Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Ernesto Pernia says tightening of monetary policy by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas ‘will not directly address the supply side of inflation’ by Ralf Rivas, Rappler, Aug 10, 2018 MANILA, Philippines – Markets may have hailed the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas for showing force and implementing its strongest policy rate hike in…
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By Rea Cu, Businessmirror, Aug 8, 2018 THE Philippines risks its positive credit rating status if fiscal issues, in line with the shift to a federal form of government, remain unaddressed, the Department of Finance (DOF) told legislators.
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by Ghio Ong With Delon Porcalla(The Philippine Star), Aug 7, 2018 MANILA, Philippines — The proposed federal form of government for the Philippines could “breed a tyrannical, oppressive and unjust regime,” former chief justice Hilario Davide Jr. has warned.
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AI to take over ‘domain of knowledge’ jobs Marian McHugh, 06 August 2018 A recent report from PwC indicated that artificial intelligence (AI) will create as many jobs as it will destroy over the next two decades. While the news was optimistic about the technology’s effects on workforces, it brought into stark relief those jobs…
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(The Philippine Star) , Aug 5, 2018 MANILA, Philippines — The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas has reminded the public not to use their ATM (automated teller machine) cards as collateral for quick and easy loans from informal lenders or loan sharks.
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by ABS-CBN News, Aug 2, 2018 MANILA — Taxing rice imports will help bring down the price of the staple grain by P7 to P8 per kilo, a lawmaker who is pushing for the tariff said Thursday.
By K. Sabeel Rahman, April 14, 2016 The American social contract is collapsing. For many workers throughout the twentieth century, our economic policies created a basic bargain: individuals would work full-time jobs for large, established corporations, and in exchange would receive access to key benefits like healthcare, pensions, as well as pathways for upward mobility…
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RAID ON CHINESE-OWNED FISH FARM By: Joey A. Gabieta, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Jul 30, 2018 TACLOBAN CITY — Lured by a P5,000 monthly pay, a 15-year-old boy left his home here to join other male neighbors to work in a province in Luzon to help his family.
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Pernia: Security of tenure bill must be fair to both employers, workers Ben O. de Vera July 24, 2019 04:26pm MANILA, Philippines – The country’s chief economist on Wednesday said the pending security of tenure bill awaiting President Duterte’s signature needed to be tweaked in order to be fair to both business and labor sectors.…
by Lawrence Agcaoili (The Philippine Star), Jul 23, 2018 MANILA, Philippines — Economists of private banks expect higher inflation over the next three years amid higher and volatile global oil prices, weak peso, and the effects of the implementation of the tax reform program.
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar
to carry out the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry recommendations
against serious violations of Forced Labour and Freedom of Association protocols.
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