Malacañang is working hard to uphold human rights in the Philippines under the watch of President Gloria Arroyo.

THE Philippine car industry has yet to recover from the Asian financial crisis as it still faces weak domestic demand and competition from used imported vehicles, the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) said.

The National Government (NG) has raised its privatization target for 2008 as it expects to fetch better-than-expected prices for the assets on the pipeline.

The Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement is expected to cost the national coffers as much as P4.75 billion in the first year of its implementation, according to a study conducted by the Department of Finance.

It is not immoral under the law for a government employee to give birth out of wedlock if she and the father are not married to other people, the Supreme Court has ruled.

Chief Justice Reynato Puno introduced far-reaching reforms in the judiciary as 2007 was coming to a close, making authorities answerable to allegations of extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances.

Over P35 billion in loans have been extended to various micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in 2007, generating nearly half a million new jobs, Malacañang said yesterday.

MANILA, Philippines — An organization of smaller call center operations in the Philippines is pushing to have its voice heard in the contact center industry.

WASHINGTON – The Philippines is ranked sixth among 128 countries in the race for gender equality, outshining its competitors including the United States and other members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) yesterday maintained that the government has no intention of taking over the country’s booming recruitment industry.

I was in Iloilo last week when I stumbled into a story that had dangerous overtones. This was when Iloilo City Mayor Jerry Treñas declared that water refilling stations without sanitary permits would be closed.

The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) gave yesterday its full support for moves to lower money transfer charges.

THE Supreme Court has issued a writ of amparo against Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) personnel allegedly responsible for the enforced disappearance of three persons, including two students of the University of the Philippines (UP).

The government has assured local car makers that the ban on the entry of used vehicles will stay when the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement takes effect.

MANILA, Philippines — Will signing the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) give Japan carte blanche to export its toxic and other hazardous wastes to the Philippines? No. The fact that with JPEPA the Philippines imposes zero tariffs on wastes from Japan (and vice versa) is immaterial, because Philippine laws and regulations — in particular Republic…

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Organized labor wants an inquiry into reports that the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (Philhealth) is nearing bankruptcy due to widespread fraudulent claims.

The presence of asbestos as a persistent pollutant in soil and water is of major environmental concern, but scientists at the University of Torino, Italy, may have found a way to clean it up.

Italian ship owners need more than 20,000 seafarers and they want Filipinos for the job.

President Arroyo has created the Procurement Transparency Board (PTB) to ensure that all public sector contracts are aboveboard.

The US sees the Philippines as “weak” in enforcing laws against child labor.

Families of victims of enforced disappearances will now have a legal remedy more effective than the writ of habeas corpus to track down their missing kin.

The top biotechnology expert of the Department of Agriculture (DA) has reassured consumers that all genetically modified organisms (GMOs) approved for commercial release, whether for food, feed or processing, are safe and pose no health risks to consumers.

FILIPINO elementary and high school students bagged 11 gold medals in the recently concluded 3rd International Math Contest in Singapore, the Department of Foreign Affairs reported yesterday.

TWO fourth-year students at the Philippine Science High School, Lawrence Medina and Paulo Manzanilla, have received a grant to initiate an environmental project and will attend celebrations of the 20th anniversary of the Montreal Protocol in Canada next month.

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) thumbed down yesterday a proposal for the government to support a fixed foreign exchange rate for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs).

Energy Secretary Angelo Reyes has assured a stable supply of power to support a further expansion of the economy.

Citing insufficient evidence, the Supreme Court (SC) has dismissed an administrative complaint for sexual harassment filed by a stenographer against a Davao City judge in 2003.

It’s easy to guard against the obvious kitchen dangers, such as a hot stove or sharp knives. But when you hear that pots and pans may be… It’s easy to guard against the obvious kitchen dangers, such as a hot stove or sharp knives. But when you hear that pots and pans may be toxic,…

A GRADE 6 student of Chiang Kai Shek College bagged a surprise gold medal and eight others won eight bronze medals in the International Youth Mathematics Contest 2007 in Hong Kong recently.