MANILA, Philippines – A coalition of 19 party-list organizations including thousands of urban poor residents in Tondo, Manila declared their support for administration candidate Gilberto “Gibo” Teodoro Jr.

MANILA, Philippines – Fears of election failure intensified yesterday after some of the precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machines to be used by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) failed test runs in some parts of the country, prompting a stop to the testing and a recall of the machines.

Palace order expanding power subsidy outside ecozones being drafted EXPORTERS ARE SEEKING subsidized power costs for those operating outside economic zones, officials of a private-public sector group said.

EXCESSIVE government spending for election-related projects will trigger inflation and higher deficit, Nacionalista Party senatorial bet Gwen Pimentel warned on Friday.

Long before the myth of man-made global warming came on the scene, a more pervasive and potentially destructive idea began 200 years ago—the myth of overpopulation.

THE Climate Change Commission (CCC) recently forged ties with top ventilating, air-conditioning and refrigerating engineers in the country to promote “green infrastructure” by setting new standards on energy-efficient buildings and rating system to reduce greenhouse-gas (GHG) emission and combat global warming.

NONE of the above. That’s how many Filipinos responded recently when I asked who they planned to vote for in the May 10 presidential election. Their ambivalence seems equally directed at frontrunner Benigno Aquino III, his closest rival Manuel Villar, and Joseph Estrada, who’s third in surveys.

CEBU, Philippines – The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines has come up with a policy wish list it wants voters to consider in casting their ballots on May 10.

THE Philippines, along with strife-torn Thailand, are unattractive destinations for global executives planning to invest in Southeast Asia this year, according to an international consulting firm.

Chastised, LP bet gives new spin to people power protest Former Philippine leader Joseph Estrada insisted yesterday he could cause a major upset and win next week’s presidential election, as he slammed the Liberal Party (LP) standard bearer for threatening a popular uprising if he loses the elections.

BY PERSIDA ACOSTA Dear PAO, I just want to know if I am entitled to have a separation pay even if I resigned because of personal reasons? I worked for 4 years in a private firm (trading company) in Makati City. Scorpio Girl

The weapon, lacking serial numbers, was stenciled with information that it was made in a nonexistent place called “Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Canada.” It cost about $75, half the price of an imported, licensed equivalent.

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THE PHILIPPINES could become Southeast Asia’s hub for automotive part manufacturing under the new Motor Vehicle Development Program recently laid down by Executive Order 877, a group of car and parts manufacturers yesterday said.

Cebu City – A Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) Region 7 official admitted the agency can only conduct at least one routine inspection of firms a year in the region to see if such firms are complying with labor regulations. This is far from ideal, according to DoLE 7 Regional Director Elias Cayanong, but…

SALES IN THE COUNTRY of personal computers are projected to hit $3.9 billion by 2014 from $2.4 billion this year, driven by rising incomes, continued strength of business process outsourcing (BPO), state programs to computerize public services and schools, as well as resumption of system upgrades firms had put off amid the economic slump.

Introspective — By Romeo L. Bernardo Economic issues for next president Conclusion The author moderated the discussion by a panel of economists in the 9th Ayala Corporation-UP School of Economics Lecture Series last April 14. The panel was composed of former Economic Planning Secretary Philip Medalla, former Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno, former Agriculture UndersecretaryArsi Balisacan,…

RP aims to be removed from US piracy watch list by next year … But setting up special courts to handle infringement cases may take some time THE PHILIPPINES is batting to be removed from the United States’ annual watch list of countries notorious for copyright piracy by 2011 after it figured once again in…

Is there a global standard for gender equality? Could we use such a standard to hold companies accountable for their progress toward providing men and women with equal opportunities?

THE Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) has called on government to impose stricter measures on private employers who disregard the safety and health of workers, after the tally of accidents in 22 worksites totaled 51 deaths and eight injuries since January this year.

An Aquino presidency will be open to “the idea of nuclear power in general” but may not necessarily buy the notion of reviving the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) that his mother mothballed in 1986 because of still-unresolved issues, Liberal Party (LP)standard-bearer Sen. Benigno Aquino III said yesterday.

CEBU, Philippines – The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines is urging companies to be proactive in protecting their workers by complying strictly with safety and health standards to avoid accidents and deaths.

Without demeaning Filipino labor, its strength and voice through the years has increasingly been diminished and silenced. This year, sans the din of election campaigning, we note that there are fewer workers who would march the streets or lay their lives for the cause.

MANILA, Philippines – The Social Security System (SSS), the state-owned pension fund for private employees, said it has collected a total of P127.74 million in overdue contributions from delinquent employers.

MANILA, Philippines – State-run firms remitted P316 million in dividends to the National Government in the first quarter of the year, more than double the amount remitted in the same period last year.

After contracting 4.5 percent, the operating income of local banks and financial institutions grew 7.1 percent last year to P315.7 billion, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) data released recently showed.

The country’s chronic reliance on remittances from Filipinos working overseas or the so-called overseas Filipino workers (OFW) resulted in the Philippines slipping eight notches in the ranking of countries based on growth opportunities.

Today is a non-working holiday by virtue of Proclamation 2043 issued on April 28. Like many other people with five-day workweeks from Monday to Friday, I personally benefited from the non-working holiday proclamation. An extra day off is always welcome particularly at this time when the heat is more oppressive than usual and given the…

OUSTED President Joseph Estrada overtook Senator Manuel Villar Jr. for second place in the presidential race, while frontrunner Benigno Aquino III maintained his lead, the latest Manila Standard survey showed.

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Energy (DOE) has finalized the 2009-2030 Philippine Energy Plan (PEP), a blueprint of the energy development undertaking of the country over the next two decades.