Loss of earning capacity By Jose C. Sison, Philstar, Dec. 21, 2016 The heirs of a victim who died due to the recklessness and negligence of other people are entitled not only to indemnity for his death, moral and exemplary damages and attorneys’ fees but also for compensation due to loss of capacity to earn.…

MANILA, Dec. 21 (PIA)–The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has made major advancements in eliminating child labor including its worst forms in the seven months of the Duterte administration. “We have made significant strides in curbing child labor in poor communities, especially its worst forms,” DOLE Secretary Silvestre Bello III said during a recent…

By Ellen Wulfhorst / Thomson Reuters Foundation, Dec. 21, 2016 NEW YORK — The face of human trafficking is changing with more children and men falling prey and more victims trapped in forced labor than a decade ago, the United Nations reported on Wednesday, Dec. 21.

by Gulf Times, Dec. 21, 2016 The State of Qatar has reaffirmed that it will continue to support UN Security Council’s efforts to put an end to the phenomenon of trafficking in persons in conflict-affected areas, and to achieve international peace and security in the region and the world.

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http://www.thestar.com.my/business/business-news/2016/12/20/most-asean-markets-fall-after-yellen-comments-philippines-over-10-month-low/ Dec 20, 2016 SINGAPORE: Most Southeast Asian stock markets fell on Tuesday after U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen gave an upbeat view of the jobs market, strengthening the rate hike outlook for next year.

http://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/rising-risks-to-asean-from-messy-brexit-talks Dec 20, 2016 The shock Brexit vote on June 23 has so far generated more uncertainty than actual disruption to the global economic and political environment.

By Claudeth Mocon-Ciriaco – Dec 20, 2016 Conclusion AS the Philippines emerged as one of the countries with accelerating rates of new cases of persons with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), staging more efficient information dissemination on HIV is gnarly for health authorities.

Dec. 20, 2016 President Duterte’s bloody war on drugs is striking fear in the hearts of the people he wants to protect from the evils of illegal narcotics.

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By Lawrence Agcaoili (The Philippine Star), Dec. 19, 2016 MANILA, Philippines – Economic managers tweaked the government’s P45-48 to $1 foreign exchange assumption amid the weakening of regional currencies against the greenback due to the much anticipated rate hike by the US Federal Reserve.

By Joey Concepcion (The Philippine Star), Dec. 19, 2016 In Go Negosyo, inclusive growth is our goal. Our advocacy is to bring prosperity to all. In the past months, we have been collaborating with Department of Agriculture Secretary Manny Piñol to bring growth to the agricultural sector and the province of Sulu.

By Pia Lee-Brago (The Philippine Star), Dec. 19, 2016 MANILA, Philippines – Earnings around the world have dropped to their lowest level since 2012, according to a new report of the International Labor Organization (ILO).

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by James Watkins, Dec. 19, 2016, http://www.ozy.com/provocateurs/the-man-behind-the-most-important-chart-of-2016/74283 Because he can explain the appeal of Trump, Bernie, Brexit and all the rest of it in one chart. You may know the name Thomas Piketty. His work launched him to prime time as the “rock star economist”; his sultry French accent and general attractiveness, of course, helped.…

By Richmond Mercurio (The Philippine Star), Dec. 18, 2016 MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine Software Industry Association (PSIA) urged the information technology and business process management (IT-BPM) industry to “upskill” its talent pool to fully take advantage of the growth opportunities in the next six years.

By Prinz Magtulis (philstar.com), Dec. 18, 2016 MANILA, Philippines — Economic managers have sounded the alarm on the looming approval of a pension hike for Social Security System (SSS) retirees and are now proposing a higher member contribution than what their predecessors envisioned.

By Lawrence Agcaoili (The Philippine Star), Dec. 18, 2016 MANILA, Philippines – The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) sees a sustained four percent growth in cash remittances next year amid strong demand for skilled Filipino workers abroad.

When we look back, 2016 could be the year we started to live longer, better and beyond Earth. by Eric Mack, cnet.com, Dec 18, 2016 It’s been hard to miss all the ink and pixels declaring 2016 the year of humanity’s discontent. That judgment’s tough to deny in the realm of geopolitics, given awful conflicts…

3 injured as platform in Manila construction site collapses

By: Kristine Felisse Mangunay, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Dec. 16, 2016 Three construction workers were rushed to the hospital after the platform they were on while working on a building in Manila collapsed on Friday.

By: Vince F. Nonato , Philippine Daily Inquirer, Dec. 16, 2016 The Sandiganbayan has cleared Valenzuela City Mayor Rexlon Gatchalian and two others of criminal charges in connection with the May 2015 Kentex slipper factory fire.

By: Jocelyn R. Uy, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Dec. 16, 2016 The Department of Education (DepEd) may allow the Department of Health (DOH) to proceed with its plan to distribute condoms to students next year but only “with great sensitivity” to junior and senior high schoolers.

Philippine Daily Inquirer, Dec. 16, 2016 An 11-point drop in President Duterte’s satisfaction rating in Mindanao, his bailiwick where poverty is highest, means the country’s main problem is not drugs but how to improve the lives of the poor. That was the takeaway of Akbayan Rep. Tomasito Villarin following the release of the results of…

by Brian Wingfield and Firat Kayakiran, Bloomberg, Dec. 16, 2016 OPEC’s quest to end a global crude glut already snapped a two-year slump in oil prices. Now attention is turning to how the group’s surprise decision to cut output will transform international trade flows of the world’s most important commodity.

By: Ben O. de Vera , Philippine Daily Inquirer, Dec. 16, 2016 The World Bank has raised its growth forecasts for the Philippines for this year and the next two years, citing sustained high consumer and investor confidence in the near term.

Reuters, Dec. 15, 2016 TORONTO – Canada has set a 2018 target to ban asbestos and products containing the fire-resistant material, which is linked to cancer and other illnesses, the government said on Thursday in a move that brings the country in line with much of the developed world.

by Matt McFarland, December 14, 2016 Amazon has kicked off a private trial of its highly anticipated drone delivery program.