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By Cai Ordinario, Businessmirror, 15 Jan 2020 THE Duterte administration will not be able to hit the growth targets it has set until 2022, which will also prevent it from achieving an “A” credit rating status, according to a local think tank.

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The idea wasn’t invented by today’s big-government left. It has intrigued thinkers from John Stuart Mill to Milton Friedman. By Stephen Mihm, Feb 19, 2019 Is socialism on the march in the U.S., as President Donald Trump warned in the State of the Union address this month? Hardly, but some recent proposals undoubtedly raised the…

by INQUIRER.net, 14 Jan 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Some P577.39 million worth of crops and livestock have already been ravaged by the phreatic eruption or steam-driven episode of Taal Volcano, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said Tuesday.

By Priam Nepomuceno, 14 Jan 2020 MANILA — The Philippine Navy (PN) plans to construct the base of its proposed submarine arm inside the facility of the cash-strapped Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction (HHIC-Phils) in Subic Bay, Zambales.

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By Simon Kennedy, 13 Jan 2020 Middle age is miserable, according to a new economic study which pinpoints 47.2 years old as the moment of peak unhappiness in the developed world.

By Jun Ramirez, Manila Bulletin, Jan 12, 2020 Bureau of Immigration (BI) officers at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) have foiled another human trafficking attempt with the interception of three women illegally recruited to work as bar girls in Hong Kong.

11 January 2020| Press Release IRENA report findings released alongside the launch of new Sustainable Energy Jobs Platform during 10th Assembly Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 10 January 2020 – Renewable energy could employ more than 40 million people by 2050 under the International Renewable Energy Agency’s (IRENA) climate safe energy path, according to a…

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By: Karl R. Ocampo, Philippine Daily Inquire, 9 Jan 2020 The country’s fisherfolk are already bracing for the impact of the last tranche of the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) Act as their fuel costs are expected to increase by P1,000 a month with its implementation—a seemingly small amount but a huge sacrifice…

Think tank’s confidential interviews reveal extent of industry problem by Philippine Daily Inquirer, 9 Jan 2020 Construction companies allot up to 35 percent of their budgets for infrastructure projects to pay off government officials and employees and prevent them from causing any further delays, a think tank said, citing confidential interviews with industry players.

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Preparing the workforce of the future will require billions of dollars. But the cost of inaction will be even higher. by Carol Stubbings, 9 Jan 2020 It’s a new world that needs new skills. To many, that is an exciting prospect, because it speaks to progress. But the sheer speed, scope, and impact of technological…

By BusinessMirror, 9 Jan 2020 The discovery of the mutilated body of Joanna Demafelis in a freezer in Kuwait, in February 2018, so outraged President Duterte, who called her death a “national shame” and ordered a ban on the deployment of Filipino workers to Kuwait. The Kuwaiti government panicked, and sent high-level delegates to Manila…

By Bernadette D. Nicolas & Jovee Marie N. dela Cruz, Busnessmirror, 9 Jan 2020 HIGHER oil prices, declining remittances and a multibillion-peso bill for bringing thousands of Filipino workers to safety—that might be the cost of the unfolding geopolitical conflict in the Middle East.

By The Manila Times, 9 Jan 2020 OVER the weekend, the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) interceded in a strike by employees at the Petron Bataan Refinery (PBR), ordering them to end their walkout and return to work. While DoLE’s explanation for prohibiting the labor action at the country’s largest refinery was logical, the…

By Jan Arcilla, Manila Times, 9 Jan 2020 STATE think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) urged the government to take several measures to make education more accessible to persons with disabilities (PWDs).

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By Bianca Cuaresma, Businessmirror, 8 Jan 2020 THE simplified version of the standard deposit account yielded more than 2 million account holders 18 months after its implementation, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) governor reported.

By Manuel Cayon, Businessmirror, 8 Jan 2020 A farmer starts plowing his rice field in Pampanga after a brief rainfall in this file photo. DAVAO CITY—Government would aim to raise local rice production than imports this year when local rice farmers begin to reap the benefits of government intervention last year, the Department of Agriculture…