Education and skills training to improve the employability of young people
August 31, 2009
Bongbong trains eye on agencies recruiting ‘promdi’ maids
August 30, 2009
Ilocos Norte Rep. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. yesterday called attention to the reported recruitment of maids from the provinces by local employment agencies for the purpose of making a lot of money off their “innocence.” Read the rest of this entry »
RP land mass moving toward mainland Asia
August 30, 2009
MANILA, Philippines – An official of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) yesterday said that based on the latest geophysics research, it appeared that the Philippine land mass is moving toward mainland Asia at an average of seven centimeters every year. Read the rest of this entry »
RP’s richest getting richer
August 30, 2009
Henry Sy is once again the country’s richest person.
MANILA, Philippines – Many of the country’s tycoons have gotten richer.
In the Forbes magazine edition released Aug. 26, retail magnate Henry Sy, once again the country’s richest person, was the biggest gainer. Read the rest of this entry »
Women at the forefront
August 30, 2009
The National Commission on the Role of Filipino Women (NCRFW) has cited the social benefits that the Filipino women can get out of the Magna Carta of Women (MCW) besides economic and political empowerment. Read the rest of this entry »
EDC vows to maintain safety record at geothermal sites
August 30, 2009
MANILA, Philippines – The Lopez-controlled Energy Development Corp. (EDC) has committed to maintain its impressive safety records at its geothermal project sites. Read the rest of this entry »
Catholic associations and partisan politics
August 30, 2009
Election fever is here again, and an old question once more comes to the fore: the involvement of the Church in politics. Granting that the hierarchy itself should not be involved in partisan politics, the following questions have been asked: 1) Can Associations of Christian Faithful—either public or private—engage in partisan politics? 2) If Public Associations of Christian Faithful cannot engage in partisan politics, can Private Associations of Christian Faithful do? Read the rest of this entry »
Surge in ‘religious politics’ could lead to reforms
August 30, 2009
Why is there a surge of “religious politicians”?
Do the appearance and political prominence of Gov. Ed Panlilio of Pampanga, a Catholic priest suspended from exercising his priestly faculties (powers and functions)—and Protestant Brother Eddie Villanueva, leader of the Jesus Is Lord Movement, and Brother Mike Velarde of the El Shaddai Catholic Charismatic Renewal Movement—improve Philippine politics and promote good governance? Read the rest of this entry »
Where did the growth come from?
August 30, 2009
GOOD NEWS: THE ECONOMY APPEARED to show overall improvement in the second quarter, bucking recessionary trends worldwide. The second-quarter growth figures released last week indicate that we have managed to avert a recession, meaning, we were able to avoid having two quarters of successive contraction of the economy. The data show a rebound in the second quarter (2.4-percent GDP growth from Q1) after the first-quarter contraction (-2.1-percent growth from Q4 2008). The year-on-year growth rate (that is, comparing with the same quarter last year) was 1.5 percent. Read the rest of this entry »
City competitiveness–a flawed concept
August 30, 2009
THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM’S “Global Competitiveness Report 2008-2009” puts the Philippines in a very uncomfortable 74th place (out of 137 economies surveyed), behind such countries as Botswana (59th), Indonesia (58th), and Brunei Darussalam (42nd). The IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook 2009 puts the Philippines at 43rd place among 57 countries. The country’s ranking by other international rating institutions is equally disconcerting. Read the rest of this entry »
