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Chief economist says new trade pacts will offset impact of US-China tariff fight by ZACH COLEMAN, Nikkei Asian Review deputy editor, Apr 12, 2018 A recent ADB report says, “The anxiety over automation is overblown.” © Reuters HONG KONG — Despite rising worries that artificial intelligence and robots will displace humans in a wide range…

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By Rene E. Ofreneo, Businessmirror – Apr 11, 2018 In 2017, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) issued Department Order No. 174, which tightened the rules on the registration of “legitimate” manpower agencies, now generally referred to as “service contractors”. Capitalization was increased to P5 million (from P3 million) and registration fee, from P25,000…

By April 11, 2018 For all the buzz around wind, solar and electric cars, energy company executives had plenty to say Tuesday about the continuing role of fossil fuels and nuclear power at the Bloomberg New Energy Finance Future of Energy Summit.

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by Harold James, Apr 10, 2018 Explore the latest strategic trends, research and analysis Further reading arrow grey Economic and financial issues nowadays tend to be discussed in intellectual silos, by specialists who give little mind to security concerns or the interplay between national and international objectives. But sooner or later, economists will realize that…

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By: Alvin Barcelona, Inquirer, Apr 10, 2018 Nakilala na ang isa sa dalawang nasawi sa bumigay na crane sa bahagi ng Edsa sa Pasay City kaninang pasado ala-una ng tanghali.

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The jury had been out on the productivity effect of working from home. It’s returned with a surprising verdict. By Scott Mautz, Author There has been much debate about working from home and whether or not it’s a productivity boost or major productivity drain. Paranoid managers envision employees lying on their couches at home in…

by Rhodina Villanueva (The Philippine Star), Apr 10, 2018 MANILA, Philippines — The Duterte government’s decision to boost imports to solve the rice crisis will just threaten the country’s rice self-sufficiency, a group warned yesterday.

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by Christell Fatima M. Tudtud (The Freeman) – Apr 9, 2018 CEBU, Philippines — Two sisters were arrested for alleged sex trafficking while their three young victims were rescued during a police operation in a well-known hotel in Barangay Gun-ob, Lapu-Lapu City Saturday night.

Minors flee Pampanga farm; QC cops arrest traffickers By: Matthew Reysio-Cruz – @inquirerdotnet Philippine Daily Inquirer, Apr 09, 2018 Two of four minors forced to work as farmhands in Pampanga province escaped on Friday by walking for six hours to get to the North Luzon Expressway (NLEx) where they got on a bus bound for…

by Edu Punay (The Philippine Star) – Apr 9, 2018 MANILA, Philippines — Mere approval of anomalous contracts does not automatically make government officials liable, the Supreme Court said.

DOLE to regularize 300,000 ‘endo’ employees in 2018 The Department of Labor and Employment is aiming to regularize up to 300,000 “endo” or contractual employees on less than six month deals.

Eleven percent of the total 52,280 Filipinos who have HIV and AIDS are migrant workers, a party-list representative said on Sunday.

by Lawrence Agcaoili (The Philippine Star) – Apr 8, 2018 MANILA, Philippines — Economists now see inflation surpassing the four percent upper target set by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), which may prompt monetary authorities to raise interest rates as early as this quarter.

BY THE MANILA TIMES, APR 8, 2018 THE small, vocal advocacy for the resurrection of the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP), by now Southeast Asia’s most famous white elephant, is remarkably resilient, so there is little reason to believe that yet another reality-based rejection of their cause will stop them or even slow them down.

by Patrizia Paola C. Marcelo, Businessworld, Apr 8, 2018 PHILIPPINE smartphone shipments declined by 7% to about 15 million units in 2017, the International Data Corp. (IDC) said.

ABS-CBN News, Apr 07, 2018 HomeJobs Philippines, an Australian-led job search firm, will soon launch in the Philippines to provide free platform for Filipinos who are looking to find home-based work.

by ABS-CBN News Apr 07, 2018 Nasagip ng mga pulis ang limang menor de edad mula sa isang itikan sa Pampanga Biyernes ng gabi kung saan umano sila pinagtatrabaho sa nakapanlulumong kondisyon.

World leaders urged to act as anger over inequality reaches a ‘tipping point’ by Michael Savage Policy editor, Apr 7, 2018 The world’s richest 1% are on course to control as much as two-thirds of the world’s wealth by 2030, according to a shocking analysis that has lead to a cross-party call for action.

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By GERARD NAVAL, Apr 06, 2018 JOLLIBEE Foods Corp. (JFC) may have to regularize up to 50,000 more contractual employees, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said yesterday.