The Daily Post (1/5/07)
One of our most commented-on post was the one about why call centers are not putting up shops in Davao. The most recent comment was posted by Ela, who is…
The wage debate
There’s a raging debate now about the recent passage by Congress of a 125-peso across-the-board salary increase. On the one hand, workers and unionists insist that this increase, such as it is, is long overdue. On the other hand, businesses have denounced the increase as not only a product of political posturing by congressmen (to curry favor from the public in this year’s election) but also harmful to the economy in the long run.
We revisit some of our stories on this issue.
The Daily Post (1/3/07)
Mayor Rodrigo Duterte has criticized the handover of Daniel Smith to the Americans, saying the Arroyo administration was wrong in doing it. "Had I been there, it would have not…
US Changes Mind on Balikatan; Arroyo Defends Daniel Smith’s Transfer
MANILA: The United States government announced Tuesday that it was going ahead with a major military exercise with the Philippines. The announcement came three days after Manila transferred to U.S. custody an American soldier convicted last month of raping a Filipina.
A local court?s refusal to turn the Marine, Lance Corporal Daniel Smith, over to the U.S. prompted Washington to cancel the exercise, originally scheduled next month and would involve 5,000 American and Filipino troops.