Alarmed by the 2008 rise in automotive crash-related death and injury, the Philippine government in 2009 entered into a national road safety partnership with civil society groups and private companies. It is called the Philippines Global Road Safety Partnership (PGRSP).

MANILA, Philippines—Majority of private business leaders in the Philippines reported higher stress levels over the last year but they were a bit better off than most of overseas peers as the local stress barometer fell below global average for the first time in four years, based on the Grant Thornton International Business Report 2010.

THE Philippine export sector sees semiconductor and electronics investments surging amid expectations of a quick recovery in demand.Senen Perlada, Export Development Council executive director, said the sector may enjoy a “V-shaped” recovery, helping jack up the country’s total merchandise exports by about a tenth this year.

BRUSSELS: The European Union Wednesday (Thursday in Manila) accused its major powers of running away from bulging government deficits, as Greece said it could still seek IMF help if European backing did not ease its debt crisis.

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) central office has signed with the new leadership of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) a memorandum of agreement to ensure an intensified implementation of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) in the poverty-laden ARMM communities.

MULTILATERAL and private institutions will be pledging billions of dollars to finance various initiatives of the Philippines to mitigate climate change, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said on Thursday.

At least 120 representatives from the 118 member-countries of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), including the Philippines, have vowed to protect the rights of migrants at the conclusion of the Special Non-Aligned Movement Ministerial Meeting on Interfaith Dialogue for Peace and Development in Manila on Thursday.

Gilbert “Gibo” Teodoro, the candidate for president of the administration party in the May 10 elections, would make a good president, according to foreign business executives in the country.

CEBU, Philippines – The Integrated Bar of the Philippines and the Department of Education once again signed a Memorandum of Agreement that would enable IBP to provide legal assistance to public school teachers who will be facing legal suits in relation to their duties, especially during elections.

MANILA, Philippines – The local eJeepney has received rave reviews from a sustainable mobility and energy consultancy group Eonlux because the makers have decided to use it first as a public transport in order to help people experience the electric vehicle without buying it first.

MANILA, Philippines – Total resources of the country’s banking sector went up by 7.5 percent last year as the industry remained stable despite the global financial crisis, data from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) showed.

MANILA, Philippines – Senior citizens cannot yet avail of higher tax exemptions allowed under the Expanded Senior Citizens Act of 2010 until the government has issued the law’s implementing rules and regulations, Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) Commissioner Joel Tan-Torres yesterday said.

MANILA, Philippines – The economic crisis affecting the country is almost over, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) reported yesterday.

Last February 16, we held a conference on barriers to investment. It was a working conference that brought in a variety of groups that are involved in one way or another with wanting much greater levels of investment in the Philippines. It was to discuss a working paper we have done and have now finalized…

MANILA, Philippines – Japanese electronic firm Nidec Corp. is set to implement a $300 million (P13 billion) expansion program in the Philippines which is expected to create an additional 10,000 direct jobs, officials said yesterday.

THE PHILIPPINES MAY GET AS much as $2.5 billion in financial assistance from various institutions worldwide to fund environmental projects and programs.

MANILA, Philippines—Forget about the rich. This was Health Secretary Esperanza Cabral’s succinct advice to the Philippines’ next president insofar as health care was concerned.

The Philippines is forecast to grow at 3.5 percent this year, owing to a stronger outlook for the world economy, rising deployment of overseas workers that will boost remittances, recovery in private consumption and robust public spending, according to the World Bank’s latest issue of the Philippines Quarterly Update (PQU).

MANILA, Philippines—Where did the money come from? A party-list group claiming to represent poor children has been able to afford television ad placements costing about P24 million with the country’s biggest network, according to an election consortium monitoring campaign spending.

The country’s travel aviation industry may be in danger of losing important routes if it ends up on the blacklist of the European Community Air Safety Commission (EC-ASC), according to the head of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP).

The Department of Education (DepEd), following the lead of Early Childhood Care and Development Council (ECCDC), has launched a summer program in schools nationwide for children aiming to enter pre-school and elementary this year.

MANILA, Philippines – She has poor eyesight and difficulty reading, but 80-year-old Rosalinda Meneses made sure she was able to fill up her ballot completely.

Social conflicts related to race, color, sex and religions often result in historical atrocities around the world, said the permanent representative of the Arab Republic of Egypt to the United Nations.

A high-ranking United Nations (UN) official has called for the implementation of the 1996 Tripoli Agreement between the Philippine government and the separatist Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MNLF), and a possible consolidation of the two-decade old pact with future peace agreements that will be entered into by Manila.

MANILA, Philippines – Five construction workers were buried alive after the land they were digging collapsed on them in a construction site in a Cagayan de Oro City subdivision yesterday, authorities said.

MANILA, Philippines – The government faces a major setback in its efforts to privatize Philippine National Oil Company (PNOC)-Exploration Corp. after the board of the state-owned corporation failed to decide on the Department of Finance’s plan to sell the 10 percent participating interest of PNOC-EC in the Malampaya natural gas project.

MANILA, Philippines – A 28-year-old welder died after he was reportedly electrocuted while doing repairs on a ship docked at the North Harbor in Manila Tuesday afternoon.

Rising poverty, driven by population growth and other issues, leads to increasing hunger and subsequently rising diseases (and death) caused by malnutrition, unsanitary living conditions and limited access to drugs and medical care. The ones that suffer the most from poor diet and nutrition are children, especially street children.

MANILA, Philippines – Oil firms have raised the prices of all their petroleum products by 50 centavos per liter late Tuesday, giving consumers no time to refuel before implementing the price adjustments.

ANILA, Philippines – President Arroyo has signed into law a bill that reduces taxes on life insurance from five percent to two percent and provides staggered rates for documentary stamp tax.