THE Court of Appeals has granted the request of Filipino-American activist Melissa Roxas for a writ of protection from any form of harassment from the police and military.

The Environment and Natural Resources Department has ordered the suspension of aerial spraying of pesticides and fungicides in banana plantations in Region 11, which comprises the three Davao provinces and Compostela Valley.

THE economy rebounded in the second quarter from its slowest growth in a decade, boosted by government spending and adding to signs Asian nations are recovering from the global recession.

THE House is gearing for plenary debates on a resolution calling for a Constitutional Convention and the election of 250 delegates to amend the Constitution.

Construction workers at four Department of Energy (DOE) nuclear sites have been exposed to asbestos and other dangerous materials that are putting them at significantly higher risk for mesothelioma, lung disease, and other cancers according to a new report published in the American Journal of Industrial Medicine.

The number of problem US banks rose to the highest level in 15 years between April and June, the industry’s regulator has revealed.

As the UN climate summit in Copenhagen approaches, exhortations that “we must get a deal” and warnings that climate change is “the greatest challenge we face as a species” are to be heard in virtually every political forum.

If you look at the numbers, it is hard to see how many East African communities made it through the long drought of 2005 and 2006.

MANILA, Philippines – With two months left before the Oct. 31 deadline for voter’s registration, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) has already recorded more than 2.6 million new voters.

MANILA, Philippines—Amid reports that a large proportion of children around the world experience physical and humiliating or degrading punishment, child rights advocates on Thursday called on parents, guardians, and other authorities to end corporal punishment.

The July 28 to Aug. 10 Pulse Asia survey on senatorial preferences shows the following:

The House of Representatives is pushing for the creation of a Philippine Nuclear Regulatory Commission to unify all nuclear institutions in the country.

THE Philippines’ flag carrier said it would cut its workforce and flight capacity abroad to cope with the global economic slowdown.

THE Philippines’ biggest electricity distributor said its industrial sales are showing signs of a recovery.

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine economy escaped from the threat of recession as it grew 1.5 percent in the second quarter – beating most market estimates – as the government’s stimulus package boosted spending in infrastructure and social services during the period, officials said yesterday.

MANILA, Philippines – Encouraged by signs of improvement in the US and global financial markets, business sentiment turned bullish in the third quarter of this year.

DOLE findings regarding Manila Thermal Power Plant

PARIS, France — More than half of healthcare workers surveyed in Hong Kong said they would refuse to be vaccinated against swine flu, according to a study released Wednesday.

MANILA, Philippines—Prospective overseas Filipino workers may now take the required pre-employment orientation seminars in any SM mall nationwide following Monday’s signing of a memorandum of agreement between Labor Secretary Marianito Roque and SM Malls executive Teresita Sy-Coson.

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine math team bagged 16 gold medals at the 5th International Mathematics Contest in Singapore from August 20 to 24.

The government plans to export corn at a loss to prevent domestic prices from falling further, an official of the National Food Authority said yesterday.

MANILA, Philippines – The Social Security System (SSS) reported a lower net revenue of P8.37 billion during the first six months of this year, or P8.38 billion lower than the P16.75 billion recorded in the same period last year.

MANILA, Philippines – Corporate layoffs due to the global financial crisis has abated with some firms even rehiring the displaced workers, the People Management Association of the Philippines (PMAP) said yesterday.

Job contracting or subcontracting is a legitimate arrangement where the law creates an employer-employee relationship between the principal and the person hired by the job contractor only to ensure that the latter’s wages are paid so that the principal becomes jointly and severally liable with the job contractor only for the payment of said wages.…

STATE-RUN Social Security System (SSS) said the number of cases it filed against delinquent employers fell in the first half of this year.

Big firms, not SMEs, benefiting from lending quotas, says ADB DESPITE a law requiring Philippine banks to allocate a portion of their loan portfolio to small and medium enterprises (SMEs), the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said credit access for that sector remained “poor.”

Foreign businessmen said that limiting foreign equity share in renewable-energy projects in the country to a maximum of only 40 percent would “dampen” the interest of potential foreign investors.

MANILA, Philippines—A Manila court Wednesday cleared an associate of retired Gen. Jovito Palparan of complicity in the country’s first-ever court case involving extrajudicial killings, saying the exclusion of the so-called “butcher of activists” from the charges weakened the case.

US President Barack Obama’s administration and a Congressional financial watchdog projected Tuesday swelling 10-year government budget deficits, posing key challenges to his ambitious health care reform and climate change plans.

MANILA, Philippines – The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) has signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) on its donation of call center project amounting to P298 million to six State universities.