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By ACE JUNE RELL S. PEREZ, Sun Star, Jan. 16, 2017 THE Department of Labor and Employment (Dole) reported that they have reduced end of contractualization (Endo)-related cases in the Philippines by 50 percent as of December 2016. Dole Secretary Silvestre Bello III said Sunday, January 15, with their intensified campaign against unlawful contractual arrangements,…

by SAMEERA HAFIZ, Jan. 16, 2017 Anti-trafficking campaigns can help to tip the scales towards justice, but they will only succeed if they are grounded in the lived experiences of survivors and oriented towards systemic solutions.

Written by Maurice Obstfeld, Jan. 16, 2017 An accumulation of recent data suggests that the global economic landscape started to shift in the second half of 2016. Developments since last summer indicate somewhat greater growth momentum coming into the new year in a number of important economies. Our earlier projection, that world growth will pick…

By Adva Saldinger @deveximpact, Jan. 16, 2017 In an environment where trust in CEOs is dropping, distrust in corporations is growing and the markets with the greatest future opportunities are in emerging economies, a group of business and civil society leaders are calling for business models to radically change and become more socially focused.

By Cai Ordinario, Businessmirror, Jan. 16, 2017 The government’s plan to end endo, or contractualization, could lead to layoffs and greater inequality in the country, according to a study released by the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS).

By Associated Press, Jan. 16, 2017 DAVOS, Switzerland—The gap between the super-rich and the poorest half of the global population is starker than previously thought, with just eight men, from Bill Gates to Michael Bloomberg, owning as much wealth as 3.6 billion people, according to an analysis by Oxfam released on Monday.

By: Tina Arceo-Dumlao, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Jan. 15, 2017 The centerpiece public infrastructure program of the Duterte administration just got a big boost with the pledge of the Japanese government to funnel some $8.7 billion in aid and private investments into the Philippines over the next five years, a sign of the continuing strong friendship…

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By Associated Press, Jan. 15, 2017 JAKARTA, Indonesia—The waste from discarded electronic gadgets and electrical appliances has reached severe levels in East Asia, posing a growing threat to health and the environment unless safe disposal becomes the norm.

By: Doris Dumlao-Abadilla, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Jan. 14, 2017 Metro Manila is among Asia-Pacific’s most attractive urban hubs for developers and yield-seeking real estate investors this 2017, especially in the office and shopping mall space, based on the latest research on emerging trends in real estate commissioned by Urban Land Institute (ULI) and global advisory…

Philippine Daily Inquirer, Jan. 14, 2017 Many Filipinos still rely on informal channels for their borrowings, while almost two out of every five households use their ATM cards as collateral for borrowings, such that the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas is urging intensified financial inclusion efforts to bring more borrowers into the formal sector.

By: Julie M. Aurelio, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Jan. 14, 2017 The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) have teamed up to ensure a Philippines free of child labor by 2025.

By: Ben O. de Vera, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Jan. 14, 2017 Although growth is projected to be sustained in the next six years, London-based consultancy firm Capital Economics sees politics as the “main” risk to the Philippine economy.

By Sheila Crisostomo (The Philippine Star), with Rainier Allan Ronda, Jan. 14, 2017 To boost the fight against child labor, the multi-agency National Child Labor Committee (NCLC) launched yesterday three major initiatives to keep children out of the workplace. File photo MANILA, Philippines – To boost the fight against child labor, the multi-agency National Child…

By: Jovic Yee – Reporter, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Jan. 14, 2017 The Philippine government has blocked Internet users from accessing adult websites, just 10 days after a popular porn site found Filipinos to have spent the longest time watching adult content for the third straight year.

Malacanang announced last week that President Duterte has approved the long awaited proposal to increase by P2,000 the SSS pension, in two gives, P1,000 this year (2017) and P1,000 in 2022 when he leaves office. PUDU30 also adjusted the MSC cap from P16k to P20k. He also plans to increase SSS contribution by 1.5% starting…

A creaky tax system can make China an expensive place to produce things by Economist, Jan. 14, 2017 WHEN China was gripped by political turmoil in the 1960s and 1970s, Cao Dewang cut his teeth as an entrepreneur. Mao’s chaotic rule forced him out of school and he took to the street, a scrappy teenager…

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By: Jaymee T. Gamil, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Jan. 13, 2017 Amid a government crackdown on mining, a contentious proposal has arisen: The formalization of small-scale mining.

Minimum-wage jobs are physically demanding, have unpredictable schedules, and pay so meagerly that workers can’t save up enough to move on. BARBARA EHRENREICH, Jan 13, 2017 Fifty years ago, President Lyndon B. Johnson made a move that was unprecedented at the time and remains unmatched by succeeding administrations. He announced a War on Poverty, saying…

By: Ben O. de Vera, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Jan. 13, 2017 The amount of so-called “hot money” that flowed into the country last year outpaced the amount that was pulled out, resulting in net inflows of $353.59 million, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas reported Thursday.

Businessworld, January 13, 2017 FLAT, orange robots glide under stationary cars and ferry them to empty Chinese parking bays, using space more efficiently and, their creators say, reducing driver stress.

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BY CATHERINE S. VALENTE, TMT, Manila Times, JANUARY 13, 2017 DESPITE President Rodrigo Duterte’s tirades against the United States, majority of Filipinos still trust the global superpower and its leading ally Japan, while having the opposite view toward China and Russia, according to a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey.

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Dec. 15, 2016 – Victims of gender-based violence (GBV) are entitled to 10 days domestic violence leave with pay. Not many government agencies, unions and workers know this! Very understandable, considering that concerted government and private sector information campaigns on GBV do not exist. Predictably, 92% of those surveyed by ITUC AP and its affiliates…

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