If there’s any big disappointment that we can expect this month, it’s the announcement that the Department of Trade and Industry will be releasing the much awaited industry roadmaps, a task that had been set in motion even as early as 2004.

MANILA, Philippines – The government’s economic team is confident that the country could exceed growth targets this year with the economy seen expanding more than seven percent on the back of robust consumer spending and an improving global investment climate.

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Tourism (DOT) has set a higher tourism employment target of 7.4 million by 2016 from earlier target of 6.8 million due to the projected improvement in the country’s domestic tourism in the near-term, official documents showed.

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MANILA – Militant groups held a rally at the Occupational Safety and Health Center in QC where the Regional Tripartite Wage Board held its third and final public consultation on petitions to raise the minimum daily wage.

For China it’s all for resources. It occupied the Mischief Reef and Bajo de Masinloc Shoal for the rich fishing grounds, and is invading the Recto Bank for the offshore oil. It is also into illegal, destructive mining in the Philippine mainland to feed its industries with precious and rare earth metals.

As discussed in last week’s column, the impressive economic growth of East Asian countries like Japan, China, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and the three ASEAN countries of Thailand, Singapore, and Indonesia could be explained by the labor surplus model of growth. The phrase “labor surplus” is merely descriptive and has no disapproving or judgmental…

MANILA, Philippines – Inflation eased to its slowest pace in nearly four years in July as the bulk of basic commodities posted slower price increases, giving the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) enough reason to keep interest rates low.

Apat na trabahador sa isang tindahan ng LPG sa Davao City ang isinugod sa ospital matapos magtamo ng matinding sugat sa katawan bunga ng naganap na pagsabog.

MANILA, Philippines — The economy is growing, but who’s enjoying it? President Aquino’s financial managers painted a generally rosy picture of the economy as the House of Representatives formally began deliberations Wednesday on the proposed national budget for next year.

MANILA, Philippines—The Commission on Higher Education has come up with a list of “priority courses” in a bid to steer college students toward degrees that the labor market needs.

MANILA, Philippines — More Filipinos are willing to pay for goods and services offered by companies that have implemented social programs in their target communities, a recent Nielsen survey showed.

The construction business that 47-year-old Alejandro Anareta Jr runs has seen brisk business in recent years, going from eight to 12 people when he first started to about 80 workers now.

MANILA, Philippines (CORRECTED) – Property developers appear to be refraining from launching new luxury residential projects in the country, according to a recent market report by CBRE Philippines.

MANILA, Philippines—With a medal haul of 23 golds, 45 silvers and 93 bronzes, a group of young Filipino numbers aces—mostly elementary and high school students from Metro Manila—topped the just-ended 2013 Singapore International Mathematics Contest, held on August 4 at the Global Indian International School in the so-called “Lion City.”

The Joint Foreign Chamber of the Philippines (JFC) is not in favor of the “across-the-board wage increase” in Manila, in reference to the petitions for minimum wage hike in the National Capital Region (NCR).

The Philippines is seen to lead Southeast Asia in terms of growth as what was once regarded as Asia’s laggard spearheads an “outperforming” region this year until 2015 amid a weakening China.

MANILA, Philippines – Seven militant party-list representatives have decided to give up nearly P1.5 billion in pork barrel funds available to them for the next three years.

MORONG (PLDT/WeRoam) — Why would hard-nosed foreign investors locate in the Philippines if they cannot be assured of sufficient, steady and inexpensive electricity for their operations?

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MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines has detained 18 Chinese men on suspicion of illegal black sand mining in Aparri, Cagayan, the justice department said Tuesday, August 6.

Vice President Jejomar Binay on Monday threw his support behind proposals to review the Salary Standardization Law to stem the reported exit of government workers for higher-paying jobs abroad.

Fewer Filipino families considered themselves poor in the second quarter of 2013, but more claimed to be food-poor during the same period, according to a new survey by pollster Social Weather Stations.

MANILA, Philippines – The country will experience tightness in power supply if the 600-megawatt coal-fired plant of RP Energy does not come in by 2015 or early 2016, Energy Secretary Carlos Jericho Petilla said yesterday.

MANILA, Philippines – Irrigated farm areas expanded by an average of 1.2 percent between 2008 and 2012 with the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) having the biggest increase in irrigation areas, according the Bureau of Agricultural Statistics (BAS).

MANILA, Philippines – A geology expert said banning open pit mining method has dire implications in construction, cement manufacturing and other key industries.

MANILA, Philippines – The chemical industry has added employment target as well as short-term priorities under a proposed road map.

Ten years ago, one case of Human Immunodeficiency Virus infection was reported every three days in the Philippines. Today, one case is diagnosed every three hours, according to TIME magazine. This does not include those unreported cases because of the stigma associated with HIV and AIDs. There were 24,000 cases in 2012, a low prevalence…

But aid group believes figures are tip of iceberg with many victims too scared to lodge complaints The first time “Maria” was raped, she didn’t tell anybody. “The first thing that came to my mind was that I didn’t want to lose my job.”

MANILA, Philippines – Domestic workers need not put up with abuses and exploitation just to keep their jobs.