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If economic, institutional reforms sustained – analyst
erage pace of about 6 percent a year over the medium-term from 2016 to 2020. If the new administration the total size of the Philippines continues to pursue economic economy is projected to grow reforms and strengthens insti- from $300 billion in 2016 to $700 tutional governance, the Philip- billion by 2025, becoming a trilpines is poised to be a leading lion-dollar economy in Us dollar emerging market in Asia by 2030 terms by 2030. with a $1trillion economy, Us“this will make the Philippines based think tank Ihs said in a one of the leading emerging marstudy released thursday. kets in Asia,” Biswas said. In an analysis, rajiv Biswas, According to the Ihs analysis, Asia-Pacific chief economist for support coming from robust reIhs, forecast that gross domestic mittance inflows and information product (GDP) will grow at an av- technology-business process by Mayvelin
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outsourcing (It-BPo) will continue. total It-BPo industry revenue is estimated to reach $25 billion in 2016, with an additional 225,000 new jobs expected to be created in 2016, led by rapid growth in healthcare-related ItBPo services. meanwhile, total remittances by overseas workers reached $25.8 billion in 2015, accounting for about 9.8 percent of GDP. “If the incoming President and the new government administra-
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California raises smoking age to 21 CALIforNIA Gov. Jerry Brown on Wednesday, may 4, signed into law a package of bills that changes the state’s legal smoking age from 18 to 21, among other new regulations. the legislation makes California the second state in the nation, following hawaii, to raise its smoking age to 21. “[these laws] will save countless lives, reduce astronomical costs to the health care system, and cost very little because it uses existing enforcement mechanisms,” said sen. ed hernandez (D-West Covina), who authored the bill to raise the purchasing age of tobacco products, on Wednesday. “today
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West Point, NY chapel returns San Pedro bell to Bauang, La Union church West PoINt, NY – the parish priest of the church, filipino officials and community members, a few cadets and parishioners took turns in ringing the san Pedro bell one last time on April 29, before it was sent back to its rightful home in Bauang, La Union after remaining for 101 years in West Point, New York. “the return of the san Pedro Bell embodies the strong bond and deep understand-
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Mayor Rodrigo Duterte and Sen. Bongbong Marcos
It’s Duterte-Marcos for Iglesia ni Cristo by Jonathan de
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IGLesIA ni Cristo-run eagle Broadcasting Corp. has reported that the influential church will support Davao City mayor rodrigo Duterte and sen. ferdinand “Bongbong” marcos Jr. in the may 9 elections. eagle News reported on its website that Duterte and marcos were included in sample ballots already distributed to members across the country. the Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) had previously declined to comment on the existence of the sample ballots. According to the report, aside from Duterte and marcos, the church is also supporting the following candidates for senator: • former technical skills education and Development Administration Director-General Joel Villanueva
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VICe President Jejomar Binay does not want to be too confident as the campaign winds down, saying he opts to run “scared” four days before the may 9 elections. In an interview on thursday, may 5, in Isabela where he took his campaign motorcade, Binay said his philosophy in politics was not to be too confident. he vowed, however, that he would still win the presidential race.
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Asked if he had done all he could in his campaign, Binay said: “It’s not enough. one of my rules in politics is that I shouldn’t be overconfident. Always running scared, which means up to the last second of the allowable campaign, we will be campaigning.” for his part, United Nationalist Alliance senato-
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PresIDeNtIAL candidate senator Grace Poe on friday, may 6, maintained that she will not withdraw from the presidential race, following the call of administration standard-bearer manuel “mar” roxas II to unite against a “looming dictatorship,” three days before the national elections. Poe said she was willing to talk to roxas, but was quick to say that she will not give way if that was what the ruling Liberal Party wanted to happen. “Kilala ko si secretary mar. Kahit naman kailan ay pwede niya akong kausapin. Ngayon, ‘yung panawa-
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Employment standards needed
AmID a rising demand for domestic work and an unprecedented elder boom, a new report from the UCLA Labor Center has found that an estimated 2 million households in California hire domestic workers for childcare, house cleaning and home care services. the report, “Profile, Practices and Needs of California’s Domestic Work employers,” was based on 501 randomly-dialed phone surveys throughout the state and is the first comprehensive study of domestic work employers. It illustrates the dependence of Californians on domestic work and that the industry still lacks standards normally implemented in other workplaces because the work is happening inside the home.
Vice President Jejomar Binay.
Poe on Roxas unity call: We can talk, but I won’t quit
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Binay: I’d rather run scared than be overconfident by MarC JaySon
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Consul General Mario L. de Leon, Jr. of the Philippine Consulate General in New York and Col. Wayne Green, chief of staff of the United States Military Academy are seen here behind the 834-pound San Pedro bell, an alloy of gold, silver and copper. The bell is now on its way to its rightful home, the Sts. Peter and Paul Parish Church in Bauang, La Union
President Benigno S. Aquino III tours and inspects the facilities of the Cold Storage Facility during the inauguration ceremony in Barangay Sabang, Calabanga, Camarines Sur on Thursday, May 5. The total size of the Philippines economy is projected to grow from $300 billion in 2016 to $700 billion by 2025, becoming a trillion-dollar economy in US dollar terms by 2030. Malacañang photo by Joseph Vidal
“In our survey, we found that 49 percent of employers didn’t research or look up information when they devised the terms of employments like pay, hours, and benefits,” said saba Waheed, research director at the UCLA Labor Center and co-author of the report. “the lack of clear standards leads to wide variations in work and pay arrangements. furthermore, according to our study, employers value domestic work and need more support.” Among key findings in the study include: 54 percent of Californians hire domestic workers for housecleaning support; 27 percent hire for homecare support; and 19 percent hire them for childcare support. It also found that the profiles of employers cut across racial ethnicity, class, gender and occupational lines. specifically, while more
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Former Interior Secretary Mar Roxas and Senator Grace Poe.