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by Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News, Apr 10, 2019 MANILA (UPDATE 2) — Poverty incidence fell in the first half of 2018 from three years prior, putting the government on track to meet its target of lifting at least 1 million people from poverty every year, official data released Wednesday showed.

By Cai U. Ordinario & Jasper Emmanuel Y. Arcalas, BusinessMirror, Apr 10, 2019 FARMERS may have to wait until the third quarter at the earliest to benefit from a fund that will consist of tariffs from rice imports, according to the National Economic and Development Authority (Neda).

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by Sunstar, Apr 10, 2019 A 22-YEAR-OLD pregnant woman was caught offering to sexually abuse her six-year-old daughter and her sisters, ages 18 and 21, and stream live the exploitation in exchange for money from an online predator.

by Edu Punay (The Philippine Star) – Apr 10, 2019 MANILA, Philippines — The Supreme Court (SC) has been asked to reopen the $609-million labor case between 2,300 former overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in the Middle East and American military contractor Kellog-Brown & Root.

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Some of their remedies involve higher taxes for the wealthy that would not disrupt productivity, public-private partnerships, productive government spending. And, yes, they have given or have pledged to give millions for public education, philanthropic foundations. Ray Dalio – [Capitalism] doesn’t need to be destroyed, capitalism does need to present an equal opportunity, which he…

BY RAMON T. TULFO, Manila Times, Apr 9, 2019 FIDEL Mendoza, Erwin Ortañez, Glenn Comia, Bien Guevarra, Den Binsol. These people are middle-level officials at the Bureau of Immigration (BI), but they are all multi-millionaires because they are the leaders of a human trafficking syndicate at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA).

by ABS-CBN News, Apr 09 2019 MANILA – An official of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) said it was “too early to say” if the entry of imported rice was causing a slump in rice farm-gate prices.

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by Web Report/Philippines, Apr 8, 2019 Scamsters promise high-paying jobs in the emirate. The Philippines’ Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has warned Filipino jobseekers of dubious individuals and agencies who carry out their operations through social media networks such as Facebook, Viber and WhatsApp. These entities have been found to promise jobs in Dubai and…

by Maria Elena Catajan, Sun Star, Apr 8, 2019 MEMBERS of the BPO Industry Employees Network (Bien) have reported a string of illegal dismissal cases and alleged unfair labor practices of some outsourcing companies in Baguio City.

By Micah Sophia C. Marcellones|Apr 07,2019 CEBU CITY, Philippines — Filipinos are advised to be cautious about overseas job offerings from recruitment agencies that operate through the social media like Facebook, Viber or WhatsApp.

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By Bernie Cahiles-Magkilat, Manila Bulletin, Apr 6, 2019 The creative community has submitted an industry road that seeks to transform the Philippines as the number one creative economy in ASEAN by 2030 in terms of size and value of the creative industries as well as the competitiveness and attractiveness of Filipino talents and content in…

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By: Consuelo Marquez, INQUIRER.net, Apr 06, 2019 MANILA, Philippines — Thirteen Filipinos who are victims of human trafficking in Iraq are now under the custody of the Philippine Embassy in Baghdad, the Department of Foreign Affairs said on Saturday.

by Mary Grace Padin (The Philippine Star) – Apr 6, 2019 MANILA, Philippines — Filipinos have set aside only 3.6 months’ worth of personal savings for their retirement, the lowest among eight countries in Asia, according to a survey conducted by Manufacturers Life Insurance Co. (Manulife).

Tokyo lacks authority in labor dispute between companies and franchisees JUNICHI SUGIHARA, Nikkei staff writer, APR 6, 2019 TOKYO — A Japanese cabinet minister urged the nation’s convenience store chains on Friday to resolve the mounting discontent among short-handed franchisees, making the unusual request in the absence of legal authority for the government to intervene.

by Michael Joe Delizo, ABS-CBN News, Apr 06 2019 MANILA – For the past 5 years, Alan Petil, 36, has been working as a construction worker, enduring the Philippines’ intense outdoor heat and humidity. He earns roughly P4,000 a week depending on a project, which is relatively small for someone on a tough job with…

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By: Ben O. de Vera, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Apr 05, 2019 The Philippines will borrow an additional $300 million from the World Bank to continue the implementation of the government’s conditional cash transfer program for another two years starting next year.