INDIGENOUS peoples (IPs) in the country have called on the government to help them fight for their ancestral domain and give them their sense of belongingness in society.

In an effort to promote women’s human rights in the Philippines, it is now illegal to ban unmarried single mothers from enrolling in schools. The Philippine Commission on Women (PCW) and United Nations Development Programme unveiled Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act 9710, also known as the Magna Carta of Women (MCW), on…

OUR FOREFATHERS who wrote our first Constitution already foresaw the abuse of the people’s money such as that done by the board of trustees of the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) and other government-owned or controlled corporations. These trustees (who cannot be trusted) find it hard to resist the temptation to take advantage of…

WASHINGTON – Scientists from around the world are providing even more evidence of global warming, one day after President Barack Obama renewed his call for climate legislation.

MANILA, Philippines—Metro Manila residents, whether young or old, are still largely getting their information fix from newspapers, according to market research firm Synovate.

MANILA, Philippines—Malacañang yesterday said it was studying a proposal for the National Food Authority (NFA) to distribute surplus rice to poor households instead of leaving it to rot in warehouses.

MANILA, Philippines—The land for the housing project of employees and executives of Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) at the La Mesa watershed is bigger than Rizal Park.

PETITIONERS yesterday withdrew their case against the sex education curriculum in elementary and high school pending a review of the scheme by Education Secretary Armin A. Luistro.

I expect our friends in the media, especially in radio and print, as well as the block-timers and those in community newspapers, to monitor their own ranks. May you give life to the basic principle of your vocation: to explain vital issues; to be fair and truthful; and to raise the level of public discourse.…

“Pnoy the Magician” in bright yellow. This was how activists depicted President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino in effigy in last Monday’s annual State of the Nation street demonstration. They were proven prescient in more ways than one as soon as Mr. Aquino started delivering his SONA that turned out to be vintage smoke-and-mirrors demagoguery.

MANILA, Philippines (UPDATE) – The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has slapped charges against officials of a construction firm who have been accused of failing to supply accurate information on their income tax return and to pay taxes amounting to nearly P69 million.

NEW YORK — What a person does for a living could play in role in how they die, according to new research.

THE TRADE department will continue lobbying efforts for a bill filed in the US Congress that proposes to eliminate tariffs on Philippine-made garments, despite the change of leadership at the state agency, an official statement yesterday read.

MANILA, Philippines – Malacañang has again issued a revised version of Memorandum Circular 1 (MC 1), extending non-career officials holding Career Executive Service (CES) positions until October 31 of this year.

VISITING World Bank officials have raised concerns over the Philippines’ poor showing in global competitiveness surveys but President Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III assured them his administration would work to reverse the country’s low rankings, a Cabinet official said.

The Supreme Court (SC) has decided a labor case filed by sugar workers against the Central Azucarera de Tarlac (CAT) owned by the family of President Aquino, which decision ruled against the Cojuangco-Aquino clan’s sugar business, saying it acted in bad faith.

Passes off Noy’s misleading claims as Arroyo’s ‘lack of prudence’ Are their faces red, but they are still trying to save face by injecting a morality issue. Malacañang yesterday admitted that there was nothing anomalous after all in President Aquino’s claimed “shock and awe” expose against his predecessor, former President now Pampanga Rep. Gloria Arroyo,…

THE Aquino administration plans to increase the fares in the country’s mass rail systems, citing higher operational expense and subsidies from the government. “I think it is time for the fares to go up. [But] there will be a lot of factors to be considered.

THE overall crime incidence in the country has significantly dropped during the first six month of the year, according to the Philippine National Police (PNP). Crime data culled by the Directorate for Investigation and Detective Management showed that index crime or crime against persons sharply dropped to 66.84 percent and 71.31 percent for non-index crime…

MANILA, Philippines – Thousands of government workers, from Malacañang down to the line agencies, will be joining the ranks of around three million unemployed as the Memorandum Circular 1 (MC 1) of President Aquino extending their services expires today.

MANILA, Philippines – In what could be an early display of independence from the new administration, the Supreme Court (SC) has ruled against the sugar mill and refinery owned by President Aquino’s family in Tarlac.

MANILA, Philippines — The random manual audit of 1,145 clustered precincts showed that the audit of the presidential, vice-presidential, congressional, gubernatorial, and mayoral races held up against the accuracy rate determined by the National Statistics Office.

BACOLOD CITY, Philippines—The managements of various businesses will respect the order to implement a 15-peso wage increase in Western Visayas, Metro Bacolod Chamber of Commerce and Industry president Roberto Montelibano said on Wednesday.

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia—A Saudi cleric said only Muslim housemaids should be allowed in the oil-rich country and they should be kept segregated from men in the home, an online news site reported on Tuesday.

Supply chain management (SCM) has always been associated with large organizations (LOs). Although small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are part of the supply chain in both inbound and outbound logistics, focus on SCM has always been from the perspective of LOs.

Working environments are continuously changing with the introduction of new technologies, substances and work processes, changes in the structure of the workforce and the labour market, and new forms of employment and work organisation. New work situations bring new risks and challenges for workers and employers, which in turn demand political, administrative, technical and regulatory…

FLIGHT ATTENDANTS at Philippine Airlines (PAL) are planning to strike, accusing management of trying to impose a “discriminatory policy” lowering the retirement age to 40.

SEN. Edgardo Angara foresees the Philippines’ Real Estate Investment Trusts riding the crest of the wave amid bright prospects for REITs in Asia which, he noted, has outperformed similar investment instruments in other parts of the world.

The title of a Dow Jones article last July 22, “Philippines unveils plans to double investment proposals by 2014,” pointed to a key goal of the present national leadership.

MANILA, Philippines – Experts blame the government’s excessive importation for the volume of rice flooding the warehouse of the National Food Authority (NFA) and problems facing the country’s rice farmers.