by Jovic Yee, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Nov 18, 2018 The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) will lead an interagency task force that will verify and ensure that only foreigners with valid work permits are here in the country, nearly two months after the Senate sounded the alarm on the supposed spike in the number…

by Edu Punay (The Philippine Star) – Nov 16, 2018 MANILA, Philippines — The Bureau of Immigration (BI) recently intercepted six women believed to be victims of a human trafficking syndicate at the Clark International Airport.

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by Mary Grace Padin (The Philippine Star) – Nov 12, 2018 MANILA, Philippines — A group of local tobacco farmers has appealed to the government to reconsider the proposal to increase anew excise taxes on tobacco products.

by Mayen Jaymalin (The Philippine Star) – Nov 11, 2018 MANILA, Philippines — Close to a thousand new cases of HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) infection has been recorded in the country for the month of September, the Department of Health (DOH) said over the weekend.

by Consuelo Marquez, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Nov 10, 2018 Jobless adult Filipinos numbered 9.8 million in the third quarter of the 2018, according to a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey, whose results were released on Saturday.

By: Ben O. de Vera, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Nov 09, 2018 Due to high prices, many consumers cut down on their purchases of food, among other essential items, hence tempering a major booster to the Philippine economy and slowing overall economic growth to a three-year low of 6.1 percent year-on-year in the third quarter.

By Bernadette D. Nicolas, Business Mirror, Nov 8, 2018 THE Philippines is blessed with thousands of beautiful islands. This is a blessing that comes at a huge cost: the cost of moving.

by Lawrence Agcaoili (The Philippine Star) – Nov 7, 2018 MANILA, Philippines — British banking giant HSBC and Maybank Kim Eng Group have slashed their economic growth forecasts for the Philippines amid tighter monetary conditions.

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by Johnny Wood, Nov 5, 2018 Open-plan offices allow employees to see and hear their colleagues all day long, so you might think all this transparency would encourage them to work more collaboratively.

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By Cai Ordinario, Business Mirror, Nov 5, 2018 THE World Bank has defended its methodology, amid complaints filed by the Philippine government that the country’s Ease of Doing Business ranking did not reflect the true state of the business environment in the country.

By Cai Ordinario, Business Mirror, Nov 5, 2018 THE country’s economic success has not brought it any closer to achieving the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) of zero hunger, according to a study released by four United Nations agencies.

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by Klaus Schwab, Nov 5, 2018 After World War II, the international community came together to build a shared future. Now, it must do so again. Owing to the slow and uneven recovery in the decade since the global financial crisis, a substantial part of society has become disaffected and embittered, not only with politics…

by Devika Krishna Kumar, David Gaffen, Nov 4, 2018 (Reuters) – The oil market’s two-year bull run is running into one of its biggest tests in months, facing a tidal wave of supply and growing worries about economic weakness sapping demand worldwide. That changed in the last week. The world’s three largest producers – Russia,…

by Richmond Mercurio (The Philippine Star) – Nov 3, 2018 MANILA, Philippines — PLDT Inc. chairman Manuel V. Pangilinan has expressed support for the local information technology and business process outsourcing industry’s call to receive an P8-billion subsidy per year for the industry’s skills upgrade program.

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New report puts data behind the growing trend toward remote work around the world. By Greg Nichols for Robotics | Oct 29, 2018 A newly released report offers a snapshot of the spread of remote work arrangements globally. Survey data collected by the authors of the 2018 Global State of Remote Work report show that…

By Cai Ordinario, Business Mirror, Oct 29, 2018 THE Philippines, along with other countries in Asia and the Pacific, lack data for 41 percent of gender-related Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) indicators, according to the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and UN Women.