SINGAPORE (AP) — Asia’s airline industry is beginning to pull out of a severe slump sparked by the global recession with signs that passenger numbers have started to recover, a regional body said. Read the rest of this entry »

MANILA, Philippines – More business enterprises are looking at hiring more workers in the first quarter of next year in light of the reconstruction and rehabilitation efforts of the government as well as the global economic recovery. Read the rest of this entry »

MANILA, Philippines—The Department of Labor and Employment’s hotline for information on local and overseas jobs won an award from International Association of Business Communicators, it was learned over the weekend. Read the rest of this entry »

MANILA, Philippines – It’s the season to be jolly. But it’s always better to be safe than sorry.

This was the warning of an environment group at the forefront of a campaign against hazardous chemicals as it cautioned the public against “indiscriminate shopping” for holiday gifts. Read the rest of this entry »

MANILA, Philippines – The Court of Appeals (CA) has given the government clearance to allow the importation of Liberty Link Rice 62 (LLRice62), an allegedly genetically modified rice variety. Read the rest of this entry »

MANILA, Philippines – Party-list groups should now come out of their closets.

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has ordered all party-list organizations taking part in the May 2010 elections to make public their nominees. Read the rest of this entry »

MANILA, Philippines – A New York State Supreme Court justice has ruled that the 10,000 human rights victims during the 20-year rule of the late President Ferdinand Marcos can lay claim to the $35-million Arelma deposits to partially satisfy the $2-billion indemnity awarded to them by a jury in 1995. Read the rest of this entry »

PAYING taxes in the Philippines became more burdensome this year, according to a survey done by the World Bank and PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP. This as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was supposed to have raised concern about the country’s ballooning budget deficit and the lack of a clear government plan on how to arrest the deterioration in tax collections. Read the rest of this entry »

THE Philippines was singled out for praise by the United States for exerting “special efforts” to respect religious freedom and tolerance, as well as promote interfaith dialogue in the world arena, according to a recent report by the US State Department. Read the rest of this entry »

MANILA, Philippines–Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) cases among Filipino youth “have been increasing at an unprecedented rate,” the United Nations representative’s office in Manila has warned. Read the rest of this entry »