by Rina Chandran | @rinachandran | Thomson Reuters Foundation, 30 Jul 2019 BANGKOK, July 30 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – More than three people were murdered each week last year while protecting their land from encroaching industries, a human rights group said on Tuesday, with a four-fold increase in killings related to conflicts over water.

by Atty. Josephus Jimenez (The Freeman), Jul 30, 2019 The veto of the so-called “Security of Tenure Law” demonstrates that we have a leader willing to bite the bullet and tell the masses they are wrong, and what they demand isn’t good for them in the long run. Our president is not like a populist…

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By Ralph Jennings, Jul 29, 2019 TAIPEI – Poverty in the Philippines, a chronic development issue that makes the country an outlier in Asia, is declining because of economic strength followed by job creation.

by Czeriza Valencia (The Philippine Star) – Jul 27, 2019 After veto of Security Of Tenure bill MANILA, Philippines — After the veto of the Security of Tenure bill, the Foundation for Economic Freedom (FEF) urged the government to conduct greater consultations with the private sector and worker groups to modernize the Labor Code and…

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by Julie M. Aurelio, Karl R. Ocampo, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Jul 27, 2019 President Duterte said suspending the importation of rice during the harvest seasons would be a “happy compromise” between helping boost farmers’ income and making sure the staple would be available year-round.

by Julie M. Aurelio, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Jul 27, 2019 Factory worker Geraldine Gomez felt that President Duterte gave her and many other contractual employees false hopes when he promised in his 2016 presidential campaign an end to contractualization in the workforce.

by Coconuts Manila, Jul 26, 2019 The man on top of Europe’s list of online child sex offenders has been arrested by authorities in Cebu, non-governmental organization International Justice Mission (IJM) announced yesterday.

by Ben O. de Vera, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Jul 26, 2019 No thanks to the delayed implementation of the 2019 national budget and the trade tensions between the United States and China, the International Monetary Fund has slashed by half a percentage point to 6 percent its growth forecast for the Philippines for this year.

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by Gaea Katreena Cabico (Philstar.com), Jul 26, 2019 MANILA, Philippines — After President Rodrigo Duterte rejected a proposed legislation seeking to end the practice of labor-only contracting, some lawmakers and labor groups vowed they would again push for the approval of a Security of Tenure Bill in the 18th Congress.

By Rea Cu & Samuel P. Medenilla, Businessmirror, Jul 26, 2019 THE Department of Finance (DOF) has supported the central planning authority in its pitch for more “tweaking” of the Security of Tenure (SOT) bill to balance the interest of workers and employers, as speculation swirled over the fate of the measure that, without the…

by MARA S. GENOTIVA, Davao Today, Jul. 26, 2019 DAVAO CITY, Philippines — “[President Rodrigo] Duterte totally exposed himself as an anti-labor president who is subservient to big business after vetoing the SOT (Security od Tenure) bill.”

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by Roy Stephen C. Canivel, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Jul 25, 2019 The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is already preparing for the impact of automation on the Philippine labor force, anticipating a massive loss of jobs and finding ways to keep Filipinos employed amid fierce competition from robots.

by Ben O. de Vera, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Jul 25, 2019 MANILA, Philippines — The economic team is pushing for a “fair” security of tenure bill to ensure that the interests of both employers and workers are protected.

by Neil Jayson Servallos (The Philippine Star) – Jul 25, 2019 MANILA, Philippines — The Duterte administration’s ambitious infrastructure program may see some big-ticket projects incomplete before the President’s term ends in 2022, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said yesterday.

by Delon Porcalla (The Philippine Star), Jul 25, 2019 MANILA, Philippines — Talk about political dynasty. It is now the turn of the children, with a smattering of grandchildren, to hold the fort their elders once held in the House of Representatives, as many scions of political clans were given key posts under the leadership…

by Emmanuel Tupas (The Philippine Star) – Jul 25, 2019 MANILA, Philippines — An official of a transport group was shot dead by motorcycle-riding assailants along North EDSA in Quezon City on Tuesday.

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By Ma. Teresa Montemayor, Jul 25, 2019 MANILA – The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) on Thursday said it has approved the inclusion of 27 additional Local Universities and Colleges (LUCs) to implement the Free Higher Education (FHE) and Tertiary Education Subsidy (TES) programs of Republic Act 10931 for academic year 2019-2020.

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By Cai Ordinario, Businessmirror, Jul 24, 2019 The Philippines may not achieve 127 targets listed under the Philippine Development Plan (PDP) as of 2018, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).

by Ben O. de Vera, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Jul 24, 2019 MANILA, Philippines – The country’s chief economist on Wednesday said the pending security of tenure bill awaiting President Duterte’s signature needed to be tweaked in order to be fair to both business and labor sectors.

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by Ben O. de Vera, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Jul 24, 2019 MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines’ bid to become an upper-middle-income country may have wait for one more year though it already leads in the Asia-Pacific region in achieving the United Nations’ (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030.

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by Reuters, Jul 23, 2019 MADRID (Reuters) – A Madrid court ruled on Tuesday that couriers for online food delivery group Deliveroo are company employees, not just freelancers, clearing the way for workers to demand a formal contract and corresponding benefits.