By: Ronnel W. Domingo, Philippine Daily, 31 Oct 2019 The Department of Energy yesterday formally received an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) report on the Philippines’ capability to adopt nuclear energy for electricity generation.
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by Preciosa S. Soliven (The Philippine Star), 31 Oct 2019 (Part II of “Model Occupational Skills Training for SHS and Unemployed Adults”) The 1991 Congressional-Senate Education Commission (EDCOM) Survey of Philippine schools was undertaken to fulfill education gaps as well as the 1990 Philippine ratification of the Convention of the Rights of the Child. The…
by Inquirer Central Luzon, 31 Oct 2019 MARILAO, Bulacan –– A 22-year-old worker here on Thursday surrendered to policemen after allegedly killing his Taiwanese employer, who reportedly berated and insulted him.
by Rebecca Shambaugh, 31 Oct 2019 Nancy started her day feeling prepared to brief her executive team on a high-stakes project she had been working on for the past two months. She had rehearsed her slide deck repeatedly, to the point where she had every level of content practically memorized. She arrived at the meeting…
By: Ben O. de Vera, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 30 Oct 2019 Complete the economic picture with infrastructure spending and you would see a decline in poverty rate, according to the Department of Finance (DOF).
By Samuel P. Medenilla, Business Mirror, 30 Oct 2019 Majority of the child laborers who were profiled by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) this year in Metro Manila worked as vendors or helpers.
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by Mayen Jaymalin (The Philippine Star) – 30 Oct 2019 MANILA, Philippines — After tobacco and sugar, the government may soon impose higher taxes on salt.
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By TED CORDERO,GMA News, 30 Oct 2019 The Department of Energy (DOE) on Wednesday received the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) report on the phase 1 of the Integrated Nuclear Infrastructure Review (INIR) mission.
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by Rey Gamboa (The Philippine Star), 29 Oct 2019 The latest twist in the tussle over the wordings of the proposed Corporate Income Tax and Incentives Rationalization Act (CITIRA), most recent being the “surrender” of the Philippine Economic Zone Authority to the controversial removal of the current gross income taxation scheme for economic zone locators,…
by Robie de Guzman, 29 Oct 2019 MANILA, Philippines – The Bureau of Immigration (BI) has placed on heightened alert its personnel at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) and other ports in the country ahead of the anticipated increase in the volume of passengers arriving and departing during the Undas break.
by Aneth Ng-Lim, 28 Oct 2019 As All Saints’ Day draws near, we are reminded not only of the family and friends we’ve lost, but also of our own mortality. What have you done to secure your financial legacy? To some, this can be a complicated process that involves many investments and properties. The more…
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The Philippines has one of the worst cases of income inequality in the world, according to Credit Suisse in its annual global wealth report.
By: Daphne Galvez, INQINQUIRER.net, 28 Oct 2019 MANILA, Philippines — The implementing rules and regulations (IRR) for a new law that penalizes catcalling, wolf-whistling, sexist and homophobic slurs, unwanted sexual advances and other forms of sexual harassment in public spaces, workplaces, schools, and online were signed on Monday.
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There are 52,135 Filipinos who are worth at least $1 million, according to Credit Suisse’s annual global wealth report.
by Ronald Reyes, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 27 Oct 2019 An appellate court in Canada has increased the prison term of Canadian national Philip Michael Chicoine who was originally ordered to spend 12 years in prison for the livestreamed sexual abuse of Filipino children in MacArthur town in Leyte.
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by Ben O. de Vera, 25 Oct 2019 The rate of increase in the prices of commodities purchased by poor Filipinos further slowed to 0.9 percent in September, marking a 46-month low as food prices and cost of utilities declined year-on-year.
by Ronnel W. Domingo, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 25 Oct 2019 The Philippine government is rallying not only national agencies but also local governments in a bid to be among the top 40 percent of world’s economies in terms of ease in doing business.
By Bernadette D. Nicolas, Business Mirror, 25 October 2019 FARMERS may have to wait for at least one or two years before they can get protection from the influx of rice imports as a result of the rice trade liberalization law.
by Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News, 25 Oct 2019 MANILA – Coca-Cola, Nestlé, and PepsiCo vowed to reduce packaging and recycle waste, after they were named top “plastic polluters” by environmental network Break Free From Plastic.
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Forty-nine workers were killed, fourteen workers were injured and six missing in 34 serious workplace incidents in the Philippines in January – October 2019 – an NTUC Philippines compilation of media reports show. Most of those killed were in Construction (eleven) and in Mining (nine). Four workers died, eight were injured and three (corrected) were…
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