philippine news

Feb 8, 20091

Protect women — CHR

by Joel dela Torre
from People’s Journal

MARKING the United Nations Day for Women and International Peace today, the Commission on Human Rights called on government to improve protection and programs for the rights… Read the rest

Dec 5, 20080

After a layoff, a family learns to cope

CNET News

With the calendar winding down, the hours get hardest when Andy Erickson and his wife, Andrea, are forced to take out their checkbook and do the math.

“We see the finish line in December before we have to… Read the rest

Dec 5, 20080

Arroyo bares package for retrenched OFWs

Joel Guinto
INQUIRER.net

MANILA, Philippines — President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has unveiled a “payback package” for overseas Filipino workers (OFW) who have been retrenched as a result of the global financial crisis, even as she belittled the layoffs… Read the rest

Dec 3, 20080

590,000 Filipinos at risk of losing jobs

Christine Avendaño
Philippine Daily Inquirer

MANILA, Philippines—Saying 2009 could be a “perilous” year, Senator Edgardo Angara said on Wednesday that close to 60,000 Filipinos could lose their jobs abroad, mostly from the United States, due to the global recession.… Read the rest

Dec 3, 20080

PC shipments to grow just 3.8 percent in 2009

Erica Ogg
cnet News

Analysts are readjusting their expectations for the PC industry next year, and it’s not looking good.

On Wednesday, IDC released an updated forecast for the number of PCs expected to be shipped next year. In… Read the rest

Dec 2, 20080

RP outsourcers: ‘Cautious optimism’

Alexander Villafania
INQUIRER.net

MANDALUYONG CITY, Philippines – Philippine-based outsourcing giants are now feeling effects of the US recession with some companies seeing a slowdown in demand for services, particularly on medical transcription and animation, industry executives said.

But some… Read the rest

Dec 2, 20080

Illegal migration may rise amid crisis

William French
Agence France-Presse

GENEVA, Switzerland — Illegal immigration is likely to rise as the economic crisis continues and governments must do more to effectively manage the flow of labor, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said… Read the rest

Dec 2, 20081

How long, how deep is the US recession?

Rob Lever
Agence France-Presse

WASHINGTON, United States — The United States officially joined the ranks of the recession-hit economies, but debate is still raging on how long and how deep the downturn will be.

The Business Cycle Dating Committee… Read the rest

Nov 30, 20080

Financial markets: Growing unpaid debts

Aurelio O. Angeles
Philippine Daily Inquirer

(Conclusion)

WHAT DOES it mean to the people of the United States when their economy’s current account has been on deficit not just for a year, but for 31 years?

Here are thoughts… Read the rest

Nov 30, 20080

Global crisis: Costs and responses

Cielito Habito
Philippine Daily Inquirer

THE THIRD QUARTER GDP growth figures are out, and the numbers are as everyone expected. The economy has slowed down in the face of the shocks from abroad, and what kept it from slowing… Read the rest

,

  • Categories

  • Also Visit

  • RSS Inquirer.net

    • Gazmin: No need to present terrorists’ remains
      There is no need to present the bodies of the top Southeast Asian terror leaders who were killed in a military air strike last week in Sulu, Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin said here Monday. Keep on reading: Gazmin: No need to present terrorists’ remains […]
    • Philippine advertising exec is Cannes Lions juror
      Merlee Jayme, the chairperson and chief creative officer of DDB DM9 JaymeSyfu, has been chosen as one of the members of the jury for outdoor advertising in this year’s Cannes Lions Advertising Festival.Keep on reading: Philippine advertising exec is Cannes Lions juror […]
    • Pasay RTC defers Abalos arraignment to March 5
      The Pasay City Regional Trial Court has postponed the arraignment of former Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman Benjamin Abalos to March 5 after his lawyer sought to have the charges of electoral sabotage dismissed.Keep on reading: Pasay RTC defers Abalos arraignment to March 5 […]

  • RSS The Philippine Star

    • Death toll in Visayas quake continues to rise
      (UPDATE 4) More than a dozen people have been reported killed in Negros Oriental province after it was hit by a strong quake before noon today. Do you think Chief Justice Renato Corona will be convicted by the Senate? Vote here! Live streaming of the Corona impeachment trial […]
    • Fil-Chinese federation worried over bid to open CJ bank accounts
      The business sector expressed alarm yesterday over the bid of House prosecutors in the impeachment trial to disclose bank accounts of Chief Justice Renato Corona just to prove their case. […]
    • Corona trial seen over by March 23
      The Senate impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona will most likely be finished by March 23, lead prosecutor Rep. Niel Tupas Jr. said yesterday. Do you think Chief Justice Renato Corona will be convicted by the Senate? Vote here! […]

  • RSS Manila Bulletin

    • Prudential Guarantee Requirement Is Equally Imposed On Open Access Suppliers
      MANILA, Philippines — Stakeholders in the power industry are proposing that the prudential guarantee requirement being imposed on distribution utility-participants for trading at the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) be equally enforced to the retail electricity suppliers (RES) under open access regime. […]
    • Government Lifts Tariff On Wheat
      MANILA, Philippines — The government has removed for good the tariff on wheat imports, a move that would give local flour millers a level playing against flour imports and hopefully bring down prices of flour. Trade and Industry Secretary Gregory L. Domingo told reporters the zero tariff on wheat imports is part of the government’s Comprehensive Tariff Refor […]
    • Obama's Report
      MANILA, Philippines — It’s that time of year, when the US President reports on the state of the nation, and plans for the future. With the 2012 elections coming up, President Obama’s speech was both the conventional report and a bid for reelection. […]

Subscribe

Stay updated on my meandering thoughts & activities via RSS (Syndicate).