Militant and moderate farmers’ groups have cast their lot with either the Liberal Party’s Senator Benigno Simeon Aquino III or his closest rival Senator Manuel Villar of the Nacionalista Party. Read the rest of this entry »

MANILA, Philippines – Forest-based furniture exporters expect revenue losses due to dry spell brought about by El Niño and climate change towards the latter part of 2010. Read the rest of this entry »

SENATOR Manuel Roxas II widened his lead to 18 percentage points over vice presidential rival and fellow Senator Loren Legarda, 41 percent to 23 percent, as Makati Mayor Jejomar Binay continued to catch up in the latest Manila Standard poll. Read the rest of this entry »

A WELL-ATTENDED forum on “The Promise of Redemption: BESRA and the Need for Higher Education Reform” was held recently on the UP Diliman campus. At that conference, four eminent scholars took turns in discussing various aspects of the Basic Education Sector Reform Agenda (BESRA), DepEd’s major initiative at reforming the country’s decrepit educational system. While aware of the obvious difficulties in implementing such a massive and ambitious program, all speakers voiced optimism that it will succeed in meeting its objectives. Read the rest of this entry »

SLOWLY but surely the Philippines is emerging from the worst global economic crisis in decades.

A fresh whiff of good news came from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP). Read the rest of this entry »

Dear PAO,

My father is turning sixty years old next month. Presently, he is very weak due to his illness. He informed us that he wants to avail of the health benefits given to senior citizens once he reaches sixty years old but we do not know what the benefits are. We are hoping you can give us an idea. This will surely help our father as well as our family. Thank you. Makoy Read the rest of this entry »

The Philippines has a population of about 90 million, which is quite large for an archipelago measuring only 300,000 square kilometers. Read the rest of this entry »

MANILA, Philippines – Newly appointed Energy Secretary Jose Ibazeta has vowed to keep nuclear energy development as an option to ensure adequate supply of power in the future. Read the rest of this entry »

MANILA, Philippines – Workers nationwide want the country’s next president to immediately move for a freer entry of locally made garments into the United States. Read the rest of this entry »