By Ian Sayson, Bloomberg, 2016-10-28 Philippine stocks headed for their worst month in more than a year as investors flee a market that was flying high three months ago.

By Alexis Romero (The Philippine Star), October 28, 2016 MANILA, Philippines – President Duterte has ordered the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) to craft the country’s development plan for his term and to make sure the marginalized sectors are consulted.

by Jimbo Owen B. Gulle, Oct 28, 2016 Have you ever maxed out a credit card, or multiple cards? And if you have, have you ever hoped that you could get back in the good graces of credit card companies and enjoy using plastic money again?

MESSAGE TUCP Vice President and Federation of Free Farmers President LEONARDO Q. MONTEMAYOR “National Productivity Conference: Creating Value for Workers and Enterprise” 27 October 2016, Jen Hotel, Pasay City (Greetings!) TUCP President Ruben Torres extends his apologies for not being able to join us today. He is out of the country for an equally important…

(Report on the National Conference on Constructive Industrial Relations held on 17-18 May 2016, Manila) 5.18.2016, Manila. –Some 1,000 trade union leaders (41% women) reiterated workers’ call for passage of stronger, better, and workable labor law to ensure security of tenure and constructive industrial relations in the country amidst pervasive use of contractual and precarious…

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Oct. 26, 2016 – Unpaid hours are another aggravation for Philippine workers. Sales and fast food workers are required to report for work early (even over an hour before paid time) to prepare for work or to prepare items, materials or food for sale or display.  Then they are required to stay longer after paid…

Written by Tom Szaky, 27 October 2016, https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/10/we-can-recycle-everything-we-use-so-why-don-t-we?utm_content=buffer6b1a6&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer Within the broad range of sustainability concepts and activities, recycling is without doubt the most easily understood and accessible: individuals and groups, old and young, communities and institutions can participate.

By: Jun Ebias, InterAksyon.com, October 27, 2016 MANILA – The country’s booming IT-BPO industry is confident growth would still be at more than 9 percent a year until 2022 despite recent pronouncements from President Rodrigo Duterte that his administration will “separate” from the United States, and forge strong ties with China, Japan, and other countries…

By Richmond Mercurio (The Philippine Star), October 27, 2016 MANILA, Philippines – Reforms made by the previous administration have propelled the Philippines higher in the rankings of the World Bank Group’s annual ease of doing business report.

By: Jun Ebias, InterAksyon.com, October 27, 2016 MANILA – The country’s booming IT-BPO industry is confident growth would still be at more than 9 percent a year until 2022 despite recent pronouncements from President Rodrigo Duterte that his administration will “separate” from the United States, and forge strong ties with China, Japan, and other countries…

By Lawrence Agcaoili (The Philippine Star), October 27, 2016 Based on preliminary estimates, BSP Deputy Governor Diwa Guinigundo said the higher excise tax on petroleum products, the corresponding rise in transport fares, and higher electricity rates would stoke inflation by 0.47 percent next year and by 0.43 percent in 2018.

By Christina Mendez (The Philippine Star), October 27, 2016 TOKYO – Japanese business groups urged the Philippines yesterday to speed up the lifting of constitutional restrictions in doing business in the country, describing it as a major obstacle in increasing foreign direct investments (FDI).

BY R.A. | WASHINGTON, Oct 26th 2016, http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2016/10/glut-punch?fsrc=scn/tw/te/bl/ed/glutpunchglobalimbalancesaprecrisisscourgeareback BRAD SETSER, an economist at the Council on Foreign Relations, is the author of a new discussion paper looking at “the return of the East Asian savings glut”. A summary of his paper begins in arresting fashion:

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By Richmond Mercurio (The Philippine Star), October 26, 2016 The World Economic Forum (WEF)’s Global Gender Gap Report 2016 showed the Philippines closing nearly 79 percent of its gender gap.

By Patricia Lourdes Viray (philstar.com), October 26, 2016 MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines’ gender gap on the subindex of health and survival remains fully closed while it has re-closed the educational attainment subindex, according to the Global Gender Gap Report 2016 published by the World Economic Forum (WEF) on Tuesday.

By: InterAksyon.com, October 25, 2016 MANILA, Philippines — Domestic workers in the Ilocos region should now be earning a minimum monthly wage of P2,500-3,500 after the latest order of the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board.

by Daily Dose, October 24, 2016, http://www.ozy.com/pov/why-humankind-isnt-ready-for-the-bionic-revolution/72555?utm_source=dd&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=10242016&variable=52af57bdb25c500ad0fe628fd8cf4052 In the coming decades — probably sooner than most people realize — the next great wave of technological change will hit us. Its impact will be similar in scope to the advent of computers, cell phones and the internet. But it won’t be our gadgets being transformed; it…

By: Doris Dumlao-Abadilla / @philbizwatcherPhilippine Daily Inquirer /October 24, 2016 President Duterte’s style of policymaking—perceived to be “driven by impulse rather than study and full consultation”—is causing “much unease” in the business community, New York-based think tank Global Source said.

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Oct 23, 2016, http://www.aawl.org.au/content/new-zealand-latest-country-ban-asbestos At the start of this month, new legislation came into effect in New Zealand effectively banning the importation of asbestos into the country. This is a major victory for the trade union movement in New Zealand who have campaigned hard to ban this hazardous substance. Unfortunately, globally, around 2 million tons…

By Mary Grace Padin (The Philippine Star), October 22, 2016 BEIJING – The Philippines secured $11.24 billion worth of investments from Chinese companies involving 17 different projects as a testament to the warming economic relations between Manila and Beijing.

By Noel Abuel October 21, 2016, Abante Aabot sa 82 menor-de-edad ang nasagip at 239 na child traffickers ang inarestro ng Ope­ration Cross Country ng Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) sa anim na bansa kabilang ang Pilipinas.

https://medium.com/marketing-and-entrepreneurship/8-signs-an-employee-is-exceptional-which-never-appear-on-performance-evaluations-297cc58fa350#.iawzc647f We can all spot a great employee: she’s dependable, proactive, hardworking, a great leader, and a great follower. She brings a wide variety of easily defined — but hard to find — skills to the table. Some employees, though, are exceptional. They have skills and qualities that aren’t evaluated on performance appraisals but make a huge impact on…

by Paul Szoldra, Correspondent, 20 October 2016 The world has never been a better place. Don’t believe us? Look at this chart Predicting the future is fraught with challenges, but when it comes to technological advances and forward thinking, experts working at the Pentagon’s research agency may be the best people to ask.

Keep an eye on depressed lenders, shadow banks, and China. by Peter Coy, Bloomberg Businessweek, October 20, 2016 Next year ends in a 7. If you’re superstitious or a little loose with statistics, that makes us due for another financial crisis. The biggest one-day stock drop in Wall Street history happened in 1987. The Asian…

by Scott David, 20 October 2016, https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/10/wireless-earphones-fourth-industrial-revolution?utm_content=bufferfa6bf&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer To think that the new Apple AirPods are just the latest iteration of headphones misses the point. As does the idea that they are about liberation from tangled white cords. Their significance is far greater than that. These are the first signs of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, an…

By ANGELA CELIS, Malaya, October 19, 2016 Moody’s Investors Service yesterday said the country’s existing investment grade rating (Baa2) reflects sound economic and fiscal fundamentals but noted that political risks have become “less predictable.”

By Gerardo P. Sicat (The Philippine Star), October 19, 2016 Removal of “endo,” or contractualization, is not as simple as proponents want it to be. It has major implications on the employment situation and, hence, on poverty.