DOLE said the government has already repatriated over 400k OFWs, who were affected by Covid-19. @BusinessMirror pic.twitter.com/mjOCc6d3ZL — Samuel Medenilla (@sam_medenilla) January 17, 2021
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President Donald Trump’s address to Congress did little to move markets, largely because it contained few new details on his economic or trade plans, which have been key drivers of global currencies, bonds and stocks in recent weeks. “It was, predictably, long on rhetoric, short on substance,” said Ray Attrill, the global head of currency…
There are reasons to be worried about the head of Donald Trump’s new National Trade Council http://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21715017-there-are-reasons-be-worried-about-head-donald-trumps-new-national-trade-council-peter?fsrc=scn/tw/te/bl/ed/peternavarroisabouttobecomeoneoftheworldsmostpowerfuleconomists, Jan 21st 2017 THE day after Ronald Reagan won his second term as president in 1984, a doctoral student at Harvard University published his second book. “The Policy Game: How Special Interests and Ideologues are Stealing America” complained…
Jeff Cox, CNBC, Jan 19, 2017 George Soros thinks President-elect Donald Trump will fail — and that will be just fine with the billionaire investor and supporter of progressive causes.
An internal memo outlines plans to slash budgets by 30 percent at SEIU, the group behind the Fight for $15. by Josh Eidelson, Bloomberg, December 27, 2016 In a clear sign that labor unions are bracing for lean times under Donald Trump, the massive Service Employees International Union is planning for a 30 percent budget…
By Ami Miyazaki and Tom Westbrook, November 22, 2016, http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-tpp-idUSKBN13H0OT?utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&utm_content=58349de704d3011591ab15c0&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter An ambitious Asia-Pacific trade pact linking the United States and 11 countries lay in tatters on Tuesday after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said he would kill the deal on his first day in office on Jan. 20.
Tae Kim | @firstadopter, 18 November 2016, CNBC.com From higher fiscal spending to rising inflation, Goldman Sachs’ economic research team gave investors its favorite 2017 predictions for the markets and global economies Thursday. Many of the investment bank’s projections were directly impacted by the surprising election of Donald Trump and his stated economic policies.
By Melissa Luz T. Lopez, Businessworld, November 15, 2016 A SHIFT to anti-immigrant policies in the United States could pose risks to the Philippines’ credit rating, as it could disrupt remittance flows that have been supporting strong domestic consumption, Moody’s Investors Service said in a report.
By Lawrence Agcaoili (The Philippine Star), November 14, 2016 MANILA, Philippines – Nomura said the shocking victory of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump last week may slash the projected economic growth of countries in the Asia Pacific region including the Philippines by as much as 50 percentage points next year.
Donald Trump’s presidency sets the stage for future (and potentially lasting) economic hardships for Filipinos across the globe by JC Punongbayan, November 12, 2016 Donald Trump’s win has shocked the world, and the Philippines will inevitably feel the consequences one way or another.
BY MATTHEW COOPER, 11/9/16, http://www.newsweek.com/2016/11/18/donald-trump-white-working-class-voters-election-2016-519095.html
It’s women’s month!
“Support women every day of the year!”
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.
Accept National Unity Government
(NUG) of Myanmar.
Reject Military!
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Monthly Observances:
Women’s Role in History Month
Weekly Observances:
Week 1: Environmental Week
Women’s Week
Week 3: Philippine Industry and Made-in-the-Philippines
Products Week
Last Week: Protection and Gender-Fair Treatment
of the Girl Child Week
Daily Observances:
March 8: Women’s Rights and
International Peace Day;
National Women’s Day
Mar 4— Employee Appreciation Day
Mar 15 — World Consumer Rights Day
Mar 18 — Global Recycling Day
Mar 21 — International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Mar 23 — International Day for the Right to the Truth concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims
Mar 25 — International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
Mar 27 — Earth Hour