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Liza Reyes, ABS-CBN News, Jan 19 2017 The Supreme Court (SC) has junked with finality the government’s appeal to stop the return of nearly P5 billion in withholding taxes it charged on anti-poverty bonds and pay interest for failure to comply promptly with the court’s earlier ruling.

Jeff Cox, CNBC, Jan 19, 2017 George Soros thinks President-elect Donald Trump will fail — and that will be just fine with the billionaire investor and supporter of progressive causes.

By: Julie M. Aurelio, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Jan. 19, 2017 The Philippines has started deporting 1,316 Chinese workers who were arrested last year working at an illegal online gaming hub owned by Chinese gambling tycoon Jack Lam.

By Richmond Mercurio (The Philippine Star), Jan. 19, 2017 MANILA, Philippines – Philippine exports should be able to endure the impact of the country possibly losing its Generalized System of Preferences Plus (GSP+) privileges with the European Union (EU) due to rising cases of alleged extrajudicial killings and plans to bring back the death penalty,…

Marikina 2nd District Representative Miro Quimbo says this proposal is ‘already a great victory for tax reform advocates’ BY PATTY PASION, Rappler, Jan 19, 2017 MANILA, Philippines – House Deputy Speaker Miro Quimbo said on Thursday, January 19, that the Department of Finance (DOF) is pushing for tax exemption for individuals earning a gross income…

Robots could be given ‘electronic person’ status, says report, which argues a legal framework is urgently needed for robots and self-driving cars. By Steve Ranger | January 18, 2017 Should robots be classed as ‘electronic persons’? The European Union needs to set rules for the use of robots, to settle issues around ethics, safety and…

Below is the link on the petition about two Indian nationals sentenced to death in Qatar. Please Sign Online Petition – To Save Two Indian Nationals Subramaniam and Chelladurai sentenced to death at Qatar. https://www.change.org/p/union-save-two-indian-nationals-subramaniam-and-chelladurai-sentenced-to-death-at-qatar  

By Ariel Nepomuceno, Businessmirror, Jan. 18, 2017 January 9, 2016, is a crucial day for antipoverty and health advocates. The issuance of Executive Order (EO) 12 by President Duterte aims to implement the provisions of the reproductive-health (RH) law, which were not covered by the temporary restraining order released by the Supreme Court (SC). Furthermore,…

By Richmond Mercurio (The Philippine Star), Jan. 18, 2017 MANILA, Philippines – Business process outsourcing (BPO) companies are being encouraged to move their new projects out of Metro Manila under the new Investment Priorities Plan, while new telecommunication players are urged to support their provincial expansion.

GOTCHA By Jarius Bondoc (The Philippine Star), Jan. 18, 2017 How many drug addicts are there really? Two counts are given, the police’s and President Rodrigo Duterte’s. And they widely vary. If we go by the former’s figures, then the latter’s would look sorely understated – by half.

By: Jodee A. Agoncillo, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Jan. 18, 2017 “I could have saved myself. But if I had done that, more people would have died. That would be on my conscience, little sister.”

By: Jocelyn R. Uy, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Jan. 18, 2017 The P8.3-billion budget for a tuition-free schooling in state universities and colleges (SUCs) this year will be enjoyed mostly by moneyed and “nonpoor” students as only 8 percent of the poor are enrolled in college, according to the Commission on Higher Education (CHEd).

By: Leila B. Salaverria , Philippine Daily Inquirer, Jan. 18, 2017 Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez is the wealthiest member of President Duterte’s Cabinet while Agrarian Reform Secretary Rafael Mariano is the poorest, according to the net worth that they declared upon joining the government.

Andreas Irmen and Anastasia Litina, Jan. 18, 2017 https://hbr.org/2017/01/what-a-study-of-33-countries-found-about-aging-populations-and-innovation?utm_campaign=hbr&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social The populations of almost all Western countries are getting older, as the Baby Boomers, born in the 1950s and 1960s, live longer and have fewer children than previous generations. Population aging of this dimension is possibly unique in world history. No surprise, then, that it poses…

The agriculture sector, which employs more than 85,000 children, has the highest incidence of child labor in the country Patty Pasion, Jan. 18, 2017 MANILA, Philippines – Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III ordered more prohibitions for minors in the agriculture and livestock farming sectors, as part of the government’s efforts to curb child labor in…

Sunstar, Jan. 18, 2017 THE Department of Labor and Employment (Dole) released Wednesday a long list of jobs related to agriculture and livestock farming, where minors are prohibited from getting employed. In a statement, the Dole said employers in the agriculture and livestock farming industry should take note on where they should not employ children…

by Lorraine Chow, Jan. 17, 2017 U.S. solar employs more workers than any other energy industry, including coal, oil and natural gas combined, according to the U.S. Department of Energy’s second annual U.S. Energy and Employment Report.

Nordic nations dominate the top 15, while South Korea reigns supreme and Russia is dealt a huge blow by Michelle Jamrisko and Wei Lu, Bloomberg, Jan. 17, 2017 There’s something about those Nordic countries. In the battle of ideas, Sweden climbed to No. 2 and Finland cracked into the top five of the 2017 Bloomberg…

by Danica M. Uy, Businessworld, Jan, 17, 2017 THE GOVERNMENT needs to address the quality of jobs available to workers despite the greater availability of work, economists said. On average, underemployment in the Philippines since 2010 has remained steady, with the recent high at 19.3% in 2013. In October 2016 underemployment was 18.0%, rising from…

by Pierre Nanterme, Jan 17, 2017 Today, most of us are seizing commercial opportunities in digital, but new evidence suggests we may be missing an even bigger prize: digital’s social and environmental benefits.

Workers’ group to file raps vs recruiter, firm inside estate by JIGGER J. JERUSALEM, Jan. 17, 2017 CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY—Workers who fled allegedly slave-like conditions in Hacienda Luisita are filing charges of human trafficking against their recruiter and the company that runs a sugar mill in the estate owned by the family of former…

By Alex Morales, Bloomberg, Jan. 17, 2017 If you go outdoors you could get hit by lethal hurricanes, floods, tremors and terrorists. Stay inside huddled over your computer and you could lose your data and your identity. And, in the minds of some, there’s no point in going to work: An immigrant has already taken…

Read TUCP’s quick research on the matter here. Trainees in dual training system are considered ‘trainees’, not employees. Trainees are entitled to daily allowances and insurance overage. Trainees are not required to be covered by SSS, PHIC or PagIBIG. As trainees, not employees, they are not entitled to 13th month pay. Bonuses and 14th month…

Read PMAP-TUCP MOU here.

By James Manyika, Michael Chui, Mehdi Miremadi, Jacques Bughin, Katy George, Paul Willmott, and Martin Dewhurst Automation is happening, and it will bring substantial benefits to businesses and economies worldwide, but it won’t arrive overnight. A new McKinsey Global Institute report finds realizing automation’s full potential requires people and technology to work hand in hand.

ABS-CBN News, Jan. 16, 2017 MANILA – (UPDATED) The number of Filipinos who consider themselves as poor fell to an annual average of 44 percent in 2016, the lowest since 1987, according to a Social Weather Stations survey released Monday.

Take the doc’s advice to look and feel your best for life by Jessica Smith, http://www.shape.com/lifestyle/mind-and-body/dr-ozs-top-10-health-and-fitness-tips-all-time Get Strong, Not Skinny Illness or injury may often be the instigator, but frailty is what kills us, says Dr. Mehmet Oz, cardiothoracic surgeon, author, and host of The Dr. Oz Show. Our bodies can’t recover as well if…

Debunking the meritocratic argument on its own terms By Didier Jacobs and Sam Pizzigati, http://evonomics.com/extreme-inequality-not-driven-merit-wealth/ Defenders of our deeply unequal global economic order had to put in a bit of overtime last month. They had to explain away the latest evidence — from the global charity Oxfam — on how concentrated our world’s wealth has…

By E.J.C. Tubayan, Jan. 16, 2017 THE PHILIPPINES needs to attract more investment from both domestic and foreign sources to achieve the goal of becoming a high-income economy by 2040. National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Secretary, Ernesto M. Pernia said that total investment levels need to rise to 30% of gross domestic product (GDP),…

Alfred Bayle, INQUIRER.net, Jan. 16, 2017 The age of robot butlers is nearly upon us as Panasonic launches a trial run of their indoor delivery robot, HOSPI.