Philreca Party-list Rep. Presley de Jesus (left), Santa Rosa City lone district Rep. Dan Fernandez (PPAB) The Energy Regulatory Commission's (ERC) past "failure" to carry out a timely rate reset--which had been detrimental to...
Job seekers attend one of Makati's job fairs. A total of 14,710 individuals were hired in 2024 through Makati's Job Referral and Placement Program spearheaded by its Public Employment Service Office (PESO), Makati Mayor Abby Binay said on Monday, Feb. 3. From January to December last year, 14,710...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $500 million policy-based loan to support the Philippine government's efforts in enhancing labor market programs and promoting job creation. In a statement on Thursday, Jan. 30, ADB said the program aims to improve the productivity and employability...
Inspired by the Jobstreet Career Con, which aims to link 15,000 job seekers to companies, President Marcos bared plans to make such large job fair every month in various places in the country. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. graces this year’s Jobstreet Career Con, dubbed 'Creating...
Cagayan de Oro City 2nd district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez (Facebook) Cagayan de Oro City 2nd district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez was up in arms after his House colleague tried to cite draft documents during a recent motu proprio inquiry on the performance of...
ILOILO CITY – This city had the second highest inflation rate in the country last December but a bank executive sees this as a sign of the growth and development here. EASTWEST CEO Jerry Ngo (right) and Chief Investment Officer Bede Gomez speak during an economic briefing in Iloilo...
Local companies might struggle to retain employees as six out of 10 Filipino workers are dissatisfied with their current jobs, prompting them to seek new employment despite fierce competition for talent in the country, a global study revealed. “Almost two-thirds of employees told us they were in...
DAVAO CITY – The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao logged a 1.3 percent inflation rate in December 2024, the second lowest in the country, the Philippine Statistics Authority said. FRESHWATER fish sold on the side of the highway in Pagalungan, Maguindanao del Sur. (Keith Bacongco)...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (PPAB) House Speaker Martin Romualdez credited the Marcos administration’s economic policies for the decline in unemployment and underemployment figures. In a statement on Friday, Jan. 10, Romualdez says this...
ILOILO CITY – This city logged the second highest inflation rate in the country last month with 5.4 percent. The Philippine Statistics Authority said Iloilo City is next to Cagayan, with 5.7 percent, among 100 provinces and highly urbanized cities with high inflation rate in December. A VIEW...
ILOILO CITY – The inflation rate in Western Visayas went up by 0.2 percent from 3.2 percent in November to 3.4 percent in December. PEOPLE buy goods in a market in Jaro, Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) “The uptrend in the Western Visayas inflation rate in December 2024 was mainly due to the faster...
John Louie Abrina/Manila Bulletin A Social Weather Stations (SWS) non-commissioned survey released on Wednesday, Jan. 8 revealed that Filipino families considering themselves poor increased to 63 percent in the fourth quarter of 2024–the highest self-rated poverty in 21 years. In the survey...
