Monthly Archives: July 2010

LEARNING & INNOVATION Last column we shared with you some characterizations made by Dr./Professors Ernesto Franco and Tomas Andres of Filipino management styles. Today let’s discuss the Filipino working style. I am not sure who did this research but I found these notes from seminars I’ve attended. I will try to explain them as best…

Dear PAO, I have been a college professor for more than a decade. My husband and I have been separated for seven years. Almost two years ago, I engaged in a relationship with another man and I am now pregnant. My husband is now living with his new “wife.” He has not been seeing our…

Malacañang on Friday said that President Benigno Aquino 3rd was considering proposed amendments to the 1987 Constitution.

MANILA, Philippines – Private economists see a marginally higher inflation rate this year and next year due to stronger-than-expected economic growth in the first quarter as well as the slight increase in the pump prices of petroluem products as well as commodity prices, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) reported yesterday.

In the past week alone, the New York Stock Exchange dropped 300 points. Markets in both Europe and Asia were in retreat. In our own market, the expected post-inauguration bounce did not happen. On the day after an orderly transfer of power happened, three days of gains were wiped out in one session at the…

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama called for an end to political posturing and special interest wrangling in this midterm election year so the US immigration system can be fixed, a move that could benefit hundreds of thousands of Filipinos overstaying their visas or waiting to join their relatives here.

MANILA, Philippines – Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman re-filed yesterday his controversial Reproductive Health (RH) bill, which seeks a national family planning policy to make life better for Filipinos.

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THE COMMISSION on Elections (Comelec) will coordinate with Education officials to include voter education in the curriculum, a poll official said yesterday, in preparation for the October elections for barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan officials.

THE QUEZON City Regional Trial Court (RTC) has junked a petition seeking to stop the implementation of sex education in elementary and high school.

BOSTON — During a job interview, it’s important to explain what you can do for the company, but it is just as imperative to build trust with the person interviewing you. Here are three ways to align yourself with the interviewer:

LONDON — Men in Great Britain are less engaged in their work compared with women until the final years of employment when they get a late surge of enthusiasm, according to a survey released Wednesday.

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A non-government organization advocating the promotion of local coffee varieties is calling on the new government to help the domestic coffee industry.

Contact centers are metrics-driven to track, analyze and respond to service and performance issues via customer transactions. Yet which metrics work best?

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On her first working day as Pampanga’s district representative, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo filed a house resolution calling for a constitutional convention (Con-con) to propose revisions to the 1987 Constitution.

Owning a house remains a dream to many Filipinos. This despite recent developments such as the availability of various financing schemes for home loans from banks and cooperatives.

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MANILA, Philippines – President Aquino ordered yesterday the review of midnight appointments made by former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as one way of stopping abuses in government.

The Philippines’ market attractiveness to global retailers climbed three notches this year because of the growing outsourcing sector and remittances, according to A.T. Kearney.

Conclusion Former Senior Government Officials (FSGO) member and columnist Lito Banayo and former Civil Service Commission Chairman Karina Constantino David said that former President and Rep. Gloria Arroyo of Pampanga made numerous midnight appointments that could potentially present problems to President Benigno Aquino 3rd.

VANCOUVER, Canada – Many Filipino workers in the hotel industry in Vancouver joined a protest against deteriorating work conditions despite improving revenues at the start of 2010.

Where in the basic education cycle should the two years be added? Several answers have been proposed. Let me label them as Options and outline the pros and cons of each one. In Option A, there will be a Grade 7 and a Fifth Year High School.

(Part 1 of a series) Out of 192 UNESCO member states 189 countries signed the UNMDG 2000-2015 (United Nations Millennium Development Goals) identifying the major global development challenges of PEACE, SECURITY and DEVELOPMENT. The eight goals are: (1) Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger; (2) Achieve universal primary education; (3) Promote gender equality and empower women;…

Center for People Empowerment in Governance policy study Something new happened in the Philippines’ election system last May and this was the use of automation for the first time to generate quick election results. Despite the new technology, however, the elections hardly changed the country’s political configuration. Political dynasties remain in power and not a…

THE Philippines is on the 11th and last year of a property boom but the cycle could still be extended by the Aquino administration if it rids the real-estate sector of red tape and other sources of corruption.

CEBU, Philippines – PhilHealth signed a memorandum of agreement with the Department of Social Welfare and Development for the health insurance coverage of an initial 1,000 poor families.