MANILA, Philippines – Entities blacklisted by key development banks will find themselves excluded from dealing with other multilateral lenders under an anti-corruption pact signed last Friday.

MANILA, Philippines – The number of banks in the country was reduced by 33 last year as the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) continued to encourage major players to consolidate to boost the industry’s capital and client base as well as asset quality.

MANILA, Philippines – Corporate and individual borrowers continued to enjoy lower rates as banks have slashed interest rates by 2.22 percentage points since the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) started its easing cycle to boost the economy.

MANILA, Philippines – The country is asked to consider steps towards extending universal social protection to help unemployed persons cope with the impact of the global crisis.

MANILA, Philippines — Bad news from the health department’s National Epidemiology Center (NEC). The number of HIV-AIDS cases in the country, which have been “steadily climbing since 2007,” may breach the 6,000-mark in 2010 for the first time since the country started recording HIV-AIDS cases in the mid-1980s.

ONLINE job postings grew at a slower pace in March from a year ago, weighed down by fewer job vacancies in the service sector and getting help mainly from a revival in the manufacturing sector. Data provided by: The Job Availability Index — a statistical measure using the total number of job placements at JobStreet.com…

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HANOI, Vietnam—Street vendor Ta Thi Huong has never heard of the “Asean Community” which Southeast Asian leaders spent two days last week trying to refine.

Five KN ‘champions’ are sicced on KAYA Natin!, the organization that first began as a project of the Ateneo University’s School of Government to promote ethical politics and good governance, has become openly partisan—while not in the least shedding off its moral crusade. It supports the Liberal Party’s (LP) presidential and vice presidential candidates and…

MANILA, Philippines – Liberal Party (LP) vice presidential candidate Sen. Manuel “Mar” Roxas II said the Philippine economy needs no magic formula to grow and improve.

BACOLOD CITY, Philippines—The Central Negros Electric Cooperative will consult local government leaders before tapping temporary replacement power to mitigate frequent power outages because this would cost consumers P1.40 more per kilowatt hour.

MANILA, Philippines – Filipinos are the least likely to end a business relationship despite bad customer service compared with counterparts in three other Southeast Asian countries, an online survey by a Singaporean firm found.

Former President Joseph Estrada, the Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino (PMP) standard bearer, yesterday expressed sheer frustration over the current power crisis the country is being hit with, what with daily two-hour brownouts being experienced in Metro Manila and, worse, with longer brownouts in Mindanao and the Visayas.

CEBU, Philippines – The Cebu City Police Office will file criminal charges against the owner of the construction firm, employer of the five construction workers who died in last Tuesday’s tragedy in barangay Tisa.

BLOGGER Pierre Tito Galla said many candidates are often caught off-guard by the kinds of questions that come up in these meet-and-greets, having gotten used to the “chummier” and more deferential questions of traditional journalists.

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Based on a United Nations data, approximately 2.3-million liters of water is used daily by an 18-hole golf course.

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More than 500,000 Filipinos overseas are expected to troop to Philippine polling stations abroad for the national elections beginning April 10 to May 10.

HOUSEHOLDS and businesses in Metro Manila and Luzon are likely to continue suffering blackouts for the next two weeks and must pay more for the power they consume.

THE court has approved a request of the military for the transfer of 38 of the 43 suspected New People’s Army (NPA) previously arrested in Morong, Rizal at Camp Crame in Quezon City while the remaining rebels will stay at a military camp.

MANILA, Philippines – There will be no announcement of salary increase on Labor Day on May 1, but workers may expect non-wage benefits, according to the National Wages and Productivity Commission (NWPC).

MANILA, Philippines – Auto sales went up by a strong 35.5 percent to 38,709 units during the first three months of this year from a year ago level, the Chamber of Automotive Manufacturers of the Philippines Inc. (CAMPI) reported yesterday.

There is no danger of asset bubbles forming in the Philippines, unlike in other countries in the region, but the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) should raise rates within a year so asset prices will not surge to dangerous levels, an economist from the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corp (HSBC) said.

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MANILA, Philippines – There will be no announcement of salary increase on Labor Day on May 1, but workers may expect non-wage benefits, according to the National Wages and Productivity Commission (NWPC).

MANILA, Philippines – With only a few weeks left before the elections, six out of 10 Filipinos are still unaware of the party-list system, a latest survey by Pulse Asia revealed yesterday.