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.
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine business process outsourcing (BPO) sector is expected to post a 25-percent growth in revenues this year to around $9.1 billion from an estimated 2009 topline of $7.3 billion, but government has expressed concern the country’s foremost sunrise sector may be facing a huge risk.
This is not about the 1998 Bruce Willis-starrer/action thriller where Willis plays an undercover FBI agent tasked to protect a nine-year-old autistic boy who’s being pursued by assassins for cracking a top secret government code. It’s about the rising mercury wastes in our midst. From your high school science subject, you’ve probably learned that mercury…
Imagine receiv-ing a call saying that a family member is sick. What should you do? What’s the first aid in this situation? During emergencies, it pays to be knowledgeable in basic home remedies and first aid. Let’s look at nine common problems:
MANILA, Philippines — Australia’s Work and Holiday Visa Program, also referred to as the “Working Holiday Maker Visa Program, offers young professionals from other countries the great chance to have a holiday vacation while being employed there.
An Act Strengthening the Workers’ Right to Strike, Amending for the Purpose Presidential Decree No. 442, as Amended, Otherwise Known as the Labor Code of the Philippines Authorizes a group or representative of workers to file the notice of, and to go on strike, and removes dismissal and imprisonment as penalty in violation of orders,…
An Act Strengthening Union Organization and Disallowing Cancellation of Union Registration, Amending for the Purpose Presidential Decree No. 442, as Amended, Otherwise Known as the Labor Code of the Philippines
An Act Allowing Aliens to Exercise their Right to Self-Organization and Withdrawing Regulation of Foreign Assistance to Trade Unions, Amending for the Purpose Presidential Decree No. 442, as Amended, Otherwise Known as the Labor Code of the Philippines Extends the right to self organization to aliens in the Philippines, and withdraws the prohibition of foreign…
An Act Limiting the Power to Assume Jurisdiction over Labor Disputes Involving Essential Services by the President of the Philippines, Amending for this Purpose Article 263 (g) of Presidential Decree No. 442, as Amended, Otherwise Known as the Labor Code of the Philippines Restricts intervention now by the President only to essential services providing power,…
An Act Establishing an Efficient System to Strengthen Workers’ Right to Self-Organization and Collective Bargaining, Amending for the Purpose Presidential Decree No. 442, as Amended, Otherwise Known as the Labor Code of the Philippines Removes the requirements for the registration of local chapters, promotes employee free choice and makes it easier for workers to join…
The Asian Development Bank has warned about a decline in remittances from migrant Filipino workers in the coming years amid a slowdown in deployment of Filipino professionals abroad and drop in inflows from several Asian countries.
We’ve known about it for quite sometime now but most of us have not gone to town with the information because many among us felt that there were better ways to “announce” it. Don’t get me wrong. I also share the belief that people need to know that there has been a marked increase in…
PRESIDENT Gloria Arroyo has signed into law a bill laying down the guidelines on how homeowners’ associations should operate and settle conflicts and ensuring they receive community services.
THE reproductive health bill appeared dead after Senator Benigno Aquino III, the last presidential candidate favoring it, on Friday withdrew his support of the measure, and apparently following pressure from the powerful Catholic Church.
Call center agents may be crying foul for being singled out as AIDS-prone, in recent AIDS/STD stories hogging the headlines. The UP Population Institute study on AIDS/STD situation in call centers became controversial for its sweeping findings that call center agents engage in risky sexual behavior and casual sex, making them prone to AIDS/STD.
Filipinos have mostly not benefited from the country’s economic growth — equal to about 5 percent annually — during President Arroyo’s seven-year term, a top official yesterday admitted.
THE Philippines’ largest sugar producer is backing a government plan to import the commodity, which would be the country’s first foreign purchase since it became self-sufficient.
THE Board of Investments (BOI) is dropping the “contingency list” from the 2010 Investment Priorities Plan (IPP), after the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) declared that the economic crisis ended last year.
THERE’S good news for Edsa motorists. Last week, the World Bank and the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) signed an agreement to address traffic congestion along Edsa by reducing the volume of buses plying the Philippines’ busiest main thoroughfare.
Remittances from overseas Filipinos can lick poverty in the Philippines, but cannot rebalance economic growth, according to an Asian Development Bank (ADB) study.