The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) yesterday enjoined Filipinos to do their share in ensuring the promotion and protection of human rights and stressed that more effort must be done to improve the human rights situation in the Philippines.

Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Amando M. Tetangco Jr. expressed confidence yesterday that the monetary policies of the BSP would allow the economy to be “relatively less affected” by the global slowdown.

Concerned about the continued threats against the environment, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) yesterday issued a pastoral letter reiterating its appeal for a moratorium on mining activities and called for a multisectoral cooperation against illegal logging.

London-based HSBC, one of the biggest financial institutions in the world, expects gross domestic product (GDP) in the Philippines to grow between three and four percent next year.

Only 500,000 new jobs are expected to be created next year, half of the usual one million new employment opportunities generated each year, the Employers’ Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP) said.

Global remittances from overseas workers and migrants are outpacing the inflow of official official development funds, a World Bank study showed.

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The Armed Forces of the Philippines admitted that it is affected by allegations linking the AFP to cases of human rights violations, particularly incidents of enforced disappearances and summary executions.

The Freedom Fund for Filipino Journalist (FFFJ) called on the government anew to address the unsolved killings of journalists, including the cases of 39 newsmen murdered during the administration of President Arroyo.

The United Nations has lauded the Philippine government for implementing its unique program of protecting children in conflict areas.

Ombudsman Ma. Merceditas Gutierrez has admitted that corruption in the Philippines is worsening, in an apparent affirmation of foreign surveys that had tagged the country as among the most corrupt in Asia.

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Former overseas performing artists (OPA) in Japan are seeking the government’s help in making representation with Tokyo so that their children who were unrecognized or abandoned by their Japanese fathers can avail of their rights and privileges in that country.

The Philippines must actively participate in global efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to help prevent extreme climactic changes that cause natural disasters, Sen. Loren Legarda said recently.

The Philippines yesterday said the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, of which the country had played a significant role in its drafting 60 years ago, continues to be not only relevant, but vital in promoting peace and security and human development throughout the world.

Fewer Filipino families now consider themselves poor, as self-rated poverty declined by seven percentage points in the latest survey of the Social Weather Stations (SWS).

About 30,000 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) employed in South Korea face possible displacement and may soon return home.

Automotive sales went up by 8.3 percent to 114,564 units in the first 11 months of this year from 105.771 units in the same period last year despite a 7.7-percent drop in the November sales performance.

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has set an average inflation target of 3.5 to 5.5 percent for 2010 or lower than the official average inflation range for 2009 of six percent to eight percent.

A ranking United Nations official said yesterday the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) has committed to stop its practice of recruiting and using children in combat operations.

A group of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) has asked the Supreme Court to issue a final ruling on a multi-billion suit they filed against US firms Brown and Root. Inc. and the Halliburton Group of Companies.

More high school graduates are now opting to work rather than pursue higher education, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) reported yesterday.

Children rights advocates in the country will submit reports of child rights violations committed by the Arroyo administration to visiting United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict Radhika Coomaraswamy.

A New People’s Army (NPA) guerrilla, who was earlier captured by military forces in Quezon province, admitted that they recruited the 15-year-old boy whose family had reported missing.

WASHINGTON (AFP) — US president-elect Barack Obama on Saturday vowed to make the largest investment in the country’s infrastructure since the 1950s, as part of his plan to revitalize the slumping US economy.

Teletech Telesystems Inc., one of the largest business process outsourcing (BPO) companies in the country has announced it will be opening at least three more centers in the country as it expects to grow by 20 percent next year.

As developed economies succumb to recession, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Amando M. Tetangco Jr. said overseas Filipino workers’ remittances would slow down in 2009 but ruled out the possibility of a decline as labor deployment continued to increase.

The panic in global financial markets has sparked an unprecedented rush into safe US Treasury securities, driving yields on short-term government notes down to almost zero.

The Department of Education(DepEd) on Thursday admitted that there is still a large number of school-aged children out in the streets, and that these young people face exploitation in all forms.