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by Preciosa S. Soliven (The Philippine Star), 31 Oct 2019 (Part II of “Model Occupational Skills Training for SHS and Unemployed Adults”) The 1991 Congressional-Senate Education Commission (EDCOM) Survey of Philippine schools was undertaken to fulfill education gaps as well as the 1990 Philippine ratification of the Convention of the Rights of the Child. The…

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by Mary Grace Padin (The Philippine Star) – Sept 16, 2019 MANILA, Philippines — The Duterte administration’s Build Build Build program generated about three million additional jobs last year, according to the Department of Finance (DOF).

by ABS-CBN News, Aug 04 2019 Mistulang hamon ang paghahanap ng trabaho para kina Paula Dairo at Rachelle Olayer, na kapuwa katatapos ng kursong welding sa Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA).

by (Philexport News and Features), Aug 2, 2019 THE Philippines has to take decisive action to prepare for the challenges that new forces—technology, climate change and demography—are bringing to the world of work, according to the head of the International Labor Organization (ILO)-Philippines.

By: Daxim L. Lucas, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 5 Jun 2019 MANILA, Philippines–An estimated 1.3 million jobs were created over the past 12 months allowing the Philippines to log an employment rate of 94.9 percent — the highest among all April rounds of the Labor Force Survey since 2009 — the government said on Wednesday.

BY GLEE JALEA, Manila Times, May 20, 2019 The United States Agency for International Development (USAid) and the Philippine Business for Education (PBed) launched on Friday a P1.8-billion recruitment program exclusively for unemployed and out-of-school youth.

By: Cielito F. Habito, Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 03, 2019 In July 2016, when President Duterte assumed the presidency, the Philippine Statistics Authority’s quarterly Labor Force Survey (LFS) counted 40,974,000 employed persons in the country. The latest figure, for January 2019, is 41,368,000. Simple arithmetic shows that 394,000 net new jobs came about in the…

‘I thought my life is going nowhere. Thanks to JobStart, I got hope,’ says teenage father Stonelieh Constante of the DOLE’s program in Bicol by Mavic Conde, Rappler, Feb 6, 2019 LEGAZPI CITY, Philippines – For out-of-school youth (OSY) and those who were unable to finish their studies, landing a full-time job can be tough…

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By Samuel P. Medenilla, Business Mirror, Dec 26, 2018 About 7 million jobs are expected to be generated in Key Employment Generating (KEG) industries by 2022, according to a new report by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE).

The Department of Labor and Employment warns that the industry and services sector would take a hit should the Trabaho bill push through by Ralf Rivas, Rappler, Sep 25, 2018 MANILA, Philippines – An official of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) warned that the Tax Reform for Attracting Better and Higher Quality Opportunities…

By Elijah Felice Rosales, BusinessMirror, Sept 18, 2018 The semiconductors industry group said one of the country’s top export revenue earners could be forced to lay off 140,000 workers once fiscal incentives are rationalized under the second round of tax reforms.

The ‘Trabaho’ tax bill, explained The Tax Reform for Attracting Better and Higher Quality Opportunities Bill — or the Trabaho bill, for short — is the second package of the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) law.

‘The tax reform measures being put forth will reverse the progress…attained thus far,’ says the Philippine Ecozones Association by Ralf Rivas, Aug 30, 2018 MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine Ecozones Association (Philea) warned that the Tax Reform for Attracting Better and High-Quality Opportunities (Trabaho) bill would have a negative impact on foreign direct investments in…

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By: Ben O. de Vera – Reporter / @bendeveraINQ Philippine Daily Inquirer, Jun 05, 2018 The jobless rate slightly declined to 5.5 percent in April although underemployment inched up to 17 percent, the government reported Tuesday.

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 Ferdinand Patinio, PNA | Dec 26, 2017, MANILA – The business process outsourcing (BPO) industry is still the biggest generator of jobs, according to the internet-based job and applicant matching system of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE).

by Ronnel W. Domingo, Inquirer, Aug 2, 2017 Job growth in large Metro Manila enterprises improved in the first quarter of 2017 as improvements were seen across the three major sectors of the economy, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority.

By Richmond Mercurio (The Philippine Star), Apr 18, 2017 MANILA, Philippines – Employers are backing measures that propose to give perks to firms that fill vacancies with qualified persons with disabilities (PWDs).

By Cai Ordinario , Businessmirror, Apr 3, 2017 Over a quarter of the country’s total employed workers are street vendors, laborers and domestic helpers, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).

Businessworld, Mar 29, 2017 THE IMPLEMENTING rules and regulations (IRR) for the amended law on employment of students has been signed and issued by the Department of Labor and Employment, the government’s Philippine Information Agency reported yesterday. Under the Special Program for Employment of Students (SPES), contained in Republic Act No. 10917, the age qualification…

Here are the top paying jobs for fresh graduates and which schools companies hire from the most Vernise L. Tantuco, Mar 15, 2017 MANILA, Philippines – Fresh graduates working in law, healthcare-related industries, and journalism are the highest paid, according to Jobstreet’s 2017 Fresh Graduates Report. Jobstreet Philippines country manager Philip Gioca presented the report…

By Roderick Abad, Businessmirror, Feb 23, 2017 EMPLOYEES are not too overwhelmed by the bonus they get from their companies as the employees perceive it to be very rewarding, JobStreet.com said. As per the Bonuses Report 2017 of the jobs portal, only 51 percent of employees believe that the guaranteed bonuses they receive are on…

by Danica M. Uy, Businessworld, Jan, 17, 2017 THE GOVERNMENT needs to address the quality of jobs available to workers despite the greater availability of work, economists said. On average, underemployment in the Philippines since 2010 has remained steady, with the recent high at 19.3% in 2013. In October 2016 underemployment was 18.0%, rising from…