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MANILA, Dec. 11 (PNA) — The government vows to create more quality jobs for Filipinos before the Aquino administration steps down by mid-2016, said National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) Assistant Director General Rosemarie G. Edillon. At the Kapihan ng Media ng Bayan on Friday, Edillon said more than generating jobs, the quality of employment will help in alleviating poverty. “Our focus is to address underemployment,” she added. The official noted that the Labor Force Survey […]
MANILA, Dec. 12 — Due to the adverse effects of El Niño and continued weakening of demand from China, the manufacturing sector slightly declined in October 2015, but is expected to recover in the coming months and years ahead, according to the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA). In the Philippine Statistics Authority’s Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries for September 2015, the manufacturing sector’s Volume of Production Index decreased by 1.8 percent while its […]
Honduran soccer player Arnold Peralta was shot to death in a mall parking lot on Thursday (December 10) by unknown assailants as he entered a car, police said, ruling out robbery as a motive in the killing. Peralta, a 26-year-old mid-fielder who played for Honduras’s most popular club Olimpia and who was on the national team, was shot by several men outside a shopping center in the port city of La Ceiba 115 miles (185 […]
As negotiators in Paris creep closer to a deal on moving the world towards a low-carbon energy system, Chinese coal towns, already hit by a slide in prices, are facing a crisis. In Jixi, a coal town less than 20 miles from the Russian border, mines lie abandoned and workers say they haven’t been paid for months. “Coal these days is not doing well, it’s all going down, the price is really low, workers’ salaries […]
The full-length film “Walang Take Two” or “No Second Take” has been nominated at the world acclaimed International Filmmaker Festival of World Cinema London 2016! “Walang Take Two” is a project of INCinema, which in turn is a project of the Iglesia Ni Cristo that aims to develop the talents of church members interested in film-making. “Walang Take Two” is about a young man, Hapi, who decided that he wants to be a filmmaker and […]
The unemployment rate fell to a record low 5.6 % in October (Paywall), having been 6.5 % inb September. Data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showed, the umemployment rate in the Philippines continued to decline in October this year as more Filipinos found jobs amid the country’s strong economic growth. But worryingly, exports fell 10.8 % year-on-year in October, versus expectations of a 3.3 % fall. (Eagle News Service) https://youtu.be/oMFjbl39C2Y
The Filipino movie “Felix Manalo” had its premiere in another European country, this time it’s in the Netherlands. (Eagle News Service Malou Francisco)
The Department of Health advised the public to become wise and to ensure the safety of their children in purchasing gifts this holiday season. The agency said a good toy is one that should be suitable to the child’s physical abilities and mental and social development. DOH also reminded the parents to ensure that the child will only play with a toy suited for his or her age. And when choosing for a toy, a […]
The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) on Monday, December 7 announced that the implementation of the gun ban for the national 2016 elections will start on January 10, 2016 and will end on June 8. During the period of election gun ban, it is also prohibited to avail services of security personnel and transporting any firearms and deadly weapons including its spare parts. (Eagle News Service)
Crude dipped below $40 a barrel this week and traders are warning that a new round of low prices could be here to stay, at least for a while. Oil is emerging as, possibly, one of 2016’s biggest financial risks. (Eagle News Service) https://youtu.be/N1r6_NzgGB4
The U.S.-led coalition fighting Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria has killed the group’s finance minister and two other senior leaders in air strikes in recent weeks, a U.S. military spokesman said on Thursday (December 10). Army Colonel Steve Warren told a Pentagon briefing that coalition strikes had killed Abu Salah, Islamic State’s financial minister, as well as a senior leader responsible for coordinating the group’s extortion activities and another leader who acted as […]
Hundreds of activists rallied on Thursday (December 10) in front of Donald Trump’s hotel in midtown New York City to condemn the Republican 2016 presidential candidate’s call to bar Muslims temporarily from entering the United States. Chanting “Dump Trump” and “refugees welcome,” the protesters castigated Trump’s comments. “There shouldn’t be a number on how many Syrians should be allowed into this country and Islamophobia and Arabphobia and Xenophobia and all of it, it’s becoming a real […]
