MANILA, Philippines – The Supreme Court upheld an order of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) in 2008 to temporarily suspended the conversion of farmlands for commercial use.

MANILA, Philippines—Who are the rich? Are they the ones who go to Belo for specialized services? Driving a Lexus, BMW and the like? How rich is rich? Do they also eat galunggong (round scad) and NFA rice like most of us? And do they pay taxes? How much?

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MANILA, Philippines – Richard Palikpik was one of the 92,000 nursing graduates who took the licensure examinations on Saturday. Palikpik said he spent the last 3 months reviewing for the exam.

HANOI—The Association of Southeast Asian Nations will set up a financial surveillance office that will monitor countries within the region that are in danger of falling into recession.

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An improbable presidential candidate only a year before, Benigno Simeon Aquino 3rd, has ascended the pinnacle of power as the country’s 15th head of state. In inauguration ceremonies marked by exuberant celebration of a people-powered campaign and pregnant with high hopes for the future, “P-Noy,” the new president’s preferred appellation, signaled a dramatic departure from…

President Benigno Aquino 3rd should make known his intentions on Constitutional amendments, if any, while it is still early in his administration, highly respected political scientist Dr. Jose Abueva, former president of the University of the Philippines and now president of Kalayaan College, told The Manila Times.

WHILE his promise to speed up government service by cutting red tape and slowing down wang wang wielding officials have gained brownie points from the public, the business community has reminded President Benigno Aquino 3rd to make true his words of not imposing new taxes in the drive to improve revenue collections.

The President’s three prime tasks PRESIDENT Gloria Arroyo has left her successor a dysfunctional state, falling global competitiveness and continuing mass poverty. Can President Benigno Aquino 3rd begin to set things right?

Time is within your control. You’re probably asking, “How can you control time in a 24/7 environment?” Winners carry this secret with them all the time: Each man is given exactly 24 hours a day, but it’s how time is spent or wasted that spells success, mediocrity or failure.

Policies harm spiritual, emotional and physical well-being of millions Religious leaders have fought to end slavery, segregation and denying women the right to vote. They have championed labor laws, affordable housing and national health insurance. Yet the voices of faith today are silent against the unjust gain of the credit card industry.

Advice from the people who know best: customers and those in customer service Customer service – good and bad – is a concerl all Filipinos have, whether as a a customer or as employees wishing to improve their careers. Over half of all employed Filipinos are in the services sector, according to the National Statistics…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Fears that the economic recovery is fizzling grew Thursday after the government and private sector issued weak reports on a number of fronts: Unemployment claims are up, home sales are plunging without government incentives and manufacturing growth is slowing.

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MANILA, Philippines – Keen on creating jobs here at home, President Benigno Aquino III underscored in his inaugural address the need to provide an environment conducive to business in the country, so Filipinos need not look for jobs abroad.

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) yesterday released the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of the order granting the P22 daily minimum wage increase for workers in Metro Manila, with businesses given 75 days from the publication of the guidelines to seek exemption.

GRAPHIC ARTISTS and information technology professionals can soon avail of job opportunities in game development processing as the country positions itself to become an animation design destination.

Contrary to what the Commission on Elections (Comelec) and Smartmatic-TIM Corp., the service provider, claim, the National Citizens’ Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel), in its report released yesterday, said the May 10 elections were not as transparent and secure.

Former President Arroyo, today a bonafide congressman representing Pampanga’s second district, has caused a political stir in her recent move of filing a resolution in the House of Representatives calling for a constitutional change through a constitutional convention (con-con), succeeding in getting her political foes and allies to react and take her seriously in her…

LEARNING & INNOVATION Last column we shared with you some characterizations made by Dr./Professors Ernesto Franco and Tomas Andres of Filipino management styles. Today let’s discuss the Filipino working style. I am not sure who did this research but I found these notes from seminars I’ve attended. I will try to explain them as best…

Dear PAO, I have been a college professor for more than a decade. My husband and I have been separated for seven years. Almost two years ago, I engaged in a relationship with another man and I am now pregnant. My husband is now living with his new “wife.” He has not been seeing our…

Malacañang on Friday said that President Benigno Aquino 3rd was considering proposed amendments to the 1987 Constitution.

MANILA, Philippines – Private economists see a marginally higher inflation rate this year and next year due to stronger-than-expected economic growth in the first quarter as well as the slight increase in the pump prices of petroluem products as well as commodity prices, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) reported yesterday.

In the past week alone, the New York Stock Exchange dropped 300 points. Markets in both Europe and Asia were in retreat. In our own market, the expected post-inauguration bounce did not happen. On the day after an orderly transfer of power happened, three days of gains were wiped out in one session at the…

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama called for an end to political posturing and special interest wrangling in this midterm election year so the US immigration system can be fixed, a move that could benefit hundreds of thousands of Filipinos overstaying their visas or waiting to join their relatives here.

MANILA, Philippines – Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman re-filed yesterday his controversial Reproductive Health (RH) bill, which seeks a national family planning policy to make life better for Filipinos.

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THE COMMISSION on Elections (Comelec) will coordinate with Education officials to include voter education in the curriculum, a poll official said yesterday, in preparation for the October elections for barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan officials.