MANILA, Philippines – The government sold P8.5 billion worth of Treasury bills (T-bills) yesterday after investors swarmed the auction with total tenders reaching P23 billion or almost three times oversubscribed.

We are happy to note that there is now more involvement of local agencies and authorities in the implementation of poverty solutions. The Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines (ULAP) and various state agencies namely the Department of Health, Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) and…

MANILA, Philippines – Young Filipino math wizards continue to impress the world with their latest feat at the 5th International Mathematics Contest in Singapore.

MANILA, Philippines – More adult Filipinos remain optimistic that their lives will improve in the next 12 months, a survey by the Social Weather Stations (SWS) revealed yesterday.

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Scientists claim they have developed a more sensitive test for the asbestos-related cancer mesothelioma.

Data suggest Europe, Asia improving; China leader cautions world economy faces ‘difficulties’

Throughout the majority of the 20th century, power plants were a common location for asbestos exposure. Before the 1980s, asbestos was considered an ideal material due to its insulating properties and ability to withstand high temperatures.

Secretary Ronnie Puno of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has called on local chief executives to support the department’s training initiatives on the barangay human rights program, which seeks to empower vulnerable sectors like women and children in pursuing justice through heightened awareness about their basic rights and the country’s judicial…

Despite the worldwide recession, more than 150,000 jobs are being offered in the United Kingdom to foreign workers, including Filipinos, who will qualify under the new points-based system introduced in 2008 by the UK Border and Immigration System.

What could possibly go wrong in the automated national elections in May 2010?

Fruit growers in Mindanao are going bananas. They need to repel the spread of unseen but disastrous fungi if they are to go on exporting banana by the billions of tons. But a drive to ban aerial spraying of pesticides is hemming them in from the other side. The Philippine Banana Growers and Exporters Association…

A law is necessary and desirable if its purpose is to promote public welfare and advance the common good. And we can be sure that this is its purpose if it is based on the truth. This is the problem with the RH bill. It is based on grounds that are not true or accurate.…

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine economy is expected to expand anywhere between one percent and 1.5 percent this year, according to the latest forecast of international credit rating agency Standard & Poor’s (S&P).

MANILA, Philippines – The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) expects hot money flows or investments in foreign stocks, government securities and peso-denominated assets to continue pouring into the Philippines on the back of improving investor confidence.

MANILA, Philippines – The country’s property sector is expected to post a slight growth this year despite the slowdown of most economies worldwide, international real estate firm CB Richard Ellis said.

WASHINGTON — Turnabouts in European and Asian economies, along with recent gains in the US, are raising hopes that the worldwide recession is drawing to a close. That’s not to say the coast is clear.

In the line of duty, firefighters are exposed to fire, smoke and extreme heat. Asbestos exposure is another hazard they also face when fighting fires. When a fire breaks out in a building that contains asbestos or the building collapses, asbestos fibers can be released into the air. Firefighters generally wear air masks with self-contained…

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COMPENSATION at least four times bigger than that offered in the Middle East is enticing Filipinos to work in forward operating bases of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in Afghanistan despite the dangers and the ban on deploying them to the war-torn country.

Walla Walla, Oregon – The Tektoniks Corporation is facing a $2,400 fine after a botched asbestos removal project. The company received the fine after allegedly removing tile and flooring that contained asbestos without a license. This could have endangered many lives in the area. During the process of removing the asbestos-laden materials, many tiny asbestos…

MANILA, Philippines – The country’s debt has risen to P4.2 trillion during President Arroyo’s prolonged incumbency, surpassing the debts incurred by her predecessors, latest data from the Department of Finance show.

MANILA, Philippines – The responsibility of educating people has always fallen on the shoulders of governments across the globe because of the complexity of the task, but a new World Bank study shows that deepening partnerships with the private sector in the Philippines is becoming a reliable way of financing quality education and making it…

A LABOR group blamed lawmakers for the financial difficulties besetting the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. and called on the national government to save the state-run health care financier from becoming insolvent.

Banks and other financial companies will have to follow a 12-percent cap on interest rates on credit card payments under a bill that is nearing approval by the Senate.

MANILA, Philippines—About 13,400 corporate tax cheats have been exposed and penalized by the Bureau of Revenue over the last three years using data uncovered though a lottery partnership with publicly listed technology provider Philweb.com Inc.

Local labor groups on Thursday picketed the Makati City headquarters of the primary investor of a hotel in Honolulu accused of maltreating its workers, a majority of whom are Filipinos.

WASHINGTON, D.C.: A comprehensive recovery strategy by US President Barack Obama’s administration has steered the world’s largest economy from the brink of collapse, his economic pointman said Thursday.

WASHINGTON (AP) — With the recession throwing thousands of people out of work daily, more than 13 percent of American homeowners with a mortgage have fallen behind on their payments or are in foreclosure.

WASHINGTON (AP)- The job market is thawing at a snail’s pace, raising doubts about whether consumer spending will become vigorous enough to sustain an economic recovery anytime soon.