Monthly Archives: April 2014

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MANILA, Philippines – The overall public satisfaction rating of Pres. Benigno Aquino III slightly fell in the first quarter of the year with a marked decline in Balance Luzon, according to the latest survey of the Social Weather Stations (SWS).

Most indicators show economy remains robust – BSP MANILA, Philippines – The robust economic growth achieved by the country is expected to be sustained in the first quarter, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas said.

Improvements in the local economy’s efficiency and productivity have made the Philippines’s output growth more resilient to external and internal shocks, a senior official from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said.

The growth of global commerce will pick up speed this year and next, says the World Trade Organization. Trade will grow by a “modest” 4.7% this year and by 5.3% in 2015, says the WTO.

After weeks of heavy outflows, the tide has turned in emerging markets. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) – Despite ongoing concerns about the Russia-Ukraine standoff and a Chinese slowdown, investors are dabbling in emerging markets once again.

Air pollution in China and other Asian countries is having far-reaching impacts on weather patterns across the Northern Hemisphere, a study suggests.

MANILA – The Supreme Court (SC) has set a dangerous precedent in striking down key provisions of the controversial Reproductive Health (RH) Law or the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act, according to Associate Justice Marvic Leonen.

In the revised Philippine Development Plan, the government will increase infrastructure spending, among other reforms, to lower poverty incidence to 16.6% by 2016

BERLIN – The main points from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group III, Summary for Policy Makers report issued Sunday on options for mitigating carbon emissions:

MANILA – Search and retrieval operation continue for a miner who was trapped and killed after a mining tunnel caved in Friday in Sitio Matidao, Barangay Little Baguio, Imelda, Zamboanga Sibugay.

Recent data from the World Value Survey shows that the Philippines is one of the most racist countries in the world. This survey basically asked people what kinds of people they wouldn’t want to live near and then counted the amount of people who chose ‘people of a different race’ for each country. Apparently, societies,…

MANILA, Philippines – As the Philippines prepares for ASEAN economic integration and its hosting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in 2015, just how far has it gone towards ensuring its competitiveness in the region? Several government agencies gathered at a “Take the Lead” public governance forum Friday to report how they’re faring in…

In a statement delivered to the 2014 Spring meetings of the IMF and the World Bank, the ILO Director-General warns of rising global unemployment and calls for measures to boost household purchasing power.

Despite high-profile arrests and a peace deal with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) over the past months, President Benigno Aquino III’s trust ratings dipped slightly in the first quarter of the year, pollster Pulse Asia revealed Thursday.

A comprehensive UN study whose results are yet to be disclosed warn that vehicles have emerged as the biggest source of threat to global climate change. Citing a “leaked” draft of the report, Bloomberg said the huge demand of consumer goods from countries like China, Brazil and India – which have to be delivered by…

In my recollection, no law in the present times has stirred up so much controversy and thrown the clergy and lay into a frenzy of moral didactics, the most destructive of which was calling proponents as caught in the devil’s snare, than the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act of 2012. For 14 years, family…

BAGUIO CITY, Philippines – With its legality upheld by the Supreme Court (SC), Republic Act 10354 or the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act can now be implemented.

MANILA, Philippines – Only a fifth of the country’s petroleum and gasoline importers made it to the list of top taxpayers in 2012, according to the government’s latest Tax Watch advertisement.

MANILA, Philippines — Recruitment website Jobstreet revealed the highest paying industries for fresh graduates in its Annual Salary Report. Basing on 2013 disclosures of companies hiring workers with new diplomas, Jobstreet said the travel and tourism industry pays the highest with an average salary of P20,600.

THE decision of the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) on the termination of all employees of Digital Telecommunications Philippines Inc. (Digitel), which was earlier purchased by the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT) under a share-swap agreement, bears watching, for it strikes at the heart of the security-of-tenure provision in the country’s labor laws. If…

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IMF sees uneven performance in the region MANILA, Philippines—Growth in Southeast Asia is expected to slump this year as the region struggles to keep up with the recovery of the rest of the continent, a new report by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said.

MANILA, Philippines – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) cut its projection for world economic growth as global activity slowed in the first quarter.

One of the most glaringly charged of all social issues concerns income inequality. A deep chasm divides opinion on how to address this issue among those who want to reform society.

MANILA, Philippines – Investment pledges approved by the Board of Investments (BOI) declined 52 percent in the first quarter from a year ago.

MANILA, Philippines — Manila is among the world’s least resilient cities due to its poor environmental and social adaptive capacity and high vulnerability, according to a British research firm.

The restrictive economic provisions of the 1987 Philippine Constitution will be the white dinosaur in the room when the ASEAN Economic Integration is launched in 2015. The Pearl of the Orient Seas is also Asia’s Old Man of the Sea.

Millions of Filipinos will finally have universal, free access to contraception and expanded reproductive health education NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–April 8, 2014. After more than a year deliberating the constitutionality of the country’s historic Reproductive Health Law passed in 2012, the Philippine Supreme Court has upheld the law.

BAGUIO CITY, Philippines – Long-time reproductive health (RH) advocate Chi Vallido’s daughter was still a young girl when Chi started lobbying for a law mandating universal access to contraceptives and RH services.