Having BO (body odor) can be an embarrassing problem. This unpleasant smell comes from a mixture of sweat and bacteria. Normally, our sweat should have little odor. However, it’s the bacteria in the skin that cause one’s perspiration to smell sour. Read the rest of this entry »

Amid a growing anti-outsourcing sentiment in the United States, the Philippines expects the information technology-business process outsourcing (IT-BPO) industry to employ as much as 1.3 million and generate as much as $25 billion in export revenues by 2016. Read the rest of this entry »

Last week, this column argued that many Philippine commentators on economic affairs fail to think “outside the box.” Due to ideological commitment, some voluntarily submit to the narrow horizons of the current, dysfunctional “export-oriented” economic model, imposed by the World Bank and International Monetary Fund decades ago. Others have simply abandoned hope that the Philippines will embark upon the path of genuine development. Read the rest of this entry »

The economy turned in a weak 3.7 percent growth for the entire of last year from a 7.6 percent expansion the previous year mainly as a result of sluggish activities in the last two quarters when President Aquino was hotly pursuing his political adversaries former President Gloria Arroyo and Chief Justice Renato Corona instead of focusing on stimulating the economy through increased government spending. Read the rest of this entry »

MANILA, Philippines – The local electronics industry likely missed its $1-billion investment target in 2011 even as three large Japanese firms indicated plans to set up manufacturing facilities here, the Semiconductors and Electronics Industry of the Philippines Inc (SEIPI) said. Read the rest of this entry »

MANILA, Philippines – The local call center industry said it remains bullish on its growth prospects despite a US bill seeking to remove tax incentives to companies that outsource services. Read the rest of this entry »

LEGAZPI CITY ,Philippines  – Two miners drowned in Barangay Palanas in Paracale town in Camarines Norte Sunday morning after sea water seeped through the mining pit they were digging , police said. Read the rest of this entry »

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines topped the disaster league table last year with 33 major reported events, affecting 12.5 percent of the population, according to the UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR). Read the rest of this entry »

MANILA, Philippines – While the country’s poverty rate dropped at the end of 2011, the number of Filipinos who experienced hunger went up during the same period, the Social Weather Stations (SWS) said in its latest survey. Read the rest of this entry »