Monthly Archives: September 2010

The Supreme Court (SC) has ordered the payment of back wages and damages by a popular local spa to its manager who was fired from her job upon the advice of the owner’s feng shui master.

THE judiciary on Monday is hoping that the Congress would approve its P23-billion proposed budget for 2011 to settle all unpaid benefits of judges and justices. This as Court Administrator Jose Midas Marquez on Monday said that some P900-million worth of benefits have not yet received by some 2,308 justices and judges nationwide since 2007.

THE Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Tuesday it will continue to provide assistance to Filipino seafarers currently held captive by Somali pirates as it reiterated its call against high-seas kidnapping.

CEBU, Philippines – A top ranking health official yesterday expressed concern on iron deficiency anemia.

CEBU, Philippines – The Eversley Childs Sanitarium Employees Union (ECSEU) has filed two urgent motions with the Department of Health – Center for Health Development – Region 7 (DOH-CHD-7) seeking to hasten the hearing of its case against the Sanitarium’s chief Dr. Primo Joel S.Alvez and Dr. Joanri T. Riveral.

MANILA, Philippines – A party-list congressman expressed concern over a looming protest from local poultry farmers over an alleged “midnight” importation of chicken choice parts that is now competing with their products in the local market.

MANILA, Philippines – The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) said it has initiated an investigation into the dismal passing rate of graduates in the different colleges and universities throughout the country who are taking different board licensure examinations given by the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC).

MANILA, Philippines – The government is readying a plan ‘B’ just in case the United States Congress does not pass the Philippines’ proposed ‘Save Our Industries Act’ which is expected to save the local garments industry.