MANILA, Philippines – The government will set standards in probing human rights violations.

MANILA, Philippines – Commission on Human Rights chairperson Leila M. de Lima encourages all cause-oriented groups, non-government organizations, peo-ple’s organizations, the academe and other sectoral organizations to support the creation of a new and effective Human Rights program.

Banks facilitated only about 76 percent of total cash remittances sent by Filipino workers overseas to the Philippines last year, according to the 2008 Survey on Overseas Filipinos.

MANILA, Philippines – The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) said it is willing to face a Senate inquiry regarding its pension disbursement schedule.

HONG KONG (AP) — The fallout from Dubai’s debt crisis rippled across the globe Friday, raising concerns of another wave of financial turmoil and showing how vulnerable the world economy remains despite signs of recovery.

1. There are close to 3 million unemployed in the Philippines in any given time.  Co-existing with one million vacancies waiting to be filled. One third of unemployment could be remediated by proper employment facilitation, or job matching if you prefer, and by skills development or upgrading.

MANILA, Philippines—Asian countries have to be more resilient to the expected harsher impacts of climate change, a ranking United Nations official told Asian Ministers, asking them to include adequate climate change adaptation responses in their development programs.

wait 2 secs to reload the imageWITH the historic Copenhagen climate talks just weeks away, the Philippines—tempered by a recent spate of destructive typhoons—is poised to go green with the recent passage of the Philippine Climate Change Act of 2009 (RA 9729) and the Renewable Energy Act of 2008 (RA 9513).  The fight begins at…

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MANILA, Philippines – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) sees the country’s balance of payments (BOP) surplus surging to $6 billion this year from $89 million last year due to the impact of the global financial crisis.

MANILA, Philippines – The economy, as measured by the country’s gross domestic product (GDP), grew by a meager 0.8 percent in the third quarter of the year from 4.6 percent recorded a year ago and slower than the official forecast range for the period of 1.6 percent to 2.6 percent, the National Statistical Coordination Board…

THE Commission on Higher Education yesterday warned 152 of the 456 nursing schools in the country to improve their students’ passing rates or face closure as more than 95,000 nursing graduates prepared for their licensing exams this weekend.

CEBU, Philippines – Labor unions from at least 42 rural electric cooperatives and consumer groups have launched “Koop ko ‘To” movement which is aimed at advancing the interests of REC workers and consumers in the country.

MANILA, Philippines— The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) has asked the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to delay the implementation of its new test for foreign nurses seeking work there.

MANILA, Philippines – Local manufacturers cut back output for the 11th consecutive month in September, underscoring a weak industrial activity as the economy continued to suffer from the effects of the global economic slowdown, analysts said.

MANILA, Philippines – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) adjusted upwards the country’s economic growth forecast for this year and next year despite the damages caused by tropical storm Ondoy and typhoon Pepeng.

MANILA, Philippines – Aspirants for elective posts can no longer be liable for premature campaigning after the Supreme Court ruled that that offense has already been removed from the statute book.

MANILA, Philippines – Anticipating an increase in the number of crimes committed in taxicabs with the onset of the Christmas season, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has introduced a hotline for its “Trip Tracker” project.

MANILA, Philippines – On the observance of the International Day to Eliminate Violence Against Women yesterday, women’s groups slammed the rape and killing of women in the Maguindanao carnage.

MANILA, Philippines—A new committee will be formed in the House of Representatives to provide extra attention to the welfare of women and to protect them from abuse and violence, Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman disclosed Wednesday, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.

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THE board of the Philippine Hospital Association took the unprecedented task of suspending for two years its immediate past president for having allegedly sexually harassed two association employees.

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SINGAPORE – Men who bottle up their anger at being unfairly treated at work are up to 5 times more likely to suffer a heart attack, or even die from one, than those who let their frustration show, a Swedish study has found.

MANILA – The number of overweight Filipinos are increasing, according to a nationwide survey by the Food and Nutrition Research Foundation (FNRI).

CEBU, Philippines – Cebu City is now being promoted as one of the country’s havens for both local and foreign retirees through a memorandum of understanding signed between the Cebu City government, the Philippine Retirement Authority and the Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

MANILA, Philippines – Two construction workers died while two others were injured when loose soil collapsed on them as they worked on the foundations for another building at the compound of the Maligaya Elementary School in Quezon City yesterday afternoon.

MANILA, Philippines – Two men were seriously injured when a tanker they were filling with bunker fuel exploded at a used-oil recycling plant in Bagbaguin, Caloocan City Monday night.

MANILA, Philippines – Malacañang downplayed yesterday the reported concerns raised by the International Monetary Fund on the country’s budget deficit, which has already breached the government’s full-year target as of October.

WASHINGTON – A survey published Monday of information technology managers at over 500 US-based companies has found that only about one in four has enabled more than half their workforce to work remotely.