MANILA, PHilippines – The country’s economic growth may slow down to a range of 0.7 percent to 1.7 percent this year, lower than the official forecast range of 0.8 percent to 1.8 percent, because of the impact of typhoon Ondoy, Acting Socioeconomic Planning Secretary and National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) director general Augusto Santos said yesterday. Read the rest of this entry »
RP growth seen slowing down to 0.7-1.7% in 2009
September 30, 2009
Salceda proposes P86-billion economic perk-up package
September 30, 2009
LEGAZPI CITY , Philippines – Albay Gov. Joey Salceda yesterday proposed an P86-billion economic perk-up package to ward off the social and economic damage brought by tropical storm “Ondoy” to the National Capital Region (NCR) and 27 provinces in the country. Read the rest of this entry »
Tenfold rise in HIV treatment for poor: UN
September 30, 2009
More than four million people from poor and middle-income countries received HIV/AIDS treatment in 2008, marking a tenfold increase in access to medication over five years, a UN report said Wednesday. Read the rest of this entry »
Asia-Pacific at risk if climate change ignored – ADB
September 30, 2009
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Asia-Pacific countries face food and energy shortages, worsening poverty and declining crop yields if they ignore climate change, according to studies released on Wednesday. Read the rest of this entry »
$8B needed to hit renewable energy goal
September 30, 2009
THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY wants renewable energy sources to contribute at least half of the country’s primary energy mix, which would need about $8 billion in fresh investments, according to a government official. Read the rest of this entry »
Climate change to affect 25M kids in 2050
September 30, 2009
$7B to ease temperature rise impact on poor
MANILA, Philippines — Climate change will cause the malnourishment of 25 million more children in 2050, according to a Wednesday report by the Washington-based International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and e-mailed to media outfits worldwide. Read the rest of this entry »
Joma Sison off EU terror list—lawyer
September 30, 2009
MANILA, Philippines—(UPDATE) Exiled Filipino communist leader Jose Maria Sison has been taken out of the terror list of the European Union, INQUIRER.net learned Wednesday. Read the rest of this entry »
The ones closest must be the most ready
September 29, 2009
In whatever emergency, the first mission of any government is to protect the lives and property of its citizens. But regardless of how prepared government is to provide assistance in an emergency, there will always be inadequacies. With what we saw in the aftermath of Ondoy, it is obvious that the local governments, down to the barangays, must be prepared and be provided with the facilities needed to cope with the initial impact of disasters and emergencies. Read the rest of this entry »
Workplace don’ts
September 29, 2009
Do your co-workers hate you and you don’t know why? Or maybe they don’t hate you, but they talk about something that you do—something that is so regular for you that they somehow find repulsive. Maybe you’re guilty of doing one of these things: Read the rest of this entry »
Mitigating disasters
September 29, 2009
It was a case of too much rain too soon. In just 15 hours, some 411 millimeters of rain fell, exceeding the September average of 391 millimeters, and beating the weather bureau’s one-day record of 331 millimeters set in 1967 (Manila Standard Today, Sept. 28). Read the rest of this entry »
