MANILA, Philippines – The vice-chairman of the Climate Change Commission on Monday warned that using foreign loans or grants dedicated to climate change to plug the budget deficit could undermine the entire Philippine climate mitigation and adaptation strategy.

The 18th International   AIDS Conference started this Sunday, July 18, 2010  in Vienna. Over 20,000 people working in the area of HIV, including policymakers, legislators, researchers and people living with HIV from 190 countries are joining the conference. The theme for this year’s conference is Rights Here Rights Now, which emphasizes the central importance of…

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Mainstream media have followed up PeNoy Aquino’s announce-ment of his Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor) privatization plan with massive propaganda. Their argument is that since any game of chance is immoral and unproductive, and since Pagcor, the largest gambling operation run by government, is riddled with corruption, that state-owned enterprise needs to be privatized.…

THE Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) raised its forecast for exports and imports growth this year on the back of the better-than-expected expansion in the first quarter. BSP Deputy Gov. Diwa Guini-gundo told reporters that exports would likely grow by 15 percent, up from an earlier forecast of 12 percent.

The change at the top of the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) offers new hope for thousands of past and present state employees. Under various computerization programs instituted by Winston Garcia, GSIS president and general manager from 2001 to last month, grave problems have hampered services and pension payments to countless fund members.

Dear PAO, I am an employee of an agency deployed in a company to which the former has a contract with. Accordingly, the contract of employer-agency will not be renewed by the company where I am deployed. Apparently, all of us deployed employees will be absorbed by the incoming agency.

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Amilitant transport group has expressed optimism that the administration of President Benigno Aquino 3rd would be more open in addressing issues hounding the transport sector, particularly repeal of the oil deregulation law and permanent junking of the controversial Radio Frequency Identification System (RFID) of the Land Transportation Office (LTO). The Pagkakaisa ng mga Samahan ng…

MANILA, Philippines – The government must remove focus on the grant of incentives as investors are more interested on the ease of doing business in the country, an Asian Institute of Management (AIM) official said.

MANILA, Philippines – The number of Filipino nurses seeking employment in the United States continues to drop dramatically, the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) reported yesterday.

MANILA, Philippines – The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) yesterday called on the new chairman of the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) to fully disclose the condition of the fund’s Global Investment Program (GIP).

MANILA, Philippines – Business executives in the Philippines are most insecure that their operations might move to other countries.

MANILA, Philippines – No stranger to the tourism industry, Secretary Alberto Lim vows to provide more tourism-driven jobs in the countryside to contribute to the government’s efforts to eradicate poverty.

Have you ever experienced bullying in the office, avoiding a coworker because of a discourteous behavior or worse a boss who chews you or a co-worker out on a regular basis? Then perhaps we could relegate this to desk rage?

As we write today, the business of doing business continues to change at head-snapping speed. In many parts of the world, employer-employee relationships are continually influenced by the dictates of the market. Where we sit, employer-employee relationship continues to be governed by rules that were set almost 40 years ago.

Provocative new research shows that treating people with the AIDS virus can provide a powerful bonus: It cuts the risk that they will infect others.

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY—While the world’s leaders are scratching their heads and expensive think tanks wrack their brains trying to find answers to global warming and food security, a nongovernment organization here is propagating a solution that hit these two problems at one go, but has not talked much about its successes.

Here’s one which the Office of the President and the soon-to-be-organized Truth Commission and even the fact-finding unit of the Ombudsman may want to look into soonest.

Poultry raisers said over the weekend that the subsector will not achieve a 20-percent increase in broiler production this year, because of the El Niño weather phenomenon and the importation and smuggling of cheaper alternatives to local chicken.

TO promote transparency and accountability in public-private partnerships, the Philippine Constructors Association (PCA) Inc. is urging the Aquino administration to revise the joint-venture guidelines created by the Arroyo administration.

MANILA, Philippines – It’s the third time around in the Cabinet for Budget Secretary Florencio “Butch” Abad, after being part of the official family of former Presidents Corazon Aquino and Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.

MANILA, Philippines – Mention Albay and immediately abaca comes to mind, in addition to the picturesque perfect-cone Mayon Volcano, the iconic tourist attraction in this charming province in the Bicol region.

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines has been ranked the third cheapest tourist destination in Southeast Asia, a survey made by one of the leading financial publications in Asia showed.

IF anyone needed any more indication that things have not quite gone back to normal in Europe—where some experts warn that any success in blocking new stimulus programs and tougher banking regulations could lead to a double-dip recession, or even a full-blown depression—the best place to look for confirmation is the migrant- worker sector.

THIS SUMMER was unusually hot, with temperatures soaring to record highs. What was even more unusual was the way power bills shot through the roof, particularly in April. For the first time, many customers of Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) saw their bill for the month double, even at around the same level of consumption as…

MANILA, Philippines—France has discontinued the issuance of the so-called blue cards which granted highly skilled foreign workers easier entry into the country, French Ambassador to the Philippines Thierry Borja de Mozota said.

COLLEAGUES AND FRIENDS are surprised to learn that my family of five pays less than P2,000 a month for electricity.

Malacañang’s new Communications Group has started to hit the ground running on its bid to promote a two-way communication stream between the government and the public through a “feedback mechanism.”

THERE is nothing wrong with an only child. Against the conventional wisdom that an only child can grow up “selfish, spoiled and lonely,” recent studies show that this is not so. As Time magazine put it in its latest report, “the economy is sluggish . . . Expenses are up. And raising kids costs a…