MANILA, Philippines – As the Philippines prepares for ASEAN economic integration and its hosting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in 2015, just how far has it gone towards ensuring its competitiveness in the region? Several government agencies gathered at a “Take the Lead” public governance forum Friday to report how they’re faring in…

In a statement delivered to the 2014 Spring meetings of the IMF and the World Bank, the ILO Director-General warns of rising global unemployment and calls for measures to boost household purchasing power.

Despite high-profile arrests and a peace deal with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) over the past months, President Benigno Aquino III’s trust ratings dipped slightly in the first quarter of the year, pollster Pulse Asia revealed Thursday.

A comprehensive UN study whose results are yet to be disclosed warn that vehicles have emerged as the biggest source of threat to global climate change. Citing a “leaked” draft of the report, Bloomberg said the huge demand of consumer goods from countries like China, Brazil and India – which have to be delivered by…

In my recollection, no law in the present times has stirred up so much controversy and thrown the clergy and lay into a frenzy of moral didactics, the most destructive of which was calling proponents as caught in the devil’s snare, than the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act of 2012. For 14 years, family…

BAGUIO CITY, Philippines – With its legality upheld by the Supreme Court (SC), Republic Act 10354 or the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act can now be implemented.

MANILA, Philippines – Only a fifth of the country’s petroleum and gasoline importers made it to the list of top taxpayers in 2012, according to the government’s latest Tax Watch advertisement.

MANILA, Philippines — Recruitment website Jobstreet revealed the highest paying industries for fresh graduates in its Annual Salary Report. Basing on 2013 disclosures of companies hiring workers with new diplomas, Jobstreet said the travel and tourism industry pays the highest with an average salary of P20,600.

THE decision of the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) on the termination of all employees of Digital Telecommunications Philippines Inc. (Digitel), which was earlier purchased by the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT) under a share-swap agreement, bears watching, for it strikes at the heart of the security-of-tenure provision in the country’s labor laws. If…

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IMF sees uneven performance in the region MANILA, Philippines—Growth in Southeast Asia is expected to slump this year as the region struggles to keep up with the recovery of the rest of the continent, a new report by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said.

MANILA, Philippines – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) cut its projection for world economic growth as global activity slowed in the first quarter.

One of the most glaringly charged of all social issues concerns income inequality. A deep chasm divides opinion on how to address this issue among those who want to reform society.

MANILA, Philippines – Investment pledges approved by the Board of Investments (BOI) declined 52 percent in the first quarter from a year ago.

MANILA, Philippines — Manila is among the world’s least resilient cities due to its poor environmental and social adaptive capacity and high vulnerability, according to a British research firm.

The restrictive economic provisions of the 1987 Philippine Constitution will be the white dinosaur in the room when the ASEAN Economic Integration is launched in 2015. The Pearl of the Orient Seas is also Asia’s Old Man of the Sea.

Millions of Filipinos will finally have universal, free access to contraception and expanded reproductive health education NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–April 8, 2014. After more than a year deliberating the constitutionality of the country’s historic Reproductive Health Law passed in 2012, the Philippine Supreme Court has upheld the law.

BAGUIO CITY, Philippines – Long-time reproductive health (RH) advocate Chi Vallido’s daughter was still a young girl when Chi started lobbying for a law mandating universal access to contraceptives and RH services.

Calls to maximize the utility of older workers — by honoring experience, providing training opportunities, and offering flexible work and retirement options — began to sound at least a decade ago. HBR contributors have suggested we “retire retirement” and “adapt for an aging workforce.”

TWO casino workers were killed when the motorcycle they were riding was rammed by a Honda Civic sedan whose driver was supposed to pick up his father, a coworker of the two fatalities.

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MANILA, Philippines (Xinhua) – A mobile telecommunications service aimed at curbing the rise in HIV/AIDS in the Philippine capital region of Metro Manila was launched here today.

MANILA (Mindanao Examiner / Apr. 4, 2014) – A Filipino migrant group in Hong Kong has expressed alarm over the alarming crisis on condition of foreign household workers and urged policy-makers to rethink rules and seek ways to assist them.

How much do you know about asbestos? We would like to share some information during this special week of awareness. A few facts of interest Every year around three thousand people are diagnosed with mesothelioma, a deadly cancer caused by exposure to asbestos. On average, they are given ten months to live. Put it another…

MANILA, Philippines – Some Filipinos are now willing to work below minimum wage as long as they can earn money.

MANILA, Philippines – More workers are losing their jobs due to closure of companies nationwide, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) reported yesterday.

MANILA, Philippines—A 41-year-old worker was killed on Tuesday night after he fell from the seventh floor of a condominium in Quezon City that was under construction.

NEW YORK—In every region of America, white and Asian children—including Filipino-Americans—are far better positioned for success than black, Latino and American Indian children, according to a new report appealing for urgent action to bridge this racial gap.

The road to sustainable global growth—the policy agenda by Christine Lagarde Managing Director, International Monetary Fund School of Advanced International Studies Washington, DC, April 2, 2014 Webcast of the Speech Webcast As Prepared for Delivery Good morning. I would like to thank Provost Lieberman for his warm introduction. I am also appreciative of Dean Vali…

KORONADAL CITY, Philippines – The New People’s Army (NPA) in South Cotabato is reportedly hiring out-of-school youth and training them to fight the government, an Army official said yesterday.