The Supreme Court ruling on the validity of the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 (Republic Act 10175) will be studied as a landmark case dealing with modern everyday information and communication technologies (ICTs) such as the Internet, cellular phones, and social media.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRLog (Press Release) – Feb. 23, 2014 – QUEZON CITY, Philippines — Over 300 Filipino nurses from all over the world gathered for the first ever Global Summit of Filipino Nurses 2014 last January at the Manila Hotel in the Philippines. With the theme “Filipino Nurses Worldwide: Unite for Global Health and…

Government was caught napping. That is the emerging conclusion from parallel Senate and House inquiries into the record-high electricity price surge last November.

Doing business is not easy. I used to be in manufacturing and retail. Today I am in consultancy. Every time I get to meet my former competitors the first thing they tell me is, “Francis, it’s a good thing you got out. You made the right decision.”

MOSCOW — Russia and two of its ex-Soviet neighbors are set to impose a ban on certain types of lace panties, sparking public fury and even a lingerie-themed street protest.

APARRI, Cagayan: The Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) have put a stop to all illegal black sand mining operations in this province’s coastline, some of which have been suspended indefinitely pending review of several mining firms’ applications and operations.

PRESIDENT Aquino’s confidence that there is no risk of overheating in Southeast Asia’s fastest-growing economy isn’t reflected in the country’s bond market. Sovereign peso notes fell 5 percent in three months in local-currency terms, the most among 32 emerging-market indexes tracked by Bloomberg, while the Philippines currency dropped 2 percent against the dollar. Inflation quickened…

To help alleviate the traffic build up that is expected as a result of major infrastructure projects such as the Skyway 3 and the NAIA expressway, Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Francis Tolentino has proposed the adoption of a four-day school week. Many were quick to shoot down the proposal. Officials of the Coordinating…

For Dr. Bien Nillos, being healthcare provider in an environment with limited resources is a challenge. As part of Doctors to the Barrios (DTTB) Batch 23, Nillos was assigned as municipal health officer in Candoni, Negros Occidental, from 2007 to 2009, serving around 27,000 people scattered across a wide area which only has a small…

After the controversy over data caps imposed by Globe Telecom and Smart Communications, another issue is hounding giant telcos in the Philippines, this time with Long Term Evolution (LTE) standard in the mobile network technology, also known as 4G.

A robust business process outsourcing (BPO) sector—which is expected to remain strong in 2014—will drive the real estate industry further up this year. The country’s outsourcing industry will still be one of the best in Asia. CBRE Philippines said that as more occupiers relocate to the country, expansionary growth in Metro Manila’s fringes and provinces…

RESTORING FORESTS. The National Greening Program aims to plant 1.5 billion trees in 1.5 hectares from 2011 to 2016. Photo from the National Greening Program websiteRESTORING FORESTS. The National Greening Program aims to plant 1.5 billion trees in 1.5 hectares from 2011 to 2016. Photo from the National Greening Program website

The Supreme Court ruling on the Cybercrime Law tries to strike a delicate balance between protecting public interest and civil liberties. All 15 justices unanimously decided that sections 12 (real-time collection of traffic data), 19 (restricting or blocking access to computer data), and 4(c)(3) on unsolicited commercial communications were unconstitutional. They were however split on…

CEBU, Philippines – Two people died while two others were hospitalized because of alleged gas poisoning yesterday afternoon in Talisay City.

MANILA, Philippines—A Constitution where the economic provisions could be amended by law and subject to the whims of Congress could lead to instability, according to local employers and private school associations opposed to the mode of Charter change being proposed by House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte.

MONEY, investments and almost every other decision we make in life are based on our perception of reality, not on reality itself. You married your spouse because of your perception that he or she is the best person to spend the rest of your life with. You bought that new shirt and pair of shoes…

MANILA, Philippines – Private schools turned down yesterday the proposed four-day school week that was seen to help ease traffic congestion in the metropolis during the construction of major roads this year.

Four mining companies may have their operations suspended over nickel contamination in the town of Sta. Cruz in Zambales since last year.

Marriage is not always “happy ever after” in the Philippines. Data from the Philippine Statistics Authority indicated that one out of five married couples in the country are in splitsville, GMA News’ 24 Oras reported Thursday.

MANILA, Philippines – UN-sanctioned International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will send a team to the Philippines next month for a workshop on the prospects of developing nuclear power plants in the country and help power regulators craft a bill on nuclear energy, a Department of Energy (DOE) official said.

NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Economic growth and more widespread education – their impact often blunted by cultural constraints – have not proved to be the silver bullets once expected to end the inequality of women in the world of work, according to a study released by the World Bank on Thursday.

MANILA – Taxpayers are no longer required to disclose their passive incomes when they file income tax returns in April. The Bureau of Internal Revenue on February 11 issued Revenue Memorandum Circular No. 9-2014, making optional the disclosure of information pertaining to taxpayers’ passive income for calendar year 2013.

CONGESTION: The road network of the metropolis can be likened to the plumbing of a building and the circulatory system of the body. At some point and for various reasons, the flow of vehicles, of water and of blood could be impeded, causing traffic or flow problems of varying degrees and consequences.

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Philippines (UPDATED) – With Malaysia tightening its policies on immigrants, at least 1,113 Filipinos working and residing in Sabah were deported and are presently staying in an evacuation center in Bongao, Tawi-Tawi.

PARIS – Growth in advanced economies slowed down slightly in 2013 from output in 2012, the OECD said on Wednesday. These latest statistics on OECD-member countries bear out the struggling and fragile nature of recovery from recession in many countries which analysts have been underlining for several months.

SC says Internet libel in cybercrime law constitutional The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) on Wednesday said the Philippine Supreme Court’s (SC) decision to uphold the constitutionality of the law on online libel could stifle freedom of expression.

MANILA, Philippines—The Philippine electronics sector will push for more value-added activities, develop new growth areas and further enhance the industry’s competitiveness, as it targets to hit $37 billion in export revenues by 2016.

Walter Friedman, director of the Business History Initiative at Harvard Business School, on the pioneers of market prediction. For more, read his book, Fortune Tellers: The Story of America’s First Economic Forecasters.

MANILA, Philippines – Earth Hour Philippines and the World Wide Fund for Nature – Philippines (WWF-Philippines) has launched a campaign to deliver 600 fiberglass fishing boats to fishing communities in Palawan and Leyte that were hit by supertyphoon Yolanda.

Every few years, the city of Hong Kong is rocked by news that another foreign domestic worker has been badly abused by her employer. Last month, 23-year-old Erwiana Sulistyaningsih told authorities that she had been beaten daily, hit with mops, rulers, and clothes hangers until she could no longer walk.