Monthly Archives: April 2015

PHL found most resilient emerging mart

Published by rudy Date posted on April 5, 2015

THE PHILIPPINES figured as the “emerging market” most resilient to potential external shocks in a paper authored by an analyst at the Center for Global Development, a Washington D.C.-based nonprofit think tank.

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Not so special

Published by rudy Date posted on April 4, 2015

The world is awash with free-trade zones and their offshoots. Many are not worth the effort WHEN the first modern free-trade zone was established at Shannon airport in 1959, few outside Ireland paid much attention. Now everyone seems to be an admirer of “special economic zones” (SEZs) that offer a combination of tax-and-tariff incentives, streamlined…

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Philippine economy to lead Asean growth: IMF

Published by rudy Date posted on April 3, 2015

The Philippine economy will be Southeast Asia’s growth leader this year on the back of more aggressive government spending, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

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Where is the world’s greenest city?

Published by rudy Date posted on April 2, 2015

Bristol is the ‘green capital’ of Europe, but its predecessor Copenhagen comes top in a Europe-wide index. Curitiba, San Francisco and Singapore all have strong eco-friendly claims too – so what’s the best way to compare cities’ greenness?

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Migration and Remittances in Asia and the Pacific

Published by rudy Date posted on April 2, 2015
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Concern over rise in HIV infections in the Philippines

Published by rudy Date posted on April 2, 2015

According to a UNAIDS report, new incidents of HIV infections around the world halved between the years 2001 and 2011. But in the Philippines, the number of new infections has risen by 25 per cent.

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COA: DepEd wasted P608-M books due to K to 12

Published by rudy Date posted on April 2, 2015

MANILA – The 16,296,231 textbooks that the Department of Education (DepEd) bought for P608.7 million for its school year 2011-2012 textbook replenishment project under the old curriculum have become obsolete because of the shift to the K to 12 program.

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Flexible curriculum

Published by rudy Date posted on April 2, 2015

The Department of Education (DepEd) does not believe that “one size fits all.” If you read the curriculum guides on its website, as well as the DepEd orders relevant to the curriculum, you will see that the government has taken a lot of pains to allow individual public and private schools to tailor their curriculum…

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Do structural reforms only pay off in the long term?

Published by rudy Date posted on April 1, 2015

Professor Nicholas Barr of LSE used to kick off his public economics lectures by illustrating cases of what he facetiously named ‘pub economics’, defined as something that everyone knows to be true, but is not. In his lectures, examples of these misconceptions were the notion that free university education would unequivocally lead to improved access…

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BPO sector coping well with wage hikes – lawmaker

Published by rudy Date posted on April 1, 2015

MANILA, Philippines – Pasig City Rep. Roman Romulo yesterday said he expected the business process outsourcing (BPO) sector to cope well with “reasonable wage increases.”

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656,284 join labor force this year

Published by rudy Date posted on April 1, 2015

MANILA, Philippines – Over half a million college graduates are expected to join the labor force at the end of the academic year.

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April – Month of Planet Earth

“Full speed to renewables!”

 

Continuing
Solidarity with CTU Myanmar,
trade unions around the world,
for democracy in Myanmar,
with the daily protests of
people in Myanmar against
the military coup and
continuing oppression.

 

Accept National Unity Government
(NUG) of Myanmar.
Reject Military!

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