CEBU, Philippines – The Associated Labor Unions-Trade Union Congress of the Philippines has announced its support to Liberal Party standard bearer Senator Benigno “Noynoy” Quino and his runningmate Sen. Mar Roxas. Read the rest of this entry »

MANILA, Philippines – The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) yesterday called on the New People’s Army (NPA) to cease and desist from extorting money from politicians through so-called permits to campaign. Read the rest of this entry »

MANILA, Philippines – Investment bank Barclays Capital sees the country’s inflation rising to 5.4 percent this year from 3.2 percent last year on the back of higher oil prices and utility rates. Read the rest of this entry »

With the world just starting to emerge from the financial crisis, most workers, including those in the Philippines, are not demanding a wage increase as part of celebrations marking Labor Day. Instead the Philippine government has put together a package of non-wage benefits to ease the impact of slower global growth on workers. Benefits are also being readied for the millions of Filipinos who are working overseas, a number of whom have been forced to accept pay cuts or find other jobs as a result of the financial meltdown. Read the rest of this entry »

MANILA, Philippines – Pulse Asia reported yesterday that its latest survey showed that 14 out of 187 party-list groups running in the May 10 elections have statistical chances of winning congressional seats. Read the rest of this entry »