MAJORITY, if not all, of the 800,000 Filipinos based in Sabah may be sent back to the Philippines on the premise that they had acquired their Malaysian citizenship illegally over the past 20 years under a controversial systematic granting of citizenship to foreigners dubbed Project IC (identity cards). Project IC, which is blamed on former…

ENTERTAINMENT Gateway Group Inc. (EGG), a subsidiary of Globe Telecom, together with the Commission on Filipinos Overseas (CFO) has come up with text-based 1343 Action Line Against Human Trafficking to combat the growing number of the said criminal activities in the country.

It is not correct to say that the 40 richest Filipino families own 76 percent of our nation’s gross domestic product (GDP). I have recently been widely misquoted as having said so. What I did say, and had first explained in this space nine months ago (“Economic growth for all,” 6/26/12), was that the growth…

Philippine consumer prices is seen to climb slightly in 2013 as the inflation rate is expected to average at 3.8 percent, according to the latest report of the state think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS).

THE CENTRAL BANK must put more teeth in its foreign exchange policy, economists yesterday urged, before an overvalued peso causes the collapse of local industry.

(Financial Times) — Stagnation and political turmoil erode region’s global relevance Although it may not feel like it if you are living in Europe or the US or Japan, it is quite possible that the global economy will expand at a faster rate this decade than in any of the previous three.

FOREIGN DIRECT investments (FDI) surprised on the upside in 2012, breaching the full-year forecast, as strong economic growth and low inflation attracted capital to the Philippines.

MANILA, Philippines – It was a fitting way to celebrate Women’s Day. A group of more than 500 people from various sectors of government and NGOs gathered together, most of them dressed in purple, for a public consultation regarding the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of the Reproductive Health (RH) Law.

MANILA, Philippines – More than 140 million girls will become child brides between 2011 and 2020, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) said yesterday.

THE government has dashed all hopes of private-sector participation in the proposed expansion and modernization program of Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT 3).

“ANGEL of Little Children” ART BY GCF (1998) How could you not learn! You just open your eyes and your ears—all the material is in front of you. Even the songs are dripping with sex info. No longer is it necessary to experience it in a movie house in the KKK (kataas-taasang, kasulok-sulukang, kadilim-dilimang) seat.…

BAGUIO CITY, Philippines–The exposure of students to the Internet and their perceptions about careers and an unstable job market may shape how those among them of eligible age would vote in the May 2010 elections.

PLASTIC fantastic or personal loan – the debate over which is the best way to borrow has never been greater.

MANILA, Philippines—Don’t use the students and out of school youth that will be hired under the government’s summer jobs program for political activities.

DOLE, DOE issue orders after deadly landslide in EDC complex in Leyte TACLOBAN CITY—The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in Eastern Visayas and the Department of Energy (DOE) have ordered an indefinite stop to work on the site of a landslide in Energy Development Corp.’s (EDC) geothermal complex in Kananga, Leyte.

Southern hospitality, cost of living and central location luring call centers to DFW Customer service call center jobs, long outsourced to workers overseas, are coming back to the United States and bringing employment opportunities to the Metroplex.

THE DEPARTMENT of Labor and Employment (DoLE) yesterday said it wishes to reach 180,000 beneficiaries under the Special Program for the Employment of Students (SPES) this year, up from its target of 140,000 in 2012.

Most PH firms now hiring as they gear up for expansion Now is the best time to go job hunting in the Philippines because most local companies are planning to expand their businesses this year, according to JobStreet.com.

The Philippines needs to achieve more reforms in trade to better participate in the upcoming ASEAN Economic Community (AEC), Asian Development Bank (ADB) representatives said in a live chat event on Thursday.

Timeline of the Sabah crisis (UPDATED March 13, 2013) – Sabah on Borneo island has been the subject of a tug-of-war between descendants of a Sulu sultan and Malaysia. The crisis took a violent turn this month after Malaysian troops attacked members of the Sultanate of Sulu who arrived in Sabah on Feb. 14 to…

Malaya Business News Online – Philippine Business News | Online News PhilippinesMalaya Business News Online – Philippine Business News | Online News PhilippinesCredit rating agency Standard and Poor’s (S&P) yesterday announced it has revised higher growth prospects for the Philippines and other countries in the Asia-Pacific region.

MANILA, Philippines – To scale up educational and training programs and equip employable talent pool with industry-standard skills, the Business Processing Association of the Philippines (BPAP) and Commission on Higher Education (CHED) signed a memorandum of agreement to integrate the Service Management Program (SMP) course into the curriculum of 13 state universities and colleges (SUCs).

MANILA, Philippines – A crisis management committee activated by President Aquino when the Sabah stand-off began has drawn up contingency plans in case of forced deportation or mass evacuation of an estimated 500,000 Filipinos from the disputed territory.

MANILA, Philippines – With its glistening white, powdery sand, the Philippines’ Boracay Island has been named best beach in Asia for 2013. Participants in a poll on popular online travel guide Trip-Advisor described Boracay as “a stunningly beautiful white powder sand beach (with) crystal clear, warm water that you can laze on for days on…

MANILA, Philippines – The Supreme Court (SC) has junked with finality petitions filed by several groups seeking to stop political dynasties.

Purisima said: “ If you are not a part of global supply chains, then you will probably be not competitive and you’ll probably be out of the loop.” Finance Secretary Cesar Purisima said that there is a need to put up more infrastructure, improve the cost of doing business in the country, and invest in…

INSTEAD of my column, I have reproduced below “The Catholic Vote, Anyone?,” an essay written by Ramon D. Echica, PhD. The opinions expressed in this essay assume great significance to me because he is Dean of Studies of San Carlos Major Seminary in Cebu. In other words, he is a priest. He received his doctorate…

The Board of Investments (BOI) has removed microenterprises from the list of businesses that can qualify for tax and other perks under this year’s Investment Priorities Plan (IPP). A microenterprise is a business that has assets of under P3 million and so is the most feasible that the poor can put up.

IN 2011, the Philippine government targeted a budget deficit of ₱290 billion, equivalent to 3.2% of gross domestic product (GDP). It was so slow in implementing authorized public projects, that it ended up with a deficit of ₱197.8 billion, or ₱92.2 billion lower. By any standard, 2011 was a bad year. But 2012 was not…

LONDON — As western economies hit another pothole in their stuttering post-crisis recoveries, pressure to step up economic policy intervention to tackle entrenched unemployment may be building.