Philippines: Bank Lending Grows Slower in February
MANILA -- Total outstanding loans of commercial banks, thrift banks and rural banks in February at P1.967 trillion grew by 7.7 percent compared to the 9.4 percent increase registered in…
Philippines: Employers Oppose 75-Peso Wage Hike
MANILA, April 18 (PNA) – The Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP) yesterday opposed the move by the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) to press for a P75 across-the-board pay hike for private sector workers in the metropolis via petition before the National Capital Region (NCR) wage board.
Electronics Still Top Philippines Export — NEDA
MANILA — Electronics remained the country?s top exports product in February accounting for 63.5 percent of income from exports. Semiconductors led the electronics group with a 48.45-percent share totaling $1.79 billion worth of export earnings.
?The global demand for electronics has supported exports in Asia, including the Philippines,? Socioeconomic Planning Secretary and NEDA Director General Romulo L. Neri said.
Philippines: SMART Signs MOA with DepEd to Include More Schools in ICT Program
[MANILA/APRIL 2007] Leading wireless services provider Smart Communications, Inc. (SMART) will expand the Smart Schools Program to include 50 more public high schools and 30 public elementary schools nationwide this year.
The expansion of the Smart Schools Program was formalized during the signing of an addendum to a Memorandum of Agreement between SMART, the Department of Education and the Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP).
Philippines: DENR Pays Contractor More than $1 M, Extends Faulty Air Pollution Project
Re-electionist administration solon among those in hot water
Metro Manila’s residents have an air monitoring project that is faulty, non-functional and generally useless for the past four years, but which will be inexplicably paid for and even extended.
BY LISA ITO
Bulatlat
A cabinet secretary and a re-electionist legislator are among those in hot water due to highly questionable transactions related to an air pollution monitoring project worth more than $6 million.
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