By: Ben O. de Vera, Inquirer Business, Sept 12, 2018 To ease high consumer prices, President Rodrigo Duterte will be issuing an executive order (EO) to implement the measures approved by the economic team last week.
By: Roy Stephen C. Canivel, Daily Inquirer, Sep 12, 2018 More than a quarter of Japanese firms located in economic zones in Cebu plan to pull out their investments in the country if an opposed tax reform pushes through.
The good times are rolling in automation, but milestones like this may be bellwethers for some very human challenges ahead By Greg Nichols for Robotics | Sep 11, 2018 Collaborative robots, usually called cobots, are now the fastest growing segment of industrial automation and are expected to make up 34% of all industrial robot sales…
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But get ready to change your occupation. By Liam Tung | Sept 10, 2018 Consultant firm McKinsey reckons artificial intelligence (AI) will boost productivity way more than the steam engine was able to in the 1800s.
by Catherine Talavera (The Philippine Star), Sep 9, 2018 MANILA, Philippines — Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Ernesto Pernia is urging the full implementation of the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health (RPRH) Law for the country to reach its demographic dividend period by 2022 to 2025 and lower poverty incidence.
Viet Nam News/Asia News Network, Sep 09, 2018 HÀ NỘI – A world in which robots fully take work over from humans may seem scary for developing economies, but on-going automation is bringing substantial benefits to businesses and society. People worldwide are talking about the Fourth Industrial Revolution – or Industry 4.0 – and what…
By JOSEPH TRISTAN ROXAS, GMA News, Sep 9, 2018 The Duterte administration used only P299.75 million out of the P74.55 billion Official Development Assistance (ODA) loans it received in 2017 from foreign lenders, the Commission on Audit said.
By Leo Jaymar G. Uy, Businesssworld, Sep 9, 2018 FEDERALISM is a “strong predictor” of higher income inequality in developing economies and higher poverty on average for all countries, a study by the University of the Philippines School of Economics (UPSE) said.
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by Jan M. Padios, Sep 7, 2018 What changes when a country devotes itself to servicing the businesses of other countries? Call centers are big business in the Philippines. As a doctoral student, I researched the industry there between 2008 and 2013, when the Southeast Asian nation became a top destination for outsourced jobs from…
by Vincent Mariel P. Galang, BusinessWorld, Sep 6, 2018 Approved foreign investment pledges rose by 70.4% in the second quarter, its highest in almost three years, the Philippine Statistics Authority said.
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By Jeffrey Damicog, Manila Bulletin, Sep 6, 2018 The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) arrested three persons engaged in the sex trade while 10 females including two minors (both 17 years old) were rescued in Antipolo City.
By CNN Philippines Staff, Sep 5, 2018 Metro Manila (CNN Philippines) — Global and local studies are raising the red flag on malnutrition among Filipino children. In the 2015 Updating of the Nutritional Status of Filipinos by the Food and Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI) of the Department of Science and Technology, one in every three…
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by Alister Doyle & Nina Chestney | Reuters, 5 Sep 2018 OSLO/LONDON, Sept 5 (Reuters) – Strong action to combat climate change could cumulatively add at least $26 trillion to the world economy by 2030, according to a study on Wednesday which seeks to dispel fears that a shift from fossil fuels will undermine growth.
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04 September 2018 by Guest Author It’s no easy task achieving work-life balance in today’s unpredictable and fast-paced business world. As we’ve become more dependent on technology and social media, it’s also becoming difficult to separate work from our personal lives.
by BEN O. DE VERA, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Sep 04, 2018 The “Build, Build, Build” program is expected to help the economy grow at a slightly faster pace this year, with $19 billion in official development assistance (ODA) commitments from East Asian countries seen bolstering infrastructure development, Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III said.
by RONNEL W. DOMINGO, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Sept 04, 2018 Local fuel prices went up for the fourth week in a row as the global market anticipated losing significant output from Iran, which is facing economic sanctions from Western countries.
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by Maan Macapagal, ABS-CBN News, Sep 01 2018 MANILA—Four minors were rescued in Pateros on Friday after a mother allegedly subjected her child and her neighbors’ children to a live online sex show catering to foreign pedophiles.
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by Ian Nicolas Cigaral (philstar.com) – Aug 31, 2018 MANILA, Philippines — The country’s socioeconomic planners have proposed a phased shift to a federal form of government that will span 15 years to avoid disruptions to the economy’s growth momentum.
September 18 –
International Equal Pay Day
“Increase wages now,
more than other cost items.
For widespread, practical equality!”
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO Constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar
to carry out the recommendations of the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry
against serious violations of protocols of
Forced Labour and Freedom of Association.
Accept the National Unity Government (NUG)
of Myanmar. Reject Military!
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September –
5 Sept – Intl Day of Charity
7 Sept – Intl Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies
8 Sept – International Literacy Day
12 Sept – United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation
15 Sept – International Day of Democracy
16 Sept – International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
17 Sept – World Patient Safety Day
18 Sept – International Equal Pay Day
21 Sept – International Day of Peace
26 Sept – International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
27 Sept – World Tourism Day
28 Sept – International Day for Universal Access to Information
29 Sept – International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste
30 Sept – World Maritime Day
Monthly Observances:
Health, Safety and Sanitation Month
National Clean-up Month
Civil Service Month
National Peace Consciousness Month
Social Security Month
Rule of Law Month
National Teachers’ Month (Sept 5-Oct 4)
Weekly Observances:
Sept 17 – 23:
World Clean and Green Week
Week 2: Education Week
Week 4: Medicine Week
Last Week: National Family Week
Daily Observances:
Third Saturday:
International Coastal Clean-up Day
Third Monday: World Health Day
Last Friday: National Maritime Day
Sept 8: National Literacy Day
Sept 15: Philippine Medicine Day
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