Monthly Archives: March 2010

BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines – A militant group condemned authorities for the continued “illegal detention” of a woman peasant leader, who it said also worked as an El Niño consultant at the time of her “unlawful arrest” in northern Cagayan last March 22.

MANILA, Philippines – Power barges PB 117 and PB 118 have been in full operation from the very first day that AboitizPower Corp. assumed their full ownership this year and have been used to help ease the electricity shortfall in Mindanao.

MANILA, Philippines – To avoid job losses in Mindanao because of the power crisis, the government is looking at shifting the working hours of Mindanao businesses at night in order to balance the power demand.

MANILA, Philippines – More beneficiaries of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) are turning to savings to secure their future, data from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) showed.

The number of overseas Filipino worker (OFW) beneficiaries that allocated part of their remittance proceeds to savings picked up in the first quarter of this year, according to the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP). In its latest Consumer Expectations Survey, the BSP said the percentage of OFW households that allocated a portion of their remittances…

MANILA, Philippines – The government is set to source half of the P100-billion economic stimulus package this year from government-owned and controlled corporations (GOCCs) as well as government financial institutions (GFIs), Finance Secretary Margarito Teves said the other day.

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MANILA, Philippines – A total of 185 party-list organizations have beaten the Friday midnight deadline imposed by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to identify their nominees.

MANILA, Philippines – Malacañang welcomed yesterday the Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey showing that most Filipinos have confidence in the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in the prevention of the sabotage of the automated elections.

The Intellectual Property Coalition (IPC), an umbrella organization of private intellectual property (IP) stakeholders and associations in the Philippines, cited the continuing efforts of the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IP Philippines) and the enforcement agencies in protecting intellectual property rights IPR in the past year, but noted that these were still not enough…

WELLINGTON (AFP) – A week after a UN conference failed to ban trade in the critically endangered Atlantic bluefin tuna, environmentalists are warning of the possible extinction of its southern hemisphere cousin.

MANILA, Philippines – Call center jobs will be harder to find for those who are not prepared. Data from an industry group showed that out of every 100 applicants in a call center, only a handful are able to make it to the final cut.

CHAVIT BROTHER, MIKEY, ANGIE REYES, EURO GENERAL SEEK PARTY-LIST SEATS The cat was let out of the bag yesterday after a total of 185 party-list groups submitted to the Commission on Elections (Comelec) yesterday their list of nominees for the May 10 polls showing a long list of allies of President Arroyo.

Dear Atty. Sison: This has reference to your column “A Law Each Day (Keeps Trouble Away)” in The Philippine STAR dated March 12, 2010 and entitled Deceptions. While we respect the good attorney’s opinion, please allow us to clarify a few points.

Tell me about yourself The question is not about you, the person. Focus on selling yourself. Make it short — 30 to 60 seconds

Preparing Do research on the company Research on the functions of the position Know the jargon of the industry Read up on current events

NORTH Harbor workers have “agreed in principle” to set aside their concerns so that the busiest port in Manila can be turned over to its new operators, a Metro Pacific Investment Corp. (MPIC) executive said. “I understand we have agreement in principle on the labor issue. I’m just waiting for the confirmation,” Jose Ma. Lim,…

TOKYO, Japan – Three foreign nurses on Friday passed the Japanese nursing exam, the first to do so under Japan’s drive to attract Asians to help ease the nation’s severe shortage of nurses.

CEBU, Philippines – The Department of Health announced yesterday that they have recorded 74 new cases of individuals infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome in Cebu City just in the first three months of this year.

More than 50 men from the Department of Social Welfare and Development -7 have pledged to fight violence against women and children after they were installed as members of Men Oppose to Violence Against Women Everywhere or MOVE-7. Their installation was made during the culminating program of the Women’s Month held at SM City-Cebu. Violence…

MANILA, Philippines – Consumer confidence for the next 12 months finally turned positive after being in negative territory over the past seven quarters as the global economic recovery gains more foothold, a survey conducted by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) showed.

More families of migrant Filipino workers have recently acquired houses, supporting the growth of the remittance-driven real estate industry.

The country’s furniture and furnishings sector is expected to recover at least two more years should the present global economic activity continue to improve.

Finding a job in the city of Donguan in southern China is not hard at the moment. There is said to be a shortage of two million workers in this part of China.

For almost 100 years since the birth of the Philippine Republic on June 12, 1898, people didn’t have the benefit of having to vote for a party-list group that nominated sector representatives to Congress. Nonetheless the republic survived, although it did not necessarily progress, nor improve, nor prosper, politically.

The global economic recovery and rising confidence in the Philippine economy pushed the foreign portfolio investments in the first quarter of 2010 to $389 million, exceeding the full-year figure recorded in 2009.

Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Chairman Dr. Emmanuel Angeles assured that there will be no tuition increase in the Polytechnic University (PUP) of the Philippines and in other state universities and colleges (SUC) across the country.

The workplace is the fertile ground for tubercolosis, or TB,  the sixth  leading cause of death and illness in the Philippines, a Labor official said Thursday.

MANILA, Philippines – The government remains optimistic that the domestic economy in 2010 will improve in line with a global rebound as early signs indicate, a top economic manager said.