by Vito Barcelo, Manila Standard, Aug 14, 2019 A labor group is opposing the planned increase in ATM—automated teller machines—fees by charging P15 per withdrawal, saying the amount is burdensome to millions of daily minimum workers who only receive each a measly P537 a day.

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Quezon City’s ‘most advanced’ Gender-Fair Ordinance is friendly to the LGBTQ+ community. The city is said to be the first to pass anything like it. by Rappler.com, 14 Aug 2019 MANILA, Philippines – On Tuesday, August 13, a transgender woman was barred from entering a women’s restroom of a Cubao mall and was sent to…

by Mayen Jaymalin (The Philippine Star) – Aug 13, 2019 MANILA, Philippines — The construction of a building in Barangay Paj, Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu has been stopped following the death of two workers.

BY BEN KRITZ, TMT, Manila Times, Aug 13, 2019 VERY soon, within a timeframe that can be measured in months if not weeks, the controversial issue of Philippine Online Gaming Operations (POGOs) is going to be resolved, and in a manner that will badly bruise a number of business sectors and government agencies for their…

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by Ian Nicolas Cigaral (Philstar.com) – Aug 13, 2019 BSP chief: Spike in ATM fees won’t happen MANILA, Philippines — The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ decision to lift a moratorium on ATM fee adjustments had worried lawmakers, prompting them to set an inquiry into the move’s impact on consumers.

by Faye Orellana, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Aug 12, 2019 MANILA, Philippines — A total of 16 overseas Filipino workers (OFW) trying to sneak out of the country as tourists have been nabbed by Immigration agents at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia).

by Marichu A. Villanueva (The Philippine Star), Aug 12, 2019 For the next three years, the economic managers of President Rodrigo Duterte have set their sights to completing the journey set on Day One of his administration. The journey “from stability to prosperity” is the vision for the Philippines when the term of President Duterte…

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by Boo Chanco (The Philippine Star) – Aug 12, 2019 Newly installed Agriculture Secretary William Dar is on the right path. He is targeting to double farmers’ income in five years and grow agriculture production by at least three percent annually.

By: Faye Orellana, INQUIRER.net, Aug 11, 2019 MANILA, Philippines — The Bureau of Immigration (BI) has nabbed an illegal recruiter who once managed to successfully facilitate the departure of two of his victims.

by Rey Galupo (The Philippine Star), Aug 10, 2019 MANILA, Philippines — One person died and four others were injured when a concrete wall collapsed during the demolition of a condemned building in Caloocan City on Thursday afternoon.

by Jess Diaz, Neil Servallos (The Philippine Star), Aug 10, 2019 MANILA, Philippines — Thanks to tax incentives for establishments engaged in “medical tourism,” some of the country’s top-rated hospitals enjoy substantial tax breaks.

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by Roy Stephen C. Canivel, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Aug 9, 2019 The Department of Finance (DOF) thinks the voice sector of the business process outsourcing (BPO) industry should not be prioritized for tax incentives, since the sector is already competitive enough.

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by Bilyonaryo, Aug 9, 2019 Pagcor misses the point in segregating Chinese workers in POGO hubs Senator Win Gatchalian thinks Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. Chair Andrea Domingodoes not have a handle on the real issues bedevelling the Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO) and its droves of illegal Chinese workers.

by Roy Stephen C. Canivel, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Aug 9, 2019 The second package of the Duterte administration’s tax reform program has a new name and, if conflicting proposals by two government agencies are settled, would have a new character, too. A new version of the second package, formerly called Tax Reform for Attracting Better…

by Ben O. de Vera, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Aug 8, 2019 Merchandise exports rose for the third straight month in June while imports contracted also for three consecutive months, auguring well for second-quarter economic growth.

by Roy Stephen C. Canivel, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Aug 09, 2019 The Philippine Economic Zone Authority (Peza), getting fed up of being “demonized” for giving out tax incentives, stressed that its registered companies had poured into the economy more than P10 trillion in recent years.

(UPDATED) The Philippine government’s economic team must play catch up, as growth slows down again in the 2nd quarter of 2019 – the lowest in 17 quarters by Ralf Rivas, Rappler, Aug 8, 2019 MANILA, Philippines (UPDATED) – The impact of politicians bickering over the 2019 national budget lingers on, as the country’s gross domestic…

By Rene E. Ofreneo, Business Mirror, Aug 8, 2019 The “endo” debate is not likely to end soon. The re-filing of the security of tenure (SOT) bill in the Senate is an invitation for the renewal of the heated debates between organized labor and the employers’ associations.

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by Mary Grace Padin (The Philippine Star) – Aug 8, 2019 – 12:00am MANILA, Philippines — Six out of 10 Filipinas manage their own household’s budget, but only two of 10 are able to put money into savings, according to a study commissioned by Insular Life Assurance Co. Ltd. (InLife).

by Inquirer Southern Luzon, Aug 8, 2019 LEGAZPI CITY –– A 71-year-old worker died on Thursday morning when a boulder rolled down on him at a quarry site at the foot of Mayon volcano in Sto. Domingo town in Albay province, police said.

by Marje Pelayo, UNTV News, 7 Aug 2019 MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) announced on Tuesday (August 6) that it has issued the guidelines on the issuance of certification to employees who wish to apply for involuntary separation benefit or unemployment insurance after being laid off involuntarily from their previous…

By Rea Cu, Businessmirror, Aug 7, 2019 THE Philippine government gave away an estimated P1.12 trillion in tax incentives and exemptions to around 3,150 companies for the period of 2015 to 2017, the Department of Finance (DOF) has reported.

by Marielle Medina, Inquirer Research, Aug 07, 2019 According to the latest data from the Department of Health, 1,291 Filipino youth aged 15 to 24 were diagnosed with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in the first four months of 2019. In April alone, 240 people in the same age range were diagnosed with HIV. —

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