by Iris Gonzales (The Philippine Star) – Jul 15, 2019 MANILA, Philippines — The 300-hectare shipyard of Hanjin Philippines may be taken over by several shipping companies that would transform it into a major global port, Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez said in a chance interview recently.

by Louella Desiderio (The Philippine Star) – Jul 15, 2019 MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) expects less than half of the 131 ecozone applications in Metro Manila to vie for ecozone status even if the office of the President (OP) decides to give them a longer period of six months on…

by Rudy Santos (The Philippine Star) – Jul 15, 2019 MANILA, Philippines — Immigration officers at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) have intercepted 13 Filipino passengers bound for Hongkong in possession of fake boarding passes believed to be acquired from a scammer.

by Mayen Jaymalin (The Philippine Star) – Jul 15, 2019 MANILA, Philippines — At least a hundred more people have been tested positive for HIV or human immunodeficiency virus, which they acquired through paid sex, the Department of Health (DOH) reported over the weekend.

by Claire Lee, Agence France-Presse, Jul 15, 2019 SEOUL, South Korea – After enduring months of constant harassment at work, South Korean office worker Christine Jung finally confronted her aggressor — only to be fired and sued for defamation by her employer.

by Virgil Lopez/NB/LDF, GMA News, Jul 15, 2019 President Rodrigo Duterte has signed into law the measure penalizing wolf-whistling, cat-calling and other forms of harassment in public places due one’s sex, gender or sexual orientation.

By: Nestor Corrales, INQUIRER.net, Jul 15, 2019 MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte has signed into law the bill that institutionalizes student fare discounts for all modes of transportation.

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By Samuel P. Medenilla, Businessmirror, Jul 15, 2019 The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is set to conduct its stakeholder consultation next week for the ongoing review of the country’s minimum- wage setting scheme.

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By Negros Chronicle, Jul 14, 2019 The Secretary of the Department of Labor and Employment has intervened in the dispute between the Silliman University administration and the Silliman University Faculty Association after both parties were in a deadlock in the negotiation of the Collective Bargaining Agreement particularly on the proposed adjustment in the wages.

by Mikkah F. Factor, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Jul 13, 2019 PH seafarers need lifeline or sink amid global rivals The Philippines remains among the world’s top sources of seafarers, but its maritime industry is at an alarming ebb.

by Elizabeth Marcelo (The Philippine Star) – Jul 12, 2019 MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) has blamed a pending bill in Congress that seeks to tighten the fiscal incentives granted to investors operating in economic zones for the sharp decline in its total investments in 2018.

by Louella Desiderio (The Philippine Star) – Jul 12, 2019 MANILA, Philippines — The next round of talks for a free trade agreement (FTA) with the Philippines would take place when the conditions are right as the country’s implementation of conventions on human rights, labor rights, environment as well as good governance are seen by…

by Straits Times, Jul 11, 2019 MANILA (DPA) – A 41-year-old German national has been arrested in the Philippines for allegedly sexually abusing children and distributing pornographic materials on the Internet, police said on Thursday (July 11).

by Edu Punay (The Philippine Star), Jul 11, 2019 MANILA, Philippines — The Bureau of Immigration (BI) has intercepted at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) two victims of a human trafficking syndicate bound for Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.

By: Klarize Medenilla, INQUIRER.net News Partner, Jul 11, 2019 LOS ANGELES — A new website was launched this week as a part of an initiative to combat and prevent exploitation, abuse and trafficking of Filipino migrant workers who hold temporary work visas in the United States.

By KAELA MALIG, GMA News, Jul 11, 2019 Commission on Population and Development (POPCOM) Executive director Undersecretary Juan Antonio Perez III said that around 500 Filipino teenagers give birth every day.

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by Gabriel Pabico Lalu, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Jul 10, 2019 MANILA, Philippines –At least 3.9 million Filipino children have received nourishment from the government’s feeding program since President Rodrigo Duterte assumed office, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said.

Inquirer Central Luzon, Jul 10, 2019 TALAVERA, Nueva Ecija –– Policemen rescued four women, including two minors, from a bar that is allegedly being used as a prostitution front in Barangay Sampaloc here before dawn on Tuesday, police said.

by Ben O. de Vera, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Jul 10, 2019 MANILA, Philippines–“Bantayan n’yo ‘yan (Keep a tight watch over that).” This was Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III’s order to the country’s two biggest revenue agencies amid expectations of a further increase in illicit cigarette trade once higher excise taxes kick in next year…

Bruce Rodriguez, ABS-CBN News, Jul 10, 2019 MANILA – The National Privacy Commission on Wednesday said it has seen a surge in complaints against online lending apps that are supposedly humiliating borrowers remiss in their payments by using their personal data.

By Claire Jiao, Bloomberg, Jul 10, 2019 Online casinos in the Philippines that employ tens of thousands of foreign workers are set to surpass call centers as Manila’s top new office space users.

BY THE MANILA TIMES, Jul 10, 2019 INVESTIGATORS are looking into faulty electrical wiring as the cause of the fire that hit a roll-on/roll-off (RORO) passenger-cargo ship, which left an apprentice injured in Mandaue City, Cebu on Wednesday.

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by Carla P. Gomez, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Jul 9, 2019 BACOLOD CITY –– Leaders of the labor unions in the largest bus transportation group based in Bacolod City, Negros Occidental have thrown their support to Leo Rey Yanson, who was ousted by his siblings as company president, and family matriarch Olivia Yanson.

by Consuelo Marquez, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Jul 9, 2019 MANILA, Philippines — Newly elected Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto has appealed to the management of the famous pearl shake chain Zagu to respect the rights of workers who went on strike to protest alleged “contractualization and union busting.”

by Mayen Jaymalin (The Philippine Star) – Jul 9, 2019 MANILA, Philippines — The country’s largest labor group yesterday called for the passage of the so-called Eddie Garcia bill in the House of Representatives to ensure the safety of workers in the entertainment industry.