DoLE settles 4 labor disputes, helps forge 2 CBA agreements

MANILA, Philippines—As the labor disputes in Hacienda Luisita, ABS-CBN, and Philippine Airline rages on, the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) has helped resolve four labor disputes in four regions. In a news release, Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz cited a report from the National Conciliation and Mediation Board (NCMB) which said the unions thus withdrew their notices of strike. These were Ever Provident Trading in Metro Manila, Clark Electric Distribution Corporation in Region 3…

Moving people

I GREW up in San Juan, which was then considered part of the province of Rizal. A place like Marikina, another town in Rizal, was considered ‘far,’ deserving a trip maybe once a year to buy shoes

Aquino believes social transformation now taking place

MANILA, Philippines—President Benigno Aquino III indicated, through anecdotes that he shared in Malacañang on Friday, that the country is slowly on the way to social transformation. Just as a traffic enforcer of the Metro Manila Development Authority cited the…

DILG orders ‘aggressive leak repairs’ vs water shortage

MANILA, Philippines – Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo on Friday ordered all mayors of Metro Manila and Cavite province to allow the emergency repairs of pipes even without permits to address the…

Freed Marine colonel backs leasing out of military assets

MANILA, Philippines – Leasing out the Philippine Navy headquarters and other military assets to private corporations is a good approach to bankroll the long delayed modernization of the Armed Forces, a freed renegade…

Stormy weather seen on Aquino’s first SONA

MANILA, Philippines — The rainy weather that lashed Metro Manila on Sunday, causing flash floods in the metropolis, would likely be felt on Monday when President Benigno Aquino III delivers his first State of the Nation Address, bulletins from the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration showed. The Inter-Tropical Convergence…

Gov’t urged to review water privatization policy

MANILA, Philippines – The water shortage affecting parts of Metro Manila should prompt the government to review its policy of privatization of the country’s water facilities, a network of organizations focused on water-related issues said on Friday. The Water for the People Network (WPN) said the Aquino administration should begin looking into moves that would bring back to government control water provider institutions like the Maynilad Water Services Inc

Metro bounces back after ‘Basyang’

MANILA, Philippines—Metro Manila and the three regions battered by Typhoon ‘Basyang’ have bounced back to normalcy, but officials who assessed the extent of damage caused by the first typhoon to cross the country said losses rose to over P147 million worth and rescuers continued to search for 84 missing people, mostly fishermen. The National Disaster Coordinating Council Friday announced…

Manila loses power as typhoon hits; stock mkt to open

MANILA (Reuters) – Typhoon Conson cut power supplies across Metro Manila and surrounding provinces as it moved across the main Philippine island of Luzon to the South China Sea, but the stock…

Rains in Visayas, Mindanao, cloudy in Metro Manila

MANILA, Philippines—The inter-tropical convergence zone (ITCZ) is set to bring rains to Visayas and Mindanao, as well as cloudy skies to Metro Manila, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and…

Metro Manila, Luzon areas to experience brownouts Friday

MANILA, Philippines—Metro Manila and some provinces in Luzon will experience rotating brownouts on Friday, due to the limited generation capacities and shut down of several…

Philippines to launch kidney register to fight trafficking

MANILA– The Philippines said Friday it is setting up a nationwide organ donor register in a bid to stop the practice of its poor selling their kidneys to make ends meet. Health Secretary Esperanza Cabral said she hoped the project would help provide donor organs…

Don’t litter, DPWH asks Metro folk

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) on Sunday urged the public to avoid littering to spare Metro Manila’s streets from floods. At the Balitaan sa Tinapayan forum, Edilberto Tayao, DPWH National Capital Region director, said that the…

MMDA: Watch where you put your trash or else…

MANILA, Philippines — The Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) reminded the public on Sunday that laws on littering have been put in place, which could mean citations and arrests for residents caught throwing their trash — big or small — in the National Capital Region.

RESILIENT BUT NEEDS REFORMS –> BSP says inflation target ‘likely to hold’

BY JIMMY CALAPATI Even with an approved wage hike of P22 for Metro Manila minimum wage workers, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) yesterday said that it was keeping its current inflation forecasts.

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