Monthly Archives: August 2018

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ABS-CBN News, Aug 17, 2018 Watch here. A statistics expert claimed the poorest Filipinos suffer the most from the brunt of tax reforms. And with government subsidy still not fully distributed, a lawmaker is considering the measure’s suspension. – Business Nightly, ANC, August 16, 2018

By Nonoy Lacson, Manila Bulletin, Aug 17, 2018 ZAMBOANGA CITY – Elements of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) rescued 16 persons, including four minors, at the Maluso wharf in Basilan province, Wednesay night, before they could be transported to Tawi-Tawi, and on to Malaysia by a human trafficking syndicate.

By Luchi de Guzman, CNN Philippines, Aug 16, 2018 Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, August 16) — More Filipinos believe that their lives worsened in the second quarter of 2018, according to an independent pollster.

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Worker repatriations, lower Mideast deployments blamed for decline in June inflows By: Daxim L. Lucas, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Aug 16, 2018 The government’s decision to repatriate thousands of Filipino workers suffering from abusive work conditions in the Middle East took an immediate toll on the amount of dollars being sent home as the first half…

By AMITA LEGASPI, GMA News, Aug 16, 018 The Department of Finance admitted Thursday it has yet to compute the indirect effect of the Tax Acceleration for Inclusion and Reform (TRAIN) law on inflation, which Senator Paolo Benigno Aquino IV sees as the reason economic managers do not think of the inflationary burden on the…

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By Samuel P. Medenilla, Businessmirror, Aug 16, 2018 More workers threatened to hold work stoppage in the first half of the year due to disputes with their management, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) reported.

by Joey Concepcion (The Philippine Star) – Aug 16, 2018 After months of anticipation and preparation, we officially launched the Pilipinas Angat Lahat Alliance in Malacañang Palace. President Duterte, Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea, Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez, government officials, members of our 30 alliance partners, state ambassadors, mentors and entrepreneurs were all…

What will the future hold for an older workforce? by Renee McGowan, Aug 15, 2018 Sadly, Miyako Chiyo, the oldest person in Japan and the world, recently passed away. She was an incredible 117 years old.

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by Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News, Aug 15, 2018 MANILA – The Department of Health on Wednesday said it was backing proposals to increase the tobacco excise tax rate to P90 per pack to augment the proposed Universal Health Care law.

By John Mangun, Business Mirror, Aug 15, 2018 Earthquakes can create disasters, which have plagued civilizations from earliest times. The first recorded tremor happened in 1831 BC in China’s Shandong province.

by Louella Desiderio (The Philippine Star) – Aug 15, 2018 MANILA, Philippines — Nineteen more groups have expressed their support for the economic managers and joined the call to Congress to carefully consider the costs of moving to a federal system of government.

by Emmanuel Tupas (The Philippine Star) – Aug 15, 2018 MANILA, Philippines — A man arrested for online trafficking four years ago was sentenced to life imprisonment by the Cebu City regional trial court (RTC) on Monday.

by Alexis Romero with Lawrence Agcaoili, Cecille Suerte Felipe (The Philippine Star) – Aug 14, 2018 MANILA, Philippines — President Duterte wants solutions to the concerns of economic managers and business groups that urged Congress to assess the costs and risks of the proposed shift to a federal form of government.

by Edu Punay (The Philippine Star) – with Mayen Jaymalin, Aug 14, 2018 MANILA, Philippines — The Duterte administration’s campaign against “endo” or end of contract labor practice got another legal boost.

by Louise Maureen Simeon (The Philippine Star), Aug 14, 2018 MANILA, Philippines — The country’s economic managers should rethink their stand on the farm industry and consider giving it greater attention instead of blaming it for the growth slowdown in the second quarter, Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol said yesterday.

by Jovic Yee, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Aug 14, 2018 Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said he had secured from the country’s biggest group of employers its commitment to regularize by yearend 300,000 workers as its contribution to the government’s campaign to end to contractualization.

by Yana Argarin, Aug 14, 2018, Manila Standard The government has unveiled a strategy on rice importation to tame consumer prices, after inflation rate hit a five-year high of 5.7 percent in July. Filipino farmers, however, feel left out.

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by Edith Regalado (The Philippine Star) – Aug 14, 2018 DAVAO CITY, Philippines — At least three national political parties and six local groupings forged an alliance with the Hugpong ng Pagbabago (HNP) regional party of President Duterte’s daughter, Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio, yesterday morning.

By Teddy Locsin Jr., BusinessMirror, Aug 13, 2018 The Global Compact on Migration Conference in the Philippines, August 14 and 15, preparatory to its formal adoption in Morocco in December 2018.

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Business groups warn lawmakers of risks, costs of new gov’t system by Othel V. Campos, Manila Standard, Aug 13, 2018 INFLUENTIAL business groups on Sunday called on lawmakers to carefully weigh the costs and risks associated with the proposed shift to a federal system of government.

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BY THE MANILA TIMES, Aug 12, 2018 A total of P1.3 billion for conditional cash transfer/modified CCT beneficiaries was not withdrawn from 2008 to 2017, according to state auditors.