LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Global prosecution and conviction levels for human trafficking are “abysmal”, a senior European security official said on Thursday, urging states to invest more in combating a crime that affects millions of people.

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PHILIPPINES But the High Court says it cannot compel the government to implement the adjustment to the new salary grade because this needs another law for the budget Lian Buan, Rappler, 9 Oct 2019 MANILA, Philippines – After 4 years, government nurses finally won their case when the Supreme Court (SC) ruled that their salary…

by Louella Desiderio (The Philippine Star) – 9 Oct 2019 MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines slipped eight places to rank 64th out of 141 countries in the latest Global Competitiveness Report of the World Economic Forum (WEF) from 56th place last year amid lower rankings in the information and communication technology (ICT) adoption and macroeconomic…

by Mary Grace Padin, Paolo Romero (The Philippine Star) – 9 Oct 2019 MANILA, Philippines — Authorities have so far shut down around 200 Philippine offshore gaming operators (POGOs) that have been operating without license, the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor) said yesterday.

The senator worries over safety, including dealing with waste, after the Philippines and Russia signed a deal on the construction of nuclear power plants by Aika Rey, Rappler, 8 Oct 2019 MANILA, Philippines – Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Monday, October 7, said that the Philippine-Russia deal on the construction of nuclear power plants in the…

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By: Consuelo Marquez, INQINQUIRER.net, 8 Oct 2019 MANILA, Philippines — The Makati government on Tuesday shut down a local hotel for alleged human trafficking after police found that the establishment was engaged in prostitution.

by Consuelo Marquez, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 8 Oct 2019 MANILA, Philippines — The Makati government on Tuesday shut down a local hotel for alleged human trafficking after police found that the establishment was engaged in prostitution.

By JON VIKTOR D. CABUENAS, GMA News, 8 Oct 2019 The government on Tuesday simultaneously fired up 23 free Wi-Fi stations across the station, which it claimed could provide speeds of up to 30 megabits per second (mbps).

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by Nikka Valenzuela, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 7 Oct 2019 MANILA, Philippines — Two workers of a cooking oil company in Caloocan City were in critical condition on Sunday due to alleged chemical poisoning.

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Telecommuting is viable No one can argue with the fact that traffic in the metropolis has become practically apocalyptic. The sad part is that the situation will become worse in the coming years before it gets any better—if at all.

By: Krissy Aguilar, INQINQUIRER.net, 7 Oct 2019 MANILA, Philippines — Manila ranked poorly at third place among 56 cities worldwide with the lowest quality of life, research published by Deutsche Bank has shown.

By Rizal Obanil, Manila Bulletin, 6 Oct 2019 Owners of old public utility jeepneys (PUJs) face the possibility of having their franchises revoked if they fail to comply with the PUV modernization program’s 2020 deadline.

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The region is losing out to Africa and elsewhere in the race to attract manufacturing investment. By Irene Yuan Sun, 6 Oct 2019 Vietnam seems to be the consensus pick for winner of the U.S.-China trade war, as Chinese and other manufacturers shift production to the cheaper Southeast Asian nation. If there’s a loser, at…

by Jess Diaz (The Philippine Star), 6 Oct 2019 MANILA, Philippines — Motorcycle accidents are now the ninth leading cause of death among Filipinos, according to the Land Transportation Office (LTO).

by Nestor P. Burgos Jr., Philippine Daily Inquirer, 6 Oct 2019 ILOILO CITY—The remains of a worker buried in a mudslide at a mining pit on Semirara Island in Antique has been recovered two days after he went missing.

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by Madelaine B. Miraflor, Manila Bulletin, 5 Oct 2019 Confederation of Sugar Producers (CONFED), the largest sugar group in the country, is supportive of the call to halt the country’s sugar exports to the United States (US), which could mean letting go of the world’s largest economy as a regular, consistent trading partner when it…

by Marc Jayson Cayabyab (The Philippine Star), 5 Oct 2019 MANILA, Philippines — The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has bared a new modus operandi of a prostitution ring following the arrest of an alleged pimp and two minors in Manila last Tuesday.

By: Melba Padilla Maggay, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 5 Oct 2019 The passing away recently of Amado “Gat” Inciong, deputy minister of labor and major architect of labor relations during the Marcos regime, is part in a way of the death throes of unionism in the country, and the socialist ideals that fueled it.

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By: Ernesto M. Ordoñez, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 4 Oct 2019 Though rice tariffication is much better than the quantitative restrictions implemented by the government-led import monopoly, the devil is in the 35-percent level.

by Lawrence Agcaoili (The Philippine Star), 4 Oct 2019 MANILA, Philippines — The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) expects foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows to drop this year following a sharp decline in the first half due to uncertainties caused by the mid-term elections last May, as well as the second package of the comprehensive…

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