LABOR FORCE SURVEY By JON VIKTOR D. CABUENAS, GMA News, 5 Jun 2019 The unemployment rate dropped to 5.1 percent in April 2019, from 5.5 percent a year earlier, the Philippine Statistics Authority said Wednesday, citing results of the Labor Force Survey.

JUNE 5, 2019 — Young and educated Filipinos continue to dominate internet use in the country, a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey revealed.

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By: Daxim L. Lucas, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 5 Jun 2019 MANILA, Philippines–An estimated 1.3 million jobs were created over the past 12 months allowing the Philippines to log an employment rate of 94.9 percent — the highest among all April rounds of the Labor Force Survey since 2009 — the government said on Wednesday.

By Dexter A. See, Manila Times 5 Jun 2019 TABUK CITY, Kalinga: The Cordillera office of the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE-CAR) has found about 60 Chinese working in the P4.37-billion Chico River Pump Irrigation Project without the required alien employment permits.

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by JONATHAN LLANES, Sun Star, 4 Jun 2019 THE Department of Labor and Employment (Dole) Cordillera assured zero cases of child labor in the country’s Summer Capital amid reports about children selling sando bags at the Baguio City market.

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by Krissy Aguilar, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Jun 3, 2019 MANILA, Philippines — The application for Senior High School Voucher Program (SHS VP) is extended until June 7, the Department of Education (DepEd) announced Monday.

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By CNN Philippines Staff, Jun 3, 2019 Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, June 3) — The Senate approved on Monday a bill raising the taxes on cigarettes, which came six days after President Rodrigo Duterte called for its passage.

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by Faye Orellana, Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 3, 2019 MANILA, Philippines — The policies of the government in solving the traffic situation in the metropolis focus on making the public sacrifice their time and effort instead of really solving the problem.

by Edu Punay (The Philippine Star) – June 3, 2019 MANILA, Philippines — The Bureau of Immigration (BI) recently intercepted two Filipinas at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport who were using passports with falsified birthdates.

by Louella Desiderio (The Philippine Star), June 3, 2019 MANILA, Philippines — Investments for projects registered with the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) continued to decline by 25 percent in the January to April period from a year ago on lingering concerns of both existing locators and prospective investors on the government’s plan to change…

By Atty. Lorna Patajo-Kapunan, Business Mirror, 3 Jun 2019 On April 12, 2019, President Duterte signed into law Republic Act 11291 known as the “Magna Carta of the Poor.” The Magna Carta is in implementation of the declared policy of the State “to uplift the standard of living and quality of life of the poor…

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(UPDATED) Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra creates a special investigating team to build up the case of labor leader Dennis Sequeña by Rappler.com, Jun 2, 2019 MANILA, Philippines (UPDATED) – A labor union organizer was killed by unidentified gunmen while in a meeting with a group of workers in Cavite on Sunday, June 2.

By: Faye Orellana, INQUIRER.net, Jun 02, 2019 MANILA, Philippines – Bureau of Immigration (BI) Commissioner Jaime Morente on Sunday expressed grave concern over the fact that some would-be human trafficking victims are minors using tampered travel documents.

BY BEN KRITZ, TMT, Manila Times, Jun 2, 2019 IT is considered neither fashionable nor politically correct in this enlightened age to argue against a measure intended to reduce or eliminate tobacco use, but the borderline irrationality displayed by Finance Secretary Sonny Dominguez in his zealous campaign to rid the Philippines of the noxious stuff…

BY TONY M. MAGHIRANG, Manila Times, Jun 2, 2019 Dire predictions of the severe impacts of global warming beginning year 2030 have elicited varied responses from the international community. A New Yorker piece warns that due to the destruction of their habitat, individual species are going extinct, which could threaten mankind’s very existence over the…

by Jovic Yee, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Jun 2, 2019 MANILA, Philippines — A workers’ group called for a congressional inquiry into the killing of labor leaders after another union organizer was shot dead in Cavite by unidentified assailants on Sunday.

by Maricar Cinco, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Jun 2, 2019 SAN PEDRO CITY–A member of the labor alliance Partido Mangggagawa (PM) was shot and killed in Tanza town in Cavite province on Sunday, in an attack which the group said targeted union activists.

by Rainier Allan Ronda (The Philippine Star) – Jun 1, 2019 MANILA, Philippines — A 23-year-old woman will spend 21 years in prison for offering children to online sex predators.

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By Bernadette D. Nicolas, Businessmirror, May 31, 2019 MILITANT labor group Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) warned on Thursday that the “treacherous railroading” of the passage of the Senate’s version of the Security of Tenure (SOT) bill will legalize “Endo,” or the end-of-contract scheme, through manpower agencies.

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by Anna Felicia Bajo/NB, GMA News, May 31, 2019 The Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) on Friday criticized the House of Representatives’ move to adopt Senate Bill 1826 as an amendment to House Bill 6908, which approved the measure that seeks to end contractualization in the country.

by Czeriza Valencia (The Philippine Star), May 31, 2019 MANILA, Philippines — While economic growth remains strong across regions, but income inequality continues to widen primarily because of weakness in the agriculture sector and rapid population growth, the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) said.