MANILA, Philippines – The Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp. (PSALM), the government entity tasked to handle the privatization of National Power Corp. assets, said there is nothing illegal with the sale of the Angat hydroelectric power plant.

MANILA, Philippines – A recent survey by Pulse Asia that was released yesterday showed that Senators Ramon Revilla Jr. and Jinggoy Estrada remained as the top contenders in the senatorial race, with only nine days before the May 10 elections.

Two decades after the Aquino government successfully rammed through the first major revision of the country’s Labor Code to the detriment of workers’ rights, the Employers’ Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP) recently aired its desire to revise it anew. As with previous attempts to change the Labor Code, their stated reasons boil down to the…

Qualified Filipinos living in South Korea can now avail of Korean citizenship under its revised immigration law, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said yesterday.

Some 30 to 50 percent of the voters will surely be disenfranchised, as proved by the mock elections conducted by the Commission on Elections at the UNTV in Quezon City Thursday April 29.

Clark Freeport Zone and the Metro Clark Area benefited from the sound economic programs of the Philippine government despite the financial crisis last year as the state-owned firm bucked the odds and turned the crisis into investment and development opportunities.

There seems to be no point in celebrating Labor Day with the contractualization of workers in the Philippines going from lingering to worsening.

Conclusion Based on reports ABS-CBN 2 submitted to the Commission on Elections (Comelec), the party-list group AAPS, or the Association of Administrators, Professionals, and Seniors (formerly known as the Association of Retired Teachers or ART according to the group’s website) had already secured ad spots with the network giant until May 8, 2010, the end…

FORMER Defense Secretary Gilbert “Gibo” Teodoro, the administration party standard-bearer in the May 10 elections, has overtaken the two perceived frontrunners in the latest survey conducted by independent pollster Campaigns and Images Group (CIG).

Palace to let regional boards rule on labor’s salary demand Amid labor groups’ petition to increase their pay, Malacañang on Friday gave Regional Wage Boards (RWBs) the prerogative to decide on a wage hike, saying that there will be no declared pay raise on Labor Day, May 1, itself.

CEBU, Philippines – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is again searching for new batch of establishments and individuals for the seventh Gawad Kaligtasan at Kalusugan (GKK) award.

CEBU, Philippines – The Associated Labor Unions-Trade Union Congress of the Philippines has announced its support to Liberal Party standard bearer Senator Benigno “Noynoy” Quino and his runningmate Sen. Mar Roxas.

MANILA, Philippines – The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) yesterday called on the New People’s Army (NPA) to cease and desist from extorting money from politicians through so-called permits to campaign.

With the world just starting to emerge from the financial crisis, most workers, including those in the Philippines, are not demanding a wage increase as part of celebrations marking Labor Day. Instead the Philippine government has put together a package of non-wage benefits to ease the impact of slower global growth on workers. Benefits are…

MANILA, Philippines – Pulse Asia reported yesterday that its latest survey showed that 14 out of 187 party-list groups running in the May 10 elections have statistical chances of winning congressional seats.

The Trade Union Congress Party (TUCP Party List # 178) the largest worker’s party in the country and its sister organization the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) Labor Center led government, employer and union representatives and other sectors in calling for the ratification of ILO Convention No. 187 on Promotional Framework on Safety…

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MANILA Electric Co.’s first-quarter net income surged 127 percent to P2 billion from P900 million on higher charges and increased sales to industries as a result of the recovering economy, the company told the Stock Exchange Thursday.

WITH only 10 days left before elections, ousted President Joseph Estrada pulled even with Senator Manuel Villar Jr. for second place in the presidential race, 19 points behind frontrunner Benigno Aquino III, the latest Pulse Asia survey showed.

THE ARROYO GOVERNMENT has focused the last Labor Day celebration in its term on various ceremonies and activities to be held this Saturday at the SMX Convention Center in Pasay City, the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) said in press releases yesterday.

DUBAI (AP) — Reforms undertaken by governments in the Middle East to protect domestic workers from abuse are insufficient to shield women working as house maids from abuse and violence, Human Rights Watch said Thursday.

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MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Labor and Employment lamented on the non-cooperation of the victims of the recent construction site tragedies in Cebu City to their investigation.

MANILA, Philippines – Monetary authorities see merchandise exports and imports  accelerating at a faster pace this year after major markets led by the United States and  Japan were battered by the global economic crisis last year.

MANILA, Philippines – President Arroyo approved on Wednesday a landmark policy that sets a 12-year action plan that would help the country be resilient and adapt to the deadly effects of climate change.

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Thursday threw out a proposal to conduct a full parallel manual count for the 2010 national and local elections on May 10, saying that a parallel count is a “regressive step” that will only “introduce error and fraud” into the automated election system.

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THE horribly costly air war for the presidency has in recent weeks ceased being the exclusive domain of moneyed politicians and political parties.

The only son of late former President Corazon “Cory” Aquino appears headed for a landslide victory in next month’s elections, a survey said on Thursday.

Chances are by the time this column sees print, the Comelec may have decided that the idea of having a parallel manual count is an exercise in futility. Of course the Comelec has to be proper in its actions and its language. But just in case some holdouts decide to put up a fight, here’s…