July 11, 2022 | 12:33 am Jeepneys wait for passengers at the corner of EDSA-Aurora Boulevard in Quezon City, July 1. — PHILIPPINE STAR/ MIGUEL DE GUZMAN FacebookMessengerTwitterLinkedInShare By Diego Gabriel C. Robles THE NEW growth targets set by President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr.’s economic team are achievable if the government will continue to reopen the…

Ramon Royandoyan – Philstar.com July 12, 2022 | 2:39pm MANILA, Philippines — Amid harsh economic conditions, majority of Filipinos want the Marcos administration to prioritize taming inflation and boosting wages, according to a new Pulse Asia survey released Tuesday. Results of a nationwide poll of 1,200 adults conducted from June 24 to 27 showed 57% of…

Construction worker dead, 5 buried under collapsed fence in Tagaytay

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Louella Desiderio – The Philippine Star  June 17, 2022 | 12:00am https://www.philstar.com/business/2022/06/17/2188852/it-bpm-firms-cite-need-wfh-setup

Philippine Star – May 17, 2022 | 12:00am Happy employees are generally more productive. Keeping employees happy through proper compensation, however, depends on the capacity of the employer to pay and the viability of the business. After two years of pandemic lockdowns, most businesses are still struggling to get back on their feet, and are…

Published May 15, 2022, 9:05 PM by Merlina Hernando-Malipot The Department of Education (DepEd) is planning to complete the K to 12 curriculum enhancement in July this year to address congestion, redundancies, and overlaps in the current curriculum. “The 2022 Basic Education Curriculum is envisioned to be responsive and attuned to the dynamic changes in the…

Ten workers died, 4 injured or ill, in seven* serious work incidents in the Philippines in January-March 2021, an NTUC Philippines compilation of media reports show.  The lockdowns, plant closures, suspension of operations contributed to the ‘low’ level of incidents and deaths. [Read more.] Three demolition workers died, two others injured, after a building in…

2020 Yearender Sixty workers were killed, six injured or ill, in twelve* serious work incidents in the Philippines in January-December 2020, an NTUC Philippines compilation of media reports show. One incident in agriculture, another in a mill warehouse, three in  construction, one construction worker on the way to work,  one March medevac airplane incident, one…

16 women rescued from trafficking Roel Pareño – The Philippine Star  April 26, 2022 | 12:00am ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines — Sixteen women who were victims of human trafficking were rescued in Bongao, Tawi-Tawi on Sunday. The women were on board M/V Kristel Jane 3 that was docked at the port of Bongao and was set to…

Dominguez: New US-led owner of Subic shipyard to create 300 new jobs a year By: Ben O. de Vera – Reporter / @bendeveraINQ Philippine Daily Inquirer / 03:42 PM April 24, 2022 President Duterte’s chief economic manager on Sunday said an American firm’s takeover of the massive Subic shipyard shuttered in 2019 would generate 300 new jobs at the…

Lawrence Agcaoili – The Philippine Star  April 21, 2022 | 12:00am MANILA, Philippines — The International Monetary Fund (IMF) expects the Philippine economy returning to its pre-pandemic growth level in 2024 after closing the output gap arising from the impact of the pandemic by next year. IMF resident representative Ragnar Gudmundsson said in an email…

Top 40 call centers in the Philippines Last updated: April 12, 2022 by Outsource Accelerator The business process outsourcing industry in the country continues to grow in the post-pandemic world. Hitting a US$26.7 billion growth in 2020, BPOs, especially call centers, quickly adapted to remote working to serve their clients better. As the world slowly opens up again,…

By Ruben D. Torres IN a period of more than three years, the minimum wages of workers in the private sector have not changed. The last minimum wage adjustment was in December 2019, issued by the regional board of BARMM. For the National Capital Region, the last wage order was issued in November 2018. During…

Rhodina Cabrera – The Philippine Star April 2, 2022 | 12:00am MANILA, Philippines — The non-government group Oxfam Pilipinas has commissioned a study that showed that Filipino women are still bearing the brunt of unpaid care work, resulting in many of them juggling full-time work and a “second shift” at home tending to backbreaking household…

By: Ben O. de Vera – Reporter / @bendeveraINQ Philippine Daily Inquirer / 05:32 AM March 31, 2022 MANILA, Philippines — With President Rodrigo Duterte as its chief executive, the Philippines remained among the countries where crony capitalism — where a few favored businessmen close to the government enjoy more economic advantages than others — has been flourishing. The…

By: Ben O. de Vera – Reporter / @bendeveraINQ Philippine Daily Inquirer / 05:33 PM March 25, 2022 MANILA, Philippines—Just like the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), economic think tanks watching the Philippines have flagged intensifying inflation risks, but they’re still divided on when to raise rates to cool upward price pressure. “As inflation rises back above 4…

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  In its meeting on 23 February, the NTUC Phl General Council picked LENI ROBREDO and KIKO PANGILINAN as its candidates for president and vice president in the May 2022 elections. The criteria for selection: committed to our labor agenda; track record of supporting labor, trade unions, farmers, educators, sectors, and advocacies; COVID-19 response; human rights…

Mayen Jaymalin, Ralph Edwin Villanueva – The Philippine Star February 21, 2022 | 12:00am MANILA, Philippines — The country’s largest group is endorsing the UniTeam tandem of presidential aspirant Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and vice presidential candidate Sara Duterte-Carpio. Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) president Raymond Mendoza said the trade group chose to endorse…

Louise Maureen Simeon – The Philippine Star February 21, 2022 | 12:00am MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines should double it’s effort in boosting social protection programs, especially for informal workers, as the pandemic is slowly nearing its end, according to the International Labor Organization (ILO). The COVID-19 pandemic has shown the need for social protection…

By Persida Acosta, Manila Times February 21, 2022 300 Dear PAO, I have a 19-year-old neighbor who was persuaded by a certain adult to have sexual intercourse with the latter’s “friend” in exchange for money. When my neighbor refused, this adult asked him to have sexual contact instead with his (my neighbor’s) friend who was…

Ranier Allan Ronda – The Philippine Star February 20, 2022 | 12:00am In a decision dated Feb. 15, Pasig Regional Trial Court Branch 262 Judge Joy Casihan-Dumlao found Victor Amarillo and Marjorie Imson guilty of two counts of illegal trafficking in persons and two counts of child pornography for sexually abusing the two girls in…

Tulfo, Cayetano, Legarda top Pulse Senate survey Cecille Suerte Felipe, Jose Rodel Clapano – The Philippine Star February 15, 2022 | 12:00am MANILA, Philippines — Broadcaster Raffy Tulfo, Taguig Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano and Deputy Speaker Loren Legarda have topped Pulse Asia’s latest pre-election senatorial survey. The poll, conducted from Jan. 19-24, showed Tulfo garnering…

Philstar.com, January 19, 2022 PARIS — A wealth tax on the world’s richest people could raise at least $2.52 trillion per year, enough to fund COVID vaccines for everyone and lift billions out of poverty, groups including non-profits and millionaires said Wednesday. The proposal from a network of NGOs, social movements and pro-tax millionaires follows…

Mayen Jaymalin – The Philippine Star February 14, 2022 | 12:00am MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) yesterday advised workers and trade groups anew to file criminal complaints against those who “red-tag” them.