By Ferdinand Patinio, 27 Jul 2021 MANILA – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on Tuesday has issued rules in determining the employment relationship between food delivery and courier riders and their respective digital platforms.

(Philstar.com), 26 Jul 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Job creation, lower prices of goods, and plans to accelerate the country’s COVID-19 vaccination drive are among the top topics that Filipinos want to hear when President Rodrigo Duterte delivers his final State of the Nation Address, results of a Pulse Asia survey showed.

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By Ruth Abbey Gita-Carlos, 26 Jul 2021 MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte has maintained high approval and trust scores despite the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic for over a year now, according to the latest survey by a political consultancy firm.

Nearly half of adult Filipinos said their quality of life had gotten worse in the past year while over a third remain optimistic about the next 12 months, according to the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey.

by Louella Desiderio (The Philippine Star), 25 Jul 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The Tariff Commission (TC) has thumbed down the imposition of safeguard duties on vehicle imports following its investigation into the case.

By the Inquirer Bureaus, 25 Jul 2021 @Team_InquirerWhen President Duterte addressed the nation in 2017, he promised that the following years would be the “golden age of infrastructure” in the Philippines that would “enhance our mobility and connectivity.”

(The Philippine Star), 25 Jul 2021 Most workers now prefer hybrid setup MANILA, Philippines — The office is re-emerging as employees’ primary place of work post-pandemic as work-from-home (WFH) fatigue grows and productivity levels decline, according to the latest survey by global property research and advisory firm JLL.

by Federico D. Pascual Jr. (The Philippine Star), 25 Jul 2021 If President Duterte runs for vice president in the May 2022 elections as he has said often enough, he will likely have former senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos as his presidential partner.

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by Shiela Crisostomo, Paolo Romero (The Philippine Star), 24 Jul 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The number of health care workers infected with COVID-19 has gone down as most of them have already been vaccinated, the Department of Health (DOH) said yesterday“We’re getting this kind of report also from our other hospitals where there has been…

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By Pilar Manuel, CNN Philippines, 23 Jul 2021 Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, July 23) — President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration has done a lot in reforming the economy, but it still has some remaining business to take care of, the Asian Development Bank said.

By: Krixia Subingsubing, 23 Jul 2021 President Duterte will leave behind an “endless, failed” war on drugs in which, up to his last year in office, at least two people are killed in a day despite his administration’s claims that it is “winning” the campaign, according to an independent monitoring group that is tallying the…

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Louise Maureen Simeon (The Philippine Star ) – 22 Jul 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The government has only a medium chance of achieving its development goals once President Duterte steps down from office next year.

by Louella Desiderio, Elijah Felice Rosales (The Philippine Star), 22 Jul 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has agreed to suspend the imposition of the 12 percent value-added tax (VAT) on local purchases of raw materials and packaging products of exporters, according to the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) and House…

by RANDELL TIONGSON, 21 Jul 2021 Question: How should we do personal financial planning based on our culture? Unlike the west, we heavily support family members. Mike via Facebook Answer: I have been a student and a teacher of financial planning for many years and it is true that we do things very differently here…

by Louise Maureen Simeon (The Philippine Star), 21 Jul 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Manila-based Asian Development Bank (ADB) is keeping its economic growth outlook for the Philippines at 4.5 percent this year amid a sea of downgrades in Southeast Asia due to the resurgence of COVID-19 cases.

by Philippine Daily Inquirer, 20 Jul 2021 Disputing President Duterte’s claim that his government had “taken away the misery of public commuting,” a group advocating sustainable mobility said the country remained “plagued by a system-wide public transport shortage that had been made worse by the pandemic” and that commuters continued to face ‘dehumanizing’ conditions on…

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Reuters, 20 Jul 2021 GENEVA — Women have been hit harder than men by job losses around the world due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and only men’s employment is likely to recover this year to 2019 levels, the International Labour Organization (ILO) said on Monday. Women have been at greater risk of lay-offs or reduced…

by Cielito F. Habito, 20 Jul 2021 Will next year’s presidential election boost our economy’s recovery from the deepest slump seen in our part of the world as a result of the ongoing pandemic? Based on our historical experience, there appears to be reason to expect so. Will the coming election year be any different?

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by Alvin G. Jacobo (The Philippine Star), 20 Jul 2021 Heraclitus was quoted saying that the only constant in life is change. Many of us fear change as it causes worries and uncertainties in all aspects of life, whether it be big or small, happy or sad, life-changing or mundane, welcome or unwelcome. The worries…

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by Louella Desiderio (The Philippine Star), 19 Jul 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Japanese electronics and medical device makers are looking to invest over $3 billion for expansion projects in the Philippines, but have cited some operational and fiscal bottlenecks.

by Rudy Santos, Evelyn Macairan (The Philippine Star), 19 Jul 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The Bureau of Immigration (BI) recently prevented from leaving the country four female overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who were reportedly recruited to work as domestic helpers in Dubai.