Monthly Archives: April 2019

Work from home law now in place — DOLE

Published by rudy Date posted on April 11, 2019

By: Neil Arwin Mercado, INQUIRER.net, Apr 11, 2019 MANILA, Philippines — Private sector employees can now opt to work outside their workplace using telecommunications and computer technologies, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said Thursday.

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BREAK: Grace Poe remains top choice for Senate race – Pulse Asia

Published by rudy Date posted on April 11, 2019

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Poverty in the Philippines

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Study warns against Chinese ‘Belt and Road’ investment

Published by rudy Date posted on April 10, 2019

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Poverty incidence drops in 2018, gov’t on track to meet target: PSA

Published by rudy Date posted on April 10, 2019

by Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News, Apr 10, 2019 MANILA (UPDATE 2) — Poverty incidence fell in the first half of 2018 from three years prior, putting the government on track to meet its target of lifting at least 1 million people from poverty every year, official data released Wednesday showed.

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‘Government has no money for P10-billion rice fund’

Published by rudy Date posted on April 10, 2019

By Cai U. Ordinario & Jasper Emmanuel Y. Arcalas, BusinessMirror, Apr 10, 2019 FARMERS may have to wait until the third quarter at the earliest to benefit from a fund that will consist of tariffs from rice imports, according to the National Economic and Development Authority (Neda).

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Lower official poverty estimates don’t mean less poor Filipinos — IBON

Published by rudy Date posted on April 10, 2019

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Most Filipinos don’t save enough for retirement

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Philippine poverty incidence down in first half of 2018

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Statement on the poverty statistics for the first half of 2018

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Pregnant woman, mother arrested for online sexual exploitation of children

Published by rudy Date posted on April 10, 2019

by Sunstar, Apr 10, 2019 A 22-YEAR-OLD pregnant woman was caught offering to sexually abuse her six-year-old daughter and her sisters, ages 18 and 21, and stream live the exploitation in exchange for money from an online predator.

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Making universal basic income a reality

Published by rudy Date posted on April 10, 2019

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Supreme Court asked to reopen Philippines’ biggest labor case

Published by rudy Date posted on April 10, 2019

by Edu Punay (The Philippine Star) – Apr 10, 2019 MANILA, Philippines — The Supreme Court (SC) has been asked to reopen the $609-million labor case between 2,300 former overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in the Middle East and American military contractor Kellog-Brown & Root.

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2019 Survey results on challenges facing contact center IT and compliance professionals

Published by rudy Date posted on April 10, 2019

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A 30-year Harvard study reveals the 5 simple habits that may prolong your life by 10 years or more

Published by rudy Date posted on April 10, 2019

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April 9, 2019 – WHEN WILL THIS HAPPEN IN THE PHILIPPINES? “American billionaires call for upgrades to capitalism, starting with higher taxes on themselves” They sound like trade unionists!!!? Warren Buffett (Berkshire Hathaway CEO), Jamie Dimon (J P Morgan Chase CEO), Ray Dalio (Bridgewater hedge fund founder), Bill Gates (Microsoft founder) and a list of others say that capitalism in its current form simply doesn’t work for the rest of the United States, called attention to the growing income gap, and proposed some remedies. [Read more.]

Published by rudy Date posted on April 9, 2019

Some of their remedies involve higher taxes for the wealthy that would not disrupt productivity, public-private partnerships, productive government spending. And, yes, they have given or have pledged to give millions for public education, philanthropic foundations. Ray Dalio – [Capitalism] doesn’t need to be destroyed, capitalism does need to present an equal opportunity, which he…

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BIR: Tax amnesty on delinquencies starts on April 24

Published by rudy Date posted on April 9, 2019

By: Ben O. de Vera, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Apr 09, 2019 MANILA, Philippines–The much-awaited tax amnesty on delinquencies, aimed at providing taxpayers with long-due liabilities and pending criminal cases a clean slate, will start on April 24, the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) said Tuesday.

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Human trafficking at NAIA

Published by rudy Date posted on April 9, 2019

BY RAMON T. TULFO, Manila Times, Apr 9, 2019 FIDEL Mendoza, Erwin Ortañez, Glenn Comia, Bien Guevarra, Den Binsol. These people are middle-level officials at the Bureau of Immigration (BI), but they are all multi-millionaires because they are the leaders of a human trafficking syndicate at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA).

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Slump in rice farm-gate prices due to import liberalization?

Published by rudy Date posted on April 9, 2019

by ABS-CBN News, Apr 09 2019 MANILA – An official of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) said it was “too early to say” if the entry of imported rice was causing a slump in rice farm-gate prices.

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The risks of being a teen mom show the need for sex education in the Philippines

Published by rudy Date posted on April 8, 2019

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Preparing for tomorrow’s workforce, today

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Paying Taxes 2019: A unique report by PwC and the World Bank Group

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Manifesto of FFF and FFFC on Villar

Published by rudy Date posted on April 8, 2019

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Filipinos warned against fake Dubai job offers

Published by rudy Date posted on April 8, 2019

by Web Report/Philippines, Apr 8, 2019 Scamsters promise high-paying jobs in the emirate. The Philippines’ Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has warned Filipino jobseekers of dubious individuals and agencies who carry out their operations through social media networks such as Facebook, Viber and WhatsApp. These entities have been found to promise jobs in Dubai and…

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Illegal dismissal in call centers hit

Published by rudy Date posted on April 8, 2019

by Maria Elena Catajan, Sun Star, Apr 8, 2019 MEMBERS of the BPO Industry Employees Network (Bien) have reported a string of illegal dismissal cases and alleged unfair labor practices of some outsourcing companies in Baguio City.

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Pinoys told to be wary of overseas job offerings through social media

Published by rudy Date posted on April 7, 2019

By Micah Sophia C. Marcellones|Apr 07,2019 CEBU CITY, Philippines — Filipinos are advised to be cautious about overseas job offerings from recruitment agencies that operate through the social media like Facebook, Viber or WhatsApp.

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Our homes are full of asbestos. Here’s how to identify it

Published by rudy Date posted on April 7, 2019

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Billionaire Jeff Bezos: To live a happy life with no regrets by age 80, ask yourself these 12 questions

Published by rudy Date posted on April 7, 2019

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Roadmap aims to make PH top ASEAN creative economy by 2030

Published by rudy Date posted on April 6, 2019

By Bernie Cahiles-Magkilat, Manila Bulletin, Apr 6, 2019 The creative community has submitted an industry road that seeks to transform the Philippines as the number one creative economy in ASEAN by 2030 in terms of size and value of the creative industries as well as the competitiveness and attractiveness of Filipino talents and content in…

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Cheap coal swells in Southeast Asia, foiling global green push

Published by rudy Date posted on April 6, 2019

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for democracy in Myanmar,
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continuing oppression.

 

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