Monthly Archives: February 2019

Analysts, media made 2018 inflation worse, says BSP

Published by rudy Date posted on February 6, 2019

By: Daxim L. Lucas, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Feb 06, 2019 Did market analysts and business reporters make last year’s inflation spike worse by scaring the public into believing that consumer prices would continue rising for a prolonged period?

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LIST: Political clans, powerful figures among 2019 party-list nominees

Published by rudy Date posted on February 6, 2019

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Contractualization issue unites labor factions

Published by rudy Date posted on February 6, 2019

By Samuel P. Medenilla, Business Mirror, Feb 6, 2018 While the contractualization issue has polarized employers and employees, it also bonded moderate and labor groups that they are staging a joint rally today (Wednesday) to press President Duterte to choose the executive order (EO) they prefer over the draft EO being supported by business groups.

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January inflation slipped to 10-month low of 4.4%

Published by rudy Date posted on February 5, 2019

by Julito G. Rada, Manila Standard, Feb 5, 2019 Inflation rate eased to a 10-month low of 4.4 percent in January from 5.1 percent in December, on slower increases in the prices of non-alcoholic beverages and food products, the Philippine Statistics Authority said Tuesday.

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Workers waiting ‘on call’ must be paid, court rules

Published by rudy Date posted on February 5, 2019

By Bob Egelko, Feb 5, 2019 Employees who are required to stay “on call” before the start of a possible work shift — phoning their employer two hours before the shift to learn whether they’re needed — are entitled to be paid for that two-hour period regardless of whether they’re called in to work, a…

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House approves Anti-Elder Abuse Act on final reading

Published by rudy Date posted on February 4, 2019

By: Pathricia Ann V. Roxas, INQUIRER.net, Feb 04, 2019 MANILA, Philippines – The House of Representatives on Monday unanimously approved on third and final reading House Bill 7030 or the “Anti-Elder Abuse Act.”

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Tech is splitting the U.S. work force in two

Published by rudy Date posted on February 4, 2019

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Why the 15-hour work week is not just a pipe dream

Published by rudy Date posted on February 4, 2019

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Recent significant disasters in the Asia and Pacific Region

Published by rudy Date posted on February 4, 2019

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The tobacco war

Published by rudy Date posted on February 4, 2019

by Iris Gonzales, The Philippine Star, Feb 4, 2019 I can’t count how many cigarettes I’ve smoked in my life, but every stick marked something big or bizarre – a heartbreaking story, a bloodied body I saw, a breathtaking mountain that made me gasp, or a quarrel with a lover.

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BSP explains to Malacañang why inflation was breached

Published by rudy Date posted on February 4, 2019

by Lawrence Agcaoili, The Philippine Star, Feb 4, 2019 MANILA, Philippines — The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has explained to Malacañang why the upper end of the inflation target was breached for the first time in a decade as the rise in consumer prices kicked up to 5.2 percent last year from 2.9 percent…

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Why we should listen to Bill Gates on nuclear energy

Published by rudy Date posted on February 4, 2019

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Tobacco farmers seek tax relief

Published by rudy Date posted on February 3, 2019

by Louise Maureen Simeon (The Philippine Star), Feb 3, 2019 MANILA, Philippines — Local tobacco farmers are urging the government to hold back on further increasing excise taxes on alcohol and cigarettes to allow them to stay afloat.

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Ayala, Yuchengco seal merger of school units

Published by rudy Date posted on February 3, 2019

by Iris Gonzales, The Philippine Star, Feb 3, 2019 MANILA, Philippines — The Ayala and Yuchengco Groups have executed their plan to merge their education units after obtaining the approval of the Philippine Competition Commission (PCC).

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Digitalisation, Al and Equity – How to strenghten the EU in the global race of future skills and education, while ensuring social inclusion (Exploratory opinion at the request of the Finnish Presidency)

Published by rudy Date posted on February 2, 2019

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If workers slack off, the wristband will know. (And Amazon has a patent for it.)

Published by rudy Date posted on February 2, 2019

The company has won two patents for a wristband that could track workers’ movements and breaks. It was unclear if Amazon planned to actually manufacture the tracking device and have employees wear it. Amazon already has a reputation for a workplace culture that thrives on a hard-hitting management style. by Ceylan Yeginsu, The New York…

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Philippines unseats Thailand as world’s heaviest internet user

Published by rudy Date posted on February 1, 2019

by Richmond Mercurio (The Philippine Star) – Feb 1, 2019 MANILA, Philippines — Filipinos have further upped their game in terms of spending time online as the Philippines dethroned Thailand to become the world’s heaviest users of the internet.

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trade unions around the world,
for democracy in Myanmar,
with the daily protests of
people in Myanmar against
the military coup and
continuing oppression.

 

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Reject Military!

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