Grace Calderon - Instablogs
Feb 9 2009
The country’s outsourcing industry generated more than $6 billion in revenues last year, representing a 26-percent growth from the previous year, and also generated approximately 74,000 new jobs last year.
Feb 9 2009
As part of the P330-B economic resiliency package, all budget-funded energy independence and environment jobs will be put under green collar jobs.
Feb 9 2009
Compared to its Asean-5 neighbors, a bigger part of Philippine production is bought by Filipinos themselves, whether private households, government, or firms–and because Filipinos’ own spending continues to grow, so does the economy.
Feb 9 2009
There had been no indication that the captives had been physically harmed by the self-styled Islamist gunmen, who have been blamed for some of the deadliest terrorist attacks in the Philippines, including bombings, kidnappings, and beheadings.
Feb 9 2009
Eleazar Gumera, a male midwife kidnapped in Lamitan City in Basilan 11 days ago, escaped on Saturday night, walking and swimming to freedom as his captors slept, he told police.
Feb 9 2009
Eleven Indonesians and two Taiwanese nationals were arrested for illegal entry and poaching off the waters of Talikod Island in the Island Garden City of Samal, authorities said Sunday.
Feb 9 2009
The top communist guerrilla leader in Negros Occidental criticized as palliative the province’s program to help sugar farm workers cope with the so-called dead season when there’s no work for them.
Feb 8 2009
Sustained growth in the agriculture sector could help Eastern Visayas weather the current financial crisis, according to the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) in the region.
Feb 8 2009
Task Force Usig said only six incidents of unexplained killings of political activists and journalists recorded in the 2008 – a sharp drop from the 41 cases reported in 2006. Task Force Usig also attributed the development to the close coordination...
Feb 8 2009
At least 2,000 hands took the daunting task of building at least 50 new houses in seven days for landslide survivors last week. The Gawad Kalinga (GK) Foundation-led project hit a feverish start with volunteers from all sectors.