In the Philippines, one girl aged 15 to 19 gives birth every two and a half minutes. Metro Manila (CNN Philippines) – Officials sounded the alarm on the rising number of teenage pregnancies in the country in a health forum on Tuesday (January 12).

Experts say that only 8% of New Year’s resolutions succeed. But despite that, almost half of the population do make a resolution every year. Actually, having a resolution is good. At least there is an awareness and an interest to change for the better. The biggest hurdle though is putting it to action and seeing…

MANILA, Philippines – The number of Filipino families who experienced involuntary hunger dropped by almost a million in the last quarter of 2015, bringing the full-year average to its lowest in 11 years, the Social Weather Stations (SWS) said in its latest poll.

MANILA, Philippines – Controlling inflation, increasing workers’ pay and staying healthy were among the top concerns of Filipinos, according to Pulse Asia’s December 2015 survey. Pulse Asia’s Ulat ng Bayan Survey, taken from Dec. 4 to 11, polled 1,800 registered voters on urgent personal and national concerns.

Most talk of income inequality focuses on the problems of the very poor or the broader socioeconomic implications of rising inequality. What is less well-known is that income inequality makes us all less happy with our lives, even if we’re relatively well-off.

The country’s lackluster export performance is expected to continue this year on the back of weak global economic growth, according to the National Economic and Development Authority (Neda).

A 29-year-old delivery boy was killed while repairing a truck in Malabon City Friday. The victim was identified as Abegael Royo.

This principle envisions individuals and communities who have been historically marginalized and rendered vulnerable to have the means to take care of themselves

MANILA, Philippines – The Commission on Audit (COA) is blaming the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) for the problems of the Metro Rail Transit 3 (MRT 3) that have resulted in breakdowns and other issues in the operation of the train system.

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MANILA, Philippines — (UPDATE 2 – 2:10 p.m.) The P1 billion cut in the budget for contraceptives of the Department of Health has alarmed advocates of reproductive health. On Thursday, a day after Health Secretary Janette Garin made the revelation, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and PhilHealth Director Risa Hontiveros issued emailed statements expressing…

Labor-related questions never run out of style. I wish to answer some, if I may, this Sunday. Q. I am past 60, still agile and sharp. I have retired but my employer wants to hire me back as a consultant. I am still willing to work, although for lesser hours to have some retirement time.…

There are indeed so many aberrations in the coming presidential elections. Almost three months after the deadline for the filing of the Certificate of Candidacy for President (COC), we still do not have an official list of those qualified to run. This is quite unusual indeed especially considering that to be a qualified candidate for…

Philippine economic growth is forecast to slow to 5.8 percent in 2015 before recovering to 6.4 percent this year, the World Bank said in its latest report.

MANILA, Philippines – Total investments approved by the Board of Investments (BOI) and the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) recovered from 2014’s double-digit decline as these grew four percent last year on the back of sustained investor confidence in the country.

There are a lot of bad bosses out there. “As I like to say, there are different flavors of bad bosses,” adds Amy Gallo, an editor at the Harvard Business Review. When the flavor is “dumber than you,” it’s hard to know how to proceed. You don’t want to be disrespectful, but you don’t want…

The Philippine economy is expected to post growth of above 6 percent in the next three years, according to the World Bank. In its Global Economic Prospects (GEP) report, the Washington-based lender said the economy is expected to post a 6.4-percent growth in 2016 on the back of the May elections. Growth, however, is expected…

MANILA, Philippines — Remy Borlongan, 59, left the Philippines in April 1986, a couple of months after the Marcos dictatorship was toppled. Her husband had met an accident while riding a motorcycle. Not only was he unable to earn a living for their family, debts were also piling up. So even if it meant she…

MANILA, Philippines – Around 11.2 million Filipino families remained poor in the last quarter of 2015, the latest survey of the Social Weather Stations (SWS) shows, but that number is the lowest since 2011.

DAVAO City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte emerged as a possible presidential candidate last year largely due to insistent clamor from his supporters, who said that his successful campaign to keep crime incidence in the southern city to a minimum is precisely what should be replicated in the whole country. But after substituting as the presidential standard-bearer…

Does intensive internal training of employees lead to higher profits? In knowledge-based industries where the main asset is skilled professionals such as software engineers, the answer is yes, according to the research paper “Strategy, Human Capital Investments, Business Domain Capabilities, and Performance: A Study in the Global Software Services Industry,” by Joydeep Chatterjee, senior fellow…

THE PRICES of basic goods and services rose at their fastest pace in seven months last December, but at a rate that allowed the year 2015 to post the lowest full-year inflation of 1.4 percent in nearly three decades.

By Sanjena Sathian, January 6, 2016 Because redistribution of wealth can come in all shapes and sizes. Life at Jerry Kaplan’s home in Hillsborough, California, looks enviably comfortable: an automated gate, a stone fountain out front, a giant, Harry Potter–size chessboard in the side yard.

Aside from teaching, my work at De La Salle University (DLSU) involves creating and managing avenues for our industry partners to meet our new graduates and for the former to prefer them over their cohorts from other schools. This is a big challenge indeed as industry has its own character shaped by its raison d’être,…

For growth to go forward, it must be environmentally and socially concordant. The launch of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and agreements in Paris finally signalled the realisation that we can no longer achieve our economic ambitions by endangering the environment and society. But even as countries agreed on the need to nurture sustainability, it…

MANILA, Philippines – The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) believes the country’s sound macroeconomic fundamentals would serve as inherent stabilizers to fend off external shocks brought about by the normalization of interest rates in the US and China’s economic slowdown.

MANILA, Philippines – Inflation kicked up to a seven month high of 1.5 percent in December from 1.1 percent in November amid the continued increase in food prices, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported yesterday.

We are now in the last six months of the presidency of Benigno Aquino III. Final evaluation of his administration’s impact on the nation is premature.

MANILA, Philippines – A recruitment consultant warns that falling oil prices may result in lower deployment of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and a consequent decrease in dollar remittances as Middle East economies contract.

New infections in the country have skyrocketed, even as they’re declining worldwide. Cebu City, one of the hardest-hit areas, is struggling to control the drug use that’s spreading the virus. CEBU CITY, PHILIPPINES—The dealer’s hands move quickly as he dispenses small vials from the waistband of his shorts, his front pockets bulging from the weight…