ANGELES CITY—Bishop Pablo Virfiolio David is looking into the sale of asbestos as soundproofing material in hardware stores here despite a worldwide ban.

PUBLIC consultations with various stakeholders will be held next month to assess if there is a need to adjust the daily minimum pay in Metro Manila, officials of the regional wage board yesterday said.

“Magsasagawa ng job fair para sa mga mga may kapansanan o persons with disabilities (PWD) na may kaalaman at kakayahan sa computer at information technology.”

MANILA, Philippines — The highly controversial Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 may be suspended for now, but recent moves by the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) raise the specter the IP office’s new powers enable the cybercrime law’s “takedown clause.”

Four of 10 companies in Asia Pacific, including the Philippines, are spending more than 20 percent of their payroll on employee benefits, according to a recent survey.

Everybody’s talking about inclusive growth, but the latest labor and employment data suggest that the breathtaking growth our economy has been achieving lately—the fastest in all of Asia, in fact—is anything but that. The latest quarterly Labor Force Survey (LFS) of the National Statistics Office (NSO) reports that there were actually 21,000 fewer jobs overall…

MANILA, Philippines (UPDATE) – An analyst said a weaker peso will be good for the Philippine economy.

MANILA – Where do the remittances of overseas Filipinos go when these reach their loved ones back home? Of the 525 households polled by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), 95.4 percent said they used the remittances for food, 67 percent for education, 54.9 percent for medical payments and 42.1 percent for debt payments.

Wider infrastructure development is crucial for the Philippines to push a faster and more robust economic growth in the next three years, research from the Standard Chartered Bank showed on Monday.

(Updated 3:30 p.m.) It’s not just armed rebel groups, but also the Philippine military that recruited minors for their operations in 2012, according to a new report from United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

Adultery, absconding, theft are the main crimes committed by domestic helper in city Dubai: Police warned on Monday that not paying domestic helpers on time could lead them to commit serious crimes.

ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland— Europe is mired in debt and recession. Financial markets have hit violent ups and downs on fears that U.S. stimulus efforts may soon be scaled back. Japan is finally looking up after years of stagnation — but it remains an open question if the recovery will stick.

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) will implement a P268-million online labor inspection system in August that is expected to reduce cases of labor abuse.

ROME—Thirty-eight countries have beaten a UN-imposed deadline of 2015 to cut in half the proportion of hungry people. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization on Saturday recognized the 38 countries and urged those still working to meet the UN target to redouble efforts.

Mr. President, I congratulate your esteemed leadership of the Conference. I also congratulate Director General Guy Ryder and commend him for his incisive and forward-looking report. The Philippines, with its tripartite constituents, supports and is ready to engage the ILO on its Centenary Initiatives outlined in the report of the Director General.

Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz has acknowledged before a leaders’ meeting at the International Labor Organization (ILO) in Geneva that the country’s robust economic growth, highlighted by the 7.8-percent expansion of gross domestic product in the first quarter, is not creating enough decent jobs.

THE PHILIPPINES will be able to withstand the turbulence in financial markets even as sell-offs look likely to continue in the short term, observers said. “Fitch Ratings thinks the Philippines is relatively well-placed among emerging market peers to absorb current market volatility…,” Fitch Asia-Pacific Sovereign Ratings head Andrew Colquhoun said.

MANILA, Philippines – Let’s stop this foolishness coming from nasty debt collectors once and for all. One, nobody inherits debts, only assets. So please don’t collect from people who are trying to grieve. You need to wait for your turn to get paid from the estate left by those who passed away.

DOHA: There is no ban on Filipina household service workers (HSW) and Qatar is still hiring them, the Ambassador Crescent R Relacion clarified yesterday.

The International Labor Organization, Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance and local NGOs want the government and industry to put a stop to child labor.

MANILA, Philippines – Six out of 10 or 62 percent of graduates from technical vocational education and training courses secure a job within the first six months to one year after their graduation, the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) said on Friday.

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CONSUMER CONFIDENCE hit an all-time high in the second quarter, laying the groundwork for the economy to maintain its upward trajectory, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said on Friday.

It used to be that flags were flown in houses and cars for Independence Day. No longer. There were hardly any flag sellers at street corners. I wonder why. Is it because the government did not publicize the program and preparations?

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine economy is fast improving. But why is unemployment worsening? According to National Economic and Development Authority assistant director-general Rosemarie Edillon, the hot weather that consequently resulted in the drop in farm sector jobs had something to do with the 7.5-percent unemployment rate last April.

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Philippines — The country remains among the “least peaceful” in the world and the Asia Pacific, improving only slightly in its global ranking, a survey by a non-profit research organization showed.

MANILA, Philippines – Policy rates were kept steady on Thursday by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) which said the economy remains in good footing despite the recent slump in the financial markets that highlighted funds leaving emerging markets.