Posted by: quintessentialy on: April 13, 2010
Bosch to hire 200 BPO agents by yearend
By Anna Valmero
INQUIRER.net
First Posted 12:37:00 04/13/2010
Filed Under: business, Employment, Automotive Equipment, business process outsourcing (BPO)
MANILA, Philippines – Citing a “talented workforce with high IT [information technology] competence and language diversity,” a German company announced Tuesday that it would hire up to 200 Filipinos for its first Asian business process outsourcing (BPO) office to be set up here. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by: quintessentialy on: April 9, 2010
Comelec studies plan to hold early polls in ARMM
By Anna Valmero
INQUIRER.net
First Posted 12:38:00 04/09/2010
Filed Under: Eleksyon 2010, Elections, Politics
MANILA, Philippines – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is studying a petition to let voters in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) cast their ballot ahead of the May 10 polls. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by: quintessentialy on: April 9, 2010
Overseas absentee voting starts April 10—Comelec
By Anna Valmero
INQUIRER.net First Posted 14:45:00 04/08/2010 Filed Under: Eleksyon 2010, Politics, Elections, Overseas Employment
MANILA, Philippines – Filipinos abroad can start voting for nationally elected candidates here on April 10 until May 10 when the country holds the first automated polls, an official of the Commission on Elections said Thursday. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by: quintessentialy on: April 9, 2010
Namfrel warns Comelec vs ‘surge’ in poll registrants
By Anna Valmero
INQUIRER.net
First Posted 13:33:00 04/06/2010
Filed Under: Eleksyon 2010, Elections, Politics
MANILA, Philippines – There is a surge in the number of voters registered for the May 10 elections compared to the 2007 polls, the National Citizens’ Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel) claimed Tuesday, as it warned the Commission on Elections that the computerized voters’ list (CVL) that it would be using was “unreliable.” Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by: quintessentialy on: April 9, 2010
DESPITE NON-ACCREDITATION
Namfrel to tap 150,000 observers for May polls
By Anna Valmero
INQUIRER.net
First Posted 15:48:00 04/06/2010
Filed Under: Eleksyon 2010, Elections, Politics
MANILA, Philippines – To prevent poll fraud in May, election watchdog National Citizens’ Movement for Free Elections (NAMFREL) said Tuesday that they would recruit 150,000 volunteers to observe the conduct of the automated polls.
Jose Cuisia Jr., Namfrel national chairman said the watchdog’s provincial chairmen would be the one to recruit observers in their respective areas. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by: quintessentialy on: April 9, 2010
Enrile urged to drop out of Senate race, give way to new blood
By Anna Valmero
INQUIRER.net
First Posted 18:42:00 04/06/2010
Filed Under: Eleksyon 2010, Politics, Elections
MANILA, Philippines—Liberal Party senatorial bet Dr. Martin Bautista said Tuesday that Senate president Juan Ponce-Enrile should no longer seek re-election to give way to “young blood” in the chamber who could start gen Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by: quintessentialy on: April 9, 2010
‘Substandard’ flour from Turkey tested for toxins—DoH
By Anna Valmero
INQUIRER.net
First Posted 11:24:00 04/07/2010
Filed Under: Food, Consumer Issues, Health
MANILA, Philippines – Samples of flour imported from Turkey are being analyzed by the Food and Drug Administration amid reports of substandard quality and of being harmful to consumers, the Department of Health said Wednesday.
The Department of Health (DoH) disclosed that samples of flour imported from Turkey are being analyzed by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) following media reports that they are substandard and may harm consumers. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by: quintessentialy on: April 9, 2010
RP to get 1.9M doses of A(H1N1) vaccine
By Anna Valmero
INQUIRER.net
First Posted 17:17:00 04/07/2010
Filed Under: Government, Diseases, Health
MANILA, Philippines—Health Secretary Esperanza Cabral said Wednesday that the Philippines will receive anytime this week about 1.9 million doses of vaccines against A(H1N1) flu virus, which will be distributed to high-risk groups. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by: quintessentialy on: April 9, 2010
RP to get 1.9M doses of A(H1N1) vaccine
By Anna Valmero
INQUIRER.net
First Posted 17:17:00 04/07/2010
Filed Under: Government, Diseases, Health
MANILA, Philippines—Health Secretary Esperanza Cabral said Wednesday that the Philippines will receive anytime this week about 1.9 million doses of vaccines against A(H1N1) flu virus, which will be distributed to high-risk groups. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by: quintessentialy on: April 9, 2010
Poll execs told to delete multiple entries from voters’ list
By Anna Valmero
INQUIRER.net
First Posted 13:40:00 04/08/2010
Filed Under: Eleksyon 2010, Politics, Elections
MANILA, Philippines – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) ordered its poll officers to “manually cross out” from the computerized voters’ list (CVL) individuals with multiple or double registration records ahead of the May 10 elections. Read the rest of this entry »
