MANILA (Mabuhay) — US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel will be visiting nations of the Southeast Asia, including the Philippines, during the last week of August. Hagel will begin his trip in Honolulu where he will meet with US PACOM Commander Admiral Samuel Locklear and visit with United States Marines at Kaneohe Bay. He will then […]
MANILA (Mabuhay) — For the first time, young actress Julia Barretto has directly addressed the reason behind the cancellation of her debut series “Cofradia.” The 16-year-old actress explained that the series’ storyline drew criticisms for alleged racism. “Madami po kasing nagreklamo about racism, and ABS-CBN and Dreamscape (Entertainment Television), they really listen sa audience, sa […]
MANILA, Aug 21 (Mabuhay) — The completion of the government’s flood control system particularly in Metro Manila remains on track, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) reported on Wednesday. During an interview with the media in MandaluyongCity, Public Works and Highways Secretary Rogelio Singson said the DPWH has several drainage improvement projects being […]
MANILA, Aug 21 (Mabuhay) — President Benigno S. Aquino III joined the Filipino people in commemorating the 30th Death Anniversary of former Senator Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr., saying that each Filipino carries the potential to bring about a lasting transformation in society. “As we celebrate his courage and patriotism, may we be reminded that individual […]
No Limitation By Ted LaguatanINQUIRER.net 2:01 pm | Thursday, August 22nd, 2013 Will powerful senators and other suspected pork barrel thieves face arrest and prosecution? It depends on the quality and strength of Aquino’s moral leadership. When Archbishop of Manila Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle learned that billions of pesos of the people’s money were systematically being stolen by already filthy rich senators and other officials, he cried. This man of God wept because he knew the terrible conditions of the poor in his city of Manila and other crowded Philippine cities. How much anguish this good man must have felt when he perceived the terrible injustice inflicted by unconscionable thieving politicians and other officials on their fellow human beings. Thousands of the poorest of the poor live in subhuman conditions in slum areas. These unfortunates and their innocent emaciated little children roam the streets night and day digging into smelly garbage cans near restaurants hoping to gather scraps of “pagpag”. These are thrown away sometimes rotting leftover foods. “Pagpag” is the Tagalog word for shake. The poor shake these food scraps to get rid of the ants and dirt, place them in plastic or paper bags and take them home to eat. If they don’t find “pagpag”, they go to bed hungry at night. In makeshift homes and in crowded hospital free wards, parents quietly weep just helplessly waiting for their sick children to die because they have no funds for needed medicines. Many slum children do not go beyond Read More …
Los Angeles, 20 August 2013 – The Iloilo Philippine Softball Girls team, champions of the 2013 Asia-Pacific Little League Awards paid a courtesy visit to Consul General Maria Hellen Barber De La Vega on 19 August 2013. The Iloilo Philippine Softball champions qualified for the Little League World Series held in Portland, Oregon and Kirkland, […]
Los Angeles – 19 August 2013, Philippine Consul General Maria Hellen Barber De La Vega welcomes the Outbound Business Mission (“Barkadahan 2013”) with a reception at the Consul General’s Official Residence in Los Angeles on 13 August 2013. The Agri-Business Mission was organized by the Department of Agriculture (DAR) and led by DAR Assistant Secretary […]
THE COMMERCIAL implementation of retail competition and open access (RCOA), which began June 26, is seen to be “improving” with more qualified customers now being served by their chosen electricity suppliers, an official said in a text message yesterday.
THE PHILIPPINES and other countries that have moved from agriculture to services must reassess the importance of manufacturing in their economies and are urged to look at developing higher-productivity and complementary services, a new report from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said.
ONE of the biggest challenges besetting work organizations has always been in the human capital domain of motivation and work productivity. Since the Industrial Revolution of the 18th century, a wealth of studies have been devoted to theory formulation and social research in finding the “holy grail” for achieving optimal work performance and employee satisfaction. Management has pumped millions in budget to address employee needs by providing improved compensation and benefit packages, developmental training and Organizational Development (OD) interventions, comprehensive health and safety programs, and a healthy balance of work-life experience. The measures are implemented on the assertions that satisfaction of employee “needs” leads to a motivated work force capable of achieving peak and efficient process output. Notwithstanding, there has been no letup to nagging human resource issues such as high turnover, low morale, increasing customer complaints, and discordant industrial relationship. Is there an arcane frontier that remains to be explored and mapped out in dealing with employee motivation?