Anyone who uses the internet knows, or should know by now, the trick known as phishing, which refers to ways of acquiring sensitive account access information such as passwords. It could be an email purportedly from yahoo or the administrator asking you to reconfirm and enter your username/password so the account won’t be deleted. Those [...]

The title of this post should have been in the form of a question, intended to solicit your opinion: Do you agree with Malacanang’s policy to discontinue the holiday economics of the previous administration? You could go direct to the bottom of the post to write down your opinion. Or you can read on.

The existence of red tape is known to almost every Filipino that transacts with government offices, yet only a small percentage of them probably knows that a law exists to eliminate red tape and punish the culprits in perpetuating it. Congress enacted Republic Act No. 9485, also known as the “Anti-Red Tape Act of 2007“. [...]

The final whistle has sounded. It’s official — the Philippine Azkals lost to Kuwait, 1-5 on aggregate, ending the Philippine bid to qualify for the 2014 Brazil FIFA World Cup. For a country passionately rooting for the Azkals to win, the loss is heartbreaking, but it was a great run.

Malacanang has declared 30 August 2011 (Tuesday) as a national non-working holiday (per Proclamation 234). This is another occurrence of a rare long weekend among the 2011 Philippine holidays under the administration of President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino.

The daily news contains an item about a road accident. Either road mishaps are happening at an alarming rate or media outlets are more aggressive in reporting road mishaps. Just today, a bus fell off the Skyway, which sits on top of the South Luzon Expressway (SLEX). This is  not the first. And it certainly [...]

I received an interesting email asking if tattoos would adversely affect the chances of getting good employment, specifically, whether there’s any legal provision that prohibits an employer from discriminating against individuals who have tattoos. A tattoo is an expression of individuality. The more serious ones treat this skin art as a mode self-expression, as it [...]

Women were generally not allowed work during night time. This was the rule before the enactment of Republic Act No. 10151. Article 130 of the Labor Code (Presidential Decree No. 442) contains the general prohibition while Article 131 spells out the exceptions.  Congress recently passed R.A. 10151, signed into law by President Benigno Aquino on [...]

There are a number of issues and statements that stand out in the second State of the Nation Address (SONA) of President Benigno Aquino III [see full transcript of original Filipino speech or the full text of English translation]. We’ll pick up an issue or two during our down time, maybe during the rare 4-day [...]

(Note: English translation of the second State of the Nation Address [SONA] delivered by His Excellency Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III, President of the Philippines, at the Session Hall of the House of Representatives, Batasan Pambansa Complex, Quezon City on 25 July 2011. Click here for the full text or transcript of the original Filipino version. [...]