October 31, 2008
Republic of the Philippines
Congress of the Philippines
Metro Manila
Fourteenth Congress
Second Regular Session
Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-eight day of July, two thousand eight.
Republic Act No. 9510 October 31, 2008
AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE CREDIT INFORMATION SYSTEM AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES Read the rest of this entry »
October 30, 2008
Republic of the Philippines
Congress of the Philippines
Metro Manila
Fourteenth Congress
Second Regular Session
Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-eight day of July, two thousand eight.
Republic Act No. 9507 October 13, 2008
AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A SOCIALIZED AND LOW-COST HOUSING LOAN RESTRUCTURING AND CONDONATION PROGRAM, PROVIDING THE MECHANISMS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES Read the rest of this entry »
October 30, 2008
October 28, 2008
Countries fail to reach consensus on chemical some deem dangerous. A type of asbestos sold around the world by Canada and several other countries will remain off an international watchlist of dangerous chemicals for at least another two years. Read the rest of this entry »
October 23, 2008
by Butch Quejada
from Pilipino Star Ngayon
Pumalag ang iba’t-ibang grupo ng mga manggagawa sa bantang “zero remittance” ng International Migrants Alliance (IMG) bunsod na rin ng malaking epekto sa ekonomiya lalu na ngayong may nararanasang global financial crisis.
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October 22, 2008
by Marlon Ramos
from Philippine Daily Inquirer
MANILA, Philippines — Mac, the Filipino-made explosives disposal robot, has just succeeded in first mission.
The one-armed, night-seeing robot developed by students from the Mapua Institute of Technology won the top prize in the recently held First World Cup of Computer-Implemented Inventions in Shanghai, China, said Senior Supt. Gilbert Cruz, Makati City police chief. Read the rest of this entry »
October 22, 2008
by Mayen Jaymalin
from The Philippine Star
The country’s largest labor union warned the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) yesterday against pouring $400 million more into overseas investments.
Ernesto Herrera, Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) secretary-general, said the global financial crisis could worsen in the coming months. Read the rest of this entry »
October 22, 2008
The country’s largest labor union warned the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) yesterday against pouring $400 million more into overseas investments. Read the rest of this entry »
October 21, 2008
by Moira Herbst
from BusinessWeek
Economic woe usually leads to layoffs in certain industries, but this time the pink slips will be widespread
When the dot-com and housing bubbles burst, it was easy to see what types of jobs would disappear. But these days as nervous lenders cower and credit contracts, virtually every industry is likely to be scathed in the widely predicted downturn starting this autumn. Nearly every business relies on credit to operate—just as they need customers to have spending power. Read the rest of this entry »
October 20, 2008
by ALEXANDER G. HIGGINS Associated Press Writer
from FindLaw
GENEVA (AP) – The global financial crisis will add at least 20 million people to the world’s unemployed, bringing the total to 210 million by the end of next year, the U.N. labor agency said Monday.
That will be the first time in a decade of record keeping that the global total has been above 200 million people, said officials of the International Labor Organization. Read the rest of this entry »
