MANILA — Journalist Jofelle Tesorio, who was ordered jailed by a local judge yesterday morning, was released after almost ten…
By GERMELINA A. LACORTE
The Regional Trial Court suspended for three months the city ordinance that is supposed to take effect tomorrow, June 23. The Davao City residents who claimed to have been affected by the chemicals sprayed from the air by banana companies denounced the decision. Our agony will be prolonged, said one of them.
Poaching of call-center workers worries Davao
DAVAO CITY — In honor of the sacrifices and efforts of the overseas Filipino workers and their families, the Overseas…
During the jobs fair, scheduled on June 27, various positions are at stake for all graduates. These include: Sales Team Heads, Sales Managers, Marketing Officers, Business Development Officers/Assistants, Civil Engineers, Accounting Personnel, Management Trainees, Software developers, Technical Engineering Staff ad Agri-aides.
MANILA — President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Wednesday invited executives of several media outfits to Malacaang to solicit their help for…
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has renewed its calls for the Philippines government to decriminalize libel, after another journalist…
Former presidential adviser on the peace process Teresita Quintos Deles today released a statement questioning not so much the reported appointment of Senator Jun Magsaysay as head of the government’s negotiating panel in the peace talks with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front but the departure from the panel of Silvestre Afable. “From the different stories circulating about how this unexpected situation came about, we cannot help but suspect the large play of manipulation and deception behind this sudden changing of the guards,” Deles said.
The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUUJP) Davao Chapter condemns the jailing of Jofelle Tesorio for libel. Ms…
In the Philippines, the rate of exclusive breastfeeding at four to five months fell from 20% in 1998 to 16% in 2003. It is estimated that 16,000 deaths of children under five in the Philippines are caused by inappropriate feeding practices, including the use of infant formula.
