Share During  his third State of the Union Address, President Obama encouraged  the US Congress on Wednesday (Manila time) to submit  to him for his signature a bill that will utilize  a combination of tax incentives and disincentives created to make American and multinational firms in the US produce  jobs in that country [Continue reading]

Share On Tuesday, it was announced that the  captain of a luxury liner Costa Concordia which ran aground off the coast of Italy last week will be removed  from prison but instead to be  put under house arrest, his defense lawyer told journalists on Tuesday. Judge Valeria Montesarchio ordered  that Costa Concordia captain [Continue reading]

Share Record shows  that the number of US pedestrians who have been hurt or killed  because of  wearing headphones has tripled in six years, according to a study published Tuesday. The yearly tally has increased  from 16 in 2004 to 47 in 2011, making the total of cases to 116 over this period, say the [Continue reading]

Share  The  huge cruise liner accident off the coast of Italy is not just a disaster for the ship’s owners, however, it could also affect  the industry which is already facing stiff headwinds. On Friday, the Costa Concordia, carrying  more than 4,000 people on board, flipped on its side when it hit  a rock on [Continue reading]

Share Good news for job hunters out there! Excel Service Holdings, a New York-based global provider of outsourcing and transformation services made an announcement that  they will be adding an additional facility in the Philippines. The opening  will give operations in insurance, healthcare, customer service, finance, accounting and [Continue reading]

Share Giving up is the last thing on his mind. Mexican boxer Erik "El Terible" Morales is calling out  for a fourth fight against Filipino boxing champion Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao after  his two losses in their trilogy. Morales was the last man to beat  Pacquiao, accepting  a unanimous decision win against [Continue reading]

Share Starting to push the  US businesses to stop outsourcing  overseas, President Barack Obama appealed to the public  as he revealed  a new election-year theme on Saturday focused at courting middle-class voters.   In his weekly radio and video address, Obama gave an idea about  an event he will hold next week with [Continue reading]

Share Top Rank CEO Bob Arum will be coming  to Manila next week to meet with his valuable  fighter Manny Pacquiao. Arum said the meeting will be all about Pacman’s  options for 2012. "I’m going to the Philippines on January 8, and I should be there on January 10. I’m going to shortly, thereafter, meet [Continue reading]

Share  Second-generation North Korean dictatorKim Jong Il, who defied global condemnation to create nuclear weapons even when his people were starving, has died, Yonhap News reported. He was 70.    The news was reported through a radio broadcast at noon local time, Yonhap reported, quoting North Korea’s official media. Kim who [Continue reading]

Share Every good deed has its measure.  On Sunday, CNN readers awarded  FilAm Robin Lim as ’2011 Hero of the Year.’ Lim, "Mother Robin" or "Ibu Robin" as she is called by the locals, is the founder of Evry Mother counts and  has delivered more than 4,000 babies for free in Indonesia. Apart from the [Continue reading]