Secretary Butch Abad must go! Full accounting of the funds must be made – promptly! Those who misused DAP must be punished! THERE is still a consolation to the half-baked ruling of the Supreme Court, which, while specifying that certain “acts and practices under the DAP” are unconstitutional, does not categorically declare the entire Disbursement Acceleration Program…
The 9th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) pushed through a Bali Package in the final hours, extending the Conference to December 7, but at the cost of the developing countries, the poor and the hungry. Facilitating Trade for TNCs Hailed as a victory by the WTO for unlocking the deadlocked negotiations, the…
Super typhoon “Yolanda” (international name: “Haiyan”) that slammed primarily the central Philippines last Nov. 8 is one of the strongest typhoons in recorded history. Weather experts concede that in terms of overall strength, Yolanda is officially the fourth strongest cyclone in world history.However, unlike Yolanda, the peak strength of the top three storms occur at…
AS IT congratulates the Philippine Airlines union for forging a “generally favorable” settlement with the new management which ended a two-year lockout, the Sentro ng mga Nagkakaisa at Progresibong Manggagawa stressed that key to this “initial victory” are the PAL workers’ tenacity to fight even a seemingly losing battle, the solidarity extended to them by…
Last week, Emilio de Quiros Jr., president and chief executive officer of the Social Security System (SSS), almost nonchalantly admitted that he and seven others in the nine-member Social Security Commission (SSC) got huge bonuses as part of the so-called performance-based incentive (PBI) for the state-run pension fund’s accomplishment in 2012, when it posted a…
The Philippine Children’s Medical Center is the only tertiary hospital in the country that provides children with quality and affordable care and treatment. Last year it treated more than 70,000 children from all parts of the Philippines, including those who are cancer-stricken and who would otherwise be unable to afford the necessary care and treatment.…
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