Worker shortage

This is a re-posted op-ed piece. The population continues to grow rapidly and most schools are overcrowded. In the tertiary level, enrollment is high

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Many MDGs could be missed

THE PHILIPPINES remains behind schedule -- by a decade or longer in a number of indicators -- three years before the deadline to meet the so-called

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National hunger rate rises

HUNGER IS AGAIN ON THE RISE, the Social Weather Stations (SWS) said in a new report, with sharp increases in Luzon overwhelming declines in the rest

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Protecting OFWs

This is a re-posted op-ed piece. The government is correct in its efforts to stop human trafficking and the use of Filipinos as drug couriers. But th

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A new hunger plateau

This is a re-posted opinion piece. The new SWS hunger report for the Third Quarter of 2011, first released in BusinessWorld last Thursday, was titled

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7,000,000,000

Headline news: The Philippines welcomed one of the world’s symbolic “seven billionth” babies Monday, after she arrived to a celebratory cheer at Man

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Seven Billion

ONE week from today, the United Nations estimates, the world’s population will reach seven billion. Because censuses are infrequent and incomplete,

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Building inclusive growth

Regional News The global outlook has become increasingly uncertain, and the recovery is more sluggish than we envisaged just a few months ago as th

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Insulated from politics

This is a re-posted opinion piece. You know a program is successful in this country when politicians are itching to dip their hands into it. Going b

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