Monthly Archives: July 2014

MANILA, Philippines–A group of health advocates has called on President Aquino to deal with the chronic shortage in healthcare workers, by strengthening the delivery of primary care.

If PNoy has his Disbursement Acceleration Program, the Social Security System has its own version of DAP—disaster assistance program for victims of natural and man-made calamities.

MANILA, Philippines–Members of a lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) group yesterday showed their true colors in a fashion show cum political rally that made the Bonifacio Shrine beside the Manila City Hall their catwalk.

MANILA, Philippines–If integration of members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) is not in President Aquino’s State of the Nation Address on Monday, it should be.

MANILA, Philippines – Economic growth is adding pressure for the grant of emergency powers to President Aquino to address a looming power crisis, Energy Secretary Carlos Petilla said yesterday.

Introduction to the Proposal of The Open Working Group for Sustainable Development Goals 1. The Rio+20 outcome document, The future we want, inter alia, set out a mandate to establish an Open Working Group to develop a set of sustainable development goals for consideration and appropriate action by the General Assembly at its 68th session.…

DAVAO CITY, Philippines, July 24 (Xinhua) — At least four people were killed in an explosion inside a gold mine in southern Philippines on Wednesday, health authorities said on Thursday.

MANILA, Philippines – The government is open to proposals to convert the mothballed Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) into a natural gas-powered facility to meet the country’s growing energy needs.

MANILA, Philippines – Four persons were injured when a steaming machine exploded inside a factory in Malabon City Tuesday afternoon.

The number of HIV and AIDS cases in the Philippines has been steadily increasing since 2007 and fears about the disease have not abated. I recently visited an AIDS research and treatment clinic outside Manila to find out how people living with HIV are coping with the stigma of the disease more than 30 years…

Summary: Shift work is linked to a heightened risk of developing type 2 diabetes, with the risk seemingly greatest among men and those working rotating shift patterns, indicates an analysis of the available evidence. This heightened risk rose to 37% for men, after further analysis to look at the potential effects of gender, study design,…

LOOKING backward, it is clear that American productivity growth has been pretty disappointing over the past 40 years, with the exception of an IT boomlet lasting from about 1996 to 2004. But past performance need not imply continued disappointment in future. The impressive gathering of innovative momentum in recent years is extraordinarily promising. And we…

MANILA, Philippines–Senator Antonio Trillanes IV is pushing for the suspension of the implementation of the K to 12 Program, which he described as “overly ambitious program” of the government.

MANILA, Philippines – Energy Secretary Carlos Jericho Petillla will ask President Aquino to declare a state of emergency or crisis in the power sector to allow the government to tap additional power capacity next year.

BLACKOUT: Things that we taxpayers have to endure because pig heads in government presume to rule other people’s lives despite their incompetence…. Here I am in my parked car, on the fourth day of the Big Blackout, tapping out this Postscript on my mobile phone. My PC and all devices in the house have been…

Behind every crisis is opportunity. The economic drop that Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada caused by his citywide daytime truck ban in time could perk up the entire Mega Manila. That is, if national officials get their act together.

MANILA, Philippines – The congestion and shipment delays at the Manila ports are making Philippine exports highly uncompetitive, as most ports do not have to contend with a similar cause — a truck ban policy, according to two prominent leaders of the business community.

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has released P35.3 billion as subsidy for the health insurance coverage of indigent families enrolled in the National Health Insurance Program (NHIP) or PhilHealth.

MANILA, Philippines – The European Commission (EC) is set to endorse the Philippines’ application to qualify for the Generalized System of Preferences Plus (GSP+), a scheme that would allow more goods to enter the bloc at zero tariff.

MANILA, Philippines – A 58-year-old man died after falling 20 feet from the roof of a building in Manila on Friday morning as he was cutting down a tree mangled by Typhoon Glenda earlier this week.

BLACKOUT: Things that we taxpayers have to endure because pig heads in government presume to rule other people’s lives despite their incompetence…. Here I am in my parked car, on the fourth day of the Big Blackout, tapping out this Postscript on my mobile phone. My PC and all devices in the house have been…

MANILA, Philippines – The European Commission (EC) is set to endorse the Philippines’ application to qualify for the Generalized System of Preferences Plus (GSP+), a scheme that would allow more goods to enter the bloc at zero tariff.

MANILA, Philippines – Almost half of the country’s unemployment problem is said to be solved if youth unemployment will be addressed, according to the Department Of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Director of Labor Communications Office, Nicon Fameronag in an exclusive interview with the Philippines News Agency.

In an earlier article, I wrote about “20 strategies to live longer.” This list includes stopping smoking, getting vaccinated, living a less risky life, exercising regularly, and eating fruits and oily fishes, among others. However, unknown to many readers, there are still more ways to add a couple of years to your life.

The Philippines has dropped 10 notches in a global index measuring innovation, landing the country third to last in a surveyed region defined by East and Southeast Asia, Australia, and the Pacific Islands.

TAGUM CITY, Philippines—Communist rebels burned two buses owned by a mining company in Maco, Compostela Valley, on Friday, police said.

MANILA, Philippines – Thousands of unemployed youth and other vulnerable workers now lead much better lives because of the Disbursement Allocation Program (DAP), according to the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE).

MANILA (Reuters) – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has cut its growth forecast for Southeast Asia this year, as the Thai coup, Indonesia’s mineral export ban and industrial park riots in Vietnam take a toll.

Singapore has warned maid employment agencies in the city-state against “undignified” advertising following complaints by rights groups that domestic workers are being marketed as commodities.

If you have room in your head for only one nugget of leadership wisdom, make it this one: the most powerfully motivating condition people experience at work is making progress at something that is personally meaningful. If your job involves leading others, the implications are clear: the most important thing you can do each day…