Monthly Archives: November 2015

President Aquino was reported to have lobbied President Obama for US support to our bid for inclusion in the Trans Pacific Partnership or TPP and got a polite response. Secretaries Purisima of Finance and Domingo of Trade and Industry both emphasized that our export sector will be disadvantaged if we are left out of the…

MANILA, Philippines – More children and young people are getting infected with human immunodefiency virus (HIV), the Department of Health (DOH) said yesterday.

MANILA, Philippines – The House committee on housing and urban development has approved a resolution that seeks to extend the government’s regulation of rent for two more years to protect home renters from sudden rental increases.

MANILA, Philippines – Independent government researchers have found the state’s medical infrastructure programs to be plagued with serious flaws and lack of strategic directions and gaps.

16% of male inmates in Cebu City Jail have HIV Joel (not his real name) did not react when a health professional told him he had tested positive for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the virus that causes Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (Aids). The injecting drug user just casually returned to his cell at the Cebu…

The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) announced last 25 November that the Country Review of the Philippines with respect to Labor Rights under the US Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) has been formally closed. The USTR statement said that the decision to close the review is “..based on progress by the Philippine…

The United States has officially closed its country review of the Philippines with respect to labor rights under the US Generalized System of Preferences (GSP), the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said.

Medical experts say climate change affects human health in direct ways, by the spread of water – and mosquito-borne diseases for example, and indirectly, such as through hunger.

NEW YORK — The number of adolescent deaths from AIDS has tripled over the last 15 years, most of them having acquired the disease when they were infants, according to new data released Friday by United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).

The office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) formally closed on Wednesday its review of the Philippines with respect to labor rights, a precondition to the granting of the preferential duties under the US generalized system of preferences (GSP).

430am November 26, 2015. Around 50 alleged armed hooligans, together with TUCP Partylist Rep. Raymond Mendoza and ALU President Michael Mendoza, twin sons of Atty. Democrito Mendoza, 94 years old, forcibly tookover TUCP HQ in Quezon City. The Mendoza group immediately took control of the building, destroying locks of the offices and threatening security guards.…

The Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) has noted gains on the Philippines’s adherence to international labor standards, paving the way for the country to fully enjoy the benefits under the preferential trade scheme.

MANILA – Singapore no longer limits the duration of the work permits of household service workers by the expiry dates of their passports, Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz announced Thursday.

In the Philippines, about 14% of the female teenage population are either pregnant for the first time or are already a mother. GET REAL goes to Bamboo Creek, which has the nation’s highest prevalence of adolescent pregnancy.

KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Nov. 26 (PIA) — Despite massive efforts, the cases of human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) in the country have continued to rise, a health official here said.

MANILA, Philippines – Eighty-four percent of Filipinos are not financially prepared for medical costs in case they are diagnosed with critical illnesses, such as heart disease.

MANILA, Philippines – Roughly 27.96 million Filipinos had microinsurance coverage in 2013, among the highest in the East Asian region, according to the Insurance Commission (IC).

Despite a number of free trade agreements (FTAs) secured by the country to date, less than half of Philippine firms are aware and actually utilize the benefits of such deals, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said.

TUBA, Benguet – A 40-year old construction worker died after he allegedly drowned in the famous Colorado falls at Twin Peaks here around 3:30 pm Saturday.

SINCE Charlie Sheen, 50, star of the hit TV series “Two and a Half Men,” revealed for the first time on November 17, 2015 in his interview on TODAY with Matt Lauer, that he had tested positive for HIV infection 4 years ago, this scary and eventually deadly virus is once again in the spotlight.

“A slowing China redistributes global economic activity through the commodity channel as much as dampening it” China’s slowdown is already playing out across the world, dragging down commodity prices and weighing on trade partners.

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines climbed two notches in this year’s World Economic Forum report measuring gender equality among 145 countries globally and remains the Asia-Pacific region’s highest-ranked country.

While queuing to order my lunch at a fast food chain, I overheard a conversation between the cashier and a senior citizen customer. The cashier refused to grant the customer the 20 percent senior citizen’s discount because of his failure to present his senior citizen’s identification (ID) card. The elderly man apparently forgot to bring…

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines ranks second best among countries belonging to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) when it comes to good corporate governance, with companies owned by some of the country’s richest families leading the pack.

The Department of Labor and Employment and the Department of Public Works and Highways have signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) aimed at improving the process of approving Construction Safety and Health Programs—a fundamental requirement for all construction operations.

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Education (DepEd) will offer senior high school programs in hundreds of existing high schools that do not have access to electricity or water supply, a research conducted by The STAR revealed.

Everyone wants to know how to be more productive at work and life. Psychologists have even theorized that one of the leading causes of anxiety and depression is that a person is not reaching their full potential quick enough.