The latest Makati Business Club (MBC) survey has shown that a majority of the group’s members prefer Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino 3rd to any of his rivals for the presidency, with Gilbert “Gibo” Teodoro Jr. coming a far second.

ALMOST eight out of 10 Filipinos of  voting age believe that candidates  who will be elected on May 10 should also have an agenda for better health services by the government.

MORE than 30 percent of poor Filipinos own a cellular phone, but most of them do not have access to sanitary toilets and electricity, according to the National Statistics Office (NSO).

CEBU, Philippines – The Department of Health is urging the Department of Education to integrate sex education into the curricula in schools across the country focusing on the modes of transmission and prevention and control of Human Immunodeficiency-Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (HIV-Aids).

MANILA, Philippines – A consumer advocate has urged Malacañang and the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to investigate the huge price spikes at the country’s wholesale electricity spot market (WESM).

MANILA, Philippines – Investment bank Barclays Capital sees the amount of money sent home by Filipinos abroad growing by double-digit level this year due to a strong demand for skilled Filipino workers and the recovering global economy.

Capacity Building Seminar on the Freedom of Association, Collective Bargaining and Labor Law implementation in the Philippine Economic Zones Closing Message by FUR-TUCP Executive Vice President ARTURO BASEA 23 April 2010, PHINMA Training Center, Tagaytay City On behalf of the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines, our members, their families and our partners, I would…

When an employer says “flexible working” and “work-life balance,” they can mean something different from the employee’s definition.

The TUCP Party-List has called the Bureau of Customs incompetent and inutile in stamping out the rampant sugar smuggling that hurts the local sugar industry, most especially the poor sugar farmers and producers, a press release from the group said.

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — Thermal plants are still the best solution to the Mindanao power problem in the long run, Energy Secretary Jose C. Ibazeta said here on Monday during a consultation with stakeholders.

PRESS RELEASE HON. RAYMOND DEMOCRITO C. MENDOZA        April 23, 2010 Trade Union Congress Party-List (TUCP) TUCP-PGEA Compound, Maharlika cor. Masaya Streets, Diliman, Quezon City Tel/Fax: (632) 351-3757/924-7551 TUCP Party-List donated ambulances in Cebu The Trade Union Congress Party (TUCP), the largest worker’s party in the country recently donated one brand new Kia ambulance each…

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines ranks fourth in Southeast Asia as one of the sources of Internet threats in the region and 10th in the Asia-Pacific and Japan (APJ), according to a report by a software giant.

WASHINGTON – Delaying financial reform could put the global economic recovery at risk, a group of 24 developing nations warned on Thursday as they called for “vigorous” implementation of reforms.

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AMERICAN companies are expected to infuse more investments in the Philippines after the May 10 national elections, the American Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines said Wednesday.

Chairman Emmanuel Y. Angeles of the Commission on Higher Education in a follow-up orientation met on April 15 60 chairmen and members of the Technical Panels for Health Related Programs, Information Technology Education and Science and Mathematics. Chairman Angeles presented his plan for Philippine Education for the next 6 years (2010 to 2016) and labeled…

AMID the scramble to get a piece of the Export Support Fund (ESF), the government on Thursday said the promised state aid for exporters no longer exists.

The Philippines could ship more sugar to the US, after the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) reallocated to 25 countries this fiscal year’s unused quota on imported raw cane sugar.

MANILA, Philippines – The military is planning to file before international bodies a complaint against the communist insurgents who launched a landmine attack that killed four policemen in Antipolo City, Rizal last Tuesday.

REPUBLIC Act 10055, or the Philippine Technology Transfer Act of 2009, was signed into law days before the recess both in the Senate and the House of the Representatives.

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines is one of six major energy-using countries in East Asia that could stabilize their greenhouse gas emissions by 2025 without compromising growth, according to a new World Bank report.

MANILA, Philippines – Lakas-Kampi-CMD presidential candidate and former defense secretary Gilberto “Gibo” Teodoro Jr., and Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino former President Joseph Estrada are dominating mock polls in Metro Manila’s slum districts, newly-formed “Green Army Brigades” (GAB) bared yesterday.

MANILA, Philippines – Nearly six of every 10 Filipinos or 59 percent disapprove of President Arroyo’s performance, her highest disapproval score since March 2001, according to a survey by Pulse Asia.

PRESS RELEASE HON. RAYMOND DEMOCRITO C. MENDOZA               April 23, 2010 Trade Union Congress Party-List (TUCP) TUCP-PGEA Compound, Maharlika cor. Masaya Streets, Diliman, Quezon City Tel/Fax: (632) 351-3757/924-7551 TUCP hit ECOP over wage hike The Trade Union Congress Party (TUCP) reiterates its call for approval of a P75 across-the-board wage hike in NCR pending before the…

In a previous column, I mentioned that we made a study and conducted a workshop on the barriers to the entry of foreign investments in the Philippines. I’ll expound further on one topic we took up—infrastructure—and our recommendations on how to get more investments into the sector.

JAKARTA – Thousands of furious Indonesian factory workers set fire to cars and a warehouse Thursday after an Indian company executive called them “stupid,” police and media reports said.

UNIVERSAL PRESS SYNDICATE I thought at first it was a joke. “The European Union [EU] has declared traveling a human right, and is launching a scheme to subsidize vacations with taxpayers’ dollars” for the poor, the elderly, for young people ages 18 to 25, for the disabled and others with undefined social distresses, the press…

It’s very true, as the National Economic Development Authority warns, the Philippines will be hurt economically by the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) between the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and Taiwan (which still calls itself the ROC or Republic of China). The ECFA draft could be be signed in June.

KEY ISSUES AND RESPONSES ON THE REALIZATION OF FOA, CB AND LABOR LAW IMPLEMENTATION IN THE PHILIPPINE ECONOMIC ZONES By LIKHA-TUCP President and TUCP Vice President JESUS VILLAMOR 22 April 2010, PHINMA Training Center, Tagaytay City Key issues and responses on the realization of FOA, CB and labor law implement in the Philippine ecozones, LIKHA-TUCP…

Dear PAO, I am a new business owner with a staff of four. My questions are: 1) Am I exempted from paying holiday pay since my business is a service establishment? 2) If I am not exempted, how much will I pay to my employees during regular holidays? 3) What are the regular holidays in…