by Mayen Jaymalin (The Philippine Star) – 30 Oct 2019 MANILA, Philippines — After tobacco and sugar, the government may soon impose higher taxes on salt.
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By TED CORDERO,GMA News, 30 Oct 2019 The Department of Energy (DOE) on Wednesday received the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) report on the phase 1 of the Integrated Nuclear Infrastructure Review (INIR) mission.
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by Rey Gamboa (The Philippine Star), 29 Oct 2019 The latest twist in the tussle over the wordings of the proposed Corporate Income Tax and Incentives Rationalization Act (CITIRA), most recent being the “surrender” of the Philippine Economic Zone Authority to the controversial removal of the current gross income taxation scheme for economic zone locators,…
by Robie de Guzman, 29 Oct 2019 MANILA, Philippines – The Bureau of Immigration (BI) has placed on heightened alert its personnel at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) and other ports in the country ahead of the anticipated increase in the volume of passengers arriving and departing during the Undas break.
by Aneth Ng-Lim, 28 Oct 2019 As All Saints’ Day draws near, we are reminded not only of the family and friends we’ve lost, but also of our own mortality. What have you done to secure your financial legacy? To some, this can be a complicated process that involves many investments and properties. The more…
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The Philippines has one of the worst cases of income inequality in the world, according to Credit Suisse in its annual global wealth report.
By: Daphne Galvez, INQINQUIRER.net, 28 Oct 2019 MANILA, Philippines — The implementing rules and regulations (IRR) for a new law that penalizes catcalling, wolf-whistling, sexist and homophobic slurs, unwanted sexual advances and other forms of sexual harassment in public spaces, workplaces, schools, and online were signed on Monday.
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There are 52,135 Filipinos who are worth at least $1 million, according to Credit Suisse’s annual global wealth report.
by Ronald Reyes, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 27 Oct 2019 An appellate court in Canada has increased the prison term of Canadian national Philip Michael Chicoine who was originally ordered to spend 12 years in prison for the livestreamed sexual abuse of Filipino children in MacArthur town in Leyte.
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by Ben O. de Vera, 25 Oct 2019 The rate of increase in the prices of commodities purchased by poor Filipinos further slowed to 0.9 percent in September, marking a 46-month low as food prices and cost of utilities declined year-on-year.
by Ronnel W. Domingo, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 25 Oct 2019 The Philippine government is rallying not only national agencies but also local governments in a bid to be among the top 40 percent of world’s economies in terms of ease in doing business.
By Bernadette D. Nicolas, Business Mirror, 25 October 2019 FARMERS may have to wait for at least one or two years before they can get protection from the influx of rice imports as a result of the rice trade liberalization law.
by Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News, 25 Oct 2019 MANILA – Coca-Cola, Nestlé, and PepsiCo vowed to reduce packaging and recycle waste, after they were named top “plastic polluters” by environmental network Break Free From Plastic.
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By: Krissy Aguilar, INQINQUIRER.net, 24 Oct 2019 MANILA, Philippines — A Filipino-Taiwanese woman suspected of being a member of a human trafficking syndicate has been arrested by authorities at Clark International Airport (CIA) in Angeles City, Pampanga.
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By: Karl R. Ocampo, Philippine Daily Inquirer / 24 Oct 2019 Rosadilla Limbres has been planting palay for the past three decades in her hometown of Bukidnon, but she described the last three years as the hardest time she had in farming.
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by JONATHAN LLANES, 23 Oct 2019 PASIG CITY — Child labor remains to be the leading violation against children in the country as per data gathered by the Fundacion Educacion Cooperacion or Educo, a global development non-government organization.
July 2025
Nutrition Month
“Give us much more than P50 increase
for proper nutrition!”
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO Constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar
to carry out the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry recommendations
against serious violations of
Forced Labour and Freedom of Association protocols.
Accept National Unity Government (NUG)
of Myanmar. Reject Military!
#WearMask #WashHands #Distancing #TakePicturesVideosturesVideos
July
3 July – International Day of Cooperatives
3 July – International Plastic Bag Free Day
5 July – World Youth Skills Day
7 July – Global Forgiveness Day
11 July – World Population Day
17 July – World Day for International Justice
28 July – World Nature Conservation Day
30 July – World Day against Trafficking in Persons
Monthly Observances:
Schools Safety Month
Nutrition Month
National Disaster Consciousness Month
Weekly Observances:
Week 2: Cultural Communities Week
Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise
Development Week
Week 3: National Science and
Technology Week
National Disability Prevention and
Rehabilitation Week
July 1-7:
National Culture Consciousness Week
July 13-19:
Philippines Business Week
Week ending last Saturday of July:
Arbor Week
Daily Observances:
First Saturday of July:
International Cooperative Day
in the Philippines
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