The consensus among Filipinos seems to be that the recent automated and electronic counting and canvassing and transmission of results of our May 10 national and local elections were a good step toward the right direction. Though E-voting (electronic voting) is relatively new to the Philippines, it has been around since the 80s.

THE Commission on Elections (Comelec), Malacañang Palace and the leaders of both houses of Congress are all agreed—as most of the Filipino people seem to—that the May 10 elections were a success. They have declared that the first Automated Election System (AES) experience of the Filipinos resulted in credible elections. And Comelec is now deciding…

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Agriculture is setting up 84 units of automatic weather stations (AWS) and upgrading its 10 agro-meteorological (agromet) sites nationwide as part of the government’s sustained initiatives for the agriculture and fisheries sector to better adapt to climate change.

MANILA, Philippines – Over 200 environment officials and experts from Asia and Europe have cited the reforestation program of the Philippines, tagging it as one of the “low carbon pioneers” in the world in efforts to confront the challenges of climate change.

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine Bamboo Industry Development Council (PBIDC) has been created by Executive Order No. 879 to help strengthen the bamboo industry in the country.

BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines –  Environmental activists expressed alarm over the series of killings of known anti-mining crusaders in Cagayan, the latest of which took place on the eve of the election against a local leader of the Alyansa Tigil Muna.

MANILA, Philippines – Four laborers working on a 27-floor condominium project’s elevator system were killed while another worker was severely injured after falling several floors below at the height of the heavy downpour on Friday night in Quezon City.

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines is one of the countries in Asia where HIV/AIDS cases are increasing at an alarming rate, an official of the World Health Organization (WHO) said Friday night.

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SAYS JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER MANILA, Philippines—Japan should “open up” to the world once more, including to more non-Japanese nurses, Japan’s Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said in a speech during the Sixteenth International Conference on the Future of Asia hosted by the Nihon Keizai Shimbun on May 20.

Further adjustments likely following surprising Q1 GDP result EXPORT GROWTH TARGETS have been revised upwards on the back of strong orders and could be hiked further following the economy’s better-than-expected performance in the first quarter.

THE PHILIPPINES is backing an updated Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) work program aimed at increasing competitiveness, with the country wanting to increase deployment of skilled workers.

THE FINANCE department has drawn up a “wish list” for the incoming administration in the hope that fiscal consolidation will continue to be pursued. The items form part of a transition report submitted last May 21 to Malacañang for forwarding to the next Palace occupant.

AS in past election years, the Philippine economy surged in the first quarter of this year with a 7.3-percent growth, driven by the massive spending that accompanies every election, whether from government or otherwise. Also a factor but to a lesser extent has been the general recovery in rich economies from the global financial crisis,…

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Pushing Philippines Towards Equitable Progress Welcome Remarks for TUCP By TUCP General Secretary Ernesto F. Herrera DOLE Undersecretary Baldoz, JILAF Executive Director-General Takahashi, Labor Attache Jono, JILAF friends, Participants, Guests —

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said that the inflation would remain stable despite the country’s anticipated economic expansion in the coming quarters.

FOREIGN investment pledges approved by the country’s investment promotion agencies (IPAs) surged twelve times in the first quarter compared to the same period a year ago, the government said.

MANILA, Philippines – Employment and investments in the country are expected to surge after the signing of the Australia New Zealand Free trade Area (AANZFTA), the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said yesterday.

We got a glimpse into the reproductive health concerns of president-elect Noynoy Aquino, which concerns are the needed shot in the arm in the long-festering issue of lack of a national population policy. During the campaign period, Aquino had expressed favoring reproductive health, a position that was perceived to not sit well with the Roman…

MANILA, Philippines – The Supreme Court (SC) has affirmed its 2007 decision upholding the ruling to include sugar lands in the coverage of the government’s Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP).

By choosing their friends wisely, they survive-amazingly WHAT IS PEER pressure? “It’s the ever-present impulse to fit in with ‘popular’ people,” says 13-year-old E. Claire, an incoming high school freshman in an exclusive girls’ school in Metro Manila.

MANILA, Philippines—Four laborers working on a condominium project’s elevator system were killed Friday evening in Quezon City when the frame they were standing on on the building’s 27th floor gave way at the height of a rainstorm, police and witnesses said.

NATIONAL FORUM ON LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT DEVELOPMENTS (IN CELEBRATION OF 34TH TUCP ANNIVERSARY) 14 DECEMBER 2009, OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH CENTER (OSHC), QUEZON CITY

Financial independence can be both a blessing and a burden. If you just graduated from college and already have a job lined up, you’re no doubt breathing a huge sigh of relief. Too many of your friends are leaving school for an uncertain future filled with job applications, unpaid internships and frequent loans from the…

Calamities to blame MANILA, Philippines—Poverty incidence is likely to have remained at one-third of the total population in 2009 as efforts to lift income levels were negated by natural calamities and the global recession, according to the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB).

MANILA, Philippines—Advocates of the reproductive health bill are bullish about the prospects of passing the controversial measure in the new Congress, hopefully with a little help from presumptive president-elect Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III.

MANILA, Philippines—Three women and two men claiming to have strong connections for securing party-list seats at P10 million to P15 million each were arrested in an entrapment operation at a hotel in Manila by the National Bureau of Investigation Thursday.

MANILA, Philippines – A street in Makati City has practically been turned into a “drive thru” for people looking for household helpers.

Ask a Manager: call center job misery By Ask a Manager As part of being a call center agent, I’m expected to maintain certain stats. One of them is called “accountable time,” which means the amount of time you were clocked in vs the amount of time you were logged in on the phone. …