Two workers died after they reportedly inhaled toxic fumes while fixing the walls of a cistern in a building at the Ortigas Center in Pasig City last Thursday.

Two party-list congressmen who have been declared persona non grata by the Davao City Council recently cried political harassment from Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte while at the same time they accused him of coddling communists and communist supporters and even supporting their candidacies.

MANILA, Philippines – Five laborers were taken to the hospital after they had difficulty breathing while sealing the cracks inside an underground water tank in Pasig City yesterday.

MANILA, Philippines – There are less business contributors in the upcoming elections than the last presidential race. Businessmen are also less keen in donating to multiple candidates.

Most people are familiar with diseases of the arteries since they account for heart attacks (coronary arteries), most strokes (the carotid arteries and smaller arteries in the brain), and many amputations (the leg arteries). And here’s more: Arterial disorders are also the culprits in many cases of kidney failure, dementia, intestinal bleeding, and even erectile…

MANILA, Philippines – At least 500 fishermen in General Santos City face possible displacement as a result of the two-year tuna fishing ban in the Pacific Ocean, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said yesterday.

MANILA, Philippines – Investment bank Barclays Capital sees the Philippine economy expanding at a faster pace of 4.3 percent and inflation kicking up to six percent this year on the back of election-related spending, robust private consumption, and higher investments.

MANILA, Philippines – The global economic crisis could push more than 20 million people in the Asia-Pacific region into extreme poverty, rolling back development gains, according to a United Nations-backed report.

SSS Circular No. 2010-004, Series of 2010 TO: All Employers and Employees SUBJECT: Implementing rules and regulations of the Socila Security Condonation Law of 2009 Pursuant to Section 5 of Republic Act (R.A.) No. 9903, An Act Granting The Social Security System (SSS) A One-Time Authority To Condone Penalties On Unremitted Or Delinquent Contributions By…

THE NUMBER of non-farm employees injured while on duty declined by a fifth in 2007, latest data from the Bureau of Labor and Employment Statistics (BLES) showed.

MANILA (AFP) – Seventeen million Asians have fallen into extreme poverty due to the global financial crisis, the Asian Development Bank and the United Nations said on Wednesday.

AS the United States government pressed Toyota for accountability over malfunctioning vehicles, the Philippines has taken the less contentious stance, with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) leaving it to the Japanese company to address possible consumer complaints.

The Department of Agriculture (DA) announced Thursday it has developed a master plan for helping farmers counter the negative effects of dry spell brought on by El Niño on their crops.

TOP government officials in the from of Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita and Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo, Justice Undersecretary Ricardo Blan-caflor, joined European Union Ambassador Alistair MacDonald to launch the EU-Philippine Justice Support Programme (EPJUST). Also participating were Detlev Mehlis, the team-leader of the EPJUST program, and Bo Åström, the program’s police advisor.

The huge throng, made up largely of women clad mostly in flaring orange, exchanged “Happy Valentine” greetings as they waited for the program to open. On stage were a highly popular evangelist, who also acted as the emcee, and his guests, including two larger-than-life public figures.

One of the benefits of modernization and globalization is the advancement in information and communications technology. The 21st century has been described as the knowledge society, and as result many nations are reassessing their public policies related to the higher education, science, technology and innovations.

Taiwanese electronics and information technology (IT) firms are looking at the possibility of directly investing in the country or partnering with local firms, the Manila Economic and Cultural Office (MECO) said on Thursday.

Dear PAO, This is in connection with the suspension of pension payments once a person reenters employment, does this also apply if the pensioner gets a part time employment or does it only apply to full time employment? PQ

With only four months to go before the automated polls—a first in Philippine election history—about seven out of 10, or 71 percent of Filipinos do not know the new polling system or know little of it.

The Department of Agriculture (DA) announced Thursday it has developed a master plan for helping farmers counter the negative effects of dry spell brought on by El Niño on their crops.

The Philippines’ existing stimulus package failed to further reduce poverty and boost economic growth in the short term, affecting the government’s capacity to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) by 2015, according to a joint report by the United Nations and Asian Development Bank (ADB).

A prolonged dry spell is expected to further worsen the already critical power supply in southern Mindanao, a power firm executive said on Wednesday.

In 2005, the UNESCO Director General Koichiro Matsuura then provided an overview of what has been achieved between 1999 and 2005 when director of nations have closed rank with him in tackling regional problems specially in the eradication of extreme poverty in developing countries with the Education For All (EFA) projects. Focused on the six…

When it comes to employee termination cases, the employer bears the burden of proving that the dismissal is for a just and valid cause; and in case of doubts in the evidence presented by the employer and the employee, the doubts are resolved in favor of the employee. The immediate subsequent action of the employee…

MANILA, Philippines – Barely three months before the May elections, about one out of every two Filipinos thinks the Commission on Elections (Comelec) is prepared to effectively implement the automated election system (AES) despite setbacks, a recent Pulse Asia survey revealed.

MANILA, Philippines – A chemical leak on a barge undergoing repairs killed three workers and prompted authorities to close schools and move to safety nearly 2,000 residents in Bauan, Batangas Tuesday night, authorities said.

Quebec has some nerve to come after the Alberta oilsands industry. Its latest high-profile salvo came after the Copenhagen climate conference in December, when Premier Jean Charest singled out Alberta for causing Canada to adopt what he considered weak targets for reductions of greenhouse gas emissions.

Asbestos is a silicate mineral that has proved very effective in a variety of industries, before the people the dangers that had implemented involved with their use. Before it came under strict conditions, asbestos has been an integral part of the construction industry, including the many different trades involved in the construction process.

At a recent forum organized by the Foreign Correspondents Association of the Philippines, the people who want to lead this country into the future took turns lambasting the Department of Health for distributing condoms in line with its HIV/AIDS prevention program last Valentines Day at the Dangwa terminal, Metro Manila’s main flower market.

The bill that launched a hundred protest rallies by thousands of Filipino elderly as President Arroyo took her sweet time enacting it was finally signed into law yesterday by her.