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The Department of Interior and Local Government on Wednesday warned local government units not to collect pass-through tax, which is illegal.

FORMER employees of Philippine Airlines protesting their dismissal squared off with police Wednesday, who were sent to dismantle their camp near the company’s In-Flight Center at the airport, but both sides were armed with court orders.

QUEZON CITY  –  The Trade Union Congress Party (TUCP) through its Representative Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza today called on the Court of Appeals (CA) to reverse its ruling affirming the validity of the P14 billion settlement between the National Power Corp. (NPC) and Meralco in 2003.

EFFECTIVE corporate social responsibility programs must create a broader impact on the community, but laws must be in place to guide companies in the right direction, business heads and management experts said.

MANILA, Philippines – The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) welcomed the move of President Aquino giving it an additional P1.1 billion fund for the grant of technical-vocational education and training (TVET) scholarships.

MANILA, Philippines – Bayan Muna partylist Rep. Teddy Casiño said yesterday he would ask the Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Renewable Energy Board (NREB) to explain the supposed cap on the use of renewable energy (RE) sources, particularly on solar power.

THE Department of Education (DepEd) revealed on Wednesday that they were able to reduce the number of high school students dropping out with nearly 2,000 secondary schools nationwide registering a zero dropout rate this school year compared to 56 schools last year.

ASIDE from being the Director of the DTI Public Relations Office, I also head the Garments and Textile Industry Development Office (GTIDO) as its Executive Director. When I assumed office this year, it was right smack in the middle of a long-drawn out advocacy campaign for the SAVE Act which began in 2008. It is…

TAURANGA, New Zealand: A New Zealand court heard of fears for the safety of Filipino officers from a stricken container ship Wednesday as a firebrand politician told protesters its captain should “hang”.

DAVAO CITY (Mindanao Examiner / Oct. 20, 2011) – Communist rebels raided early Thursday a Japanese fruit firm in the southern Philippines, burning equipment and ransacked its arsenal, officials said.

The 1st Central Visayas Co-op Solidarity Council conference reels off today at the Waterfront Cebu City Hotel and Casino in barangay Lahug, a three-day activity that brings together more than 700 coop leaders from all over the central islands.

INVESTORS ARE WILLING to wait for government to finish a fresh round of reviews of the much-delayed public-private partnership (PPP) program, since the need for caution is understandable, top executives of financial firms said late last week.

FOREIGN BUSINESSES are pressing the government to enact a competition law that had eluded its predecessors due to reported strong lobbying by affected parties. In a press release, dated Oct. 14 but e-mailed to reporters only yesterday, the Joint Foreign Chambers of the Philippines (JFC) said such a law would help spur business activity in…

Criss-crossed by active faults and located in the “bulls-eye” of storms, the Philippines is the world’s third “riskiest” country and is more vulnerable to rising sea-levels, subsiding land and warming temperatures than Solomon Islands in the Pacific Ocean.

CEBU, Philippines – Central Visayas has one of the highest numbers of jobseekers through Public Employment Service Offices (PESOs) nationwide from January to September this year.

MANILA, Philippines – Over 15 million Filipinos still have no access to electricity, joining roughly 170 million more in the East Asia-Pacific region, according to a recent study by the World Bank and the Australian Agency for International Development.

MANILA, Philippines – Philippine canned tuna production has gone down by around 20 percent this year due to the high seas ban on tuna fishing.

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on Wednesday announced its online job fair schedule until the end of the year.

MANILA, Philippines – Merchandise exports are still expected to grow this year although at a much lower rate of only three percent from the original target of 10 percent , the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) reported yesterday.

MANILA, Philippines – Creating more jobs and assisting the country’s poorest sectors will help the Philippine government avert situations similar to the global protests against corporate greed, an official of the United Nations (UN) said yesterday.

MANILA, Philippines – Flag carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) is studying the filing of charges of economic sabotage against former employees who went on an illegal work stoppage last Sept. 27.

The Pasay City Regional Trial Court has issued a temporary restraining order prohibiting striking employees of the Philippine Airlines from holding demonstrations outside the In-Flight Center along MIA Road.

TERMINAL 1 of the Ninoy Aquino International has been voted the world’s worst airport this year—down from fifth worst in April—by the online guide to sleeping in airports (http://sleepinginairports.net).

MANILA, Philippines – Singaporean-owned Keppel Shipyard Inc. has evaded sanctions with the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) just ordering implementation of measures to prevent more accidents at its ship repair facility in Subic, Zambales.

With higher labor costs in China’s eastern coastal cities, attracting investors may be tough at this point. But then again, the investors they need are probably already there so that places like Shanghai and Guangdong don’t have to worry too much.

MANILA, Philippines – The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corp. (HSBC) forecasts the Philippine economy to grow by 4.8 percent in 2012 and by 4.6 percent in 2013.

MANILA, Philippines – The availability of jobs and steady source of income remains one of the country’s biggest challenges today. That is why Philex Mining Corp., which is committed to providing thousands of Filipino workers adequate jobs, particularly in the rural areas, have earned commendation from the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP).

In his second year in office, President Noynoy Aquino has to make his economic programs work or his legacy will be in jeopardy. Although the economy moved forward in the first year, public investment – on which the need to raise infrastructure facilities depends – was low and unable to achieve any good stride to…