I DON’T do Facebook.

I will not be your “friend,” and I will certainly not sign up for a Facebook account simply “to connect” with anyone. Nor will I put the little “f” logo and a link back to Facebook anywhere on my blog. Read the rest of this entry »

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines, along with India and Indonesia, offer the biggest opportunities for the fledgling microinsurance industry, which has a potential market of three billion people, a Reuters report said. Read the rest of this entry »

MANILA, Philippines – The Senate has approved on second reading a bill granting household helpers or “kasambahay” a higher monthly minimum wage and additional benefits, and ensuring their rights. Read the rest of this entry »

Manila (30 November) — To revitalize and strengthen the Makati-Pasay Tripartite Industrial Peace Council, the mayors of both cities recently inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) at the Sampiro Hall of the Makati City Hall. Read the rest of this entry »

Move targets HIV-hit overseas workers.

Manila: The government has expanded its health insurance scheme to cover Aids following reports that the number of overseas Filipino workers with the disease has been increasing, a top official has told Gulf News. Read the rest of this entry »

MANILA, Philippines—As close to 200 countries began Monday a two-week meeting in Cancun, Mexico, to try to forge an agreement to curb climate change, several international agencies warned that the Philippines remained a disaster waiting to happen—with Metro Manila possibly going under water after just a heavy downpour. Read the rest of this entry »

COMPLACENCY will doom the planet, a ranking official of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warned, as negotiators from over 190 nations gird for two weeks of talks in Cancun to come up with an agreement that will stop Earth from warming too much. Read the rest of this entry »

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) has issued new guidelines exempting women workers from the Labor Codes’ night work ban. Read the rest of this entry »

THE Finance and Trade departments will come up with a common position aimed at giving out the least possible tax incentives and other perks to investors. Read the rest of this entry »

PUBLIC utility bus operators in Metro Manila may soon face another hurdle on their operation, the moment the members of the Metro Manila Council, the policy making body of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA), push through with its proposal to disallow operators from renewing the registration and franchise of 10-year-old and above bus units. Read the rest of this entry »