The Arroyo government has failed to address the issue of the killings of lawyers and judges, the Hague-based Lawyers for Lawyers said on Thursday.

MANILA, Philippines – The country’s gross international reserves (GIR) reached a new record high of $39.319 billion in May as a result of government foreign borrowing and the increase in the price of gold, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) reported yesterday.

ASKING for a date through text messages could make a mayor liable for sexual harassment.

To the four Filipino youth who took home awards from the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair held in Reno, Nevada, age and economic standing is not a hindrance to success. Besting 1,563 students from 56 countries, Angeli Yap-Dy, 14, of Capiz National High School; Jovani Tomale, 16, of Davao City National High School; and…

Work sharing could be a relevant response to the global jobs crisis, according to a new ILO policy brief prepared for discussion at the International Labour Conference in Geneva from 3-19 June 2009. Work sharing policies and programmes can result in a “win-win-win” solution benefiting workers, employers and governments. ILO Online spoke with ILO working…

The deployment of Filipino nurses and caregivers to Japan is expected to pick up as the Philippine and Japan sign today a memorandum of understanding for school courses under the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) on the Movement of Natural Persons, the Japanese Embassy in Manila reported Thursday.

MANILA, Philippines—The country’s rice production for the second quarter of 2009 may be 1 to 2 percent more than last year, according to Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap.

The “turf war” between the National Electrification Administration and Cooperative Development Authority over management control of thousands of electric cooperatives nationwide has reached Congress.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke sounded a cautiously upbeat note on the U.S. economy on Wednesday but warned that corralling government debt was vital to ensuring the nation’s long-term health.

CLARK FREEPORT, Pampanga, Philippines – Filipinos ranked fourth happiest and third among the most church-going people in the world, according to the statistical website nationmaster.com.

MANILA, Philippines – The Senate has approved on third and final reading a bill seeking to provide rights and duties to homeowners and lay down guidelines on the operations of homeowners associations.

MANILA, Philippines – The dramatically changing global landscape and economic conditions have created the urgent need, and the opportunity, for GM Corp. to reinvent both the car and the company. “All of our key stakeholders — US and global governments, taxpayers, unions, employees, retirees, suppliers, partners and dealers – are playing a vital role in…

Many past actions and events in our legislative chamber aptly called the “Lower House” have jolted and shocked the public because of lack of any sane explanation. But its passage of Resolution 1109 constituting itself as a Constituent Assembly (Con Ass) to amend the Charter is the real shocker. It is by far the most…

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine government blamed the New People’s Army (NPA) for the number of unexplained killings in the country as it highlighted a report to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) that such killings “have fallen dramatically by 70 percent.”

With less than three months until the final registration day for the elections set for May next year, the Commission in Elections (Comelec) and the Commission on Filipinos Overseas (CFO) are confident of being able to reach the poll body’s pegged target of one million overseas absentee voters (OAV) registrants.

United Nations Special Rapporteur to the Philippines Professor Philip Alston has blasted President Arroyo’s government for failing to put an end to extra-judicial killings.

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An independent group of Dutch lawyers group has scored the Philippine government for its failure to stop extrajudicial killings, particularly those involving judges and lawyers.

Household savings rates of Filipinos have been declining over the years because of the impact of a growing young population on the economy, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) reported Thursday.

FARMERS are to be given access to three new varieties of rice that should help the Philippines slash imports and produce more at home, a research group said yesterday.

The House of Representatives extending for five years the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) on Wednesday seemed to have divided militant lawmakers who had all been behind it.

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MANILA, Philippines—United Nations Special Rapporteur Philip Alston has noted a 70-percent decrease in the number of unexplained killings in the Philippines, according to the Philippine Permanent Mission to the UN in Geneva.

MANILA, Philippines – Sales of medicines and other pharmaceutical products are expected to go up by five to six percent this year, the Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Association of the Philippines (PHAP) said yesterday.

BAGUIO CITY, Philippines – Worldwide precision instruments manufacturer Moog Controls, a locator along the Export Processing Zone in Loakan here, has cut its workforce by 30 percent.

MANILA, Philippines – A survey by a global market research firm Synovate said that 44 percent of Filipinos living in Metro Manila, North and South Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao believe that the economy is weak but will improve soon.

MANILA, Philippines – There will be no additional retrenchment in the electronics industry as local players announced they are heading towards recovery.

WASHINGTON – The Philippines is 114th among 144 countries in the world rated for their state of peace in the face of global recession and growing political instability.

With mounting issues and challenges facing overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), the government should, as part of its foreign relations policy, actively promote and advance the workers’ rights abroad.