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By Heather SCOTT, Jan 9, 2019 Trade conflict between the world’s two largest economic powers already is inflicting collateral damage and threatens to do yet more harm to the global economy, the World Bank warned Tuesday.

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By Xave Gregorio, CNN Philippines, Jan 9, 2019 The first case of HIV infection in the Philippines was reported in 1984. Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, December 28) — Minors aged 15 to under 18 could now get tested for the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) even without the consent of their parents or legal guardian after…

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by Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News, Jan 8, 2019 MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte has approved the health and finance departments’ proposal to raise the excise tax on tobacco and alcohol products, the Palace said Tuesday.

by Mary Grace Padin, The Philippine Star, Jan 8, 2019 MANILA, Philippines — State-run Social Security System (SSS) is still waiting for further progress on the status of a bill which seeks to amend the state fund’s charter.

by Ghio Ong, The Philippine Star, Jan 8, 2019 MANILA, Philippines — Three workers were hurt after a tank of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) exploded at a food park in Pasay City Sunday night.

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by Mary Grace Padin (The Philippine Star) – Jan 5, 2019 MANILA, Philippines — The year 2018 signified major changes for the country’s fiscal system as the government started the implementation of the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) law.

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By Rene E. Ofreneo, Business Mirror, Jan 3, 2019 The campaign of the trade union movement to end the “endo” practice of hiring workers on a short-term basis has not yet succeeded in prodding a reluctant Congress to pass a law formally outlawing the controversial “labor-only contracting” (LOC) system and abolishing all other forms of…

by Jovic Yee, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Jan 2, 2019 Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said the approved minimum wage increases throughout the country were short of at least P100 for workers to be able to cope with the rising cost of basic commodities.

by Gillian M. Cortez, BusinessWorld, Jan 2, 2019 THE labor department said equipping workers with data sciences and analytics (DSA) skills will be a good way of preparing enterprises for eventual automation, according to the findings of the JobsFit 2022 report prepared by one of its agencies.

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by Pathricia Ann V. Roxas, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Jan 1, 2019 MANILA, Philippines — A multi-sectoral group on Tuesday warned the public of 12 “dangerous, anti-Filipino, anti-youth, anti-NGO, and anti-democracy provisions” under the House draft federal charter principally authored by Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.

by BEN O. DE VERA, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Dec 31, 2018 The rate of jobless Filipinos in the labor force declined to 5.3 percent in 2018 from 5.7 percent last year even as underemployment inched up, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).

by Sheila Crisostomo (The Philippine Star) – Dec 30, 2018 MANILA, Philippines — The number of births in 2017 was the lowest in 10 years but more girls below 15 years have become mothers, the Commission on Population (PopCom) reported yesterday.

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by Janvic Mateo, The Philippine Star, Dec 30, 2018 MANILA, Philippines — Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. has suggested a new way to address trafficking of Filipino migrant workers: Seek the families of illegal recruiters.

by Raymund Catindig, The Philippine Star, Dec 30, 2018 TUGUEGARAO, Cagayan , Philippines — Three girls, aged 15 and 16, were rescued from a sex den in this city yesterday.

By Chito Chavez, Manila Bulletin, Dec 28, 2018 The militant group Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) has debunked the government’s claim that nearly 500,000 workers have been regularized under the administration of President Duterte. Stressing the need to uplift the workers’ rights, KMU called Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello’s statement “far from reality and pure propaganda.”

by Edu Punay (The Philippine Star), Dec 24, 2018 MANILA, Philippines — The Bureau of Immigration (BI) has rescued nine alleged victims of human trafficking at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA).

by Richard Baldwin, Dec 22, 2019 “Globalization 4.0 has only just begun, but we are already vastly underprepared for it,” wrote Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum, last month when announcing the theme of Davos 2019.

by Iris Gonzales, The Philippine Star, Dec 22, 2018 MANILA, Philippines — The man, in his 60s, walks with a swagger and looks dapper in his chambray long-sleeved polo shirt and vintage blue jeans.

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By Ferdinand Patinio, Dec 19, 2018 MANILA — Over 28,000 Filipino travelers have been barred by the Bureau of Immigration (BI) from leaving the country from January to October as part of the government’s intensified campaign against human trafficking.

17 December 2018 – The Samahang Manggagawang Pilipino – National Alliance of Teachers and Workers (SMP-NATOW), set to be the largest  federation of teachers and office workers duly recognized by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), held its 10th national convention last 15-16 December 2018 at the Brentwood Suites, Quezon City. The quadrennial event with…

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by Yoav Vilner, Contributor, Dec 15, 2017 It’s happening, and fast: The era of the credit card, in which plastic is the standard form of payment, is coming to an end. But it isn’t being replaced by cash. Instead, it’s being replaced by a new system, one that involves digital money transfers through smartphones and…