Monthly Archives: July 2015

The United Nations special rapporteur on human rights of internally displaced persons (IDPs) has expressed surprise that despite the government spending so much for infrastructure projects, relocated Typhoon Yolanda victims still do not enjoy basic services, such as water and electricity.

With the historic Third International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD3) now completed, “inclusive growth” remains a high priority on the agenda. While most stakeholders agree it’s an important and compelling part of the dialogue on development, it still remains rather ambiguous as a term. And seemingly when you ask five economists to define the…

By Isagani Cruz (The Philippine Star), July 30, 2015 How important is technology in the K to 12 curriculum? Since the buzz word today is “outcomes-based,” let us look at what the College Readiness Standards (CRS) of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) demand as one of several outcomes of the K to 12 curriculum.

This is a story about the Filipino people’s struggle for genuine equality and acceptance, amid a culture of hate and holiness MANILA, Philippines – “Is that something that is desirable in an environment for a child?” In 2013, President Benigno Aquino III asked this question, leaving some furrowed brows in the audience. He was not…

By: Maricar Cinco, July 28, 2015 SAN PEDRO CITY – The police chief of the town of Famy in Laguna was relieved from his duty following complaints of harassment from his female subordinate.

Attending networking events and connecting on LinkedIn doesn’t mean anything unless you make a personal connection. The Leadership Insider network is an online community where the most thoughtful and influential people in business contribute answers to timely questions about careers and leadership. Today’s answer to the question: What’s the best way to network? is written…

Immigration Commissioner Siegfred B. Mison has ordered an immediate investigation into the reported unauthorized release from custody of at least 22 Chinese, who were apprehended in an operation in Pasay City on Tuesday last week.

MANILA, Philippines – President Aquino took up the cudgels yesterday for Transportation Secretary Joseph Emilio Abaya for the mess involving the country’s light railway system.

Work life balance – three little words which are often used to describe a comfortable relationship between your work and home life. Every employee wants this, and apparently every great company offers it. But do they really? I am not so sure.

My obsession with the HIV situation in the Philippines is the reason why even if I will lose the interest of my readers, I will not stop talking about it until statistics will change. It bothers me why this country with one of the highest literacy rate in the world, the highest exporters of allied…

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After settling essential living expenses, Filipinos spend on holidays, home improvements, and out-of-home entertainment, the results of a Nielsen survey show

People think I’m so lucky to be a work-from-home writer and human resources consultant. Well, those people are right. Working from home is awesome. The rumors are true: I wear yoga pants and eat ice cream in the middle of the day. But working from home isn’t for everybody.

(Updated 8:50 a.m.) Some 11.2 million families or 51 percent of Filipino families considered themselves poor, according to a 2015 second quarter poll taken by the Social Weather Stations.

Analysis of a global survey finds that more than a third of the world’s adults have never heard of climate change. For some countries, such as South Africa, Bangladesh and Nigeria, this rises to more than two-thirds of the adult population. The study says that education is the “single strongest predictor” of public awareness of…

Job fairs, more vocational courses, career guidance and skills matching, among other services offered by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), have made it possible for close to 8 million Filipinos to find jobs over the past five years, Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said.

This seems to be an anchoring move. Given that the company has and is willing to at least match your existing pay and you as the potential employee want to get the most money you can, what is the optimal strategy? Always tell the truth….but then add your total compensation expectations.

If you think that having an intimate partner will always keep you safe from contracting HIV, better think again. More women from the Asia-Pacific region — housewives and career women — are contracting HIV from their intimate partners. These women are either married, or have long-term relationships with men who engage in high-risk sexual behavior.…

MANILA – With the 2016 elections looming, survivors of Super Typhoon Yolanda might just have to compete with other plans and projects for funds meant for the Comprehensive Rehabilitation and Recovery Plan (CRRP) for 2014 to 2016.

One of the issues always raised about formal education in the Philippines is its inability to supply students and graduates with the skills that employers are looking for. This is called the “mismatch” between what schools supply and what enterprises demand. Companies have to spend time and money training the fresh graduates that they hire.

The research: Yale doctoral candidate Matthew Fisher and his colleagues Mariel Goddu and Frank Keil asked people a series of questions that seemed answerable but were actually difficult. The questions concerned things people assume they know but actually don’t—such as why there are phases of the moon and how glass is made. Some people were…

Harmful impacts of global warming such as heat waves and sea level rise are mounting and show a need for a “radical transition” to a greener economy, a study presented at U.N. climate talks said on Tuesday.

The Philippines is now equipped for the economic integration of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) this year, according to the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI).

MANILA, Philippines – Mindanao is experiencing rotational brownouts from an average of 1-4 hours due to the lower water level of dams, according to the Mindanao Power Monitoring Committee (MPMC).

Vancouver (CNN) — She’s the woman who co-discovered HIV in 1983, and won a Nobel Prize for her work. But next month, French scientist Francoise Barre-Sinoussi will retire from her lab. She spoke with CNN at this week’s International AIDS Society Conference, in Vancouver, about activism, the future of HIV and why there’s still no…

More than 300 senior executives across the world’s most mature markets give us their take on the opportunities and challenges in HGMs.

The law comes as the Department of Education works on its ‘last mile’: bringing the schools to where the learners are MANILA, Philippines – President Benigno Aquino III recently signed a law that creates a “learner-centered and flexible” open high school system in the Philippines.

THE PHILIPPINE Statistics Authority said it estimated tourism to have accounted for 7.8% of gross domestic Product (GDP) in 2014, quantifying the sector’s impact at P982.4 billion, up 14% year on year.

How bad would it be for the economy of the Philippines if remittances were to dry up? Such a scenario may be far off but an analysis of central bank data suggests both the composition and the total value of payments sent home by Filipino workers overseas are undergoing fundamental change. If recent trends continue,…

In the aftermath of the Semirara mining accident, labor officials say that mine safety and sanitation are under the mandate of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau and the Department of Energy