I fully agree with Senator Santiago: “There are alarmist calls borne out of superstition and ignorance that we should stop all talk in operating the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant. Let us be very, very careful with our facts”. The facts are that there have been only a few nuclear accidents. One was Chernobyl where some…

My deep sympathies to my Japanese friends and the Japanese people generally. What a most horrendous disaster. One can hardly encompass it. Do you realize that the impact is now at the level of the whole Philippine economy for a year? An economy of US$190 billion is being approached by losses in Japan now estimated…

MANILA, Philippines (PNA) — The Department of Health (DOH) continues to rally behind giving couples an informed choice in choosing the number, spacing, and timing of their children.

CEBU, Philippines – Several groups which composed the Catholics for Reproductive Health (C4RH) held their national teleconference in major cities of Manila, Baguio, Davao and Cebu to show that majority of Filipino Catholics are clamoring for RH services contrary to the claim of the Church hierarchy.

Until last week, it seemed like nuclear energy was going to experience a return to favor. Even the Obama administration was looking at nuclear energy as the cheap and clean alternative to coal in this era that’s super conscious of the serious impact of greenhouse gases on our weather patterns.

Partly-list group United Transport Koalisyon (1-Utak) yesterday asked for government assistance to help drivers and operators of public utility vehicles cope with the increasing oil prices and the projected drop in passenger load.

MANILA, Philippines – The net inflow of foreign portfolio investments or “hot money” jumped 135 percent in the first two months of the year due to a surge in investments in shares listed at the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) and peso-denominated government securities as investors continued to place their funds in high-yielding investment instruments, the…

An alliance of Filipino migrants group in the Middle East yesterday scored the Aquino government’s declaration on “voluntary repatriation at OFWs own expense,” saying this is a disservice to the sector that is helping the economy being kept afloat through their billions of remittances and fees and exactions imposed by the government.

THE Aquino administration has proposed the establishment of a nuclear power plant in its Medium Term Philippine Development Plan (MTPDP) for 2011-2016, according to the country’s socioeconomic planning chief.

Traditional solutions only solve traditional problems. In the case of solving the problem of high fuel prices, traditional politicians as well as government officials need to sit down with oil industry players in order to develop mutually beneficial and acceptable solutions because at the end of the day, they are ALL part of the problem…

IF your cable TV was tuned in to ANC Wednesday morning, the rest of your day was probably ruined by Secretary Mario Montejo of the Department of Science and Technology (DOTC).

MANILA, Philippines –  Party list group 1 Utak sought yesterday government intervention in the rising prices of oil.

MANILA, Philippines –  President Aquino will not support the revival of the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP).

Jakarta (The Jakarta Post/ANN) – Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei – three ASEAN countries that receive large numbers of migrant workers from their neighbors – will likely remain reluctant to discuss migrant worker issues at ASEAN ministers’ meetings, a senior Indonesian government official says. However, the countries would not rule out discussing the issue altogether, especially…

MANILA, Bulletin – The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) came out yesterday with regulations exempting from income tax certain financial benefits received by employees from their employers.

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on Wednesday again banned the deployment of overseas Filipino workers (OFW) in Bahrain following the growing political tension there.

BEIJING (AFP) – The atomic crisis sparked by Japan’s massive earthquake and tsunami is throwing a spotlight on energy-hungry China’s own plans to build dozens of nuclear power plants despite questions over safety.

MANILA, Philippines – Proposals for a national identification (ID) system never got to see the light of day, so to speak, due to stiff opposition from sectors who fear it may infringe on the rights of citizens.

Federal Express managing director for Indonesia and the Philippines Rhicke Jennings informed us that Fedex will be coming back to the Philippines with plans to increase its presence in the country. In 2009, Fedex closed its Asian hub in Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority or SBMA – the first time the delivery giant ever closed a…

CEBU, Philippines – Social Security System-Cebu branch manager Mario V. Corro clarified that self-employed and voluntary-paying members who are delinquent in the payment of their loans are not included in the penalty condonation program offered by the government insurance system.

MANILA, Philippines – Why has science and mathematics education in the Philippines deteriorated? According to a University of the Philippines (UP) expert, this is because local education persisted in using an obsolete discipline-based curriculum in math and science (which is mostly by rote and without much inquiry and high level of thinking) already rejected as…

MANILA, Philippines –  Amid the developing nuclear crisis in Japan, Science Secretary Mario Montejo expressed support for the opening of the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) but stressed safety precautions should be implemented.

SINGAPORE: Asia is poised for another year of solid growth in 2011 even if the impact of the killer earthquake and tsunami on Japan remains unclear, Standard and Poor’s (S&P) said Wednesday.

MANILA, Philippines –  Malacañang said yesterday it would repatriate overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Bahrain who may want to go home, but will not yet resort to forced evacuation and repatriation despite the declaration of martial law in that country.

PARIS: Following is a primer on the health consequences of exposure to radiation: Radiation risk Three things, say experts, determine whether a blast of radiation will be harmless, debilitating or lethal—the intensity of exposure, its duration and access to treatment. Radioactive fallout includes caesium 137, a long-term element and iodine, a short-term element. Intensity of…

MANILA, Philippines – British banking giant Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corp. (HSBC) downplayed the impact of the violence in the Middle East and North African (MENA) states on the growth of remittances from overseas Filipino workers (OFWs).

MANILA, Philippines – Investing in the world’s 1.2 billion adolescents aged 10 to 19 now can break entrenched cycles of poverty and inequity, and reduce the risk of HIV in the Philippines.

A prolonged crisis in Japan as a result of the multiple disasters that hit it will slow down the supply chain for electronics including that to the Philippines which relies heavily on Japanese raw materials for its semiconductors, its biggest export product, the Semiconductor Electronics Industries in the Philippines Inc. (Seipi) said yesterday.