From the News! - Your Daily News » Crisis http://fromthenews.net Tue, 23 Aug 2011 16:10:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Protect women — CHR http://fromthenews.net/protect-women-%e2%80%94-chr.htm http://fromthenews.net/protect-women-%e2%80%94-chr.htm#comments Sat, 07 Feb 2009 17:35:02 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=5264

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

]]> http://fromthenews.net/protect-women-%e2%80%94-chr.htm/feed 1 After a layoff, a family learns to cope http://fromthenews.net/after-a-layoff-a-family-learns-to-cope.htm http://fromthenews.net/after-a-layoff-a-family-learns-to-cope.htm#comments Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:43:35 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=5079 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

]]> http://fromthenews.net/after-a-layoff-a-family-learns-to-cope.htm/feed 0 Arroyo bares package for retrenched OFWs http://fromthenews.net/arroyo-bares-package-for-retrenched-ofws.htm http://fromthenews.net/arroyo-bares-package-for-retrenched-ofws.htm#comments Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:16:12 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=5078 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

]]> http://fromthenews.net/arroyo-bares-package-for-retrenched-ofws.htm/feed 0 590,000 Filipinos at risk of losing jobs http://fromthenews.net/590000-filipinos-at-risk-of-losing-jobs.htm http://fromthenews.net/590000-filipinos-at-risk-of-losing-jobs.htm#comments Wed, 03 Dec 2008 11:13:26 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=5077 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

]]> http://fromthenews.net/590000-filipinos-at-risk-of-losing-jobs.htm/feed 0 PC shipments to grow just 3.8 percent in 2009 http://fromthenews.net/pc-shipments-to-grow-just-38-percent-in-2009.htm http://fromthenews.net/pc-shipments-to-grow-just-38-percent-in-2009.htm#comments Wed, 03 Dec 2008 11:12:14 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=5076 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

]]> http://fromthenews.net/pc-shipments-to-grow-just-38-percent-in-2009.htm/feed 0 RP outsourcers: ‘Cautious optimism’ http://fromthenews.net/rp-outsourcers-%e2%80%98cautious-optimism%e2%80%99.htm http://fromthenews.net/rp-outsourcers-%e2%80%98cautious-optimism%e2%80%99.htm#comments Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:59:11 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=5075 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

]]> http://fromthenews.net/rp-outsourcers-%e2%80%98cautious-optimism%e2%80%99.htm/feed 0 Illegal migration may rise amid crisis http://fromthenews.net/illegal-migration-may-rise-amid-crisis.htm http://fromthenews.net/illegal-migration-may-rise-amid-crisis.htm#comments Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:42:25 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=5072 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

]]> http://fromthenews.net/illegal-migration-may-rise-amid-crisis.htm/feed 0 How long, how deep is the US recession? http://fromthenews.net/how-long-how-deep-is-the-us-recession.htm http://fromthenews.net/how-long-how-deep-is-the-us-recession.htm#comments Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:40:41 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=5071 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

]]> http://fromthenews.net/how-long-how-deep-is-the-us-recession.htm/feed 1 Financial markets: Growing unpaid debts http://fromthenews.net/financial-markets-growing-unpaid-debts.htm http://fromthenews.net/financial-markets-growing-unpaid-debts.htm#comments Sun, 30 Nov 2008 10:50:35 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=5074 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

]]> http://fromthenews.net/financial-markets-growing-unpaid-debts.htm/feed 0 Global crisis: Costs and responses http://fromthenews.net/global-crisis-costs-and-responses.htm http://fromthenews.net/global-crisis-costs-and-responses.htm#comments Sun, 30 Nov 2008 10:42:25 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=5073 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

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