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What can the Filipino public do to help curb the rising HIV/AIDS epidemic in the Philippines? MANILA, Philippines – The final Millennium Development Goals (MDG) report released by the United Nations (UN) in July 2015 showed that globally, new human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections declined by about 40% between 2000 and 2013.

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THE PHILIPPINES may grow at its slowest pace of below 5 percent for the first time in five years in 2016 as faltering China could lead Asia into a “protracted” growth crisis and the global economy into a recession, economists from global banking giant Citi said.

An official says nearly all outstanding issues have been dealt with, and that the negotiators are just completing details and reviewing the lengthy draft pact

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MANILA, Philippines – Losing more than P300 billion from natural disasters and calamities every year, the Philippines is at the forefront of a new global cooperation seeking to reduce financial vulnerabilities to natural catastrophes.

THE World Bank is now less optimistic on the growth of the Philippine economy on account of the ill effects of El Niño and the negative impact of China’s slowdown on trade and tourism.

‘Complainants could not object to terms of their contracts because initially, they needed a job to support themselves and/or their families,’ the decision reads MANILA, Philippines – Current and former media workers protesting against GMA-7 secured yet another legal victory, as the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) ruled that they are regular employees of the…

World Leaders React to Trade Agreement ATLANTA — The United States, Japan and 10 other Pacific Rim nations on Monday reached final agreement on the largest regional trade accord in history, teeing up what could be the toughest fight President Obama will face in his final year in office: securing approval from Congress.

Are you feeling drained? Do you get tired easily? Are you getting irritated by everything and anything at work? You may need some time off.

MANILA, Philippines – The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) has defended a special provision in the proposed 2016 national budget allowing state universities and colleges (SUCs) to tap students for voluntary construction work.

A boy carries a bundle of plastic bags at a slum area in payatas, Quezon city.. pHOTO By Miguel De Guzman Jojo is a 14 year-old student from Taguig City in Metro Manila.

16 countries want to prohibit genetically modified crops Sixteen countries have alerted the European Union that they want to opt out of E.U.-approved GM crops.

A 22-year-old construction worker died of electrocution at a construction site in Quezon City Tuesday afternoon, police said yesterday.

Last Sept. 15, the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) and the German-Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GPCCI) signed a memorandum of agreement to support dualized training in the Philippines.

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Education (DepEd) has issued a set of guidelines to institutionalize the process of partnership-building activities in connection with the implementation of the K to 12 program.

MANILA, Philippines – After moving five notches higher in the latest World Economic Forum Global Competitiveness Index, the Philippines will now embark on a more ambitious task of breaching the top 30 most competitive economies in the world.

The new levels of the minimum allowable wage and food allowance will apply to all foreign domestic helper contracts signed on or after October 1

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines submitted to the United Nations on Thursday its initial commitments to address climate change including a 70-percent reduction of carbon emissions by 2030.

MANILA, Philippines – Reports that the government has failed to implement laws against child labor are baseless, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said yesterday.

With just about one more month to go before the heads of 21 member-countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) meet in Metro Manila, the atmosphere in the metro is slowly getting into the frenzy of preparations for the two-day event.

Women remain underrepresented across organizations—especially at senior levels of leadership—a new survey by LeanIn.Org and McKinsey finds. September 2015 From entry level to the C-suite, women are underrepresented at US corporations, less likely to advance than men, and face more barriers to senior leadership. In fact, at the rate of progress of the past three…

Come ASEAN integration by yearend, the Philippines will have the most uninviting tax system in the region MANILA, Philippines – The 19-year-old personal and corporate income tax systems of the Philippines are the “most uninviting and out of date” among the Association of the Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) economies, several economists said.

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FROM THE JANUARY–FEBRUARY 2014 ISSUE The study: Nicholas Bloom and graduate student James Liang, who is also a cofounder of the Chinese travel website Ctrip, gave the staff at Ctrip’s call center the opportunity to volunteer to work from home for nine months. Half the volunteers were allowed to telecommute; the rest remained in the…

MORE PEOPLE ARE WORKING REMOTELY THAN EVER BEFORE. HERE’S HOW TO DO IT EFFECTIVELY. Where are you working right now? On your sofa? In a coffee shop with your earbuds in? From your tablet on an outdoor patio? If you work virtually—that is, “telecommute”—you’re part of a fast-growing trend in the modern workforce. But like…

Public sector workers under the Employees’ Compensation Program will enjoy a 10% increase in their monthly pension.