Monthly Archives: December 2018

by BEN O. DE VERA, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Dec 31, 2018 The rate of jobless Filipinos in the labor force declined to 5.3 percent in 2018 from 5.7 percent last year even as underemployment inched up, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).

by Sheila Crisostomo (The Philippine Star) – Dec 30, 2018 MANILA, Philippines — The number of births in 2017 was the lowest in 10 years but more girls below 15 years have become mothers, the Commission on Population (PopCom) reported yesterday.

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by Janvic Mateo, The Philippine Star, Dec 30, 2018 MANILA, Philippines — Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. has suggested a new way to address trafficking of Filipino migrant workers: Seek the families of illegal recruiters.

by Raymund Catindig, The Philippine Star, Dec 30, 2018 TUGUEGARAO, Cagayan , Philippines — Three girls, aged 15 and 16, were rescued from a sex den in this city yesterday.

by Doris Dumlao-Abadilla, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Dec 29, 2019 After a tumultuous year that saw the local stock barometer initially hitting all-time highs but reversing later to bearish territory, local equities ended 2018 with the worst annual performance seen in a decade.

By Chito Chavez, Manila Bulletin, Dec 28, 2018 The militant group Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) has debunked the government’s claim that nearly 500,000 workers have been regularized under the administration of President Duterte. Stressing the need to uplift the workers’ rights, KMU called Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello’s statement “far from reality and pure propaganda.”

by Camille A. Aguinaldo, Business Mirror, Dec 27, 2018 LABOR SECRETARY Silvestre H. Bello III said Thursday that the Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECoP) has committed to a program of extending regular status to its employees.

By Perfecto Raymundo, Jr. – PNA, Dec 27, 2018 MANILA — In line with its mandate to protect the poor, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has served more than 4 million beneficiaries under its Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) this year.

by Reuters, Dec 26 2018 BEIJING — China issued on Tuesday a so-called “negative” list that specifies industries where investors, domestic or foreign, are either restricted or prohibited, as part of efforts to standardize market entry rules for all players.

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by Louella Desiderio (The Philippine Star) – Dec 26, 2018 MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is pushing for more non-electronics exports for next year to diversify the country’s merchandise shipments and help promote development in the countryside.

by Ian Nicolas Cigaral (philstar.com) – Dec 26, 2018 MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines’ adult population is likely to be cut by 9 percent due to migration, according to a new Gallup poll, which also sees an exodus of young talents already at home.

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by Jose Ramon G Albert, PIDS, Dec 26, 2018 Despite the Philippines recording an impressive average annual GDP growth rate of 5.3 per cent during 2003–15, this growth has not benefitted all Filipinos equally. Income poverty was estimated at a quarter of the population from 2003–12. This only reduced to 21.6 per cent in 2015.…

By Ferdinand Patinio/PNA, Dec 26, 2018 MANILA –The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has recently revealed that the government is putting up six more Philippine Overseas Labor Offices (POLO) in several countries where there are Philippine embassies.

By Samuel P. Medenilla, Business Mirror, Dec 26, 2018 About 7 million jobs are expected to be generated in Key Employment Generating (KEG) industries by 2022, according to a new report by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE).

by Czeriza Valencia (The Philippine Star) – Dec 25, 2018 (Part 1) Most Filipinos never gave much thought about the growth in consumer prices in the past few years until its impact was felt with such force this year. Of all the commodity groups affected, the pinch was felt the most in food prices, particularly…

By Samuel P. Medenilla, Business Mirror, Dec 25, 2018 THE majority of companies in the country are compliant with government-imposed social protection wages despite higher minimum wages that took effect this year, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said.

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By: Roy Stephen C. Canivel, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Dec 24, 2018 The Board of Investments (BOI) registered P907.2 billion worth of investment pledges for 2018, setting another all-time high for the second year in a row.

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By Recto Mercene, Business Mirror, Dec 24, 2019 AIRPORT immigration agents stopped nine Filipinos they suspected as victims of human trafficking who disguised themselves as tourists while attempting to leave for Seoul, South Korea, via Taipei.

By Samuel P. Medenilla, Business Mirror, Dec 24, 2018 Studies that will look into the feasibility of raising real wage rates, which have stagnated for over a decade despite the country’s robust economic growth, are now under way according to the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE).

by Edu Punay (The Philippine Star), Dec 24, 2018 MANILA, Philippines — The Bureau of Immigration (BI) has rescued nine alleged victims of human trafficking at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA).

by LBG, GMA News, Dec 23, 2018 Philippines Immigration officers have rescued nine South Korea-bound Filipinos at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport, believed to be victims of human trafficking syndicate.

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by BEN O. DE VERA, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Dec 22, 2018 Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) members who want to avail themselves of the ongoing housing condonation program have been given by the state-run pension fund until Dec. 31 next year to do so.

By Dat Nguyen, Dec 22, 2018 Vietnam’s labor cost is the highest among comparator countries in Southeast Asia, a World Bank report says.

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