MANILA, Philippines—As many as three out of 10 government employees have mental health problems, a recent survey has found out. The most common mental disorders found among state workers were depression and anxiety disorder, which require professional intervention, said Dr. Edgardo Tolentino Jr. of the Philippine Psychiatric Association.

A political group chaired by Senator Edgardo Angara has endorsed l0 senatorial candidates from various parties for the May elections.

Ooffshore outsourcing in 2010 may focus less on the quantity of work organizations are sending overseas and more on where they’re sending it. Leading companies will begin developing networks of offshore locations for outsourcing: They’ll supplement contracts with vendors in more developed locales like India and the Philippines with new relationships in emerging markets in…

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Even as a militant lawmaker yesterday stepped up her opposition to the radio frequency identification (RFID) project of the Land Transportation Office, six groups of transport workers asked the Supreme Court to dismiss a petition questioning the project’s legality.

The Arroyo administration’s claim that it has the best record in setting up infrastructure since the ouster of former President Ferdinand Marcos in 1986 is flawed and insistence on it “is being intellectually dishonest,” former Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno said.

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MANILA, Philippines – The proposal of a women’s party-list group for a 10-year expiry on marriage has caused quite a stir, with various groups indicating their approval or disapproval of the proposal via the Internet and other media.

MANILA, Philippines – Public satisfaction with the performance of the Arroyo administration fell to a “poor” -23 in the last quarter of 2009, its lowest approval rating in nine years, a survey of the Social Weather Stations (SWS) showed.

MANILA, Philippines – Smartmatic International Corp.-Total Information Management Corp. has finished manufacturing nearly half of the 82,200 precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machines to be used in the May 2010 polls.

MANILA, Philippines – The Senate should pass a bill that will create a Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) that would pave the way in making the Philippines the premiere location for IT-enabled services in Southeast Asia, foreign businessmen said yesterday.

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine economy is forecast to grow by a more respectable 3.8 percent this year, driven by election-related spending and a continued construction boom, top economists said yesterday.

MANILA, Philippines – Investors swarmed the government’s Treasury bill (T-bill) auction yesterday, with total tenders reaching at least twice the offer size across all tenors as cash-rich investors remain hungry for lucrative investment facilities.

If you’re like most people, you’ve already forgotten the resolution you made on January 1. Fact is, it’s not easy to change habits, unless you’ve just had a heart attack or some other traumatic event. You may know what you should eat, how often you should exercise, and when you should see a doctor and…

MANILA, Philippines—The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Monday unveiled new safeguards for whistleblowers in a crackdown on corruption.

GINGOOG CITY, Philippines – A Higaonon “alimaong” (warrior), who had been leading an anti-logging campaign, was shot and killed by unidentified men in the village of Minalwang here on Christmas Eve.

Outsourcing providers around the world predict that demand for their services is expanding rapidly, and they are adding staff and investing in new services to meet expected growth, according to a new survey from Duke University’s Offshoring Research Network and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

‘Marriage is null and void if not renewed’ MANILA, Philippines – Unsatisfied with your marriage? Then simply wait 10 years for your marriage to “expire.”

A lawmaker is seeking a raise in the termination pay of employees separated from employment because of sickness.

State-run pension fund Social Security System has earmarked P2 billion for investments this year in listed companies with relatively smaller capitalization.

Leading indicators point to an economic recovery in the fourth quarter of 2009, but the impact of typhoons Ondoy and Pepeng restrained the pace of expansion in the last three months last year.

THE Supreme Court has stopped a Quezon City Regional Trial Court from quickly enforcing its order to the state-run National Power Corp. to pay P33.75 billion to the 5,648 employees that it dismissed illegally in 2003, saying that could bankrupt the power producer and the government as well.

TACLOBAN CITY, Philippines – The military claimed it has succeeded in reducing Communist rebel forces in Eastern Visayas.

TACLOBAN CITY, Philippines — The military has claimed success in reducing communist rebel forces in Eastern Visayas.

MANILA, Philippines – As sugar prices continue to increase, the government said they will be importing sugar immediately in order to provide affordable sugar to consumers.

MANILA, Philippines – The Senate ended 2009 by standing up to President Arroyo’s declaration of martial law in Maguindanao following the Nov. 23 massacre of 57 people in the province.

MANILA, Philippines – The local auto industry had a banner year in 2009 as it experienced sales growth across categories, except Asian utility vehicles (AUVs), and finished the year with a 6.4-percent sales increment from 2008 for a full-year total of 132,444 units.

State pension fund Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) said its Consolidated Loan (ConsoLoan) program, a loan window that consolidates five different loan packages into one, provided the country with a much needed economic stimulus last year.

Sen. Loren Legarda wants the Senate to immediately pass the bill she authored creating the Migrant Workers Hospital so that returning overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) can avail themselves of medical care.