MANILA, Philippines – Magazine editor Wanggo Gallaga, a person living with HIV, warned the youth against having sex with strangers they meet through the internet.

MANILA, Philippines – Relatives of  13 journalists slain in the November 23, 2009 massacre in Ampatuan, Maguindanao brought a landmark suit Wednesday before the newly-established ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) to hold the Philippine government accountable for the carnage.

SINGAPORE: Longer lifespans, falling fertility rates and growing ranks of elderly people in Asia can pose problems as serious as the impact of climate change, a leading expert warned Monday.

THE National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) has recommended a fare hike of at least P2 for the Light Rail Transit (LRT) Line 2 to cover operating expenses.

Impressed with the electric version of Jeepneys now plying a few routes in the country, some financial institutions have expressed interest to implement similar programs in other countries, according to Philippine Utility Vehicle (PhUV) Inc. Vice President Rommel Juan.

CEBU, Philippines – The National Epidemiology Center of the Department of Health clarified that it did not intend to imply that call center agents per se are at higher risk of getting infected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV).

Senior citizen or not we are all victims of LIED. In the war against terrorists, most soldiers will tell you that the thing they fear the most is an IED or an Improvised Explosive Device. There is no sure way to detect it and the only certain thing about an IED is that its kill…

MANILA, Philippines – With only one session left today, the House of Representatives has shelved the Church-opposed reproductive health bill.

MANILA, Philippines – There might be fewer sugar products on store shelves in the coming days as supermarkets plan to pull them out due to rising prices, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said yesterday.

MANILA, Philippines – Re-electionist Sen. Ramon Revilla Jr. has topped the latest survey on senatorial bets of the Social Weather Stations (SWS), taking the lead from Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada.

MANILA, Philippines – A severe El Nino weather pattern this year could cut the Philippine paddy rice harvest by more than 800,000 tons, a senior official said on Tuesday, which could mean more rice imports.

FOR BLAMING BABY BOOM FOR HACIENDA WORKERS’ WOES Four of the biggest rural-based organizations in the country yesterday assailed the sisters of Liberal Party (LP) standard-bearer in the forthcoming presidential elections, Sen. Benigno Simeon “Noynoy” Aquino III for blaming the lack of family planning among tenants and farm workers of Hacienda Luisita as the reason…

Transmission fiasco feared with 5,000 signal jammers Alarmed by reports that 5,000 signal jammers have been imported into the country, possibly to disrupt transmission of the election data on the scheduled polls date, Commission on Elections spokesman James Jimenez expressed fears on prospects for their use yesterday, but nevertheless assured the public that the Comelec…

Korea Electric Power Corp. has estimated the rehabilitation cost of the mothballed 600-megawatt Bataan Nuclear Power Plant in Morong, Bataan at around $1 billion, a government official said Monday.

I won’t go through the rest of the litany of the Arroyo administration’s supposed achievements. I will just talk about a few that caught my eye.

SENATOR Manuel Villar Jr. is statistically tied with Senator Benigno Aquino III in the race for the presidency, according to the latest Manila Standard Today poll conducted Jan. 20 to 27.

Taxpayers would have to cough up another billion dollars to rehabilitate the mothballed Bataan nuclear power plant, according to a study commissioned by the government.

After a long delay, the two houses of Congress have finally approved a consolidated version of the Expanded Senior Citizens Act that would exempt elderly Filipinos from the 12-percent expanded-value added tax (EVAT) allowing them to enjoy the full 20-percent discount on goods and services.

When I met Cerge in October 1992 he was a Cebuano with capital C and Cebu was the center of his universe. I remember telling him that there are many other nice places in the Philippines but he insisted that there was no place like Cebu. A couple of years later he scolded me when…

I’VE been watching most of the presidential debates on TV. So far, I don’t think any one of the candidates has ever been asked about the traffic problem, or that traffic has been mentioned as a problem at all. Well, it is. And if it’s not on the radar of the candidates, it should be.

The Department of Health (DOH) together with some senatorial bets of different parties expressed their concern over the sudden increase of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) in the country.

Hitachi is looking to expand in the Philippines, where it plans to tap Filipino talent in production and design, executives of the Japanese conglomerate said during a media briefing on Monday.

Experience and solid work is not enough in getting a promotion. The required qualification standards must still be met. This is the ruling in this case of Ben.

PETTY, POPULIST: The title “Le coeur d’un homme, le cerveau d’un cochon” of the CTalk column yesterday of Cito Beltran may have sounded Greek (it was French) to some readers, but I do agree with him when he said:

MANILA, Philippines – The Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) yesterday said the sugar situation in the Philippines is “better” than that of other countries because there is no shortage of production.

MANILA, Philippines – Health officials blamed yesterday online social networking for the rise in the cases of HIV/AIDS in the country last year.

MANILA, Philippines – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) yesterday expressed concern over the reported arrival in the country of some 5,000 jammers of mobile phone signals.

MANILA, Philippines – Liberal Party standard-bearer Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III continued to top the list of presidential candidates in the latest survey conducted by the Social Weather Stations (SWS), but Nacionalista Party bet Sen. Manny Villar has further narrowed the gap to just seven percentage points.

HERZILIYA, Israel (Reuters) – International Monetary Fund Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn on Sunday urged the United States, Britain and other countries to cooperate on new policies and regulations in the wake of the financial crisis.

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine Deposit Insurance Corp. (PDIC) is proposing what it calls “a seamless transition” from bank closure to liquidation thus eliminating the 90-day period of rehabilitation after bank closure.