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By Louella Desiderio (The Philippine Star), Dec. 23, 2016 MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines had the fastest average mobile internet speed in Asia Pacific in the third quarter, according to the latest report of content delivery network services provider Akamai.

By Alexis Romero and Marvin Sy (The Philippine Star), Dec. 23, 2016 MANILA, Philippines – President Duterte yesterday signed into law the next year’s P3.35-trillion budget 2017, which he said would benefit the poor and vulnerable sectors. Duterte said the first ever budget of his administration would be “pro-people, pro-investment, pro-growth and pro-development.”

By Pia Lee-Brago (The Philippine Star), Dec. 23, 2016 MANILA, Philippines – Children make up almost a third of all human trafficking victims worldwide, while women and girls comprise 71 percent, according to a United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) report.

By Janvic Mateo With Alexis Romero, The Philippine Star, Dec. 23, 2016 MANILA, Philippines – President Duterte’s trust rating is declining in most areas but it is still “excellent,” the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey shows. Duterte’s net trust rating remained in the excellent threshold, obtaining a +72 in the results of the Dec.…

CTALK By Cito Beltran (The Philippine Star), Dec. 23, 2016 You know we have a problem if business executives are more worried about the business environment than enjoying the Yuletide season. Instead of ticking off “must attend parties,” a number of company presidents and CEOs have been preoccupied meeting with government officials, stakeholders, crisis managers,…

By Czeriza Valencia (The Philippine Star), Dec. 23, 2016 MANILA, Philippines – As the government institutes reforms to revive the manufacturing sector, it should also improve the regulatory regime for services needed by producers and exporters, state think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) said.

By: Ed Margareth Barahan – @inquirerdotnetINQUIRER.net, Dec 22, 2016 The Philippine Embassy in Lisbon reminded the public on Thursday to be “extra cautious” with jobs offers by bogus companies and individuals as well as issuances of entry or working visas for companies in Portugal or other countries in Europe over the internet.

By Mayen Jaymalin (The Philippine Star), Dec. 22, 2016 According to Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello, one of the provisions of the new DOLE department order (DO) to be implemented in early 2017 is the prohibition against sub-contracting. File photo MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is set to finally stop the…

By Paolo Romero (The Philippine Star), Dec. 21, 2016 MANILA, Philippines – The Senate has included a provision in the proposed P3.35-trillion national budget canceling the need for patients seeking treatment in hospitals to present a Philippine Heath Insurance (PhilHealth) card as a condition for availing themselves of benefits from the state health insurer.

By Francis Elevado (The Philippine Star), Dec. 21, 2016 CAMARINES NORTE, Philippines – Three miners drowned in Labo, Camarines Norte on Sunday. Reports reaching Camp Wenceslao Vinzons Sr. identified the fatalities as Florentino Mallanes, 47; Mark Alvin Echano, 22, and Joel Cena 36, resident of Barangay Dallas.

QUEZON CITY, Dec 21 — In its aim to strengthen the Philippines’ commitment into eliminating 1 Million Children from Child Labor, the National Child Labor Committee (NCLC), chaired by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), the Department of Education (DepEd), the Department of Environment and Natural Resources…

By Czeriza Valencia (The Philippine Star), Dece. 21, 2016 MANILA, Philippines – Foreign investment pledges approved by the country’s seven investment promotion agencies (IPAs) fell 45 percent in the third quarter this year, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported yesterday.

Loss of earning capacity By Jose C. Sison, Philstar, Dec. 21, 2016 The heirs of a victim who died due to the recklessness and negligence of other people are entitled not only to indemnity for his death, moral and exemplary damages and attorneys’ fees but also for compensation due to loss of capacity to earn.…

MANILA, Dec. 21 (PIA)–The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has made major advancements in eliminating child labor including its worst forms in the seven months of the Duterte administration. “We have made significant strides in curbing child labor in poor communities, especially its worst forms,” DOLE Secretary Silvestre Bello III said during a recent…

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http://www.thestar.com.my/business/business-news/2016/12/20/most-asean-markets-fall-after-yellen-comments-philippines-over-10-month-low/ Dec 20, 2016 SINGAPORE: Most Southeast Asian stock markets fell on Tuesday after U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen gave an upbeat view of the jobs market, strengthening the rate hike outlook for next year.

http://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/rising-risks-to-asean-from-messy-brexit-talks Dec 20, 2016 The shock Brexit vote on June 23 has so far generated more uncertainty than actual disruption to the global economic and political environment.

By Claudeth Mocon-Ciriaco – Dec 20, 2016 Conclusion AS the Philippines emerged as one of the countries with accelerating rates of new cases of persons with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), staging more efficient information dissemination on HIV is gnarly for health authorities.

When we look back, 2016 could be the year we started to live longer, better and beyond Earth. by Eric Mack, cnet.com, Dec 18, 2016 It’s been hard to miss all the ink and pixels declaring 2016 the year of humanity’s discontent. That judgment’s tough to deny in the realm of geopolitics, given awful conflicts…

3 injured as platform in Manila construction site collapses

A report reaching the PRO3 says the ship’s engine was being powered up when crew members heard an ‘irregular noise,’ followed by a burst of flames by Jun A. Malig, Rappler, December 15, 2016 PAMPANGA, Philippines – A ship captain and 17 crew members and apprentices were injured when an explosion occurred in the engine…

by Matt McFarland, December 14, 2016 Amazon has kicked off a private trial of its highly anticipated drone delivery program.

By Jessica Tana, December 14, 2016 Cheap labour, good personal security, and a stable government has long attracted foreign investment to Vietnam. However, the increasing minimum wage, capped working hours, and the looming death of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) means Vietnam’s recent stellar economic growth may begin to wane unless some urgent changes are…

by Mai Zamora and Karen Joy Alcober, Plan International Communications Officer, REPORT from Plan, 13 Dec 2016 Emily, Raymond, Ariel and Mark from Eastern Visayas have begun to notice the ripple effect of the eco-nomic empowerment they’ve received to their family and community.

Chris Botting – December 13, 2016 We’re all bombarded with opinions and predictions from so-called experts. But who do you trust? I believe it’s important to have a strong track record if you want people to take you seriously. Last year, I made five predictions about the Customer Care industry for 2016. You can read…

Dec 12, 2016, http://www.linkedin.com/pulse/universal-basic-income-peter-diamandis?trk=eml-email_feed_ecosystem_digest_01-hero-0-null&midToken=AQGrvB1hcZb7Ag&fromEmail=fromEmail&ut=29KP9QwdFfPTw1 Some fear that robots and AI will steal our jobs. They probably will (in the near-term, at least half of them).

Pia Gutierrez, ABS-CBN News, Dec 12 2016 MANILA – The Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP) assured the public Monday that they are working to eliminate the practice of labor contractualization or end-of-contract among their ranks in support of the Duterte administration’s campaign.

http://www.ozy.com/presidential-daily-brief/pdb-70232?utm_source=pdb&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=06172016&variable=52af57bdb25c500ad0fe628fd8cf4052#article70247 Go home, already. A new Ohio State University study of more than 12,000 people showed that the risks of diabetes, cancer and heart disease start to rise when women top 40 hours of work per week — and they triple for those who work more than 60. But hard-working men do not encounter the…

http://www.ozy.com/presidential-daily-brief/pdb-69719?utm_source=pdb&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=05212016&variable=52af57bdb25c500ad0fe628fd8cf4052#article69721 Short answer: sexism. Human rights campaigners and researchers complain that traditional data collection is leaving a patchy picture of women’s lives. Employment surveys, for example, often ignore housewives who also have part-time jobs, and many official stats fail to break down results by gender. It’s difficult to tackle problems like domestic violence and maternal…

http://www.ozy.com/presidential-daily-brief/pdb-69679?utm_source=pdb&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=05182016&variable=52af57bdb25c500ad0fe628fd8cf4052#article69691 You can’t just write a prescription for this. A new report surveying 1,066 successful mid-career doctors of both genders found that sex discrimination knows no professional boundaries: Nearly a third of the female physicians reported having experienced sexual harassment. For men, that number was 4 percent. Meanwhile, 70 percent of the women said they…