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by ABS-CBN News, Sep 26 2018 MANILA – The Asian Development Bank lowered Wednesday its economic growth outlook for the Philippines as the gross domestic product (GDP) growth “softened unexpectedly” in the first half of the year.
By: Miguel R. Camus, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Sep 26, 2018 The Philippines has a long way to go in terms of delivering high-quality mobile video services, based on a crowdsourced survey conducted by OpenSignal, a wireless mapping company based in the United Kingdom.
by Lawrence Agcaoili (The Philippine Star) – Sept 26, 2018 MANILA, Philippines — ANZ Research further slashed its growth forecast for the Philippines to 6.5 percent this year, 6.4 percent next year and 5.9 percent in 2020.
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By John Mangun, BusinessMirror, Sept 25, 2018 THE World Bank released a report this past week, titled “Growth and Productivity in the Philippines: Winning the Future.” This analysis concentrates on recommendations to achieve the government’s AmBisyon Natin 2040 program to transform the country “into a prosperous middle-class society free of poverty by 2040.”
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by Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News, Sep 25, 2018 MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte has signed an administrative order aimed at taming food inflation. AO 13, signed by President Duterte on Sept. 21, removes non-tariff barriers and streamlines administrative procedures on the importation of agricultural products.
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PULSE ASIA SURVEY By JON VIKTOR D. CABUENAS, GMA News, Sep 25, 2018 Both the approval and trust ratings of President Rodrigo Duterte registered a double-digit decline in September, as inflation accelerated to nine-year highs the month prior.
Drivers have to settle with the ride-hailing giant individually. BY MARRIAN ZHOU, Sep 25, 2018 Uber scored a legal victory against drivers seeking employee benefits. On Tuesday, a federal appeals court in San Francisco said Uber drivers can no longer sue the ride-hailing giant as a group, reversing a lower court decision which had granted…
The Department of Labor and Employment warns that the industry and services sector would take a hit should the Trabaho bill push through by Ralf Rivas, Rappler, Sep 25, 2018 MANILA, Philippines – An official of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) warned that the Tax Reform for Attracting Better and Higher Quality Opportunities…
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by Rudy Santos with Mayen Jaymalin, Delon Porcalla (The Philippine Star), Sept 24, 2018 MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines registered a nine-percent decline in the deployment of migrant workers in 2017 after 10 years of continuous growth.
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By: Bong S. Sarmiento, Inquirer Mindanao, Sept 24, 2018 KORONADAL CITY — Thirty-five people were rushed to a hospital Monday morning for treatment of injuries caused by an ammonia leak at a plant of giant fruit producer Dole Philippines, Inc . (Dolefil) in nearby Polomolok, South Cotabato, according to a company official said.
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The Bureau of Immigration (BI) is set to deport eight Chinese nationals who were caught illegally working in the country.
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by Janvic Mateo (The Philippine Star) – Sept 23, 2018 MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has repatriated 27 Filipinas rescued from a sex trafficking syndicate in Malaysia last month.
by Michael Taylor, Thomson Reuters Foundation, Sep 21, 2018 KUALA LUMPUR – Population growth, rapid urbanization and unfettered development of coastal areas in the Asia-Pacific region, are increasing the risk of heavy damage from powerful typhoons, experts said.
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by Manila Standard, Sep 21, 2018 Starting October, the Government Service Insurance System will offer a 100-percent waiver of unpaid penalties and surcharges to housing buyers and borrowers with past due accounts and are willing to settle their housing obligations in full. The deadline for the submission of application to the condonation program is on…
by Manila Standard, Sep 21, 2018 Pag-IBIG Fund is offering a one-time opportunity for delinquent and unregistered employers who were previously disqualified from availing themselves of the Fund’s penalty condonation programs to settle their obligations.
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by Gillian M. Cortez, BUsinessWorld, Sept 21, 2018 THE Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) is pushing for the immediate approval of legislation allowing more flexible work arrangements to take advantage of improving technology.
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July 2025
Nutrition Month
“Give us much more than P50 increase
for proper nutrition!”
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO Constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar
to carry out the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry recommendations
against serious violations of
Forced Labour and Freedom of Association protocols.
Accept National Unity Government (NUG)
of Myanmar. Reject Military!
#WearMask #WashHands #Distancing #TakePicturesVideosturesVideos
July
3 July – International Day of Cooperatives
3 July – International Plastic Bag Free Day
5 July – World Youth Skills Day
7 July – Global Forgiveness Day
11 July – World Population Day
17 July – World Day for International Justice
28 July – World Nature Conservation Day
30 July – World Day against Trafficking in Persons
Monthly Observances:
Schools Safety Month
Nutrition Month
National Disaster Consciousness Month
Weekly Observances:
Week 2: Cultural Communities Week
Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise
Development Week
Week 3: National Science and
Technology Week
National Disability Prevention and
Rehabilitation Week
July 1-7:
National Culture Consciousness Week
July 13-19:
Philippines Business Week
Week ending last Saturday of July:
Arbor Week
Daily Observances:
First Saturday of July:
International Cooperative Day
in the Philippines
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