term of President Arroyo.

MANILA, Philippines – Makati City may still be the country’s financial hub, but it is fast losing its luster as a business process outsourcing (BPO) center.

MANILA, Philippines – The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) urged exporters to hedge their dollar inflows against the fluctuations of foreign exchange rates in order to boost their competitiveness and survive in the global market.