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popular Privatization of coco levy funds underway Chopper deal probe sought $5K ‘weed bond’ imposed on One Direction De Lima: Ramos gave ‘confused’ view on chain of command Senate report blasts subservience of peace panel to MILF Actress Liezl Martinez, wife of actor Albert Martinez, passes away Two mayors in Makati: Binay on 21st floor, Peña on hallway of old building Remembering Jabidah videos PBA: Ginebra’s LA Tenorio comfortable on the floor with Emman Monfort PBA: Agustin credits good defense, big men performance for win over Purefoods PBA: Warner’s maturity big thing for Globalport, says coach Gonzales Crime watchdog wants advisory body composed of bishops, inter-religious leaders Former Tarlac Governor calls Aquino to resign SAN FRANCISCO – Today, March 20, is the deadline for nominations for the 2015 Asian Pacific American Heritage Awards. As part of San.Francisco’s celebration of Asian Pacific Heritage Month, the APA Heritage awards will be presented to three individuals for their professional achievements as well as community contributions in creativity in design. The awards ceremony will take place at City Hall on May 4. Nominations are accepted online at www.apasf.org. Get Inquirer updates while on the go, add us on these apps: Tags: Asian Pacific American Heritage Awards Asian Pacific American Heritage Month cultural celebration San Francisco City Hall Related Stories: Australia investigates ‘paedophile’ father in Thai baby scandal Bangladesh ferry owner faces charges in sinking Bangladesh ferry owner faces charges in sinking Bangladesh ferry owner faces charges in sinking Bangladesh ferry owner faces charges in Read More …

MANILA, Philippines – The Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP) has set its sights on job and wealth creation to provide for a really sustainable economy when it holds its 36th National Conference of Employees May 14-15 at the Marriott Hotel, Manila, according to ECOP asst corporate secretary and membership chair Federico Marquez Jr. Marquez, SVP and human resources head of St. Luke’s Medical Center, said relevant topics have been arrayed for what he deemed the most significant challenges for the Philippine economy today: “jobless growth and widening income gap.” For this reason, the conference whose theme was “The Ultimate Challenge: Creating More Wealth, Creating More Jobs, “aims to chart the path towards better opportunities for both employers and employees through wealth creation and job abundance which are the fundamental elements of economic progress said Marquez. Various experts have been invited to the 36th ECOP conference to discuss relevant topics such as opportunities and strategies for job creation and poverty reduction, preserving development gains amidst regional economic changes, and ensuring inclusive growth through enhanced employment and employability. Marquez, who has a first-hand view of the employment situation, said that in a truly sustainable economy, job opportunities abound with the workforce enjoying a spectrum of employment options while employers are focused on creating more jobs that are relevant and resilient.

WHICH of these Americans belong together? A Chinese-American, female, middle-class, atheist lesbian. A wealthy, Christian-Arab, heterosexual, male doctor. A lower-class, African-American, Muslim, female student. Tough question, right? That’s because there are so many arbitrary classifications that people assign to each other, and belonging to one group as opposed to another is a function of so many variables. Ethnicity? Race? Nationality? Religion? Sexual preference? You name it, these associations are as numerous and as complex as people are. And oversimplification as to the causes of tension among various people can often be misguided at best, and dangerous at worst. But, throwing caution to the wind, Starbucks went ahead and did it anyway. Prompted supposedly by the racially-charged events in America in recent days, the company’s CEO thought that the best way for his company to get involved was to have the coffee shop attendants (baristas, as they like to style themselves) engage customers in conversations about race. And sure enough, start a conversation he did. Mostly not about race, mind you, but about how ill-thought and poorly-conceived his idea of improving race relations in America was. The thing is, it is not so much about race anymore, but about diversity which troubles America. Look at the recent phenomenon related to the migration of American citizens to join the terror-group ISIS. You get all sorts. There are introverted white male Christian students, gangster-type African-American rappers, female Muslim-American professionals—indeed, it is difficult to point to any characteristic that would motivate one to be Read More …

popular . Ms. Universe Philippines Pia Wurtzbach says President Aquino ‘fun to talk to’ ‘Due to misleading info, Aquino angered at lost chance to remedy Mamasapano’ Ex-Sexbomb member Jopay Paguia suffers miscarriage AFP sees no need to deploy more troops in West PH Sea Fil-Am honor student brutally beaten in San Jose mall Bb. Pilipinas Universe is Inquirer Lifestyle’s own, a best friend People to Aquino: Mamasapano explanation ‘not enough’ Aquino headed for downward spiral, says House minority videos PBA: Ginebra’s LA Tenorio comfortable on the floor with Emman Monfort PBA: Agustin credits good defense, big men performance for win over Purefoods PBA: Warner’s maturity big thing for Globalport, says coach Gonzales Crime watchdog wants advisory body composed of bishops, inter-religious leaders Former Tarlac Governor calls Aquino to resign MANILA, Philippines–The local stock barometer on Thursday firmed up above 7,800, tracking the upswing in Wall Street on hints that the US Federal Reserve may not rush into raising interest rates. The Philippine Stock Exchange index was sluggish in early trade but recovered in the afternoon, gaining 57.97 points or 0.75 percent to close the session at 7,814.55. Overnight, US stocks surged after the US Federal Open Market Committee–at the end of a two-day policy meeting–suggested that it would be “patient” on future interest rate increases. The closely tracked Dow Jones Industrial Average was up by 1.3 percent or 227.11 points. The gains were led by the financial, property and services counters, which all went up by over 1 percent.  The Read More …

Senator Grace Poe admitted Thursday that she was shocked by the alleged hesitation of relieved Special Action Force chief Director Getulio Napeñas Jr. in telling the Senate joint committee the whole truth about participation of Americans in the Mamasapano operation in January. The senator said it took a while before Napeñas answered the questions of the senators during the executive session on the US involvement and the latter was inconsistent with his answers. “What shocked me the most was at the very beginning he was untruthful. We were asking him, “So were there Americans there?” And it took a while (before he) said yes. And then, ‘Papaano? nakipag-usap ba kayo? Did you coordinate?’” His initial answer was ‘Bigla na lang nandoon na e’,”  Poe narrated the conversation in a television interview. “How will you believe that? That foreign… that the American was actually there because he just showed up? And then we said, ‘Ilan?’ At first, tatlo o dalawa ba? Biglang naging apat, naging anim… Tapos later on we found out, they were already setup in the command post with television monitoring equipment etc.” she added. Poe said it was acting Minority Leader Vicente Sotto III who was able get the information from Napeñas.  “Senator Tito Sotto was the one who was able to get it out of him to say, ‘May Amerikano e, yung pangalan e….’ Basta he mentioned the name and that’s what we had to say because he figured out na mukhang may nagsasabi dito,” she said. Read More …