Monthly Archives: April 2015

No matter how this administration tries to spin it, there’s no denying that the country’s economic growth is driven by the precious dollar remittances sent in by the millions of overseas Filipino workers deployed all over the world. Data from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas show that OFW remittances increased 5.8 percent to $24.3 billion…

THE COUNTRY could finally penetrate the upper rungs of key global competitiveness lists this year, starting with the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business report, following further simplification of procedures especially for entrepreneurs, public and private sector officials yesterday said in a briefing in Makati City. A memorandum of understanding was signed by representatives of…

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) sees a below-target growth for the Philippines next year, but raised its expectations for 2015. In its recently published World Economic Outlook (WEO) for April, the IMF said its 2016 growth projection for the Philippines is at 6.3 percent. This is lower than its earlier forecast of 6.4 percent, as…

MANILA, Philippines – The property market remains strong across all sectors as top developers continue to expand due to the sustained growth of the Philippines as well as the impending Asean economic integration. According to Pinnacle Real Estate Consulting Services Inc., the office space sector is robust due to demand from business process outsourcing (BPOs),…

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines could lose as much as $500 million worth of export revenues if local exporters and manufacturers fail to comply with the social audit requirements of importers. In a statement, the Philippine Exporters Confederation Inc. cited the Foreign Buyers Association of the Philippines (FOBAP) as saying the country could lose $500…

MANILA, Philippines – Congressmen yesterday urged the government to fill nearly 190,000 vacant positions in the entire bureaucracy. Isabela Rep. Rodolfo Albano lll said filling these jobs would reduce the number of jobless college graduates in the country. He said as far as he knew, the House of Representatives and the Senate had included funds…

DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/13 April) – The Department of Health (DOH) has raised a red flag for Davao City for being one of the six cities in the country to have high HIV prevalence rates. According to news reports, in a workshop last Thursday in Tarlac, Dr. Jose Gerard Belimac, program manager of the department’s National…

THE Commission on Human Rights (CHR)-Davao had recorded a decrease in human rights violation cases conducted by police officials for the first quarter of this year. Speaking on Monday’s Kapehan sa Dabaw at SM City Annex, CHR-Davao chief investigator Emiliano Cajes said that for this year, they have only recorded one case each against officials…

MANILA, Philippines – A cement mixer operator died when he fell into the mixer he was cleaning in Novaliches, Quezon City Friday morning.

BAUAN, Batangas – A 29-year-old construction worker died after he was buried alive by sacks of salt in Barangay Balayong here Friday.

According to the latest report by the Department of Health (DOH) last February, 20 new cases of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are diagnosed every day. This is almost 50 percent higher from the number of cases reported daily in 2012.

[three_fourth_last](CNN Philippines) — It’s been nearly three years since the government began implementing its K-12 educational reform program — but the policy continues to have its share of detractors.

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MANILA, Philippines – The country’s largest business group the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI), has formed a foundation to help address the jobs-skills mismatch.

MANILA – The Philippines ranks 64th in the world in terms of social progress, a new report showed.

SCIENCE CITY OF MUÑOZ, Nueva Ecija, Philippines – A construction worker died when the wall of a Catholic church collapsed here on Monday, police said yesterday.

The job interview might be the only thing left between you and the position of your dreams. Even when you’re the most qualified candidate with references galore, a poor interview performance can leave a lousy impression on a potential employer.

The senate has usually been fertile ground for the country’s next crop of executive leaders and several of its 24 members might just be major players in next year’s elections for the presidency and vice presidency.

A 27-year-old construction worker died after he was electrocuted while working in a building in Quezon City Thursday, police said yesterday.

DAVAO CITY, Philippines – More and longer blackouts are expected in Mindanao in the coming weeks, an official said yesterday. “The situation is generally back to normal as the system regains stability, but derated capacity from Agus Hydroelectric Power Complex due to low water levels is expected during summer,” said Romeo Montenegro, assistant director of…

Investing in office spaces is seen to become an increasingly attractive proposition for many developers, as the country continues to enjoy a steady influx of companies setting up shop in the Philippines.

Headline inflation eased slightly to 2.4 percent year-on-year in March from 2.5 percent in February. The March inflation reading was within the BSP’s range forecast of 2.1-2.9 percent for the month. The resulting year-to-date average inflation rate of 2.4 percent was also within the Government’s inflation range target of 3.0 percent ± 1.0 percentage point…

The Economist explains ON APRIL 7th Chicagoans went to the polls to select a new mayor; after a hard slog, the incumbent mayor Rahm Emanuel beat his challenger Jesús “Chuy” García. Mr García’s upstart campaign targeted Mr Emanuel’s technocratic administration, which, he argued, paid too much attention to the concerns of businesses and the rich.…

MANILA, Philippines – A total of P100 million every year has been earmarked to support qualified college and post-graduate students who can contribute to building up the country’s sugar industry, House Assistant Majority Leader and Cebu Rep. Gerard Anthony Gullas Jr. said over the weekend.

LOS BAÑOS, Laguna – Filipinos are eating less vegetables, according to a three-decade survey done by the Food and Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI) of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST).

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines’ ultra rich grew in numbers and in terms of wealth last year, according to the Wealth-X and UBS World Ultra Wealth Report 2014.

MANILA, Philippines – The government spent P505 billion last year to pay portion of its debts, 7.9 percent lower than the P559 billion in the same period last year.

Public satisfaction on the administration of President Benigno Aquino III has reached its lowest point so far, the results of the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey showed.

MANILA, Philippines – Some two million people suffer from various diseases annually due to unsanitary food, the World Health Organization (WHO) said yesterday.

This is perhaps the most insidious part of our present Constitution – we have a government developed from a system that does not represent the people or recognize the sovereignty of the people. Today, being Easter Sunday, we hope to encourage Filipinos to rise up for a new life and society for the Philippines.