By Kastalia Medrano, http://motto.time.com/4565567/donald-trump-women-election/?xid=time_socialflow_twitter This is what Donald Trump’s win means for women Perhaps because we as a nation spent so much of 2016 preoccupied with silly things, I think many of us were truly shocked by Donald Trump’s defeat of Hillary Clinton. The opportunity to elect the first woman to lead the free world…
By Rossel Calderon, Abante, November 10, 2016 Aksidenteng nabagsakan ng ginagawa nilang steel plate ang dalawang welder kamakalawa dakong alas-nuwebe ng umaga sa Batangas City.
by Jacques Bughin, Director, Brussels office, McKinsey & Company; Laura Tyson, Professor, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley, 10 November 2016 https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/11/the-way-we-work-is-changing-this-is-what-it-could-mean-for-you?utm_content=buffer055dc&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer Working full-time for a single employer is no longer the norm in advanced economies. Instead, millions of “independent workers” – self-employed, freelance, or temporary employees – sell their labor, services, and…
10 November 2016, http://www.ituc-csi.org/tisa-trade-in-services-agreement As trade negotiators representing 50 countries meet behind closed doors to try and finalise the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) before the end of the year, the ITUC has released a new analysis of leaked information about the deal “All about TiSA: Everything you didn’t know about the Trade in Services…
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By Jojo de Guzman, Abante, October 9, 2016 TALAVERA, Nueva Ecija — Dalawa ang nasawi makaraang makuryente habang abalang nag-aayos ng grounding sa loob ng power plant sub-station sa Purok 6, Brgy. Bakal 2 sa bayang ito noong Biyernes ng hatinggabi.
Nov 9th 2016, 13:39 BY R.A. | WASHINGTON Timekeeper FROM late January, Donald Trump will have all the authority of the American executive, and the support of a unified Republican Congress, behind him. He will, therefore, be in a position to deliver profound and lasting change. The near-term economic effect of a Trump presidency is…
BY MATTHEW COOPER, 11/9/16, http://www.newsweek.com/2016/11/18/donald-trump-white-working-class-voters-election-2016-519095.html
Written by Toshinobu Kasai, Managing Director and Country Head, JLL, 8 November 2016 By 2030, according to UN data, one-fifth of us will be over the age of 60. As the labour pool shrinks, the stress of overtime work is affecting many employees, both in the developed and developing world, leading to a deterioration of…
ABS-CBN News, Nov 08 2016 MANILA – Templeton Emerging Markets Fund Group Executive Chairman Mark Mobius on Monday said the Philippines would need to beef up on its infrastructure and China might be of big help.
by Sam Wilkin @MrSamWilkin, November 8, 2016 OPEC raised its forecast for global oil demand next year and through the end of the decade, anticipating that cheaper crude will spur consumption even as economic growth slows.
Businessworld, November 08, 2016 THE Philippines has made “progress” in upgrading its social safety nets, particularly for the poor and the elderly, led by key programs such as Conditional Cash Transfers and expanded health insurance coverage, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said.
By Amanda Cooper, http://www.reuters.com/article/us-oil-outlook-iea-idUSKBN13B0OP?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=Social The International Energy Agency expects global oil consumption to peak no sooner than 2040, leaving its long-term forecasts for supply and demand unchanged despite the 2015 Paris Climate Change Agreement entering into force.
BFTUC Call for Solidarity Action Dear Colleagues / friends, You all aware that, 42 people lost their lives due to a tragic fire accident at Tampaco Foils Limited on 10 September 2016. 40 workers were injured seriously and 10 workers are still missing.
By Paolo Romero (The Philippine Star), November 7, 2016 MANILA, Philippines – Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade will have to come up with better plans to address the worsening traffic crisis in the country than the ones he presented to Congress in asking for emergency powers for President Duterte, Sen. Grace Poe said yesterday.
By Mayen Jaymalin (The Philippine Star), November 7, 2016 MANILA, Philippines – On the problematic employment scheme called “endo,” “win-win solution” is out; “middle ground” advocacy is in.
BY WILLIAM DEPASUPIL, TMT, NOVEMBER 7, 2016, Manila Times DESPITE significant progress in eliminating the worse forms of child labor in the country, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has admitted that the problem remains alarming and far from over as there are still more than 2 million child laborers in the Philippine workforce.
By: Amy R. Remo / @inquirerdotnet, November 07, 2016 The Philippines continues to lag behind its neighbors in Asean in terms of per capita spending on healthcare, due largely to the lack of accessibility to and affordability of medical services in the country.
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By Jojo de Guzman, Abante, November 6, 2016 JAEN, Nueva Ecija — Nasawi ang isang barangay kagawad nang mabagok ang ulo sa sementadong lansangan makaraang madupilas sa mataas na hagdan at napahawak sa live wire habang tumutulong sa pagsasaayos ng street lights sa Brgy. Sto. Tomas South dito noong Biyernes ng hapon.
By Claire Jiao, CNN Philippines, November 5, 2016 Metro Manila (CNN Philippines) — Internet in the Philippines is slow because there aren’t enough cell towers in the country and frequencies are poorly allocated to telco companies, a Cabinet official has said.
Graft, reckless imprudence cases filed vs. Rex Gatchalian over Kentex fire Published October 19, 2016 4:43pm Updated October 19, 2016 6:59pm By XIANNE ARCANGEL, GMA News The Office of the Ombudsman has filed cases of graft and reckless imprudence resulting to multiple homicide and multiple physical injuries against Valenzuela City Mayor Rex Gatchalian in connection with the 2015…
Purpose-driven work and non-traditional workspaces are now some of the most sought-after features in a job
By Leonardo Q. Montemayor, William D. Dar and Ruben D. Torres* The multi-billion-peso rice industry is a major source of employment, income and nutrition for Filipinos. It consists of some 2.5 million small farmers plus several hundred thousand farm laborers and others engaged in the supply of farm inputs and machinery, milling/processing, warehousing, transport, other…
by Eric Roston, November 16, 2016 The earth has warmed barely a single degree Celsius, and yet virtually no place on the planet is unaffected by climate change. That’s the conclusion of both a new study published in the journal Science and a popular-science book out this week, The Unnatural World, by David Biello, the…
ABS-CBN News, Nov 03 2016 MANILA – The Philippines has maintained its position as the lead Asian country in closing the gender gap, according to the 2016 Global Gender Gap Index (GGI) report released by the World Economic Forum.
By: Francis Ed Lim / @inquirerdotnetPhilippine Daily Inquirer / November 03, 2016 (Last of four parts) If you are a credit card holder but find it difficult to pay your credit card liabilities as they fall due, is it the end of the world for you? Absolutely not. Not known to everybody, the Financial Rehabilitation…
By KARINA V. CANEDO, Sunstar, November 03, 2016 IT IS NOT a secret that every parent wants their children to live a carefree life, a life well provided with necessary things like clothes education and food, but to some, especially in poor areas where the idealist ideas of family are taboo, some parents are not…
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