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SURREY, British Columbia -- Foreign low skilled workers intending to work in Canada should not pay recruitment fees to their employers because it is illegal under the law.  [Read More]

The very first automated election finally brought to conclusion; Aquino reigns. As what most of the Filipinos says; "Aquino's triumph is the start of change in Philippines". But what is it really that he can change when at the first place he is saying to use his parent's way of doing things, in other words "copying", thus where would be the change?  [Read More]

Thousands of Filipinos look up and see the dark nightly sky beaming down and smiling at them.  [Read More]

MANILA, Philippines—Iloilo (1st District) Rep. Janet Garin calls on the government to investigate the “health” of the AIDS fund as cases of the disease now reaching almost a pandemic proportions. In a statement sent to media, Garin said ...  [Read More]

Natural disasters are difficult to predict, much less avert. But experience has taught us that preparedness is key, especially when it comes to floods. The Philippines receives rain all year round yet many have become complacent, underestimating the wrath of typhoons. It is important to remember that the next flood can be worse than the flood you have witnessed before. Here are a few tips on how to be floodsmart:

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The International Seafarers' Action Center (ISAC) Philippines Foundation, Inc. once again, appealed to the Philippine government to find a long term solution to the piracy problem  [Read More]

The question if either the latest SWS, The Forum-commissioned survey reflects the real feelings of the Filipino people about the controversial Reproductive Health Bill, the answer is left to the Congress to decide.  [Read More]

More than 80 percent of the Philippine populace does not want the economic provisions of the current Constitution be revised.  [Read More]

Piles of cases about human rights violations against tribal communities have been deliberated March 28, this city, as part of the International Expert Workshop on Indigenous Peoples' Rights, Corporate Accountability and the Extractive Industries.  [Read More]

The International Seafarers' Action Center (ISAC) Philippines Foundation, Inc., a non-governmental organization here in Manila, three-day seminar on occupational health and safety at sea and labor rights for Filipino seafarers starts today, March 31.  [Read More]

More than 80 percent of the Philippine populace does not want the economic provisions of the current Constitution be revised.  [Read More]

PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE -- CONGRESSMEN from the ruling Lakas party came out yesterday with a draft resolution that calls for the convening of Congress to amend or revise the 1987 Constitution, practically disregarding a resolution pending at the Senate that maintains the participation of senators in the process is mandated by fundamental law.  [Read More]

PHILIPPINES NEWS SERVICE -- CHARTER change supporters in Congress yesterday shunned former President Fidel Ramos’ statement that Charter change is finished and it was time for President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to move on.  [Read More]

PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE -- THE Supreme Court yesterday junked the petition seeking to amend the 1987 Constitution through people’s initiative, saying it was constitutionally infirm and the signatures backing it were gathered deceptively.  [Read More]

PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE -- WITH the Supreme Court’s decision throwing out the petition for people’s initiative, the battleground for Charter change shifted to Congress for the convening of the Senate and the House as a Constituent Assembly, congressmen said yesterday.  [Read More]

What needs changing to my mind is the composition of people holding power at present. The ingenuousness with which PGMA and its hallelujah choir boys came out with Sigaw ng Bayan to solicit the signatures using full government machinery and money clearly shows the move is not from the people but from government. That in itself kills any creative initiatives people may have left on their own.  [Read More]

The move to change the Constitution through such contrivances as a ‘people’s initiative’ is reflective of the informal pressures the operative culture bears down on our formal systems. It shows the vulnerability of our institutions before the bulldozing power of personal interests, particularly when combined with the grasping need to hold on to power at any cost.  [Read More]

The question if either the latest SWS, The Forum-commissioned survey reflects the real feelings of the Filipino people about the controversial Reproductive Health Bill, the answer is left to the Congress to decide.  [Read More]

Cebu residents are pro-Reproductive Health (RH), unlike what the Roman Catholic Church wants to convey.   [Read More]

baryang binibigay ng karamihan para sa mga pulubi san nga ba napupunta?  [Read More]

Overpopulation is and should be everyone's concern. It's not something that we should blame only on the poor or the government or especially only on those who have seemingly taken God's directive to "go forth and multiply" to heart.   [Read More]

Calling to mind the situation of the country, one would think that it is all because of poverty. Poverty pulls every part of this country’s heart and soul down. Tracking what causes poverty, most will think of overpopulation.   [Read More]

Good Day, Our country has experienced a great deal of disasters over the recent years, and poverty is still as rampant as ever. Filipinos have sought shelter by going abroad, either to work as OFWs, or to migrate there permanently. A number of ...  [Read More]

by Milanie Joy Lee A recent poll conducted shows Asians see the United States losing its undisputed superpower status to China. I realized that, as a Tsinoy, it is actually in my nature to compare the two countries upon which my roots are grou ...  [Read More]

When I think of the Philippines, I don’t think of Boracay or the famous Imelda shoes. The disturbing thought that the warm and friendly people of the Philippines, suffering from poverty comes first on my mind. As of July 2006, the Philippines has a total population of 89,468,677 and is still growing at around 1.8% each year. 40% of this is currently below poverty line, 16.9% are experiencing hunger while 4.2% are experiencing severe hunger.   [Read More]

Will our overpopulation become more of a problem than it already is?  [Read More]

There have been thousands of claims with reference to overpopulation that have been conveyed already in the past four decades. The entire globe has always been a confused audience of some people voicing their dramatic declarations while others unswervingly verify their opposing assertions concerning this matter. These goes to show that overpopulation is subjective in nature. No particular definition of overpopulation has been agreed upon by international communities as of present.  [Read More]

The very first automated election finally brought to conclusion; Aquino reigns. As what most of the Filipinos says; "Aquino's triumph is the start of change in Philippines". But what is it really that he can change when at the first place he is saying to use his parent's way of doing things, in other words "copying", thus where would be the change?  [Read More]

PNS -- SEN. Noynoy Aquino should stop acting as if he has already won because surveys are not always right as proven in past elections, political analysts said yesterday after the Liberal Party standard bearer bragged that there is no way for him to lose with the 20 percent lead he got in recent surveys.  [Read More]

PNS -- UNAPARELLED by any other candidate, Bro. Eddie Villanueva did again what other presidential contenders have failed to do -- fill up Luneta Park with over a million zealous supporters composed of young and old alike.  [Read More]

PNS -- SEN. Noynoy Aquino entered politics because he wanted to avenge his father's incarceration, according to a newly-released psychiatric report of the Liberal Party presidential candidate.  [Read More]

A recent survey said the vice presidential campaign of Mar Roxas has "appeared to have rammed into a concrete wall" amidst reports that several groups within the Aquino-Roxas camp have dumped Roxas in favor of Makati Mayor Jejomar Binay.  [Read More]

PNS -- NACIONALISTA Party standard bearer Sen. Manuel Villar, Jr. said more officials are now choosing who to support for president as the May 10 automated polls draw near.  [Read More]

Lakas-Kampi CMD standard bearer Gibo Teodoro has grabbed a commanding lead in the online mock elections for presidential candidates in the upcoming May elections conducted by the media giant Manila Bulletin by garnering a hefty 47% share of the total votes cast.  [Read More]

HIMAMAYLAN CITY -- "We will make Negros Occidental a 'Gibo Country,' Rep. Ignacio "Iggy" Arroyo has said as Lakas-Kampi-CMD standard-bearer Gibo Teodoro campaigned here with firecracker bursts welcoming him.  [Read More]

BACOLOD CITY - The magic of basketball star James Yap, husband of showbiz celebrity Kris Aquino, is apparently not potent enough in his home city of Escalante to push the presidential bid of his brother-in-law Sen. Noynoy Aquino.  [Read More]

PNS -- MALACANANG yesterday appealed to the voters to think positively about the first-ever automated elections in the country on May 10.  [Read More]