The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) “made concrete strides toward its goal of sustainable development of the environment and natural resources” in 2008 and sees 2009 as a promising year for the country.

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Workers nationwide may soon be required to work only five days a week or even less as part of government efforts to cushion the impact of the global economic crisis.

Malacañang submitted to the House committee on appropriations yesterday an P11.9-billion supplemental budget for the automation of the 2010 elections.

Job and small business creation are now one of the priotrities of the government to help Filipinos especially returning overseas Filipinos workers (OFWs) that have lost their jobs as a result of the global financial crisis, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said.

THE Asian Development Bank has given a satisfactory rating to its operation in the Philippines last year, an improvement from previous years when many targets were not achieved.

THE automotive industry sold 124,449 units in 2008, posting a 5.6-percent growth from 2007 despite the impact of the global financial crisis.

Asia’s policymakers should view the global economic crisis as an opportunity to expand investment in “desperately” needed public goods, economist Jeffrey Sachs said.

Rice prices are likely to rise sharply for the second straight year in 2009 as the global economic slowdown hits farmers and consumers alike, the International Rice Research Institute warned Friday.

Camp Crame hierarchy yesterday ordered a stop to the practice of using police vehicles to escort politicians, especially local government officials such as mayors and governors.

THE Philippines, Southeast Asia’s second-biggest sugar exporter, lowered its output forecast by about 11 percent, after heavy rains curbed production of cane milled to make the sweetener, a government official said yesterday.

The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) has asked the Commission on Higher Education (Ched) to first explain the rationale behind its plan to implement a mandatory five-year college course for all students in the country, before its implementation.

The province of Albay has posted the highest number of reported cases of Human Immune Deficiency Virus (HIV) in the Bicol region as of last month, a non-government group that monitors the state of the region’s reproductive health yesterday said.

Malacañang released yesterday the list of holidays for the year as a guide to all of the country’s workers and employers.

MANILA, Philippines — The year 2008 has been good for the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and its attached agencies, including the Philippine National Police (PNP), the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) and the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP).

MANILA, Philippines — Filipino voters are almost unanimously for poll automation, which they believe is the best defense against fraud, results of a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey showed.

MANILA, Philippines — The country’s elections chief is confident of getting at least P8 billion for poll automation in 2010.

More than 60,000 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) were hired in various countries abroad in the last month of 2008 despite the financial crisis, the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) reported yesterday.

LONDON (AP) – US and European stock markets fell sharply Wednesday amid fresh worries about the US labor market following a grim jobs survey and the announcement aluminum producer Alcoa will slash jobs.

Mineral investments for 2009 are estimated to reach $800 million to $1 billion, Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) Director Horacio Ramos said yesterday.

Finance Secretary Margarito Teves said the 2008 budget deficit is likely to fall below the P75-billion program, because of higher-than-expected royalty payments from the Malampaya natural gas project.

Sales of the local automotive industry grew by six percent last year despite the slowdown in vehicle sales seen in other markets like the US and Europe, the Chamber of Automotive Manufacturers Association of the Philippines Inc. (CAMPI) said.

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) closed on Thursday two more rural banks—this time in Pampanga—after they declared a bank holiday.

Nearly five in 10 Filipinos are afraid of losing jobs this year because of the global financial crisis, an international research firm reported.

MORONG, Bataan: The Bataan nuclear power plant stands as a monument to the greed and corruption of the years the Philippines spent under strongman President Ferdinand Marcos.

The central bank governor said Thursday that remittances growth is likely to slow down to single digits this year, but he was optimistic about maintaining the country’s credit ratings.

Govt challenges UN report, calls for data review   The Philippines ranked No. 1 in Southeast Asia as the country with the most number of drug users based on the 2008 World Drug report released by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.

Amid a troubled global economy last year, the local automotive industry managed to pull off year-on-year sales growth but missed its official growth target by a hairline, the Chamber of Automotive Manufacturers of the Philippines Inc. (Campi) and the Truck Manufacturers Association said.

MORONG—The Bataan nuclear power plant stands as a monument to the greed and corruption of the years the Philippines spent under strongman Ferdinand Marcos.