Monthly Archives: September 2018

By CNN Philippines Staff, Sep 29, 2018 Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, September 29) — More Filipinos are satisfied with President Rodrigo Duterte’s performance amid his controversial remarks, a private pollster reported Saturday.

by FRJ, GMA News, Sep 28, 2018 Isang mangingisda na inupahan na putulin ang mga punong sinira ng bagyo ang nasawi matapos siyang mabagsakan nito sa Pangasinan. Ang biktima, niyakap daw ang puno para ‘di bumagsak sa linya ng kuryente.

by Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez (The Freeman) – Sep 28, 2018 Attention, DOLE inspectors. In one rare moment whereby employers and service contractors won their case, the highest court of the land has ruled that legitimate job contracting is perfectly legal, valid, and not prohibited, as long as it is done in accordance with law…

by Jefferson Graham, Sep 29, 2018 A driver with placards for both Lyft and Uber waits for a traffic light outside South Station in Boston after picking up a passenger.

By: Miguel R. Camus, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Sept 27, 2018 More Filipinos are turning to their mobile devices to research or purchase goods online, a practice that will ramp up during the busy Christmas season, a study commissioned by social media giant Facebook showed.

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by ABS-CBN News, Sep 26 2018 MANILA – The Asian Development Bank lowered Wednesday its economic growth outlook for the Philippines as the gross domestic product (GDP) growth “softened unexpectedly” in the first half of the year.

By: Miguel R. Camus, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Sep 26, 2018 The Philippines has a long way to go in terms of delivering high-quality mobile video services, based on a crowdsourced survey conducted by OpenSignal, a wireless mapping company based in the United Kingdom.

by Lawrence Agcaoili (The Philippine Star) – Sept 26, 2018 MANILA, Philippines — ANZ Research further slashed its growth forecast for the Philippines to 6.5 percent this year, 6.4 percent next year and 5.9 percent in 2020.

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By John Mangun, BusinessMirror, Sept 25, 2018 THE World Bank released a report this past week, titled “Growth and Productivity in the Philippines: Winning the Future.” This analysis concentrates on recommendations to achieve the government’s AmBisyon Natin 2040 program to transform the country “into a prosperous middle-class society free of poverty by 2040.”

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by Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News, Sep 25, 2018 MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte has signed an administrative order aimed at taming food inflation. AO 13, signed by President Duterte on Sept. 21, removes non-tariff barriers and streamlines administrative procedures on the importation of agricultural products.

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PULSE ASIA SURVEY By JON VIKTOR D. CABUENAS, GMA News, Sep 25, 2018 Both the approval and trust ratings of President Rodrigo Duterte registered a double-digit decline in September, as inflation accelerated to nine-year highs the month prior.

Drivers have to settle with the ride-hailing giant individually. BY MARRIAN ZHOU, Sep 25, 2018 Uber scored a legal victory against drivers seeking employee benefits. On Tuesday, a federal appeals court in San Francisco said Uber drivers can no longer sue the ride-hailing giant as a group, reversing a lower court decision which had granted…

The Department of Labor and Employment warns that the industry and services sector would take a hit should the Trabaho bill push through by Ralf Rivas, Rappler, Sep 25, 2018 MANILA, Philippines – An official of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) warned that the Tax Reform for Attracting Better and Higher Quality Opportunities…

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by Rudy Santos with Mayen Jaymalin, Delon Porcalla (The Philippine Star), Sept 24, 2018 MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines registered a nine-percent decline in the deployment of migrant workers in 2017 after 10 years of continuous growth.

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By: Bong S. Sarmiento, Inquirer Mindanao, Sept 24, 2018 KORONADAL CITY — Thirty-five people were rushed to a hospital Monday morning for treatment of injuries caused by an ammonia leak at a plant of giant fruit producer Dole Philippines, Inc . (Dolefil) in nearby Polomolok, South Cotabato, according to a company official said.

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The Bureau of Immigration (BI) is set to deport eight Chinese nationals who were caught illegally working in the country.

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by Janvic Mateo (The Philippine Star) – Sept 23, 2018 MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has repatriated 27 Filipinas rescued from a sex trafficking syndicate in Malaysia last month.

by Michael Taylor, Thomson Reuters Foundation, Sep 21, 2018 KUALA LUMPUR – Population growth, rapid urbanization and unfettered development of coastal areas in the Asia-Pacific region, are increasing the risk of heavy damage from powerful typhoons, experts said.

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