Young Pinoys want to save more than their elders
Penny-pinching Filipino yuppies are poised to outdo their older counterparts—even their parents—in saving more for the proverbial rainy day. Read the rest of this entry »
Youth saving more for a rainy day
August 30, 2009
Buildings in RP get on the green bandwagon
August 30, 2009
Zuellig leads way with planned P7-B Makati HQ
MANILA, Philippines – Borrowing a phrase from the fashion world, green is the new black. This goes for energy, transportation, and yes, even buildings. Read the rest of this entry »
OFWs may lose jobs in Guam to Americans
August 30, 2009
MANILA, Philippines — The 15,000 up to 20,000 job openings in Guam being eyed by the Philippine government for overseas Filipinos workers are imperiled by a United States legislator who wants most of the jobs given to US citizens, according to a consultant for overseas job recruitment. Read the rest of this entry »
Filipino runaway maids swell during Ramadan, says Migrante
August 30, 2009
MANILA, Philippines—The number of Filipino maids who run away from their Muslim employers swell during the Ramadan, when they are also required to fast, an alliance of overseas Filipino workers’ organizations in the Middle East said Sunday. Read the rest of this entry »
More distressed OFWs brought home this year
August 30, 2009
MANILA, Philippines — The number of distressed overseas Filipino workers sent home by the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) in the first seven months of 2009 reached over 5,000, a 23-percent jump from the recorded number of repatriated Filipinos during the same period in 2008. Read the rest of this entry »
Commission on Human Rights to probe displacement of Manobos
August 30, 2009
MANILA, Philippines – Commission on Human Rights (CHR) head Leila de Lima will personally lead an investigative mission this weekend in Surigao del Sur, where 1,700 people, mostly Manobos, have reportedly been displaced by the raging armed conflict between government forces and communist rebels. Read the rest of this entry »
Trade think tank set to release program on trade policies
August 30, 2009
MANILA, Philippines – Business-led trade policy think tank Universal Access to Competitiveness and Trade, in partnership with the International Trade Centre (ITC-Geneva) will release a program that will help people understand trade policies. Read the rest of this entry »
Lost child
August 29, 2009
TWO Fridays ago, four delegates attending the Tenth Global Consultation on Child Welfare Services requested me to accompany them to places where children under the most difficult circumstances are situated. I brought them to multi-awarded Molave Detention Home in Quezon City that provides the best services for children in conflict with the law relative to Manila, Caloocan, Malabon, and the rest of Metro-Manila where children continue to languish in jails. At Molave, Danish Pia Brandsnes of DanAdopt and Spaniard Juan Luis Lorenzo of ANIDA immediately noticed one particular young girl who stood out from 180 detained children just because she did not seem to belong there. Read the rest of this entry »
Amnesty International urges RP to ratify treaty
August 29, 2009
INTERNATIONAL human rights groups on Friday called on the Philippine government to join other nations in ratifying the treaty that would end enforced disappearances in the country and in the world. Read the rest of this entry »
Henry Sy remains RP’s richest man
August 29, 2009
According to the 2009 Forbes Asia Philippines Rich List that ranked 40 of the wealthiest in the Philippines, mall mogul Henry Sy remained to be the country’s wealthiest with a net worth of $3.8 billion. Sy is the chairman and founder of the SM Group of Companies. Read the rest of this entry »
