by ABS-CBN News, Mar 5, 2019 https://news.abs-cbn.com/video/business/03/05/19/world-bank-study-shows-ph-economy-hampered-by-lack-of-competition A new study by the World Bank showed lack of competition in the Philippine market continues to hamper the country’s economic growth. But the Philippine antitrust body insists, reforms are already underway to address the issue of monopolies in key markets. – Business Nightly, ANC, March 4, 2019

by Louise Maureen Simeon (The Philippine Star), Mar 5, 2019 MANILA, Philippines — Filipinos can expect more imported rice to enter the country as the law liberalizing the local rice industry takes effect today.

https://www.trtworld.com/americas/between-600-000-and-800-000-people-trafficked-across-borders-globally-24654 A survey by the UN had found that human trafficking cases have reached a record-high in recent years, with armed conflict and displacement being major drivers of human trafficking. A survey – Global Report On Trafficking In Persons – conducted by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) for 2016 has noted…

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By Chito Chavez, Manila Bulletin, Mar 4, 2019 With the approval of the first-ever cross sectoral work plan on human trafficking, the Philippine government intends to raise the bar in the fight against trafficking in persons (TIP) as the country hosts consultative meeting of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)-member countries in Panglao, Bohol beginning…

by Philippine Daily Inquirer, Mar 4, 2019 The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) is in the final stages of preparing the common tower policy for eventual affirmation and signing.

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by ABS-CBN News, Mar 4, 2019 Nag-aayos ng dokumento ang household worker na si Cecilia Siapno na papuntang United Arab Emirates.

by ABS-CBN News, Mar 04 2019 MANILA- Nine out of 10 Filipino adults say smoking should be banned in public places, results of a survey released Monday showed.

By: Roy Stephen C. Canivel , Philippine Daily Inquirer, Mar 04, 2019 Pro-competition reforms in critical services sectors could annually add at least P26.8 billion to the Philippine economy, the World Bank said in a report released on Monday.

by Jess Diaz (The Philippine Star), Mar 3, 2019 MANILA, Philippines — Party-list group ACTS-OFW is seeking a daily minimum wage of P900 for construction workers to help address a looming shortage due to migration.

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by Consuelo Marquez, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Mar 2, 2019 MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte has approved the bill that offers handbooks for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) containing their rights and benefits.

by Faye Orellana, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Mar 2, 2019 MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang on Saturday expressed its pleasure on the latest ranking in the World Justice Project Rule of Law Index 2019, which saw it moving three notches up from its ranking last year.

by Jovic Yee, Philippine Daily Inquirerm Mar 2, 2019 Workers’ groups on Friday said Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III should not blame them for his agency’s bungled regularization deal with employers, even as they pointed out that if they were indeed sincere in regularizing their employees, they would have already done so without any agreement…

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by LBG, GMA News, Marso 1, 2019 Inaasahang P2 hanggang P7 ang ibababa sa presyo ng bigas kada kilo kapag dumating na ang mga inaangkat na bigas sa ibang bansa. Ipinahayag ni Department of Finance Assistance Secretary Tony Lambino sa isang forum sa Quezon City, na ang inaasahang pagbaba ng presyon ng bigas at epekto…

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by Christia Marie Ramos, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Mar 1, 2019 MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Health (DOH) renewed its call for the passage of a bill that would increase tax on tobacco and alcoholic drinks, citing that doing so would save lives and would help fund the newly signed Universal Healthcare Act.

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by Vito Barcelo and Maricel V. Cruz, Manila Standard, Feb 28, 2019 Labor groups slammed the Chinese ambassador Wednesday for warning Manila against deporting illegal Chinese workers, saying Beijing would do the same to Filipinos working in China.

by Beh Lih Yi, Thomson Reuters Foundation, Feb 28 2019 KUALA LUMPUR – British and Australian police are supporting the Philippines’ first center to combat the online sexual abuse of children, launched on Wednesday, as the country becomes a global hotspot for the growing crime.

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By the Philippine News Agency, 28 Feb 2019 Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Roy Cimatu is optimistic in accomplishing the goal of reforesting the remaining unproductive, denuded, and degraded forestland nationwide by 2028.

by Kieran Guilbert, Thomson Reuters Foundation, Feb 27 2019 LONDON – Foreign domestic workers in Britain who have been exploited or enslaved could be deterred from seeking help after law enforcement visited a support group demanding the whereabouts of one of their members, the head of the charity said on Tuesday.

By Erma Edera, Manila Bulletin, Feb 27, 2019 The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) intensified its zero-accident program in workplaces and called on the enterprises to join the government in enhancing social accountability.