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By Robert Williams, Bloomberg, 23 Aug 2019 More than 30 of the world’s biggest companies signed on to an effort to spread the benefits of economic growth, saying that rising inequality is the “defining challenge of our time.”

by Boo Chanco (The Philippine Star), 23 Aug, 2019 By the reckoning of Agriculture Secretary William Dar, it would take six years for the RCEF (Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund) to make our rice farmers competitive to imports.

by Artemio Dumlao (The Philippine Star), 23 Aug 23, 2019 TABUK CITY, Kalinga, Philippines — A Chinese firm was fined by the regional Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) for illegally employing foreign workers in the construction of the P4.3-billion Chico irrigation project in the province.

‘HUMAN TRAFFICKING’ By: Consuelo Marquez, INQUIRER.net, Aug 23, 2019 MANILA, Philippines — Twenty-one victims of alleged human trafficking have been rescued after police agents conducted separate entrapment operations in two spas in Quezon City.

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By Anthony Giron, Manila BUlletin, 22 Aug 2019 IMUS CITY, Cavite — An offshore gaming operation will be put up in this city. Mayor Emmanuel Leonardo Maliksi said on Thursday Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO) building will be put up at a mall on Aguinaldo Highway in Barangay Tanzang Luma I.

by ABS-CBN News, 22 Aug 2019 Nasa 184 manggagawang Chinese sa GN Power Coal Plant sa Mariveles, Bataan ang tinamaan ng dengue mula pa noong Enero, ayon sa pamunuan ng planta.

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By: Ronnel W. Domingo, Philippine Daily Inquirer 22 Aug 2019 The Philippines is a “moderately attractive” location for investments, especially among the 122 countries that China has signed agreements with respect to its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).

by Mayen Jaymalin (The Philippine Star) 22 Aug 2019 MANILA, Philippines — The minimum salary of domestic workers in Mimaropa will increase this month.

by JULIET C. REVITA, Sun Star, 22 Aug 2019 THE Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (Iacat)-Davao said 38 cases of human trafficking, involving mostly minors, have already been resolved, resulting in the conviction of the suspects, including 10 foreign nationals.

by BEN KRITZ, Manila Times, Aug 22, 2019 THE Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) and the Department of Finance (DoF) have been at odds for months over the latter’s proposal, contained in the second package of the comprehensive tax reform program (CTRP) currently stalled in Congress, to rationalize fiscal incentives. Because somebody at PEZA does…

by Bilyonaryo, 21 Aug 2019 Four of the country’s biggest banks were forced to book massive impairment losses after the bankrupt Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction Philippines defaulted on their combined $412 million loans.

By MAITA DE JESUS, LA, GMA News, Aug 21, 2019 It all started when Rach’s dad suffered a heart attack in 2013. He managed to recover in a few months, but things took a turn for the worse in 2016. For two years, he was in and out of the hospital due to his heart…

By: Christia Marie Ramos, INQUIRER.net, 21 Aug 2019 MANILA, Philippines — After the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (Pagcor) suspended the issuance of new applications for Philippine off-shore gaming operators (Pogos), China has called on the Philippines to take it a step further with a ban on all online gambling operations in the country.

Norwegian review of 36,000 cases links more activity overall, light or intensive, with lower risk of death by Nicola Davis, 21 Aug 2019 Even a small increase in light activity, such as washing dishes, a little gentle gardening, or shuffling around the house, might help stave off an early death among older adults, researchers say.

by Margaret Claire Layug/KBK, GMA News, 20 Aug 20, 2019 At least 120 Chinese nationals working at a coal plant in Mariveles, Bataan have contracted dengue, according to Mark Makalalad’s report on Dobol A sa Dobol B on Tuesday.

by Mary Grace Padin (The Philippine Star) – 20 Aug 20, 2019 MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Finance (DOF) has disputed the Philippine Economic Zone Authority’s (PEZA) claim it contributed P10 trillion to the economy from 2015 to 2017, saying the agency adopted a faulty method in coming up with its numbers.

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BY WILLIAM DEPASUPIL, TMT, Manila Times, 19 Aug 2019 THE Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) has begun cleansing the overseas employment sector of misfits to protect the interest and welfare of Filipino workers seeking employment abroad.

by Mary Grace Padin (The Philippine Star) – 19 August 2019 MANILA, Philippines — Members of the Social Security System (SSS) are now entitled to unemployment benefits should they get involuntarily separated from their workplace, the state pension fund announced over the weekend.

by Jess Diaz (The Philippine Star), 19 Aug 2019 MANILA, Philippines — The government lost P1.3 trillion over three years to “unnecessary” tax exemptions and other incentives thousands of businesses are allowed “to enjoy forever,” the chairman of the House of Representatives committee on ways and means said yesterday.

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by Ben Serrano (The Philippine Star), 18 Aug 2019 BUTUAN CITY, Philippines — For allegedly offering her daughter and younger sisters to online sex predators, a woman was arrested during a raid on her house in Barangay Poblacion, Barobo, Surigao del Sur on Friday.

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by Louella Desiderio (The Philippine Star) – 17 Aug 2019 MANILA, Philippines — As the proposed second package of the government’s tax reform program hurdled the committee level at the House of Representatives, the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) has urged Congress to reconsider the scope of the bill seeking to rationalize fiscal incentives by…

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By Irene R. Sino Cruz|17 Aug 17,2019 CEBU CITY, Philippines—The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in Central Visayas has lifted the work stoppage order (WSO) issued against a construction project in Lapu-Lapu City.

By Doris C. Bongcac, Philippine Daily Inqurier|17 Aug 17,2019 CEBU CITY, Philippines – An American national accused of raping underage Filipino girls and filming the abuse was sentenced to 84 years in prison by a United States court.