WASHINGTON—Cheaper, better robots will replace human workers in the world’s factories at a faster pace over the next decade, pushing labor costs down 16 percent, a report on Tuesday said.

Improved protection of Filipino domestic workers was among the issues discussed by Qatar and Philippine officials during a meeting, said a Philippine official.

At the opening of the G20 meeting, the thinktank says politicians must prioritise policies that share the gains of stronger growth Politicians must focus on policies to ensure that stronger economic growth goes hand in hand with fairer distribution of the financial gains if they are to stem rising inequality, a leading economic thinktank has…

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) is considering borrowing to finance the complete government takeover of the Metro Rail Transit line 3 (MRT-3) after the P54-billion allocation for the acquisition of the mass transit system was not included in the P2.6-trillion national budget signed by President Aquino last Dec. 23.

Japanese business delegation’s proposal MANILA, Philippines–Trade officials are mulling over the creation of economic zones that will cater specifically to small- and medium-sized foreign enterprises, following the suggestion made by a visiting Japanese business delegation last week.

From the Department of Social Welfare and Development In an effort to help curb the prevalence of child labor in the country, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is intensifying the conduct of Family Development Sessions (FDS) for parent-beneficiaries of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program to enhance their parental roles and become more aware…

MANILA, Philippines—The Department of Health (DOH) reported 509 new cases of human immunodeficiency virus-acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV-AIDS) in December last year, bringing the total number of cases to more than 6,000 for the entire 2014.

MANILA, Philippines – A large majority of Filipinos support the right of gays and lesbians to be protected against discrimination, a recent Social Weather Stations (SWS) report said.

The job of choice for many young people in the Philippines is working at a call center. More than 1 million Filipinos now work at call centers and in related outsourcing businesses, making their country the call-center capital of the world.

Japanese companies are keen on investing in the Philippines MANILA, Philippines – Japanese companies are keen on investing in the Philippines, but the government needs to address obstacles such as infrastructure gaps, high transport and power costs, for funds to be poured in here, officials of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI) said.

Although top executives of Japan’s major companies remain keen on investing in the Philippines given the country’s “strong growth potential,” they continue to stress the need for the government to address pressing concerns, such as high power costs, which are necessary to create a more conducive environment for trade.

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MANILA, Philippines—The police are now studying if a construction company should face criminal charges after one of their workers was killed while working on a luxury hotel in Bonifacio Global City (BGC) in Taguig City on Sunday afternoon.

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MANILA, Philippines – Eleven workers at a still being constructed “The Suites” condominium at the Bonifacio Global City in Taguig City were hurt after a portion of the building fell some 10 meters to the ground on Wednesday morning.

MANILA, Philippines – Six construction workers were injured when a part of a building under construction along 28th Street at the Bonifacio Global City in Taguig City collapsed on Wednesday morning.

Usually, managerial employees are dismissed for breach of trust because they are holding positions of trust and confidence. But this case of Liza shows that even rank and file employees may be dismissed on the same ground.

From the Department of Health Acting Secretary of Health Janette P. Loreto-Garin recently underscored the many milestones of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) after two decades of service.

A forklift driver voluntarily surrendered to the police after he accidentally killed a banana stevedore who was pinned by the container he was unloading Saturday in North Harbor, Tondo, Manila.

My best interview questions to ask focus on the skills and contributions that I most want my candidate to be able to make. They help me assess the prospective employee’s work experience and his or her approach to problem solving. They help me understand how the candidate interacts with people and the work environment.

More than 1 million Filipinos now work at call centers and in related outsourcing businesses Ever since Joahnna Horca lost her father, a doctor, in a South China Sea typhoon, her large family has struggled to make ends meet. So after Horca earned a college degree in social work, an older sister nudged her to…

That there are children in our midst forced to work in the most deplorable circumstances is a continuing problem, trumping the Philippines’ vaunted economic growth.

MANILA – Millions of children in the Philippines continue to engage in the worst forms of labor despite a massive awareness of the problem and efforts to address it because root causes such as poverty remain unaddressed, various groups said Wednesday.

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MANILA, Philippines — Frail-looking and gaunt, one would not think that 14-year-old Jeraldine Macapaar Aboy or Pitang could lift tons of sugarcane and load them in a truck.

New report cites landlessness and ineffective govt measures in protecting children Geraldine Aboy, 14, lives in a makeshift hut of grass and plastic sheeting in the middle of a sugarcane plantation. She wakes at four o’clock in the morning to cook whatever available food there is and prepare for the trek to nearby fields.

ADMINISTRATION’S GOOD GOVERNANCE INITIATIVES CITED Key policy measures undertaken in the last year led to a significant improvement in Philippine society’s ability to allow its citizens to climb up the socioeconomic ladder on their own merits, a new international report showed.

‘Worse, child labor, especially in plantations and mines, provides no means by which the children and their families may escape the vicious cycle of generational poverty,’ the study says MANILA, Philippines – In tears, 14-year-old Jeraldine Macapar Aboy asks why indigenous children like her have become child laborers.

Aside from dealing with the disease itself, Filipinos with Hepatitis B also suffer from discrimination at the workplace or at home MANILA, Philippines – Despite efforts to increase public awareness on Hepatitis B, advocates fighting to eradicate the disease say discrimination against patients is “still rampant.”