By Richmond Mercurio (The Philippine Star), September 27, 2016 MANILA, Philippines – Phasing out completely the practice of contractualization is bad for business, particularly to the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) which account for 99 percent of registered businesses in the country, presidential consultant on entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion said.

@inquirerdotnet Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 26th, 2016 THINGS ARE looking up for the local business process outsourcing (BPO) industry. Early last month, the Contact Center Association of the Philippines (CCAP) announced that about a hundred foreign companies were in talks with Philippine call centers as they look to outsource some of their operations here. Among…

(philstar.com) | Updated September 25, 2016 MANILA, Philippines (Philippines News Agency) — A senator on Sunday sought to protect the rights and welfare of Filipino freelancers as freelancing is slowly becoming a growing sector in the country’s labor force.

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By BONG GARCIA, September 24, 2016, SunStar THE thousands of workers in the private sector and the kasambahay (domestic workers) in Zamboanga Peninsula Region will receive salary increase starting October 1, this year.

BY RAADEE S. SAUSA, TMT, SEPTEMBER 24, 2016, http://www.manilatimes.net/ph-is-3rd-top-asean-destination-for-growing-us-companies/287570/ THE Philippines has emerged as one of the top markets for future business expansion by US companies in the 10 member the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), according to a study released on Friday.

By Jun Borlongan, Abante, September 24, 2016 Dapat imbestigahan ng awtoridad ang impormasyong nasa kasagsagan na ngayon ng pagmamanupaktura ng mga paputok at pailaw sa Bulacan, itinutu­ring na Firecrackers capital ng bansa, bunga ng paggamit ng mga batang manggagawa o menor-de-edad sa multi-milyong pisong industriyang ito sa probinsya.

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By: Roberto F. de Ocampo @inquirerdotnet, September 24th, 2016 The Duterte administration will complete its first 100 days two weeks from now, but even now has made it undeniably clear that change has come—and how! Perhaps many would view these first 100 days as unprecedentedly replete with fundamental changes in elements of governance. Some changes…

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By Mayen Jaymalin (The Philippine Star), September 23, 2016 MANILA, Philippines – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) plans to set up satellite registration centers to encourage more people to participate in the elections.

@inquirerdotnet Agence France-Presse, September 22nd, 2016 UNITED NATIONS, United States — UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday warned countries that criminalize homosexuality they were “bucking the tide of history,” during the first UN high-level meeting on LGBT rights.

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/09/if-you-lost-your-job-tomorrow-this-is-what-an-economist-would-ask-you?utm_content=bufferd9e6a&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer by Nick Bunker, 22 September 2016 If you lost your job tomorrow, how much would you have to pull back on spending? The answer to that question and the answer that millions of other U.S. workers could give would help economists get a really good handle on which models of consumption actually do a…

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HSBC Philippines’ chief sees greater UK investor interest in the country while the head of the Philippines’ oldest conglomerate sees the ASEAN market and its growing middle class pulling in more foreign investors By Chris Schnabel, Sep 19, 2016 MANILA, Philippines – Consistent economic growth, a young and increasingly moneyed population, and the ASEAN economic…

By Jojo Perez, Abante, September 18, 2016 Umaalma ang libu-libong manggagawa ng Hanjin Shipping Builders sa Subic Zambales dahil sa peligrong hatid ng kanilang mga transportasyon patu­ngo sa pinapasukang kumpanya dahil bukod umano sa kapos ang kanilang mga bus na sinasakyan ay nagdudulot ito ng sunud-sunod na aksidente.

By Richmond Mercurio (The Philippine Star), September 17, 2016 MANILA, Philippines – The government’s economic team is unlikely to back the Department of Labor and Employment’s proposed P125 across-the-board wage hike for workers in the private sector as this would impede economic growth and bloat unemployment, Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez said.

By Richard Buenaventura, Abante, September 15, 2016 ITOGON, Benguet — Laking pasasa­lamat ng 71 na minero ng Dalicno Miners Association dahil nasa maa­yos nang kalagayan ang mga ito nang maisalba mula sa pagkaka-trap ng mahigit walong oras sa miniminang bundok sa Dalicno ng bayang ito sa harap ng tuluy-tuloy na pag-ulan dito.

By Pia Lee-Brago (The Philippine Star), September 13, 2016 The Philippines is expected to have the fastest growth for the second year in a row among the five major economies of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN-5) in 2017. File photo MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines is expected to have the fastest growth for…

By Paul Morton, 13 September 2016 People assume that time is a straight progression of cause to effect but actually from a non-liner, non subjective viewpoint it’s more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly, timey wimey stuff. – The 10th Doctor (Doctor Who) As a business owner, do you find that you never have…

By Claire Jiao, CNN Philippines, September 8, 2016 Metro Manila (CNN Philippines) — The Philippines is losing out on foreign direct investment (FDI) to other emerging markets in Southeast Asia — particularly Vietnam — studies show.

By Claire Poskitt on 8 September 2016 Let’s face it: getting a reader’s attention and keeping it can be difficult. How many web pages have you closed before reading to the end? Many web users dislike reading lengthy blocks of text. People want you to give them information, but they won’t stick around for it…