The following are the party-list groups that submitted their nominees to the Comelec as of March 23: Read the rest of this entry »
Initial list of party-list groups and their nominees
March 24, 2010
Universities can increase tuition at will
March 24, 2010
COLLEGES and universities can increase their tuition as much as they want but should get the nod of students and their parents first, according to the Commission on Higher Education (Ched). Read the rest of this entry »
Proposed credit info bureau still in limbo after two years
March 24, 2010
MANILA, Philippines – The establishment of the Central Credit Information Corp. (CCIC) has remained in limbo more than two years after the passage of the Credit Information System Act (CISA) or Republic Act 9510. Read the rest of this entry »
Supreme Court rules COLA integration into state workers’ salary legal
March 24, 2010
MANILA, Philippines – The integration of the Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) and other allowances of government workers into their standardized salary rates is legal, the Supreme Court (SC) ruled. Read the rest of this entry »
GMA signs Expanded Breastfeeding Act
March 24, 2010
MANILA, Philippines – Government offices and private establishments may soon have “lactation stations” where mothers can breastfeed their babies or store their breast milk in refrigerated containers. Read the rest of this entry »
Melo: Poll failure is pure fantasy
March 24, 2010
TACLOBAN CITY – Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman Jose Melo yesterday reassured the public that a failure of elections on May 10 is “pure fantasy.” Read the rest of this entry »
BSP warns against cap on credit card rates
March 23, 2010
MANILA – The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) will not support a bill seeking to cap credit card interest rates, one of its officials said. Read the rest of this entry »
British exec warns vs abuse of student visa
March 23, 2010
A SENIOR British migration official has raised concern on the rising fraudulent visa applications from the Philippines, particularly on the abuse of student visas being used by unskilled workers seeking jobs in Britain. Read the rest of this entry »
Good Practice Note: Asbestos: Occupational and Community Health Issues
March 23, 2010
Divorce and the Filipino
March 23, 2010
Filipinos, much like the Chinese, are probably among the most ubiquitous nationalities in world. They are scattered around the globe and are found practically every where, even in such unlikely places as Maputo in Africa, where a friend of mine, a Filipino lawyer, lives; Somalia and Afghanistan. Once, while I was in the washroom of a hotel in the little-known state of Fribourg in Switzerland, I was delighted to meet a Filipina who was there to audit the hotel. It turned out she was a middle-range management employee of the chain of hotels where I was staying. Read the rest of this entry »
