South Korea has called on the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) for more investments in developing new and renewable sources of energy. Read the rest of this entry »
Seoul urges Asean to go ‘green’
May 26, 2009
Labor department issues guidelines versus virus
May 26, 2009
After two confirmed cases of the Influenza A(H1N1) virus in the Philippines, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) issued guidelines to help prevent the disease from spreading in the workplace. Read the rest of this entry »
Joint DTI-DENR-DA-DOF-DOH-DILG-DOLE-DOTC Administrative Order No. 01 Series of 2009
May 25, 2009
BSP sees ‘hot money’ coming back
May 25, 2009
MANILA, Philippines – The Bangko Sentral ngPilipinas (BSP) expects the country to post net inflow of foreign portfolio investments this month, following substantial net outflows in the past months. Read the rest of this entry »
PNP forms task group vs. political killings
May 25, 2009
MANILA, Philippines – (UPDATE) The Philippine National Police (PNP) has created a special task group tasked to put an end to political killings and election-related violence, less than a year before the 2010 elections, PNP Chief Director General Jesus Verzosa said. Read the rest of this entry »
Malnutrition is deadlier than swine flu — Partylist Rep
May 25, 2009
MANILA, Philippines –Malnutrition is still one of the major health problems in school children and could be considered deadlier than the swine flu plague, a partylist representative said today. Read the rest of this entry »
Abuse of women in many forms
May 25, 2009
Whoever said that Filipino women do not suffer the same abuse as their counterparts in the Middle East, India and Africa must either be insensitive males or simply clueless. Read the rest of this entry »
Gradual tariff reduction for sugar proposed
May 25, 2009
THE Philippines is proposing a gradual reduction in sugar tariffs in Southeast Asia as a “middle ground” between Filipino farmers’ plea for protection and the country’s commitment to bring down trade barriers, Trade Secretary Peter Favila said over the weekend. Read the rest of this entry »
A bailout plan for the coconut industry
May 25, 2009
Any stranger or first-time visitor to Laguna and Quezon will be instantly awed at the sight of endless rows of tall and lush coconut trees which dominate the landscape. But the thick tree cover all around seems to camouflage the acute ills that beset the coconut industry in these provinces and the entire country. Read the rest of this entry »
Hayden Kho Sex Scandal: Re-focusing on local cyberlaws, cyber-ethics
May 25, 2009
By the time this column sees print, the possibility looms that the brouhaha over the Hayden Kho sex video scandal may no longer command as much public attention as it did the week just past. Read the rest of this entry »
