(Financial Times) — The world’s heading economies set an design on Saturday to boost expansion and jobs during a finish of a weekend of high-level meetings, yet undermined their ambitions with neatly incompatible views of a required policies. Read the rest of this entry »
G20 promises growth, but how?
May 3, 2013
PH has SE Asia’s lowest forest cover
April 23, 2013
There’s more sobering news on the state of the country’s environment, according to an environment official during Monday’s celebration of Earth Day: The Philippines has the second-lowest forest cover in Southeast Asia and its biodiversity is among the most threatened in the world; despite the country having one of the most extensive coral reef areas in the world, only 2 percent of them remain in excellent condition. Read the rest of this entry »
100K Pinoys expected to flee Sabah
April 2, 2013
ZAMBOANGA CITY—An estimated 100,000 Filipinos in Sabah are expected to flee to the Philippines by May, according to a government “worse case scenario” following an incursion by supporters of the sultan of Sulu in February and a subsequent crackdown by Malaysian forces in the area. Read the rest of this entry »
Further big drop in new HIV infections among children
November 20, 2012
The UN’s latest assessment of global cases of HIV/Aids shows there has been a further drop in new infections among children.
There were 330,000 new infections in children last year – the figure is 24% lower than in 2009. Read the rest of this entry »
No fun in RP’s NAIA; voted ‘worst airport in Asia
October 17, 2012
It isn’t as easy as Chicken Joy to sell the Philippines, as claimed by Tourism Secretary Ramon Jimenez, and not even his “It’s more fun in the Philippnes” slogan will work, because it is no fun for tourists coming to Manila with its airport being named as the worst airport in Asia. Read the rest of this entry »
Being happy
June 30, 2012
You and I are living in a culture of performance. Comparing ourselves with the next person has become a norm. Advertising has convinced us that we should always look better, feel better and make others eat our dust. Read the rest of this entry »
Mining ban expanded
June 10, 2012
MANILA, Philippines – Mining will be banned in protected areas and in tourism sites – including Palawan and Boracay – while no new permits for mining operations will be issued until Congress passes a new revenue sharing scheme that is more advantageous to the government. Read the rest of this entry »
Teenage pregnancy in PHL highest among 6 major ASEAN economies—UNFPA
April 27, 2012
With a 70-percent rise noted in a span of 10 years from 1999 to 2009, the Philippines has one of the highest teenage pregnancy rates in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), a United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) official said. Read the rest of this entry »
Filipino children fare badly in academic performance
February 24, 2012
SENSING hesitation from the Department of Education (DepEd) on using the child’s first language or the child’s mother tongue in teaching, a lawmaker championing the Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education (MTBMLE) system has called on Sec. Armin Luistro to get rid of the old language of instruction and implement mother tongue-based teaching in the first 6 years, at the least, of elementary education. Read the rest of this entry »
NAIA 1 2nd worst airport in the world
January 18, 2012
THE Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 1 (NAIA 1) again made headlines in the international arena, but in a bad way.
NAIA 1 was adjudged by travel guide Frommer’s as the second worst airport in the world. Read the rest of this entry »
