At a cabinet meeting held on March 19, the Japanese government approved a bill for partially revising the Worker Dispatch Law. The bill had been drafted on the basis of a report submitted on February 24 by the Labor Policy Deliberative Council, a tripartite advisory body to the minister of health, labor and welfare consisting…

At the World Economic Forum’s summer meeting in Dalian, China, four experts discussed the challenges and opportunities that aging populations present to business.

RE-ELECTIONIST and former senators continued to dominate the top 12 spots in the Senate race in the latest Manila Standard Poll.

It is sad that the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) so easily yielded to those hooligans who burned down equipment at the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP). By so easily yielding to brazen intimidation, they allow our educational policy to continue on its politicized path to self-destruction.

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If you think party-list representatives are as poor as their marginalized constituents, better think again. Many party-list representatives are in fact even richer than some district congressmen.

This is another case regarding compensability of permanent and total disability due to illness that is not listed as occupational disease but has been considered work related. This is the case of Lino.

MANILA, Philippines – Liberal Party (LP) standard-bearer Sen. Benigno Aquino III has widened his lead over his closest rival Nacionalista Party (NP) candidate Sen. Manuel Villar in the latest presidential survey done by the Social Weather Stations (SWS).

The global economy remains unpredictable, National Economic Development Authority (Neda) regional director Ma. Lourdes Lim speaking at the economic briefing conducted by government economic managers in Davo City said.

A CRACK has emerged in the Philippine auto sector after four top assemblers questioned the leadership of the industry group over its position vis-a-vis a government bid to revise its Motor Vehicle Development Program (MVDP). In a letter dated March 15, Honda Cars Philippines Inc., Isuzu Philippines Corp., Mitsubishi Motors Philippines Corp. and Toyota Motor…

THE obvious difference between employed and unemployed individuals is that the former can afford to take a paid vacation, if not heal themselves with free medical coverage while under some illness.

(First of three parts) In 1998, the Association of Philippine Electric Cooperatives or APEC decided to plunge into Philippine politics through the party-list elections. That year happened to be the first time that Filipino voters would be electing a party-list group, on top of an individual politician in their congressional districts, to the House of…

MANILA, Philippines – Let us dedicate ourselves to what the Greeks wrote so many years ago: to tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of this world.  — Robert F. Kennedy

There is a new government proposal to extend by one year tertiary education in our country. This I discovered while attending over the weekend the 34th Commencement Exercises of the Manila Doctors’ College where one of my twin boys graduated from his Bachelor of Science in Psychology course. Dr. Catherine Q. Castañeda, Director IV of…

MANILA, Philippines – Filipino household workers can now work in Switzerland after the government lifted the more than two-decade long suspension of their deployment.

MANILA, Philippines – The turnover by the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) of the Manila North Harbor operations to the private sector is yet facing another obstacle, even after the PPA and Manila North Harbor Port Inc. (MNHPI), have finally agreed on the terms of the imposition by MNHPI of a concession fee on third party…

BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines – A militant group condemned authorities for the continued “illegal detention” of a woman peasant leader, who it said also worked as an El Niño consultant at the time of her “unlawful arrest” in northern Cagayan last March 22.

MANILA, Philippines – Power barges PB 117 and PB 118 have been in full operation from the very first day that AboitizPower Corp. assumed their full ownership this year and have been used to help ease the electricity shortfall in Mindanao.

MANILA, Philippines – To avoid job losses in Mindanao because of the power crisis, the government is looking at shifting the working hours of Mindanao businesses at night in order to balance the power demand.

MANILA, Philippines – More beneficiaries of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) are turning to savings to secure their future, data from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) showed.

The number of overseas Filipino worker (OFW) beneficiaries that allocated part of their remittance proceeds to savings picked up in the first quarter of this year, according to the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP). In its latest Consumer Expectations Survey, the BSP said the percentage of OFW households that allocated a portion of their remittances…

MANILA, Philippines – The government is set to source half of the P100-billion economic stimulus package this year from government-owned and controlled corporations (GOCCs) as well as government financial institutions (GFIs), Finance Secretary Margarito Teves said the other day.

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MANILA, Philippines – A total of 185 party-list organizations have beaten the Friday midnight deadline imposed by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to identify their nominees.

MANILA, Philippines – Malacañang welcomed yesterday the Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey showing that most Filipinos have confidence in the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in the prevention of the sabotage of the automated elections.

The Intellectual Property Coalition (IPC), an umbrella organization of private intellectual property (IP) stakeholders and associations in the Philippines, cited the continuing efforts of the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IP Philippines) and the enforcement agencies in protecting intellectual property rights IPR in the past year, but noted that these were still not enough…

WELLINGTON (AFP) – A week after a UN conference failed to ban trade in the critically endangered Atlantic bluefin tuna, environmentalists are warning of the possible extinction of its southern hemisphere cousin.

MANILA, Philippines – Call center jobs will be harder to find for those who are not prepared. Data from an industry group showed that out of every 100 applicants in a call center, only a handful are able to make it to the final cut.

CHAVIT BROTHER, MIKEY, ANGIE REYES, EURO GENERAL SEEK PARTY-LIST SEATS The cat was let out of the bag yesterday after a total of 185 party-list groups submitted to the Commission on Elections (Comelec) yesterday their list of nominees for the May 10 polls showing a long list of allies of President Arroyo.