Monthly Archives: December 2019

by Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News, 14 Dec 2019 MANILA – At least 6 in 10 Filipino students are being bullied regularly, a recent study showed, noting that the prevalence of bullying in Philippine schools is nearly 3 times higher compared to developed countries.

By: Roy Stephen C. Canivel, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 14 Dec 2019 The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) will spend up to P30 billion to help innovative manufacturers in the remaining years of the Duterte administration.

By: Roy Stephen C. Canivel, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 13 Dec 2019 Electronic exporters will likely set their export growth target for 2020 at only 0 to 3 percent, as the uncertainty over their tax breaks and the US-China trade war make it difficult for the industry to grow beyond that range, according to Semiconductor and…

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By Margret Fermin, 12 Dec 2019 Last year, authorities investigated 488 suspected human trafficking cases in the Philippines. Bureau of Immigration (BI) intercepted six Filipinas, which are believed to human trafficking victims at the Iloilo airport.

by Richmond Mercurio (The Philippine Star) – 12 Dec 2019 MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine National Railways (PNR) is moving full steam with the modernization of its fleet with the arrival of two trains from Indonesia, officials said yesterday.

by Domini M. Torrevillas (The Philippine Star) – 12 Dec 2019 The time has come to give up using one-use plastic bags. Housewives and market vendors are the most reluctant of species to say goodbye to the utility bags. They wrap seafoods, meat products and vegetables with plastic – for what should they use to…

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by Lawrence Agcaoili (The Philippine Star) – 11 Dec 2019 MANILA, Philippines — Net inflows of foreign direct investments (FDI) declined for the seventh straight month in September as investors continued to hold off their investment plans in emerging markets, including the Philippines, until global growth outlook improves, according to the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas…

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by Krixia Subingsubing, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 10 Dec 2019 MANILA, Philippines — A commuter group has asked a Quezon City court to issue a temporary restraining order against five of what it described as “fly-by-night”motorcycle-hailing companies, following reports that they might be allowed to join a pilot test whose results would determine whether the two-wheelers…

by Catherine Talavera (The Philippine Star) – 10 Dec 2019 MANILA, Philippines — Philippine offshore gaming operators (POGOs) have dethroned call centers in the information technology-business process management (IT-BPM) sector as the top demand driver of office space in the country as the diminishing supply of Philippine Economic Zone Authority(PEZA)-accredited spaces weighed in.

8 Dec 2019 – Three people obviously in distress and I could only hurry or look on. A few days to Christmas, walking from worship, in the shadow of a name mall tower … [Read more.]

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by Joviland Rita/LBG, GMA News, 8 Dec 2019 The Department of Education on Sunday urged parents to teach their children to use the internet as a “learning environment” and not as a distraction for their studies.

by Romina Cabrera (The Philippine Star), 8 Dec 2019 MANILA, Philippines — Over 70 women suspected victims of sexual trafficking were rescued in a bar raid in Cubao, Quezon City yesterday before dawn.

By: Atty. Sara Mae D. Mawis, Dean Ma. Soledad Deriquito-Mawis, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 7 Dec 2019 Demand for residential property, particularly condominium units, has steadily increased in the Philippines.

by Ralph Edwin Villanueva (The Philippine Star) – 7 Dec 2019 PARAÑAQUE CITY, Philippines — At least 14 Japanese, Chinese and Vietnamese women forced into prostitution were rescued from a condominium unit in Parañaque City Thursday night.

With poverty incidence falling to 16.6% in 2018, the Philippine government says it is on track to meet its target of 14% by 2022 by Ralf Rivas, Rappler, 6 Dec 2019 MANILA, Philippines – Poverty incidence among the Philippine population fell to 16.6% in 2018 from 23.3% in 2015, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) announced…

by Czeriza Valencia (The Philippine Star) – 6 Dec 2019 MANILA, Philippines — Foreign investment pledges jumped four-fold to P182.4 billion in the third quarter of the year, driven by commitments in the information and communications technology (ICT) industry, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported yesterday.

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By Samuel P. Medenilla , Business Mirror, 6 Dec 2019 OVER 3.4 million young Filipinos could face an uncertain future if they continue to stay out of school or remain unemployed, according to the National Economic and Development Authority (Neda).

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