Monthly Archives: September 2016

Sept. 21, 2016 – Workers building the new Quinta market have insufficient safety equipment.

HSBC Philippines’ chief sees greater UK investor interest in the country while the head of the Philippines’ oldest conglomerate sees the ASEAN market and its growing middle class pulling in more foreign investors By Chris Schnabel, Sep 19, 2016 MANILA, Philippines – Consistent economic growth, a young and increasingly moneyed population, and the ASEAN economic…

By Jojo Perez, Abante, September 18, 2016 Umaalma ang libu-libong manggagawa ng Hanjin Shipping Builders sa Subic Zambales dahil sa peligrong hatid ng kanilang mga transportasyon patu­ngo sa pinapasukang kumpanya dahil bukod umano sa kapos ang kanilang mga bus na sinasakyan ay nagdudulot ito ng sunud-sunod na aksidente.

By Richmond Mercurio (The Philippine Star), September 17, 2016 MANILA, Philippines – The government’s economic team is unlikely to back the Department of Labor and Employment’s proposed P125 across-the-board wage hike for workers in the private sector as this would impede economic growth and bloat unemployment, Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez said.

By Richard Buenaventura, Abante, September 15, 2016 ITOGON, Benguet — Laking pasasa­lamat ng 71 na minero ng Dalicno Miners Association dahil nasa maa­yos nang kalagayan ang mga ito nang maisalba mula sa pagkaka-trap ng mahigit walong oras sa miniminang bundok sa Dalicno ng bayang ito sa harap ng tuluy-tuloy na pag-ulan dito.

By Pia Lee-Brago (The Philippine Star), September 13, 2016 The Philippines is expected to have the fastest growth for the second year in a row among the five major economies of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN-5) in 2017. File photo MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines is expected to have the fastest growth for…

By Paul Morton, 13 September 2016 People assume that time is a straight progression of cause to effect but actually from a non-liner, non subjective viewpoint it’s more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly, timey wimey stuff. – The 10th Doctor (Doctor Who) As a business owner, do you find that you never have…

By Claire Jiao, CNN Philippines, September 8, 2016 Metro Manila (CNN Philippines) — The Philippines is losing out on foreign direct investment (FDI) to other emerging markets in Southeast Asia — particularly Vietnam — studies show.

By Claire Poskitt on 8 September 2016 Let’s face it: getting a reader’s attention and keeping it can be difficult. How many web pages have you closed before reading to the end? Many web users dislike reading lengthy blocks of text. People want you to give them information, but they won’t stick around for it…

ON CONTRACTUALIZATION There is nothing in the Herrera Law that authorizes contractualization.

By Boyet Jadulco, Abante, September 5, 2016 Sa pagsasabing bitin ang P1,500 taunang “chalk allowance” ng mga guro sa pampublikong paaralan, itinulak ng isang senador na itaas ito sa halagang P5,000.

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By Corey Rosen, The Daily Dose, Sept 1, 2016 WHY YOU SHOULD CARE Because who wants to be a have-not? The author is the founder of the National Center for Employee Ownership, a nonprofit based in Oakland, CA. The rich are getting richer, and the poor keep muddling through. It’s a constant campaign refrain, and…

Government officials push for the full implementation of the reproductive health law as part of the efforts to improve child nutrition in the country Jee Y. Geronimo @jeegeronimo, September 01, 2016 MANILA, Philippines – With childhood undernutrition on the rise, government officials are raising the alarm over teenage pregnancy and its effects on the health…

Amicus Curiae, Noelle Jenina Francesca E. Buan, Businessworld, Sep. 1, 2016 Following a series of public consultations held between June and August 2016, the National Privacy Commission (NPC) promulgated the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act No. 10173 last Aug. 24, 2016.