MANILA, Philippines – Automobile sales for the first half of the year went down by 2.8 percent as vehicle sales around the world continue to decline.

In the not so distant past, only prostitutes, sentries and those in the medical profession worked nights. Then suddenly there is this new culture where there is happy hour in beer joints at 6, 7 in the morning — all because of the mushrooming of call centers in the metropolis. After working the graveyard shift…

During my more than 40 years as a counselor, I have dealt with a countless gays, lesbians and their parents. I have yet to meet even one couple that from the very start welcomed the idea that perhaps their son or daughter is gay. There is always resistance and a lot of denial that it…

Worldwide economic growth is expected to recover to 2.5% in 2010, says the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

MANILA, Philippines — A broad network of migrant workers in the Asia Pacific region and in Europe on Wednesday slammed a new law in Italy which will soon criminalize undocumented migrants.

MANILA, Philippines — Close to P2 billion allocated for last year’s reproductive health programs in the country remained untapped, a health official said Wednesday.

MANILA, Philippines—Filipino workers in Hong Kong have bonded with workers from other foreign countries in pressing the Legislative Council (LegCo) of Hong Kong to include them in the law that would legislate the wage increase of workers.

THE government will no longer issue tree-cutting permits to preserve the country’s remaining forest cover, Environment Secretary Lito Atienza said yesterday.

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Change is too slow coming for the nation’s one million home care aides. In 2007, the Supreme Court unanimously upheld a 1975 federal labor regulation that defines home care aides as “companions.” That definition exempts home care employers — often for-profit agencies — from having to pay the federal minimum wage or time and a…

MANILA, Philippines—The National Competency Assessment Tool, a standardized test for aspiring business process outsourcing practitioners, is scheduled to be piloted in several schools and universities this year.

This is a response to Bea Colores’ letter which claimed that Ferdinand Gaite could not legitimately lead the Confederation for Unity, Recognition and Advancement of Government Employees (Courage), a national organization of government employees. (Inquirer, 6/18/09) As affiliate unions of Courage, we feel that we have the duty to answer her.

Philippine – Advocates of “Saudization” are again pushing for a cap on the hiring of foreign workers in Saudi Arabia, the biggest employer of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). Abdul Rahman Al-Qahtani, leader of the “Saudi Arabia is only for Saudis” campaign, told Arab News that the Labor Ministry should strictly enforce Article 3 of the…

BALANGA City, Bataan: The office of Rep. Albert Garcia of Bataan’s Second District has recently initiated the Information Hub, or iHub project providing 18,620 high- school students and 769 teachers maximum use of information and communications technology (ICT) and build an ICT-enabled community in 14 public high schools.

THE cargo and passenger shipping industry contracted in the first four months of the year due to the global financial crisis and the Influenza A(H1N1) scare, the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) said.

The Department of Trade and Industry told local auto parts makers to look into offering more diverse products to make the industry more competitive.

BSP says more leeway to cut interest rates CONSUMER prices in June increased at their slowest pace in over two decades due to the continued drop in the price of fuel and food, the National Statistics Office (NSO) said on Tuesday.

BAGUIO CITY—At lrast 1,000 former employees of a state power firm failed to qualify for work at the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines, which acquired the country’s power transmission grid, a former union leader of the National Transmission Corp. (Transco) said.

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said it would impose stricter requirements for the filing of certificates of candidacy by party-list groups.

MANILA, Philippines – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) vowed yesterday to strictly screen the applications of groups seeking accreditation for next year’s party-list elections.

MANILA, Philippines – The local recruitment industry yesterday warned of a massive drop in the hiring of Filipino workers in the Middle East with the implementation of a stricter regulation on the deployment of low-skilled workers abroad.

In a new encyclical released yesterday by Pope Benedict XVI, the leader of the Catholic Church discusses the challenges of a global economy. He notes that workers’ ability to form a union and bargain is at risk and makes it clear it’s a matter of moral imperative to preserve that freedom.

CEBU CITY – Trade Union Congress Party-List (TUCP) Representative Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza called for stronger cooperation between communities and the Philippine National Police to promote peace and order in the country.

L’AQUILA, Italy (AFP) – G8 leaders gathering here Wednesday faced deepening crises in Iran and China and a warning that the worst political and social effects of the global economic downturn are still to come.

L’AQULA, Italy – Britain and the United States may see room for more stimulus. Germany is worried that it has done too much already.

We may not see them, but they’re all around us, ready to pounce on us anytime. We shudder at the mere mention of these microorganisms — viruses and bacteria. But let not the (H1N1) pandemic scare turn you into a germaphobic or a modern-day Howard Hughes Jr., the American aviator/industrialist/filmmaker, who was one of the…

July is Nutrition Month, and what better way to celebrate it than to start with a practical discussion on how to eat a healthy diet. As important as it is to learn about the latest on food science or breakthroughs on nutrition research, I realize that our readers sometimes have more pressing concerns, such as:…

MANILA, Philippines – Consumer spending ground to a near-halt in the first quarter of this year but data from the central bank showed that during this time, bank deposits surged 14.8 percent to P3.1 trillion.