2009-09-04
Manila Standard: Women’s rights on spotlight
Berlin - Sex happens 125 million times a day, but the subject remains taboo and the issues associated with it including abortion and contraceptio remain a source of division among people. 2009-09-04
Business Mirror: 2010 budget lacks social spending
Despite the size of the national government’s budget for next year, Ibon Foundation Inc. believes the P1.54-trillion proposed budget does not give enough allocation for public social spending in 2010 2009-09-04
Inquirer: No funds for more poor families, says DSWD
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), in a statement, said that it could not yet accommodate the 300,000 additional families President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo ordered included in a government poverty-reduction program by next year. 2009-09-01
Middle East-bound OFWs to undergo tight HIV/AIDS screening
MANILA, Philippines - Middle East-bound Filipino workers are now required to undergo tight HIV/AIDS screening prior to securing working visas. 2009-09-01
Philippine Star: From the Stands (Opinion column/Domini Torrevillas on Magna Carta of Women)
Deputy Majority Leader of the Lower House Janette Loreto-Garin, takes issue with Rep. Ulpiano Sarmiento III. 2009-09-01
Inquirer: The freshmen slackers (Opinion column/Rina Jimenez-David on lack of quorum at House of Representatives)
Senior legislators met at a caucus recently and reportedly discussed the growing problem of absenteeism among the House membership. 2009-08-31
Manila Bulletin: Concern over abused women OFWs during Ramadan aired
Migrant welfare advocates have expressed concern over the seemingly increasing number of abused Filipino women domestic helpers during Ramadan. 2009-08-31
Business Mirror: Bicol poised to draft charter, sees autonomy as way out of poverty
In the hopes of licking poverty and increasing investments, the Bicol region is in the process of drafting a charter that will turn all of Region 5 into another autonomous region similar to the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao and the Cordillera 2009-07-28
Philippine Star: House determined to approve reproductive health bill
Passing the controversial reproductive health bill may be an uphill battle, but the leadership of the House of Representatives is determined to approve the measure that influential Catholic bishops have continued to block. 2009-07-28
Philippine Star: Number of HIV cases in RP rising especially among OFWs
DOH reported yesterday that the number of Filipinos infected with theHIV has increased this year, with most cases coming from (OFWs) sector.