Meanwhile, Jollibee has regularized some 1,000 workers this year and has committed more for next year, says the Department of Labor and Employment by Aika Rey, Rappler, Dec 17, 2019 MANILA, Philippines – Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III on Monday, December 17, announced that the Henry Sy-owned SM Supermalls has regularized 11,660 workers this year.

by Daphne Galvez, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Dec 17, 2019 MANILA, Philippines — Eight Filipinos leaving for Cyprus guised as tourists were saved by the Bureau of Immigration (BI) from suspected human trafficking at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia) on Saturday, the agency said Monday.

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by Yoav Vilner, Contributor, Dec 15, 2017 It’s happening, and fast: The era of the credit card, in which plastic is the standard form of payment, is coming to an end. But it isn’t being replaced by cash. Instead, it’s being replaced by a new system, one that involves digital money transfers through smartphones and…

by Catherine Clifford 12/14/2018 The 9-to-5, Monday-to-Friday grind got you down? Take solace: That will one day be history, according to billionaire British serial entrepreneur Richard Branson.

By: Ben O. de Vera, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Dec 14, 2018 The Philippines is expected to remain among the biggest destinations of remittance flows this year even as the World Bank projected slower growth due to the repatriation of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from the Middle East.

by Consuelo Marquez, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Dec 13, 2018 MANILA, Philippines — Sixty-nine foreign nationals were arrested this week for working in the country without appropriate visas, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) said on Thursday.

By: Christia Marie Ramos, INQUIRER.net, Dec 13, 2018 MANILA, Philippines — Two minor girls who were victims of human trafficking were rescued while the suspect was apprehended during an entrapment operation in Taguig City, the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) said.

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by Orlando B. Dinoy, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Dec 12, 2018 DIGOS CITY — A driver of a 10-wheeler truck was rushed to the Southern Philippine Medical Center (SPMC) in Davao City after he was electrocuted in Barangay Colorado here around 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday.

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By Samuel P. Medenilla, Business Mirror, Dec 11, 2018 To cut the number of foreign workers entering the country, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on Monday vowed to push for restrictions on the issuance of the special work permit (SWP).

By Alison DeNisco Rayome in CXO on Dec 10, 2018 CIOs made new roles to address needs for Internet-based operations, compliance, and digital automation, according to a Janco Associates report.

Now 11 countries are going ahead without the US By Katie Lobosco, CNN, Dec 9, 2018 New York (CNN) — A major 11-country agreement goes into effect Sunday, reshaping trade rules among economic powerhouses like Japan, Canada, Mexico and Australia — but the United States won’t be a part of it.

Philippines’ inflation problem’ by (Philstar.com), Decr 8, 2018 MANILA, Philippines — Lifting the more than two-decade-old caps on rice imports would not solve the Philippines’ inflation problem, Deutsche Bank said, adding that the country’s “overheating” economy must lose steam to “stably” tame stubbornly high prices.

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by Bruno Maçães, Dec 7, 2018, Author, Belt and Road, The Dawn of Eurasia There are two things everyone needs to know about the Belt and Road. First, as officials in Beijing will tell you, this grand project is measured in decades, with its conclusion planned for 2049, the centenary of the founding of the…

By: Roy Stephen C. Canivel, Inquirer Business, Dec 06, 2018 Logistic costs ate up around 27 percent of sales among manufacturing firms in the Philippines last year, the highest among selected Southeast Asian countries, a new survey showed.

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By STEVE BARHA, Dec 6, 2018 There’s a general preconception about the kind of person who struggles to make ends meet between paychecks: low income, marginally employed, entry level. Maybe it’s a single mom working two or three jobs to support her kids, or maybe it’s a student working part time and shouldering loads of…

by Cathrine Gonzales, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Dec 5, 2019 MANILA, Philippines — At least 1,200 companies might leave the country while a good number of investors may have doubts on investments if incentives are removed under the government’s proposed second package of tax reform.

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by Michael B. Jaucian, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Nov 29, 2018 LEGAZPI CITY— The House of Representatives’s ways and means comittee has approved House Bill 4575 which seeks to increase the tax imposed on cigarettes, Albay 2nd District Representative Joey Salceda said Thursday.

by Christia Marie Ramos, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Nov 29, 2018 An estimated 1.4 million Filipino families (6.1 percent) reported that they were victimized by common crimes in the past six months, the latest Social Weather Station (SWS) survey showed.

Linus Cubol was killed in front of his furniture store by motorcyle-riding gunmen by Bobby Lagsa, Rappler, Nov 29, 2018 CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Philippines – On the day President Rodrigo Duterte said he would create a team like the SPARU (Special Partisan Unit) that would target New People’s Army rebels and supporters, a labor…

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