The number of self-employed Filipinos is continuously increasing, according to year-on-year data from the Social Security System (SSS). From 19.35 percent in 2009, the rate increased by 0.34 percent to 19.69 percent in 2010 before becoming 20.06 percent in 2011. Read the rest of this entry »
Number of self-employed Pinoys on the rise – SSS data
May 3, 2013
Philippines to move 100,000 squatters
January 22, 2013
MANILA: The Philippine government plans to move about 100,000 squatters from their homes on crucial waterways in Manila by June as a flood control measure and for their own safety, an official said Saturday. Read the rest of this entry »
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June 26, 2012
Japan offers $3-M grant for garbage workers
June 20, 2012
MANILA, Philippines – The Japan Social Development Fund (JSDF) has offered a $3-million grant to improve the lives of some 6,000 informal garbage workers in the Philippines. Read the rest of this entry »
Philippines to register undocumented workers
May 16, 2012
MANILA – The Philippine government said yesterday it plans to register an estimated 17 million undocumented workers so it can better address their needs. Read the rest of this entry »
BIR vows to run after tax-evading vendors
January 30, 2012
THE Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) would go after public market vendors and smaller business establishments to ensure that they are complying with the mandatory issuance of official receipt. Read the rest of this entry »
Code-NGO made a killing on bonds, group says
December 12, 2011
IN SECURING the P1.4-billion reward for helping to depose former President Joseph Estrada, Social Welfare Secretary Corazon Soliman’s Code-NGO was able to release P100 million a year for its poor members, the Freedom from Debt Coalition disclosed at a House hearing on Friday. Read the rest of this entry »
10 ways to simplify your business and save on costs
December 5, 2011
MANILA, Philippines – Simplifying business operations increases productivity, reduces costs and heightens efficiency. This allows entrepreneurs to free up and manage their time better, so they can pursue their hobbies and other passions. Read the rest of this entry »
Code-NGO, RCBC used stealth, influence to gain from bonds scam
October 25, 2011
The Caucus of Development NGO Networks (Code-NGO) formed by known backers of both former President Arroyo and President Aquino and which acted as the secretariat of Kompil II, the umbrella organization which called for the removal, impeachment and ouster of former President Joseph Estrada, and its bank partner, Rizal Commercial Banking Corp. (RCBC) of the Yuchengco group made a killing from the anomalous float of the so-called Poverty Eradication and Alleviation Certificates or PEACe bonds on Oct., 2001, using government connections, documents obtained by The Tribune showed. Read the rest of this entry »
