“Some people are just very greedy. In a place where you can get away with crime for profit, it will continue. Traffickers are smart in Cebu and they get away with it. The pimps and the brothels make a lot of money.”

Poll officials have begun screening the nominees of 144 party-list groups that will vie for at least 55 seats in the House of Representatives.

Two groups have asked the Supreme Court (SC) to step in in their cases and direct the Commission on elections (Comelec) to overturn its decision to remove them from its official list of accredited party-list organizations that are allowed to run in the congressional elections in May.

Liberal Party standard bearer Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino still leads in the surveys, but his numbers have dropped dramatically, with respondents now giving him only a 31 percent vote, in the latest survey conducted by The Center.

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MANILA, Philippines – The government’s budget deficit may widen to as much as P318 billion this year, above the revised official estimate of P293 billion, New York-based think-tank GlobalSource said in its quarterly report on the Philippines.

MANILA, Philippines – The government must provide performance based incentive package to help the local auto industry, a study commissioned by Toyota and other local car manufacturers said.

Can an employee be dismissed on a ground not alleged in the notice of termination? This is the issue resolved in this case of Fernan.

MANILA, Philippines – Two party-list groups asked the Supreme Court yesterday to allow them to participate in the May 10 elections after being disqualified by the Commission on Elections (Comelec).

The International Monetary Fund head has warned that the global economy could experience another downturn – a so-called double dip recession.

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown certainly caused a stir at the G20 finance ministers meeting in St Andrews when he suggested a tax on financial transactions, sometimes called a Tobin tax after the Nobel Prize winning economist James Tobin.

1. Inappropriate attire: wearing slippers (even if it’s a pair that costs over P1,000, they are still slippers and not office attire), sandos, jeans and other non-business attire for an interview.

How come I am always rejected when it comes to jon applications? What am I doing wrong? You have applied for a job for the nth time, but you are still not hired. This is a very frustrating experience. While others are enjoying their positions in their companies, you are left wondering why you are…

Public confidence in the first automated national election is ebbing less than four months before the May 10 polls.

MANILA, Philippines—The ballot to be used in the country’s first automated polls in May could end up being as long as two and a half feet and the Commission on Elections (Comelec) is hard pressed to make it shorter.

TAIPEI: Wrong-footed by rocketing consumer demand, Asian technology suppliers are scrambling to expand capacity before inventories run dry of everything from semiconductors to flat-panel screens.

THE primary difference between young and old workers is that the senior guys would always want to review the fine print in their medical care and insurance policies. Not the young ones whose interest is the warranty policy of their Nokia E71.

THE Philippines’ weak economic growth may persist until the first semester of the year because of the El Niño phenomenon, according to economists.

MANILA, Philippines –  Investment commitments from the Board of Investments (BOI) are expected to expand by 10 percent this year after dropping significantly in 2009, a high ranking official said.

MANILA, Philippines –  Trade and Industry Secretary Peter Favila is in favor of allocating a portion of the planned 150,000 metric ton (MT) importation of sugar for industrial users, contrary to the Sugar Regulatory Administration’s position not to do so.

MANILA, Philippines –  Side by side the desire to gain market leadership, most companies today aim to become a positive instrument of change wherever they are in the world.

MANILA, Philippines –  The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) yesterday appealed to the public to start conserving water “in the face of a limited water supply” even as it disclosed that there is no water crisis yet in the metropolis.

MANILA, Philippines – Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile has assured the public that the Senate will pass urgent bills as it resumes session today.