MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines needs to pour in more investments into infrastructure projects and develop other key sectors like creative industries and tourism, medical travel and retirement, to generate $75 billion in foreign direct investments (FDI) and 10 million jobs over the next 10 years. Read the rest of this entry »

MANILA, Philippines – As Nacionalista Party standard bearer Manuel Villar and Liberal Party presidential bet Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III have both been promising to service the poor once elected, the amounts spent by the top two campaign spenders exceed the budgets of government agencies helping the poor, the watchdog Pera’t Pulitika has observed. Read the rest of this entry »

MANILA, Philippines – Liberal Party standard-bearer Sen. Benigno Simeon “Noynoy” C. Aquino III has gained a double-digit lead over his fiercest rival, Nacionalista Party presidential bet Sen. Manuel “Manny” B. Villar, Jr., in the latest BusinessWorld-Social Weather Stations (SWS) Pre-Election Survey. Read the rest of this entry »

MANILA, Philippines – Makati Mayor Jejomar Binay and City Administrator Marjorie de Veyra were charged before Office of the Ombudsman for the dismissal of 138 casual employees of the city government. Read the rest of this entry »

MANILA, Philippines – College graduates – not necessarily those from the country’s top schools – are still preferred by most employers, a study done by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) showed. Read the rest of this entry »

MANILA, Philippines – If the prevailing power shortages will not be addressed today, the country will see a repeat of the power crisis in the early 90s, an international research firm said in a report. Read the rest of this entry »

Women who had hypertension during pregnancy are at increased risk for hypertension and stroke after 40 years of age, based on follow-up data from more than 4,000 women. Read the rest of this entry »

MANILA, Philippines – A visiting human rights expert said yesterday presidential candidates have failed to make a firm commitment to provide a comprehensive action plan to end unexplained killings and enforced disappearances. Read the rest of this entry »

MANILA, Philippines – Nacionalista Party senatorial candidate Susan Ople called on Malacañang to look into the over P1 billion reportedly owed by the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) to several accredited skills training centers, accumulated under the leadership of former secretary Augusto Syjuco. Read the rest of this entry »

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Two construction workers were injured when the flooring at the fourth level of a call center building under construction at the Asiatown IT Park in Barangay (Village) Lahug here collapsed Saturday night. Read the rest of this entry »