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The government of the Philippines decided to add 2 years to the educational development of Filipino children in the Philippines with the argument of poverty and high unemployment and we should follow along with the rest of the world having their declining economies needing more taxation of the working class to stay at number one or should I say, the Top 10.
To the Filipino Children capable of success, it will mean another two years before they can enter the workplace. Two years will be added to every high school graduate in the Philippines, on average. The Filipino children will not be earning full-time salaries and a livable wage for another two years after high school or it will be added to further higher education before getting their first full-time job. [ Read More]
updated on 01/24/2012 09:56 PM
VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- For Tomas "Tatay Tom" Avendano, president and CEO of the Multicultural Helping House Society (MHHS) here, designating specific places for ethnic groups in Canada "is tantamount to creating an atmosphere of division." [ Read More]
updated on 01/23/2012 01:29 PM
ILOILO, PHILIPPINES - Iloilo Second District Representative Augusto Boboy Syjuco officially faced off with accusers on the P8.2 Billion corruption charge. [ Read More]
updated on 12/09/2011 07:24 PM
ILOILO CITY, PHILIPPINES - Totally embarrassed. Seriously affected. Sicker and in depression. While at it, a big victim of propaganda war. [ Read More]
updated on 12/09/2011 07:22 PM
ILOILO - Normal operations may have resumed for Philippine Airlines (PAL) Iloilo yet a renewed call to boycott its services has been made anew. And this time, with the inclusion of yet another airline that has since served as alternative for the Ilonggo riding public. [ Read More]
updated on 12/09/2011 07:18 PM
ILOILO CITY - Children as victims and children as suspects are both on the rise with highest in statistics in Bacolod City and the Province of Iloilo. [ Read More]
updated on 12/09/2011 07:16 PM
I was able to visit Metro Manila. There are no automobile dealerships in the small town of Gubat, Sorsogon Province so we had to go to Metro Manila and it was pretty costly getting the Toyota Revo serviced by the dealership supposedly to be serviced once a year with a local mechanic beforehand and we needed a place to stay for the two days with a two day drive there and back; but my mother decided to live a little so we stayed at a nice hotel instead of roughing it. ... There is no doubt in my mind; the Republic of the Philippines has ended its poverty. [ Read More]
updated on 12/09/2011 09:37 AM
A 42-year old "Emerging Asian" awardee honoured as "Outstanding Entrepreneur" of the Asian Business Association of Orange County is back in the news. From the pages of Filipino newspapers, this time his entrepreneurship made it really big with news landing in the pages of major newspaper throughout United States. [ Read More]
updated on 11/26/2011 01:53 PM
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- "Tonight, boxing was rewarded. Two great fighters gave boxing something to be proud of. That's why I don't want to hear any bulls---t about the result (of the Manny Pacquiao versus Juan Manuel Marquez trilogy)," Top Rank CEO Bob Arum declared during a post-fight press conference at the Media Center in the MGM Grand. [ Read More]
updated on 11/26/2011 01:32 PM
From the time he wrote comic books and sold them at five pesos per page to his fellow grade school classmates, Allan Alberto Derain has already shown a distinct talent in writing. [ Read More]
updated on 11/23/2011 03:54 PM
Manila, 11 November 2011 - Greenpeace today called on the Philippine government to join neighbouring Pacific Island coastal states in efforts to create healthy oceans for future generations, which would also ensure economic prosperity and boost food security in the region. [ Read More]
updated on 11/12/2011 01:45 PM
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Your health needs change from year to year. And, your health plan may change the benefits and costs each year too. That's why it’s important to evaluate your Medicare choices every year. Open Enrollmen ... [ Read More]
updated on 11/10/2011 01:19 PM
As the demand for tablet PCs continues to grow on a global scale, it isn't a surprise that the Philippines would play catch-up with the rest of the world when it comes to the latest gadgets. [ Read More]
updated on 11/10/2011 01:17 PM
The drive to save Taal Lake from water pollution is being done in partnership with PUSOD, Inc., an environmental non-government organization whose mission is to protect and enhance the ecosystems of the Philippines and to show their significance to the world. PUSOD is one of the prime movers behind the Taal Volcano Protected Landscape (TVPL) Management Plan alongside Tanggol Kalikasan, the Provincial Government of Batangas and the rest of the Protected Area Management Board (PAMB). [ Read More]
updated on 10/28/2011 04:13 PM
Despite the global economic crunch in 2008, the local software development industry was able to post a 27.60% growth rate in both export revenue and employment by the end of 2010, as reported by services and investment advisory group Tholons. [ Read More]
updated on 10/27/2011 03:20 PM
Governance in the information age is changing more quickly than we realize. In Batangas, a maelstorm over a proposed sign on Taal Volcano has not only shown what many people think, it has done so in hilarious ways. Government should hope it can have this kind of massive feedback as it does no real harm and it will be hard to make a mistake if most steps taken is forged on the fire of public opinion. [ Read More]
updated on 10/27/2011 03:20 PM
The MMDA, the San Juan city government, Philippine Army and the Department of Health recently simultaneously conducted a massive clean-up of the Ermitanyo Creek and the enforcement of the 100% Smoke-Free Environment policy in Metropolitan Manila. [ Read More]
updated on 10/27/2011 03:19 PM
ILOILO CITY, PHILIPPINES - The Parish of Immaculate Conception in Tanza, Molo, Iloilo City has been chosen as host and venue of the country's first-ever "Vatican Exhibit of World's Eucharistic Miracles." [ Read More]
updated on 10/25/2011 11:27 AM
Such summed up the latest sentiments of Philippine Airlines (PAL) ground personnel who were offered a hefty separation package by the management. [ Read More]
updated on 10/24/2011 04:47 PM
On November 26, 2009, the Protected Area Management Board of the Taal Volcano Protected Landscape unanimously approved a Management Plan for the Taal Lake Basin. A simple, easily understandable and widely consulted plan, this is intended to solve the most major problems plaguing the lake through strong government implementation enforcement and citizen participation and compliance. [ Read More]
updated on 10/18/2011 12:32 PM
The iSchools Project -- the country's most comprehensive government funded ICT-in-education program - affirms its ever growing support and advocacy for open source software despite external pressures to use proprietary programs such as Microsoft Windows and MS Office. [ Read More]
updated on 10/16/2011 03:24 AM
MANILA -- ON the second decade of a landmark Philippine law granting local autonomy to cities, provinces and municipalities, constituents who became overseas Filipinos are watching over how their places of birth are governed. [ Read More]
updated on 10/12/2011 12:36 PM
MANILA -- THE PUBLIC's accustomed to seeing acronyms such as POEA, OWWA, DOLE, and DFA in news items whenever there are issues facing overseas Filipinos. But slowly emerging is an acronym that is becoming part of the alphabet soup of government actors helping the country's major dollar earners: LGUs (local government units). [ Read More]
updated on 10/12/2011 12:03 PM
Consider this - 5 restaurants each with a wide array of food choices - buffet style. No reservations needed and most important of all - you get to dine in all 5 restaurants but get to pay only once. [ Read More]
updated on 10/07/2011 11:50 AM
ANX Home Healthcare sponsors Seton Medical Charity Golf Tournament [ Read More]
updated on 10/07/2011 11:49 AM
There are many definitions of Green. Green is color, abundance, amateur, novice, raw, and many more. The new and modern Green is a movement which tries to go back to nature after mankind wantonly corrupts and abuses the blessing of nature's abundance that resulted to natural calamities. Now, we desire to restore nature, and our only way to reclaim it is though responsible technology. [ Read More]
updated on 10/03/2011 01:49 PM
Lessons drawn from the ‘anti-planking’ issue
1. It can take a genius, a magician even, to create it as top trending topic, here in Philippines and beyond.
2. That 15-minute of fame has a price.
3. The anti-planking bill is not, after all, ... [ Read More]
updated on 10/01/2011 02:27 AM
Isinusulit ng Metro Lipa Water District (MLWD), ang nagsisilbing "collecting arm" ng Environmental Management Fee (EMF), ang perang nakolekta sa City Treasurer's Office kada buwan pero wala umanong budget mula sa koleksyon ang direktang napupunta para sa proteksyon ng Malarayat Watershed. [ Read More]
updated on 09/29/2011 02:54 PM
As a government funded ICT (Information and Communications Technology) for education integration project, the iSchools Project champions the use of Open Source software in its years of rolling out computer laboratories all over the Philippines since 2005. [ Read More]
updated on 09/23/2011 06:56 PM
Jakarta/Manila, 23 September 2011 - The ASEAN for a Fair, Ambitious and Binding Global Climate Deal (A-FAB), an association spearheaded by Greenpeace Southeast Asia, Oxfam and other partner organizations, is calling on President Benigno "PNoy" Aquino III to take immediate actions that would reverse the direction the country is taking toward policies that increase our carbon footprint, and instead fast-track plans that would inspire our neighbors to put climate change at the front and center of ASEAN cooperation. [ Read More]
updated on 09/23/2011 06:46 PM
This is one for users of Twitter who are my friends or unbelievers, pardon me.
When the "anti-planking act of 2011" exploded in the internet, blew real hard in phenomenal time to become the top trending topic in the Philippines, and robbed the ... [ Read More]
updated on 09/23/2011 02:44 AM
‘Anti-Planking Act of 2011’ as read in House Bill No. 5316 has just been blest with public attention never before seen.
As soon as it took off, it hit the chart as top trending topic in the Philippines only to swing back as the third wo ... [ Read More]
updated on 09/21/2011 12:56 PM
As one watches that 17 September sequel of a TV program, an awesome array of disturbing thoughts comes to play.
For example, in the case of that police raid on a “saklaan”, elements of the PNP just swooped down on people like they played ... [ Read More]
updated on 09/18/2011 12:35 AM
The iSchools Project, an e-Government funded project that seeks to modernize Philippine education by integrating Information and Communications Technology (ICT), remains steadfast in bridging the digital divide amidst it nearing project turnover. [ Read More]
updated on 09/16/2011 02:54 PM
There is this bill filed in the 15th Congress proposing to trim Friday from the traditional five days a week and to add two more hours daily to the usual eight hour work time pattern. Bottomline, it would still satisfy the 40 hour work in a we ... [ Read More]
updated on 09/10/2011 10:21 PM
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