BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines – A militant group condemned authorities for the continued “illegal detention” of a woman peasant leader, who it said also worked as an El Niño consultant at the time of her “unlawful arrest” in northern Cagayan last March 22. Read the rest of this entry »
Woman peasant leader’s arrest hit
March 29, 2010
Floating power plants help ease Mindanao power shortfall
March 29, 2010
MANILA, Philippines – Power barges PB 117 and PB 118 have been in full operation from the very first day that AboitizPower Corp. assumed their full ownership this year and have been used to help ease the electricity shortfall in Mindanao. Read the rest of this entry »
Government mulls night shift for Mindanao businesses to balance power load
March 29, 2010
MANILA, Philippines – To avoid job losses in Mindanao because of the power crisis, the government is looking at shifting the working hours of Mindanao businesses at night in order to balance the power demand. Read the rest of this entry »
OFW families now saving more for the future
March 29, 2010
MANILA, Philippines – More beneficiaries of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) are turning to savings to secure their future, data from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) showed. Read the rest of this entry »
More OFW beneficiaries setting aside savings
March 28, 2010
The number of overseas Filipino worker (OFW) beneficiaries that allocated part of their remittance proceeds to savings picked up in the first quarter of this year, according to the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP). In its latest Consumer Expectations Survey, the BSP said the percentage of OFW households that allocated a portion of their remittances to savings rose to 50.4 percent from 44.8 percent in the fourth quarter of 2009. Read the rest of this entry »
GFIs, GOCCs to provide half of P100-billion stimulus fund
March 28, 2010
MANILA, Philippines – The government is set to source half of the P100-billion economic stimulus package this year from government-owned and controlled corporations (GOCCs) as well as government financial institutions (GFIs), Finance Secretary Margarito Teves said the other day. Read the rest of this entry »
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March 28, 2010
Party-list groups beat deadline
March 28, 2010
MANILA, Philippines – A total of 185 party-list organizations have beaten the Friday midnight deadline imposed by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to identify their nominees. Read the rest of this entry »
Survey showing Pinoys’ confidence in Comelec welcomed
March 28, 2010
MANILA, Philippines – Malacañang welcomed yesterday the Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey showing that most Filipinos have confidence in the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in the prevention of the sabotage of the automated elections. Read the rest of this entry »
RMN’s latest survey: Still a tight race for Aquino and Villar
March 28, 2010
