Genius, as Thomas A. Edison famously declared, may be 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration. But building a company employees truly love reverses the equation: it’s almost all inspiration, and sweat has only a little to do with it. This is the unexpected conclusion of new research from Bain & Company, conducted in conjunction with the…
Known for its vibrant services sector, the Philippines has what it takes to become Southeast Asia’s production hub once the regional integration kicks in by the end of the year, a new report said.
About six in 10 Filipino voters rated themselves poor, according to the latest survey of the Social Weather Stations (SWS).
One of the top reasons employees leave a company is lack of recognition, according to a study from Accenture. Yet employees still feel under appreciated. Whether bosses simply lack the time necessary to reward employees or they simply have no idea what combination of words their employees want, lack of recognition is a problem.
BOOST TRADE, INVESTMENTS WITH 28-MEMBER BLOC THE PHILIPPINES is hoping to start by early next year the formal negotiations with the European Union on a free-trade agreement (FTA), a move that will dovetail with the country’s aggressive thrust toward further solidifying its ties with Europe.
The International Monetary Fund, the global entity otherwise known as the IMF, recently made an important comment: “There is concrete risk of a world economy persistently mired in sub-par growth, with unacceptably high levels of poverty and unemployment.”
The Philippines is making significant strides in its pursuit of free trade agreements (FTA) with Europe as several major developments are seen happening before the current administration steps down from office next year.
THE PHILIPPINES will remain among the fastest-growing economies in East Asia and the Pacific this year, the World Bank said in its latest flagship report, citing an improvement in what had weighed on the country’s output: government spending.
MANILA, Philippines – Even in the presence of advanced technology to gather evidence of cybercrime, state investigators still find it hard to quickly resolve these cases.
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) yesterday expressed concern over the rising cases of HIV/AIDS in the country, saying that this threatens the blood supply.
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MANILA, Philippines – The Asia-Pacific region is facing a “hidden epidemic” of HIV among adolescents with around 220,000 infected teens, according to a new report of the Asia-Pacific Inter-Agency Task Team on Young Key Populations.
The Philippines is experiencing a fast growing HIV epidemic among key populations, particularly men who have sex with men, people who inject drugs and freelance sex workers. A programme review of the health sector response to HIV reported that the current response is insufficient to convert the rising epidemic.
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MANILA, Philippines – A 22-year-old worker died and another was injured when 47 panels of window glass fell on them in Binondo, Manila Saturday.
Search for people at risk crucial amid ‘high-level HIV epidemic’ in Cebu IN 2011, the Philippines adopted the “Asean Declaration of Commitment: Getting to Zero New HIV Infections, Zero Discrimination, Zero Aids-Related Deaths.” This, after the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ (Asean) first regional report on the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) revealed that HIV affected…
The number of Filipinos afflicted with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is expected to increase fivefold and reach over 130,000 in the next seven years, the Department of Health (DOH) warned.
World AIDS Day is a time to celebrate progress and remember that there is still much to be done, says UNDP Administrator Helen Clark MANILA, Philippines – The spotlight is on the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) on Tuesday, December 1 as different groups around the world commemorate the World AIDS…
The Philippines is one of the only nine countries in the world with increasing HIV cases, and the number of new cases has been rising alarmingly.
Department of Health (DOH) spokesperson Dr. Lyndon Lee Suy on World AIDS Day revealed that unprotected penetrative sex is still the leading cause of human immunodeficiency virus infection and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) in the Philippines.
Women and girls face a great risk of reproductive health-related illnesses and death due to the lack of protection in conflict zones and in times of disasters. The world needs to take action to ensure they feel safe.
IF the trend in online hiring is to be used as basis, the country is still far from solving its problem on job-skill mismatch, a phenomenon that the government and private sector already noticed and sought to address since the early 2000s.
Paper presented by TUCP President RUBEN D. TORRES at the JILAF INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM Tokyo, Japan, December 2015 Read the paper here.
Giving syringes to drug users to stop spread of HIV prickly issue IN EARLY 2014, Dr. Alice Utlang started work at the Cebu City Office for Substance Abuse Prevention (Cosap) at the Cebu City Health Department building. A curious sight immediately met Cosap’s new executive director: the long line of people outside the CebuPlus Association…
President Aquino was reported to have lobbied President Obama for US support to our bid for inclusion in the Trans Pacific Partnership or TPP and got a polite response. Secretaries Purisima of Finance and Domingo of Trade and Industry both emphasized that our export sector will be disadvantaged if we are left out of the…
MANILA, Philippines – More children and young people are getting infected with human immunodefiency virus (HIV), the Department of Health (DOH) said yesterday.
MANILA, Philippines – The House committee on housing and urban development has approved a resolution that seeks to extend the government’s regulation of rent for two more years to protect home renters from sudden rental increases.
MANILA, Philippines – Independent government researchers have found the state’s medical infrastructure programs to be plagued with serious flaws and lack of strategic directions and gaps.