MANILA, Philippines – After leaving the presidency, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo continues to walk the corridors of power, but this time in the halls of Congress, after making an unprecedented move of running for – and winning – a lower position as congresswoman of Pampanga in the last May elections.

MANILA, Philippines – Public Works Secretary Rogelio Singson spent the first six months of his term implementing reforms in the agency often rated as the most corrupt and controversial.

Asean members this year will attempt to build on free trade gains, but investment liberalisation will be a challenge Another challenging year has begun for Asean nations looking to affirm their cooperation and integrity in a concerted effort to speed up talks on further free trade pacts covering investment and services after the six original…

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MANILA, Philippines — Mandaluyong City Mayor Benjamin Abalos on Monday said he has asked call center companies to have their employees undergo lectures on HIV and AIDS.

BELIEVE it or not, 2010 may be considered as a year of changes. Well, at least, in the National Government.

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Another commerce ministry official said, also on condition of anonymity, that a long pending proposal for a Ceca with Indonesia may be reopened during the visit of Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in January.

REGULATORS in the Philippines, regardless of the state of the microfinance elsewhere, insist on the continued robustness of an industry worth some $30 billion globally and around P7 billion within the country’s borders.

MANILA, Philippines – A member of the Quezon City council is seeking stricter monitoring and testing of men and women working as night club entertainers in the city following reports of rising cases of sexually transmitted diseases.

MANILA, Philippines – Commercial and universal, and the smaller thrift banks’ credit card loans or credit card receivables (CCRs) increased by 2.9 percent as of September last year to P133.9 billion compared to the same period in 2009, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said in a press release.

LUZON could face three-hour blackouts this year if the power demand reaches a peak of 7,900 megawatts and power plants break down, while the summer is likely to bring water shortages later in the year, an official told the Manila Standard.

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on Sunday reported a high compliance rate of the private sector in the minimum wages set by the various Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPBs).

Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz bared that employers in Malta, a small country in the Mediterranean, have expressed desire to hire Filipino caregivers, seafarers and service industry workers.

The operations of some of the 157 government-owned and controlled corporations (GOCCs) will be placed in another round of scrutiny by the Senate.

THE Department of Trade and Indus try (DTI) said it would unveil a new incentives tack that would reward investments that generate “more value-added” to the economy. “While investment figures and growth numbers have to be tracked, we have to look for a better measure of the performance of IPAs,” DTI Secretary Gregory Domingo said,…

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Finance (DOF) prefers an expansion of the discount on senior citizens’ purchase of medicines over an expanded value-added tax (VAT) exemption.

THE Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has started implementing its new anti-insurgency strategy aimed at winning the hearts and minds of the people rather than directly confronting the enemy, to achieve peace and stability and finally put an end to the 40-year communist insurgency. The new Internal Peace and Security Plan (IPSP), dubbed as…

MANILA, Philippines – Combined investments approved by the Board of Investments (BOI) and the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) reached P503.39 billion in 2010 as the electronics and manufacturing sector continued to remain strong.

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Budget and Management is preparing a budget execution strategy for an additional P21 billion worth of conditional cash transfer (CCT) program to be distributed by the Departments of Social Welfare and Development, Education and Health.

MANILA, Philippines—On a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being the most alarming, the HIV-AIDS problem in the Philippines is now pegged at five.

MANILA, Philippines – More Filipino nurses are likely to pass Japan’s licensure examination and get employed in that country this year, the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) said yesterday.

MANILA, Philippines – The year 2010, which follows a year of destructive typhoons, became a challenge for the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to mitigate the effects of natural disasters in the country.

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MANILA, Philippines—On a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being the most alarming, the HIV-AIDS problem in the Philippines is now “five nationally.”

MANILA, Philippines – Senator Pia Cayetano vowed Sunday to push through with more public hearings this year on the controversial reproductive health (RH) bill even if the measure is not part of the priority legislative agenda of the current Senate leadership.

(First of Two Parts) MANILA, Philippines – If the majority of Filipinos are hopeful for a better 2011, it is also clear they want out of the “kulelat” (tailender) position to which the Philippines had been relegated during the Arroyo years. In its 2009 Human Development Index, the UN ranked the Philippines 105 out of…

MANILA, Philippines—Local telecommunication giant Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. has swiftly struck what was described by the company chief as a “solid and mutually acceptable” collective bargaining agreement (CBA) with its employees.

IN 2010, the economy of Central Luzon recovered from the previous year’s slump, according to the regional office of the National Economic and Development Authority (Neda).