Monthly Archives: July 2024

31 July 2024 – Extreme heat, floods, high rice price despite imports. Ever-growing real GDP, but depressed real wages and earnings. Slow economic growth, brought in part by no sharing with workers of the real gains in production and productivity. These concerns are affecting safety and health in workplaces and communities. They are affecting even people’s mental health. Participants noted these challenges in the 2024 edition of the long-running series of the joint JILAF/NTUC Phl Seminars on Employment Security and Constructive Industrial Relations with the theme “Assuring Health and Safety for Workers and their Families in the Just Transitions” that took place against this backdrop of multiple challenges.

Published by rudy Date posted on July 31, 2024
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23 Jul 2024 – Phl’s four major problems

Published by rudy Date posted on July 24, 2024

https://www.philstar.com/opinion/2024/07/23/2372159/phls-four-major-problems

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23 July 2024 – Sam Altman’s Basic-Income Study Is Out. Here’s What It Found. – Business Insider

Published by rudy Date posted on July 24, 2024
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24 July 2024 – The state of the economy

Published by rudy Date posted on July 24, 2024

https://www.philstar.com/opinion/2024/07/24/2372451/state-economy

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24 July 2024 – Marcos’ poverty reduction claims highly dubious

Published by rudy Date posted on July 24, 2024

https://www.manilatimes.net/2024/07/24/opinion/columns/marcos-poverty-reduction-claims-highly-dubious/1959393?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3jLgESpUZbj3_6hJfQxf4TFL5XStLHBemtOq4aM8bbDQst0bbZznuaxME_aem_BSA-EqGnXLnczSRkvG6WdQ&sfnsn=mo

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22 Jul 2024 – 17.5 million Filipinos can’t afford basic needs — PSA

Published by rudy Date posted on July 23, 2024

https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2024/07/22/2372075/175-million-filipinos-cant-afford-basic-needs-psa

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22 Jul 2024 – Court admits digital evidence in abuse case

Published by rudy Date posted on July 23, 2024

Court admits digital evidence in abuse case

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21 Jul 2024 – Top 5 Remote Jobs With Up To 975% Surge In Demand In 2024

Published by rudy Date posted on July 23, 2024

https://www.forbes.com/sites/rachelwells/2024/07/21/top-5-remote-jobs-with-up-to-975-surge-in-demand-in-2024/

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22 Jul 2024 – Inflation still top concern of most Pinoys

Published by rudy Date posted on July 23, 2024

https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2024/07/22/2371921/inflation-still-top-concern-most-pinoys

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20 Jul 2024 – Senator questions legality of PhilHealth fund transfer

Published by rudy Date posted on July 22, 2024

https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2024/07/20/2371586/senator-questions-legality-philhealth-fund-transfer

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20 Jul 2024 – BOP deficit narrows to $155 million in June

Published by rudy Date posted on July 21, 2024

https://www.philstar.com/business/2024/07/20/2371442/bop-deficit-narrows-155-million-june

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18 Jul 2024 – Manila sea level rising by 2.6 cm/year – study

Published by rudy Date posted on July 19, 2024

https://www.philstar.com/nation/2024/07/18/2370965/manila-sea-level-rising-26-cmyear-study

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17 Jul 2024 – Now they’re stealing our PhilHealth contributions

Published by rudy Date posted on July 18, 2024

https://www.philstar.com/opinion/2024/07/17/2370673/now-theyre-stealing-our-philhealth-contributions

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17 Jul 2024 – IMF: Philippines growth fastest in ASEAN, 2nd in Asia

Published by rudy Date posted on July 18, 2024

https://www.philstar.com/business/2024/07/17/2370653/imf-philippines-growth-fastest-asean-2nd-asia

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17 Jul 2024 – Biz groups push for approval of 21 economic measures

Published by rudy Date posted on July 18, 2024

https://www.philstar.com/business/2024/07/17/2370647/biz-groups-push-approval-21-economic-measures

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17 Jul 2024 – Warren Buffett Says Anyone Who Works 40 Hours A Week Should Live A ‘Decent Life’ — Here’s What He Proposes Congress Do

Published by rudy Date posted on July 18, 2024

https://www.benzinga.com/personal-finance/24/07/39817447/warren-buffett-says-anyone-who-works-40-hours-a-week-should-live-a-decent-life-heres-what-he-pro

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17 Jul 2024 – How AI And Robot Job Displacements Could Lead Us Down The Road Of Universal Basic Income And Loss Of Identity

Published by rudy Date posted on July 18, 2024

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackkelly/2024/07/17/ai-robot-job-displacement-universal-basic-income/

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17 Jul 2024 – DSWD: 3.7M poor seniors receive P1K monthly pension

Published by rudy Date posted on July 18, 2024

P1000 monthly pension for 3.7M seniors in 2024’s first half – DSWD

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16 Jul 2024 – OpenAI employees raise more safety concerns

Published by rudy Date posted on July 17, 2024
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16 Jul 2024 – Business chambers identify 21 pending bills as priorities

Published by rudy Date posted on July 17, 2024

Business chambers identify 21 pending bills as priorities

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14 Jul 2024 – Sentiment & Science: Public Perception of Alternative Fuels

Published by rudy Date posted on July 15, 2024

https://maritime-executive.com/editorials/sentiment-science-public-perception-of-alternative-fuels

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14 Jul 2024 – Universal basic income Money for nothing: is universal basic income about to transform society?

Published by rudy Date posted on July 15, 2024

https://www.theguardian.com/society/universal-basic-income

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14 Jul 2024 – GDP increase vs reducing inequality

Published by rudy Date posted on July 14, 2024

https://www.philstar.com/opinion/2024/07/14/2370019/gdp-increase-vs-reducing-inequality

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12 July 2024 – Can the property market survive a ban on POGOs?

Published by rudy Date posted on July 13, 2024

https://www.rappler.com/business/explainer-property-market-effect-pogo-ban/

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12 Jul 2024 – More Filipinos disappointed with government’s inflation response

Published by rudy Date posted on July 12, 2024
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10 Jul 2024 – PhilHealth clarifies fund transfer to national government

Published by rudy Date posted on July 12, 2024

https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2024/07/10/2369020/philhealth-clarifies-fund-transfer-national-government

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12 Jul 2024 – PD alarmed over rising repeat teen pregnancies

Published by rudy Date posted on July 12, 2024

https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2024/07/12/2369574/cpd-alarmed-over-rising-repeat-teen-pregnancies

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12 Jul 2024 – 4 die in Rizal landslide

Published by rudy Date posted on July 12, 2024

https://www.philstar.com/nation/2024/07/12/2369553/4-die-rizal-landslide

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10 Jul 2024 – Zamboanga firecracker blast victims now 27

Published by rudy Date posted on July 11, 2024

https://www.philstar.com/nation/2024/07/10/2369006/zamboanga-firecracker-blast-victims-now-27

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4 Jul 2024 – Only children, legal spouse get sole rights to seafarer’s death benefits — SC

Published by rudy Date posted on July 6, 2024

https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2024/07/04/2367518/only-children-legal-spouse-get-sole-rights-seafarers-death-benefits-sc

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against serious violations of Forced Labour and Freedom of Association protocols.

 

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