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By Jose C. Sison (The Philippine Star), Mar 10, 2017 There is really something weird and absurd in the recent move of Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief “Bato” Dela Rosa inviting priests to join in the resumption of war on drugs through Oplan Tokhang part 2. It is virtually asking the priests to join the…

Economic integration has not improved promised legal protections JOHN KRICH, Mar 10, 2017 SINGAPORE — From the very outset, Myint’s search for work to support her family had to be conducted outside the law. Like thousands before her, the frightened young woman from Myanmar was recruited by a Yangon labor agency in defiance of a…

Our changing economy has given rise to a nation of freelancers and contractors—and the need for a twenty-first-century social contract. By Nick Hanauer and David Rolf The American middle class is facing an existential crisis. For more than three decades, declining wages, fraying benefits, and the rising costs of education, housing, and other essentials have…

by John McDermott, Mar 9, 2017 It’s harder to get credit when your boss never sees you. The eternal debate over whether to work from home or go into the office took an interesting turn last week in light of new research out of the University of Iowa.

By Jojo Maharlika, Mar 9, 2017 In a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) signed by DOLE and IOM, a two year project on the adoption of a national master plan for migrant reintegration will be implemented.

March 09, 2017 Water and electric power plants don’t mix well naturally, unless you add some wind. Water tends to corrode and short out circuits. So what’s happening in the the renewable energy industry, where developers are putting jumbo-jet sized wind turbines into stormy seas, is at the very least an engineering miracle.

By: Aie Balagtas See, Leila B. Salaverria, Marlon Ramos, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Mar 08, 2017 President Duterte, known as “Superman” to a confessed hit man of the so-called Davao Death Squad when he was mayor of Davao City, is taking on Mighty Corp., a Filipino cigarette manufacturer accused of massive tax evasion.

By Jarius Bondoc (The Philippine Star), Mar 8, 2017 Peace talks between the government and communist rebels were going well when everything suddenly collapsed. Too bad, since the two sides already had inked three major agreements in three months in Oslo and Rome. Still, President Rodrigo Duterte had to call it all off. Guerrillas in…

By: Tina G. Santos, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Mar 07, 2017 The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on Tuesday deferred anew the issuance of the Department Order (DO) draft on contractualization. This came after the labor and management groups asked for four days “to discuss their fundamental differences,” said Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III after…

INQUIRER.net, Mar 07, 2017 A Filipina domestic helper holding a counterfeit passport injured herself after attempting to flee her abusive employer in Kuwait.

By Elmer Recuerdo, Businessmirror, Mar 7, 2017 TACLOBAN CITY—Minimum-wage earners in Eastern Visayas get an increase of between P10 and P25 in daily income based on their sectoral classification. The labor department in the region is urging business establishments to comply to this.

YenAnonymous March 06, 2017 The Senate on Monday, March 06, approved on third and final reading a bill which seeks to expand the maternity leave to 120 days with 22 affirmative votes and zero negative votes.

Recruits complain of false promises, unpaid salaries, poor living conditions in Isabela bioethanol facility Philippine Daily Inquirer, Mar 06, 2017 CAUAYAN CITY—As many as 112 sugarcane workers were taken from a bioethanol plantation on Friday night by a team formed to combat human trafficking in Isabela.

By Richmond Mercurio (The Philippine Star), Mar 6, 2017 MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines’ manufacturing revival will be in full swing this year as the Board of Investments (BOI) expects the share of manufacturing projects in the agency’s total approved investments to double.

By Cecille Suerte Felipe (The Philippine Star), Mar 6, 2017 MANILA, Philippines – Cybercrime cases continue to rise with the upsurge in the number of internet users in the country, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said yesterday.

by Mauricio Armellini, Mar 6, 2017 This post highlights some of the possible economic implications of the so-called “Fourth Industrial Revolution” — whereby the use of new technologies and artificial intelligence (AI) threatens to transform entire industries and sectors. Some economists have argued that, like past technical change, this will not create large-scale unemployment, as…

By Charles Kenny, Mar 6, 2017 While the U.S. remains lukewarm about nuclear power, shutting down plants as much as it is opening new ones, the developing world is rapidly adding capacity. Ten new plants came online in 2016, nine of them in the developing world, supporting the largest addition of nuclear power since 1990.…

By Jason Schenker, Mar 6, 2017 In the debate about the impact of automation and robotics on the future of work, there is often a reductive push toward a Robocalypse, in which machines take all of the jobs. While a total displacement of humans is unlikely, a number of different types of jobs face an…

By: Maila Ager, INQINQUIRER.net, Mar 06, 2017 The Senate has approved on third and final reading a bill that would raise the maternity leave period of female workers in the government and private sectors to 120 days or four months.

by Aytch Dela Cruz, Mar 5, 2017 The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) urged the public anew to report all cases of human trafficking through its hotline number 1343 in its continuing and intensified campaign against the crime.

by Shelly Palmer, Mar 5, 2017 Last week, I compiled a list of the 5 jobs robots will take first. Today, let’s have a go at the 5 jobs robots will take last. For this article only, let’s define “robots” as technologies, such as machine learning algorithms running on purpose-built computer platforms, that have been…

By ANNA FELICIA BAJO, GMA News, Mar 4, 2017 Human rights groups noted little progress in implementing and enforcing reforms aimed at improving investigations and prosecutions of suspected human rights violations, the US State Department said in a report on Saturday.

Saturday, Mar 04, 2017 An agreement to enhance trade linkages and foster sustainable, inclusive and innovative growth marked a positive wrap-up to the first Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM 1) and other related APEC meetings on Friday.

by Catarina Saraiva and Michelle Jamrisko, Mar 3, 2017 Read the article here.

India Infoline News Service, Mar 03, 2017 In US, both the Democratic and Republican parties have come together to reintroduce the US Call Center and Consumer Protection Act, to prevent transfer of American jobs overseas and also, to incentivise companies that have their call centers in US.

By Robert Jimison, CNN, Mar 3, 2017 The CDC reports that mesothelioma deaths increased from 2,479 in 1999 to 2,597 in 2015 Mesothelioma can develop 20 to 50 years after exposure , expert says (CNN)Researchers at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are struggling to understand why younger populations continue to suffer asbestos-related…

by Nina Bhatia and John Drew, June 2006 Governments at all levels must deliver more for less. The principles of lean manufacturing offer surprisingly apt solutions. Governments around the world want to deliver better education, better health care, better pensions, and better transportation services. They know that impatient electorates expect to see change, and fast.…

Kristine Angeli Sabillo, Inquirer.net, Mar 3, 2017 European Union (EU) Ambassador Franz Jessen on Thursday called for speedy negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the EU and the Philippines to create the “best possible enabling environment” for business.

By Karl Lester M Yap, Bloomberg, Mar 2, 2017 Fast-growing emerging economies in Asia are grappling with the conundrum that a boom brings: hordes of villagers flocking to cities only for many of them to end up living in slums.