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…

ON CONTRACTUALIZATION There is nothing in the Herrera Law that authorizes contractualization.

By Boyet Jadulco, Abante, September 5, 2016 Sa pagsasabing bitin ang P1,500 taunang “chalk allowance” ng mga guro sa pampublikong paaralan, itinulak ng isang senador na itaas ito sa halagang P5,000.

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By Corey Rosen, The Daily Dose, Sept 1, 2016 WHY YOU SHOULD CARE Because who wants to be a have-not? The author is the founder of the National Center for Employee Ownership, a nonprofit based in Oakland, CA. The rich are getting richer, and the poor keep muddling through. It’s a constant campaign refrain, and…

Government officials push for the full implementation of the reproductive health law as part of the efforts to improve child nutrition in the country Jee Y. Geronimo @jeegeronimo, September 01, 2016 MANILA, Philippines – With childhood undernutrition on the rise, government officials are raising the alarm over teenage pregnancy and its effects on the health…

Amicus Curiae, Noelle Jenina Francesca E. Buan, Businessworld, Sep. 1, 2016 Following a series of public consultations held between June and August 2016, the National Privacy Commission (NPC) promulgated the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act No. 10173 last Aug. 24, 2016.

Vernise L. Tantuco, August 31, 2016, Rappler MANILA, Philippines – Filipinos working in the government are the happiest, according to Jobstreet, who released the results of their 2016 Happiness Index on Wednesday, August 31.

BY BEN KRITZ, AUGUST 29, 2016, Manila Times THE Department of Health (DOH) expressed alarm at the rising number of cases of HIV (human immunodeficiency virus), reporting that 841 new cases were recorded in June, a 9 percent increase over the 772 cases reported in June 2015, and the highest number of new infections recorded…

By Pia Lee-Brago (The Philippine Star), August 29, 2016 MANILA, Philippines – Global youth unemployment is expected to rise in 2016 for the first time in three years and there is equally disturbing high levels of young people who work but still live in poverty, according to the United Nations labor agency.

By Betchai Julian, Ronilo Dagos, Abante, August 24, 2016 Makaraan ang mahigit isang linggo, natagpuan ng lahat ang mga labi ng mga minerong nawala sa flashfloods na nangyari sa gumuhong tunnel sa Sityo Sumag Bgy. Umiray General Nakar, Quezon noong isang Sabado.

By: Sammy Martin, Philippines News Agency August 23, 2016 6:53 PM MANILA, Philippines — Widely respected British news magazine, “The Economist,” recently recognized the Philippines for having a well-developed migration policy governance.

By Betchai Julian, Abante, August 23, 2016 Isang 32-anyos na guro ang nasawi nang pagsasaksakin ng kanyang mister sa loob ng kanilang bahay sa Toril, Davao City.

By: Sammy Martin, Philippines News Agency August 23, 2016 6:53 PM MANILA, Philippines — Widely respected British news magazine, “The Economist,” recently recognized the Philippines for having a well-developed migration policy governance.

Richmond Mercurio (The Philippine Star), August 22, 2016 Republic Act 10911 penalizes through fines and imprisonment employers who refuse to hire workers because of their advanced age. MANILA, Philippines – The Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP) has lamented the lapsing into law of a bill that bans age discrimination in the workplace.

By Betchai Julian, Abante, August 19, 2016 Isang 52-anyos na ­lalaki ang dinakip matapos patayin sa bugbog at pananaga ang kanyang overseas Filipino ­workers (OFW) na misis sa Aparri, Cagayan.

By Noel Abuel, Abante, August 18, 2016 Nagpakalat na ng maraming tauhan ang Bureau of Immigration (BI) sa border stations sa Mindanao region at sa Palawan upang mapigilan ang mga sindikato ng human trafficking na nambibiktima sa mga ino­senteng kababaihan patungo sa ibang bansa.

By Stacy G. Quinsay, Businessworld, August 18, 2016 In less than two weeks, the so-called “ber” months will begin. This marks the unofficial start of the Christmas season for Filipinos. It is when people crowd the malls to take advantage of various promos, such as zero-interest and deferred-payment schemes. More often than not, they also…

By: Maila Ager @MAgerINQ,August 17th, 2016 Senate President Pro Tempore Franklin Drilon questioned on Wednesday the Department of Labor and Employment’s (DOLE) order, which he said gives a “facade of legitimacy” to labor-only contracting (LOC).

By Ronilo Dagos, Abante, August 17, 2016 Tatlo ang namatay matapos mabigo sa nililigawang dalaga sa security guard na kanyang manliligaw sa Brgy. Poblacion 2, Nagcarlan, Laguna noong Linggo ng hapon.

By Rey Galupo (The Philippine Star), August 17, 2016 MANILA, Philippines – A garbage collector died when he fell from a moving garbage truck in Sampaloc, Manila before dawn Monday.

By: Delfin T. Mallari Jr., @inquirerdotnet LUCENA CITY, Philippines — A worker drowned while five others were reported missing after floodwater submerged a tunnel project of the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) in General Nakar town in Quezon province, a disaster response official said on Monday.