MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Health (DOH) announced that the reported number of new HIV infections by the end of 2009 will increase by more than 100 percent compared to 2007. 

BUFFETED by a global economy in recession, Philippine exports retreated to their lowest ebb of two-digit below zero growth in the first nine-straight months of 2009.

Warns inflation, exit strategies remain critical AFTER A DIFFICULT YEAR, things are looking up for most Asia-Pacific economies, including the Philippines.Ratings firm Standard and Poor’s said all its rated economies in the region were expected to post positive GDP growth in 2010.

PARIS– Cardiovascular disease linked to obesity may be worse than thought while health problems associated with being underweight may have been overstated, according to a study published by the British Medical Journal (BMJ) on Wednesday.

The broadest definition of a political party is that it is an organization that seeks to attain and maintain political power, legitimately through elections or ignobly through other means.

Foreign direct investment (FDI) to the Philippines is expected to grow moderately next year amid a fragile global economic recovery, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas said.

A day after Pulse Asia survey showed Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino 3rd with a commanding lead among presidential candidates, another poll by the Social Weather Stations (SWS) also found him ahead in the Palace race with similar figures.

MANILA, Philippines – The Supreme Court (SC) has reversed its ruling that declared unconstitutional the cityhood laws passed by the 11th Congress.

MANILA, Philippines – The Asia Pacific region, excluding Japan, is leading the way in providing goods, products and services focused on tackling climate change, according to the latest findings from the HSBC Climate Change Index.

MANILA, Philippines – The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) expects foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows to jump 20 percent next year on the back of a gradual recovery by the global economy.

MANILA, Philippines – The amount of committed investments registered at the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) grew 13.3 percent this year as electronics companies continued to expand despite the impact of the global financial crisis.

MANILA, Philippines – A survey conducted by the Department of Education (DepEd) showed that education stakeholders would rather schools open in June than in September.

I remember starting a new job about 10 years ago and being introduced to an employee who was plugging away in his cubicle. As we moved out of earshot, the manager who was showing me around remarked, “Good guy, but a bit of a poet.”

COPENHAGEN—Despite all-night efforts for two weeks by delegates to hammer out a global deal, which brought together 110 world leaders, the summit ended on Saturday with a political agreement and a loose commitment to develop the details over the next 12 months.

A US-led initiative called the Copenhagen Accord has formed the centre-piece of a deal at UN climate talks in Copenhagen, despite some countries’ opposition. Below is an explanation of the main points in the agreement.

As in a chess game, the contestants in the coming electoral contest will attempt to control the center of the chess board early on, to give each major piece room to maneuver and execute its given task as the match progresses. The core of the political territory in the electoral chessboard is no other than…

For much of the 1990s and the first half of the present decade, many developing countries seeking integration into the global economy adopted the type of market-oriented measures pushed forward by the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. Much has been written about the impact of these measures (known as the Washington Consensus) on…

MANILA, Philippines – From afar, the edifice known as the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) sits in quiet solitude atop the 3.5 square kilometer government property in Napot Point, framed by the lush mountainside of Mt. Natib and the clear azure skies of Morong. The power plant overlooks the South China Sea, where the sound…

The climate negotiation in the Fifteenth Conference of Parties (COP 15) in Copenhagen has come to a sour end. The world’s high expectation for a meaningful and binding agreement is doused with icy cold water by a non-binding deal dubbed as “Copenhagen Accord” – a deal primarily brokered by the most powerful and leading polluter…

The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) recently urged the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) to purge its list of accredited suppliers under the government’s Electronic Procurement System (EPS), amid reports it is full of prohibited sellers of goods and services to the public sector.

Trust the Filipinos and their optimism. Despite all the bad things that have happened this year, nearly nine of 10 Filipinos are hopeful the coming year will be better, according to a survey by pollster Pulse Asia.

Asian giants China and Indonesia have hailed the Copenhagen UN climate summit outcome, despite its cool reception from aid agencies and campaigners.

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If you want to be really healthy, go beyond eating your veggies and add some good deeds to your diet: Research shows that altruism can positively impact your physical and mental well-being. “It’s good to be good, and science proves it,” says Stephen Post, PhD, a researcher at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine…

MANILA, Philippines – Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada remained the favorite senatorial candidate of a majority of Filipino adults, receiving more than half of the votes of 1,800 respondents in the latest Pulse Asia survey.

MANILA, Philippines – Less than five months before the May 2010 elections, Liberal Party standard-bearer Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III continued to gain the support of a majority of voters, according to the latest surveys conducted by polling firms Pulse Asia and Social Weather Stations (SWS).

MANILA, Philippines – After a three-year deployment ban, the government may resume the sending of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to Lebanon next year.

COPENHAGEN: US President Barack Obama on Friday (Saturday morning, Manila time) announced a climate deal with other major world leaders calling it “unprecedented” and “meaningful” but admitted it was still not enough to beat global warming.

COPENHAGEN (AFP) – A UN climate summit Saturday rammed through a battle plan against global warming forged by US President Barack Obama and other top leaders, sidelining smaller states which lashed the deal as betrayal.

MANILA, Philippines – Sen. Loren Legarda yesterday said world parliamentarians were correct in their declaration that the post-2012 agreement on climate change should be underpinned by domestic legislation in all countries to be effective.