BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya , Philippines  – Sen. Francis Escudero said the country appears to be ill prepared for full automation with only a little over a year before the synchronized national and local elections.

MANILA, Philippines – Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corp. will increase today the pump price of diesel by P1.50 per liter while gasoline and kerosene prices will be raised by P1 per liter.

MANILA, Philippines – Preliminary reports showed the Philippines saved some 611 megawatt-hours of electricity during the observance of Earth Hour, as it outshone the rest of the world when the planet went dark for an hour last March 28.

MANILA, Philippines – Apparently irked by the heavy pollution he saw in the Marilao-Meycauayan-Obando river system in Bulacan, Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Lito Atienza has ordered a thorough investigation into the continued dumping of wastes into the water channel, which was once branded as among the worst polluted places in the world.

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For being discriminatory and oppressive, the Supreme Court declared as unconstitutional a provision in the Migrant Overseas Filipinos Act, or Republic Act 8042, that sets a limit on monetary claims of illegally dismissed overseas Filipino workers (OFWs).

RP not alone, as bank halves Asia forecasts The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Tuesday further slashed the country’s economic growth forecast this year, because of weak consumer spending and investment caused by the global financial crisis.

THE Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Tuesday sees “uncertainty” in the implementation of the Philippines’ economic stimulus package due to issues surrounding the disbursement of funds.

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over 12 companies have expressed interest to invest $1.1 billion in the Philippine bio-fuels industry, Energy Secretary Angelo Reyes said yesterday.

THE central bank has lowered its inflation forecast this year to 3.5 percent from 3.9 percent, Bangko Sentral Governor Amando Tetangco Jr. said at a briefing for the Management Association of the Philippines yesterday.

THE Asian Development Bank has lowered its growth forecast for the Philippines to 2.5 percent from 4.7 percent this year as the global economy continues to deteriorate.

BRUSSELS—Unemployment in the 16 countries using the euro rose in February to 8.5 percent to hit the highest level in close to three years, according to official EU data on Wednesday.

Malacañang yesterday expressed optimism the price of rice would remain affordable throughout the year even as it assured the people of its readiness to implement a contingent rice-subsidy program to soften the impact of a sharp rise in the price of the country’s staple crop.

MANILA, Philippines—With few resources, guts and vision, the Philippine Science High School team sent to the regional FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) in Hawaii bagged two awards, besting over two dozen teams.

MANILA, Philippines—Without a nationwide cybersecurity program to keep hackers at bay, government websites in the Philippines are vulnerable to computer attacks, an official of the National Computer Center (NCC) said Monday.

BUSINESS ethics call for corporate social responsibility (CSR) where public interest is given top priority. One Filipino company has been showing the business world the way to do it, and it’s not just through talk, but through action.

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Ayala-led Manila Water Co., Inc. plans to increase its capital expenditures in the East Zone concession of Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) if it would be granted an extension in its contract.

FAIR Trade Alliance called on the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to review the country’s current external trade policies in light of the global slowdown.

The government, through Land Bank of the Philippines and the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP), has increased its stake in the company running Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT) to give it elbow room in expanding line while saving millions of dollars in equipment rental.

OIL companies have agreed to adjust fuel prices on a weekly basis and to again open their books in an apparent bid to qualm growing public clamor against recent price hikes at the pump, the Department of Energy (DOE) said.

COMMISSION on Human Rights (CHR) Chairperson Leila de Lima on Monday slammed the local government of Davao City for failing to address the unabated string of vigilante killings since 1998 in the city.

The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) urged regulators to compel pre-need companies to account for the estimated billions of pesos they hoarded from lapsed and forfeited plan contracts as well as in-force plans voluntarily surrendered by investors.

Medical tourism in the Philippines performed better in the first quarter than in the same period last years despite the global financial crisis, an official from the Department of Tourism (DOT) revealed on Monday.

Over 14,000 Filipino workers who were temporarily laid off and those hit by the flexible working hours as an effect of the global financial crisis have now gone back to regular employment, the Department of Labor and Employment said in a statement Monday.

The government is likely to cough up millions of dollars in subsidies for the operation of Chinese-funded North Luzon Railway until 2028, according to a government document.

World Bank said remittances by overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) are likely to post a modest drop this year because of job lay offs, as it cited a larger basis for the projected remittances that included non-cash flows.

LONDON (AFP) – The 20 world leaders heading for a London summit this week on how to save the global economy are fighting off talk of an inter-continental split even before they sit down for talks.