MANILA, Philippines—Conservation measures are generally instituted to prevent the collapse of fish stocks due to overfishing. These can be in the form of closing an area for any fishing activity, limiting the amount of fish that can be caught or allowing the use of only specific fishing gear. Read the rest of this entry »

The embattled head of the Chamber of Automotive Manufacturers of the Philippines Inc. (Campi) scored the chiefs of four Japanese member-companies for misreading the group’s position on the government’s new program for the industry. Read the rest of this entry »

MANILA, Philippines – Pity the country’s state colleges and universities (SCUs) — they operate on “budgetary crumbs”.

But, ironically, they are mandated — and expected — to be of great service to the Filipino people, particularly those in the countryside. Read the rest of this entry »

MANILA, Philippines – The country’s external debt slipped by 1.1 percent last year as the debt payments of the National Government and private enterprises exceeded fresh borrowings, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) reported yesterday. Read the rest of this entry »

NEGATIVE VOTE: A politician friend offered what looks like a partial solution to our dilemma of boycotting party-lists with dubious nominees but, in so doing, merely improving their chances of winning seats in the House of Representatives. Read the rest of this entry »

I received such a tremendous response to the previous column on the crisis of our educational system that I decided to push the issues even further, to explore truly radical responses to save the next generation of Filipinos from the grip of mediocrity. Read the rest of this entry »

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Health (DOH) and the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) may have opposing views on the use of condoms, but they agree on other ways to prevent the spread of the human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) in the country. Read the rest of this entry »

MANILA, Philippines – The government’s lax enforcement of aviation safety rules has prompted the European Commission (EC) to ban Philippine carriers from flying to the 27 member states of the European Union (EU). Read the rest of this entry »

The US manufacturing sector expanded in March at its fastest rate for six years, a report has said. Read the rest of this entry »