Monthly Archives: September 2011

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SOME three years after the passaage of Republic Act 9775, or the Anti-Child Pornography Law, organizations devoted to curbing and raising awareness about child pornography remain convinced that such form of sexual exploitation of children remains prevalent in the country.

Albay aims to sustain and further improve its maternal and infant mortality reduction performance under the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDG) with the completion of nine Basic Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care (BEmONC), centers, which are also designed as family hospitals.

The Business Processing Association of the Philippines (BPAP) said it will work for the reduction of the skills-jobs mismatch in the country through the strengthening of its collaboration with government and the education sector.

The Court of Appeals (CA) has allowed flag carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) to pursue its damage suit seeking to collect more than P730 million compensation from the Airline Pilots Association of the Philippines (ALPAP) who went on strike in 1998 as the country celebrated its centennial.

Sen. Edgardo Angara called for an improved disaster management system in the country following the release of a United Nations report listing the Philippines among the top five most vulnerable to natural disasters.

MANILA, Philippines – Trading will remain lethargic this week as fears of a US relapse into recession and festering euro zone debt crisis keep investors on the sidelines.

MANILA, Philippines – The Social Security System (SSS), the state-owned pension fund for private employees, has collected P8.51 billion in contributions in Luzon during the first six months of this year, latest data from the agency showed.

MANILA, Philippines – The economy is likely to grow anywhere from 4.3 percent to 4.8 percent this year, lower than the official growth assumption of five percent to six percent and the government’s aspirational target of seven percent to eight percent, a government think-tank said in its latest report on the economy.

MANILA, Philippines – The Subdivision and Housing Developers Association (SDHA) is asking the government to ease its stringent housing policies that have put the brakes on home sales market.

MANILA, Philippines – Investments for the first eight months of the year went up by 76.27 percent to P437.867 billion from P248.411 billion a year ago, according to a report from the Board of Investments (BOI) and the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA).

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Some may deride the methodology of the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings as mere “Dr. Kwak Kwak” — meaning it is not really reliable — but the recent results showing that none of our universities made it to the Top 300 rankings is disturbing just the same. In contrast, our Asian neighbors — Hong…

MANILA, Philippines — If rising from the ‘oil spill rubble’ would be an indication, leading oil player Petron Corporation may have truly bounced back from the disaster as it already clinched recently the gold award for environmental excellence – trouncing in the competition other firms globally.

The Liquefied Petroleum Gas Refillers’ Association (LPGRA) yesterday asked senators to block the passage of House Bill No. 5052 or the proposed “LPG Safety Act.” The measure is the counterpart of Senate Bill No. 721, a substitute bill drafted by the committee on trade and commerce in joint with the committee on energy during the…

The EcoWaste Coalition, a toxic watchdog, yesterday asked top retailers to demonstrate their corporate social responsibility by removing children’s products that have been found to contain health damaging chemicals.

A total of 901 overstaying overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia have returned home as a result of Vice President Jejomar Binay’s visit to these countries.

President Aquino’s legacy no doubt will be marked by high prices in goods and services in which he made no effort to stop them from rising too much.

MANILA, Philippines — Lives of Filipinos revolve around many forms of media and entertainment with television still remains at the top of the list although Internet has been continuously increasing, survey results showed.

SHARJAH: Two Philippine schools in the UAE have begun implementing Manila’s ambitious yet long overdue basic education reforms, the “K + 12 Educational Highway” (K12EH) for the academic year 2011-2012.

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Finally, after 37 long years, the Labor Code of the Philippines, which was originally issued as Presidential Decree No. 442 during the martial law years, has been amended to meet the demands of 24/7 operations in the business community.

THREE service providers of the Philippine Airlines (PAL) that are expected to absorb workers the airline company will lay off have overlooked labor rules, the company’s union said on Thursday.

WHILE nearly all collective bargaining agreements (CBAs) registered in 2009 had union security clauses, only half of the CBAs had provisions ensuring workers’ security of tenure, data from the Bureau of Labor and Employment Statistics (BLES) show.

MANILA, Philippines – Reproductive health (RH) bill advocates are protesting the ordinances passed by seven barangays in Balanga, Bataan, banning the use of artificial contraceptives.

The Philippines’ business processing outsourcing (BPO) sector is fast developing into one of the pillars of the nation’s economy, with both earnings and employment levels soaring in recent years — though there are concerns that international competition, rising costs and staff shortages could undermine future growth.

VEHICLE SALES were down 4.1% as of August from a year earlier, industry groups yesterday reported, putting more pressure on growth targets for a year marked by supply disruptions.

PHILIPPINE sugar exports in the current crop year ending August 2012 may climb around 86% from a year ago with a forecast surplus, the industry regulator yesterday said, adding to a global oversupply.

FISCAL CAUTION — as reflected in the government’s use of both economic growth assumptions and targets — could lead to development goals being missed, the House of Representatives think tank said.

MANILA, Philippines – Rising housing and living costs, as well as corruption and poor infrastructure, continue to bother American businessmen in the Philippines, according to a recent survey of the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) covering firms operating in Southeast Asia.