(Updated 2:48 p.m.) Saying the road to recovery will be long, the International Federation of Red Cross, which includes the Philippine Red Cross, and Red Crescent Societies are now laying out a three-year recovery plan costing 320 million Swiss francs (P16 billion) for victims of super Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan).

MANILA – Jueteng whistle-blower Sandra Cam has a list of lawmakers who benefited from the P10-billion pork barrel scam and 80 percent of the names on her list are allies of President Benigno Aquino.

Arab states comprising the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) are tightening their medical screening process for newly arriving expatriates to prevent the entry of communicable diseases, a Saudi Arabian news site reported Monday.

NAGA CITY, Philippines—They were only selling perfumes and books online and earning commissions from it, protested the 84 workers and managers of Digital Minds, who were arrested when police swooped down on their company on Thursday.

‘Sextortionists’ in PH blamed for Scot’s death MANILA, Philippines—The leaders of the international “sextortion” ring that has victims all over the world have been identified, but Philippine authorities will not disclose their identities just yet as they are still being hunted down.

MANILA, Philippines—The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has put up women-friendly spaces (WFS) in evacuation centers in Roxas City, Capiz, to make women evacuees productive.

TORONTO – Bugan Wigan could handle the hard work packing fruit and cleaning hotel rooms, and the crushing debt she owed recruiters who found her jobs. But a backlash against the foreign worker program that brought her to Canada means the clock is ticking on her ability to support her family in the Philippines.

The Philippines has long been known as the Catholic Church’s Asian stronghold, but a new birth control law highlights an increasingly liberal shift that could next see divorce legalized, activists and religious leaders say.

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines would have to ease restrictions in the economic provisions of the Constitution for it to be able to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), an emerging trade bloc that accounts for a third of world trade, foreign business leaders said yesterday.

MANILA, Philippines – Foreign portfolio investments have started returning to the country in early April, data from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas showed.

According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, antibiotic resistance has been called one of the world’s most pressing public health problem and has become the office’s top concern.

SUBIC, Zambales , Philippines– A worker died from burns in the latest accident that occurred at the Hanjin shipyard here, hospital sources said yesterday.

MANILA, Philippines – An organization looking after the welfare of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) has started an online petition in Change.org asking Congress to enact a law that will ban age discrimination in workplaces nationwide.

MANILA — A worker was hurt after the newly constructed flood wall in Casilik Creek in Juan Luna Bridge in Gagalangin, Tondo in Manila collapsed Sunday.

THE SUPREME COURT (SC) has upheld a Manila court’s ruling which ordered the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (PAGCOR) to allow two casino operators to resume normal operations whose licenses were revoked for its alleged failure in fulfilling investment commitments.

THE INTERNATIONAL Monetary Fund (IMF) has made a renewed push for legislated fiscal measures, citing the need for reforms to widen the Philippine government’s revenue base.

DAVAO CITY — Businesses in this city are losing an estimated P46 million daily from the six-hour rotational brownout currently applied by Davao Light and Power Co.

THE NATIONAL Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) urged its partner institutions to align their programs with the Philippine Development Plan (PDP) 2011-2016 to help the country achieve its goal of inclusive growth.

MANILA, Philippines—Communist rebels seized dozens of prospectors in a remote Philippine gold rush site and used them as “human shields” against pursuing troops, a military official said on Sunday.

‘As a nation, we can do so much more to show the world that we are a country that values gender equality but in the small communities we serve, I believe we are off to a good start’ The Philippines, if not the world, has come a long way in empowering women.

By: Allan Macatuno – Correspondent, INQInquirer Central Luzon, May 03, 2014 SUBIC, Zambales – A worker died from severe burns on May 1, Labor Day, in the latest accident that struck the Hanjin shipyard here, reports said.

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Providing employees with a social “mission” in their jobs doesn’t increase their effort: In an experiment in which workers could generate donations to NGOs of their choice, people whose jobs had a mission made no more effort than purely self-interested workers, say Sebastian Fehrler of the University of Zurich and Michael Kosfeld of Goethe University…

MANILA, Philippines – The campaign for workers’ rights is now in social media. Unified hashtag #May1Fight aims to consolidate online discussion on yesterday’s Labor Day activities. However, social media will not be used as an alternative to protest actions, but a complementary move to disseminate information about the struggles of workers.

58 Filipinos are arrested in Taguig, Laguna and the Bicol region for their involvement in an online scam on Facebook that caused the death of at least one teenager in Scotland MANILA, Philippines (4th UPDATE) – “Kill yourself mate,” the message read. And so he did. In July 2013, 17-year-old British national Daniel Perry jumped…

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An infographic posted by ASEAN DNA shows what most Pinoy netizens already know to be true: Internet speed in the Philippines is the slowest in the whole Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

(Last of two parts) Ronald has been working for a real estate company for 14 years, but he was never quite sure if he was ever on the employees’ list.

MANILA, Philippines — (UPDATE 2 – 1:33 p.m.) Fifty-eight people have been arrested in the Philippines for their involvement in a giant, global Internet “sextortion” network, local police and Interpol announced in a joint press conference on Friday.

MANILA, Philippines—The good news on total fertility rate (TFR) in the Philippines is that it has been cut by more than half in a span of five decades. The bad news is that it remains the highest among the 10 member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean).