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By Richmond Mercurio, Feb 18, 2017, Philstar MANILA, Philippines – After finishing flat in 2016, Philippine electronics exports are seen regaining their strength this year.

BY JING VILLAMENTE, Manial Times, Feb 18, 2017 Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Ismael “Mike” Sueno urged those who have domestic workers or kasambahays in to register them in their barangay (villages) centers.

Being out of cellphone reception is no problem if you own a satellite phone. Here’s how to never miss a call again no matter where you are in the world, and yet still keep your iPhone or Android device. By Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Feb 18, 2017 I find it pretty weird that there’s cellphone coverage on…

SMALL-SCALE OPERATIONS By: Juan Escandor Jr., Philippine Daily Inquirer, Feb 17, 2017 DAET, Camarines Norte—Some 11,000 families in the towns of Paracale and Panganiban have lost their primary source of income after the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) issued a cease-and-desist order (CDO) against mining activities…

By: Dona Z. Pazzibugan, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Feb 17, 2017 The number of indigent senior citizens who will receive a P500 monthly pension from the government will more than double this year to 2.8 million beneficiaries from 1.3 million beneficiaries last year.

By Ian Nicolas P. Cigaral, Businessworld, Feb 17, 2017 SECRETARY Liza L. Maza, head of the National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC), yesterday said the government’s conditional cash transfer (CCT) program will not address poverty in the country and should be eventually phased out.

by E.J.C. Tubayan, Businessworld, Feb 17, 2017 THE FINANCE department will issue tax refunds to minimum wage earners as soon as possible, following the high court’s decision to nullify the regulation that taxes their supposed exemptions.

Jacy Marmaduke, Feb 17, 2017 The Environmental Protection Agency is considering more restrictions on the use of asbestos, the cancer-causing fiber that’s more common in Fort Collins than you might expect.

By Wilma C. Inventor-Miranda, Feb 16, 2017 Among the predictions for outsourcing in 2017, what stands out and seem the most common is the uncertainty hanging over the industry. This uncertainty is traced to the victory of Donald J. Trump at the US elections and the victory of the leave-the-European Union movement or Brexit. With…

By: Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Victor Anthony V. Silva @cebudailynews, Feb 16th, 2017 AFTER their proposal for a P150 minimum wage increase was brought down to the approved P13 wage hike for Central Visayas, the disappointed labor groups in Cebu said they would lobby in Congress for the scrapping of the voting power of representatives…

ABS-CBN News, Feb 16 2017 MANILA – Salary increases in the private sector are slowing down as employers hold off on adjustments to make sure top performers are rewarded, according to a survey released Thursday.

By: Ben O. de Vera, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Feb 16, 2017 Cash sent home through banks by Filipinos living and working abroad hit a new record high of $2.56 billion in December last year on the back of an improving global economy such that the end-2016 growth rate exceeded the government’s target.

Feb 16, 2017 2016 was a successful year for clean energy. How will 2017 shape up? I make 5 predictions based on last year’s numbers and trends. My first prediction is that we will see solar energy prices plummet further. Last year brought astonishingly low tariffs for solar generation. This was a pleasant surprise. No…

Feb 16, 2017 2016 was a successful year for clean energy. How will 2017 shape up? I make 5 predictions based on last year’s numbers and trends.

by Ryan Teague Beckwith, Feb 16, 2017 When Joe Roseman, a retirement-planning expert in Charlotte, N.C., meets with a new client, there’s one bit of information he wants to know first. It’s not how much they have saved, and it’s not when they want to retire. It’s how long their parents and grandparents lived.

by AMTODAY, Feb. 15, 2017 NBC News medical contributor Dr. Natalie Azar joins Kathie Lee Gifford and Dean Cain to share important takeaways from recent medical studies that can improve your overall health, including fitness tips for busy women, a surprising solution for high cholesterol, new advice on treating back pain, the latest sleep research…

Smart machines are clearly having an impact — including giving workers tools to make their professional lives easier By Bob Violino, Feb 15, 2017 What impact will artificial intelligence (AI) have on the workforce? Will smart machines really replace a large number of people in a variety of jobs?

By Delon Porcalla (The Philippine Star), Feb 15, 2017 MANILA, Philippines – Former president and now House Deputy Speaker Gloria Arroyo has filed a bill that seeks to provide additional tax exemption for taxpayers who take care of their elderly parents.

By Keith Richard D. Mariano, Businessworld, Feb 15, 2017 UNCERTAINTIES over the grant of incentives to business process outsourcing (BPO) firms have weighed on the Philippine office market, according to a property consultancy, as the government’s investment priority shifts away from service exports.

By Gilbert Bayoran (The Philippine Star), Feb 15, 2017 BACOLOD CITY, Philippines – A firefighter was electrocuted as he and his colleagues were putting out a fire that destroyed 13 houses in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental on Monday.

New ILO-Eurofound report shows that the use of modern communication technologies facilitates a better overall work-life balance but, at the same time, also blurs the boundaries between work and personal life. Press release | 15 February 2017 GENEVA / BRUSSELS (ILO News) – The expanding use of digital technologies such as smartphones, tablets, laptops and…

by Kathy Bloomgarden, 15 Feb 2017 Women who aspire to reach the top of the corporate ladder work very hard to get there. I think the biggest misconception at this point is thinking they’ve made it when they reach a top role. Actually, the hard work is about to get even harder.

PART 1: Despite ASEAN’s decade-long intention to protect migrant workers in the region, nothing has been done for the undocumented labor migrants, who continue to endure hardships in silence BY CAMILLE ELEMIA, Rappler, Feb 12, 2017 Part 1 of 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – Filipina domestic helpers Erika*, 37, and Fe*, 34, face their daily…

Failure is not an option. Failure is the goal. And fear of failure is the enemy. By Scott Santens Almost two centuries ago an idea was born with such explanatory power that it created shock waves across all of human society and whose aftershocks we’re still feeling to this day. It’s so simple and yet…

By BusinessMirror, Feb 14, 2017 Contractual employment is often perceived as temporary. And with this comes the belief that it doesn’t offer any advancement options—your career is only as good as the length of your tenure. But these are all misconceptions according to the Philippine Association of Legitimate Service Contractors (Palscon), an association of legitimate…

By Alex Magno (The Philippine Star), Feb 14, 2017 When President Rodrigo Duterte lifted government’s ceasefire declaration and ordered the troops to prepare for battle, the communists misread his intent.

by Carmel V. Abao, Businessworld, Feb 14, 2017 The marching orders of President Duterte are clear and unequivocal: end “endo” and “5-5-5.” “Endo” and “5-5-5” are colloquial terms for illegal contractualization where the “end of contract” is deliberately and repeatedly set by employers at five months — often with the aid of third party service…

By: Tetch Torres-Tupas, INQINQUIRER.net, Feb 14, 2017 The Supreme Court (SC) has ordered the Department of Finance (DOF) and the Bureau of Internal (BIR) to grant a refund or a claim for tax credits to taxpayers whose incomes for taxable year 2008 have been subjected to prorated increase in personal and additional tax exemption.

By VIRGIL LOPEZ, GMA News, Feb 14, 2017 Minimum wage earners may soon get a tax refund from the government. This developed after the Supreme Court (SC) ordered the Department of Finance (DOF) and Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to grant a refund or tax credit to all individual taxpayers whose incomes in 2008 were…