Cheers, boos greet Palparan MANILA, Philippines – (UPDATE) Twenty-five of the 32 new partylist representatives took their oath of office before Speaker Prospero Nograles at the House of Representatives session hall on Tuesday.

MANILA, Philippines — Despite the global economic slowdown, the country can expect relatively brighter prospects this year in terms of economic growth and opportunities, according to a senior economist at the University of Asia and the Pacific.

MANILA, Philippines—The government should go slow in its labor export policy amid increasing cases of rights violations, threats, and even deaths of Filipinos working abroad, a member of the House of Representatives said Tuesday.

It is no longer possible to contain the deadly swine flu virus first found in Mexico, the World Health Organization (WHO) says. As a potential pandemic edges closer, governments around the world have been stepping up precautions against its spread.

The government is closely watching the current economic situation and is ready to revise its growth projections again if “hard numbers” come up, the National Economic and Development Authority said.

The Civil Service Commission is being pressed to back the filing of indirect contempt charges against the board of regents of the Technological University of the Philippines sitting on a 90-day suspension order against the school president in a sexual harassment case.

Few of his legislative peers can match his guts and dynamism in fulfilling his duties and delivering results.  He is also in a class of his own in being articulate, accessible and visible to the public. For these sterling qualities, Senator Richard Gordon is widely regarded as an exceptional public servant. But these past several…

How is the financial and economic crisis affecting occupational health and safety standards? First of all, let’s remember that even before the current crisis, globalization had already brought about major changes to workplaces worldwide. Privatization, industrial restructuring, new forms of work organization, the break-up of larger state enterprises and the proliferation of small enterprises –…

The Malaysian government has eased restrictions on foreign investors wanting to buy into the country’s financial sector.

In anticipation of an easing of the global financial crisis, the country’s tourism industry is hoping to be ready to play a major role as the economy of various countries starts to pick up from hibernation and tourists begin to spend for travel and vacation.

MANILA, Philippines – Although still well-capitalized, the Philippine banking industry continued to experience a steady decline in its capital adequacy, with levels going down across all banking groups particularly in the rural and cooperative banking industry.

MANILA, Philippines – A supervisor of a burger chain was stabbed dead Saturday by two workers she suspended for repeatedly reporting to work late in Marikina City.

MANILA, Philippines – The local chapter of London-based human rights watchdog Amnesty International staged a rally in Quezon City and Manila yesterday to urge the government to correct the “desperate situation” of witness protection in the Philippines.

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine government has vowed to implement proper waste disposal measures in the use of nuclear energy.

MANILA, Philippines – Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile is pushing for a bill that aims to penalize cyber criminals and hackers, including pedophiles who use the Internet to lure victims.

The lowdown on carpal tunnel syndrome   Joy, 35, was baffled that she kept on dropping things accidentally the past few days. She also felt pain and tingling sensations on the fingers of her right hand particularly at night. An accountant used to working till the small hours of the evening, the numbness and the…

WASHINGTON, D.C.: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Saturday said it had forged agreement on the stimulus measures taken to combat the global financial crisis and the need to clean up bad assets weighing on banks.

STIMULUS spending by countries employing its workers is helping the Philippines maintain its remittances despite the global economic downturn, a labor leader said Sunday.

THE Wall Street meltdown is so intense—and reflects such gross irresponsibility by leaders in the highest places—that it has set people questioning capitalism’s very reasons for being. The global crisis has brought to a head the debate between America’s “take-no-prisoners” capitalism and the European “social market economy” espoused principally by the Germans.

Jobseekers  flock to the 3rd Urban Job Fair at SM Megamall

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine coffee industry is targetted to attain self sufficiency in the aromatic bean by 2015, enabling the country to save P3.5 billion from annual imports of the bean, following the agreement signed in October 2008 between the Department of Agriculture and the stakeholders in the sector.

MANILA, Philippines – The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) yesterday said the number of Filipino nurses who have sought employment in the United States during the first quarter of 2009 has gone down by 10.5 percent.

The question is, who are the marginalized? What groups are considered under-represented? The Constitution says party-list seats shall be filled by election from the labor, peasant, urban poor, indigenous cultural communities, women, youth, “and such other sectors as may be provided by law, except the religious sector.”

COUNTRIES that are migrant destinations should not shut their doors on foreign workers even amid the economic crisis, International Labor Organization’s Senior Economist Gyorgy Sziraczki of the ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific said at a forum in the SDMX Convention Center in Pasay City.

THE Supreme Court (SC) decision to allow more party-list congressmen to take office might cause more problems than gains, Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) president Archbishop Angel Lagdameo said on Saturday.

MANILA, Philippines – The slowdown in the country’s growth and overseas sales is not directly related to the global economic crunch but rather the lack of competitiveness that has plagued the different industries for years, a top economist said.

MANILA, Philippines — President GloriaMacapagal-Arroyo is steering clear of demands for wage increases as part of the Labor Day celebration next week, Malacañang said on Saturday.

MANILA, Philippines — Not everything in the Philippines is adversely affected by the global financial crisis, which is strangling the economies of the United States and some countries in Europe and Asia.

Draft 4.17.09 Isang mainit na pagbati sa Araw ng Paggawa! Tayong mga manggagawa sa Pilipinas at mga manggagawa overseas ay muling nakikiisa sa mga manggagawa sa buong daigdig sa araw na ito.

Energy Secretary Angelo Reyes has invited National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) chief Ralph Recto to a conference with local oil players next week to “reconcile any differences in perception as to what prices are ‘reasonable’” when it comes to petroleum products like gasoline and diesel.