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Jollibee, Dole top firms with most number of labor-only contracting workers

May 28, 2018

Jollibee Food Corp. and Dole Philippines Inc. were found have the most number of labor-only contracting workers, a report by the labor department said Monday. Jollibee and Dole were found to have 14,960 and 10,521 affected workers, the report said.

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Immigration bans alleged South Korean sex trafficker at Clark Airport

May 28, 2018

Bureau of Immigration (BI) officers at the Clark International Airport in Pampanga intercepted a South Korean allegedly wanted in Seoul for running a prostitution ring in the Philippines. In a report Monday to Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente, OIC Deputy Commissioner

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Paranaque prosecutor faces probe for leaking resolution on Okada case

May 28, 2018

The Department of Justice will investigate the Paranaque City prosecutor handling the estafa case against Japanese tycoon Kazuo Okada for allegedly prematurely disclosing his resolution to the businessman’s “close companion” who posted it on her Facebook and Instagram accounts last

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PCC flags competition concerns in Grab-Uber transaction

May 28, 2018

The Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) has flagged competition concerns in the market amid Grab’s takeover of its main rival Uber, citing price increases and service deterioration in the merged ride-hailing app. In its statement issued Monday, the Mergers and Acquisitions

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Gov’t orders strict watch on prices, activates regional wage boards

May 27, 2018

Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez said Sunday they will arrest violators who will be caught raising prices of their goods. This after President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the Department of Trade and Industry to be vigilant against  businessmen who are taking advantage

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Sobejana installed as commander of 6th Infantry Division

May 27, 2018

Brigadier General Cirilito Sobejana assumed command of the 6th Infantry Division last Saturday, a Philippine Army press statement said Sunday. Sobejana, the former head of the Joint Task Force Sulu, replaces Lt. General Arnel dela Vega, who now heads the

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Bohol town mayor dies after being shot in cockpit

May 27, 2018

The mayor of Buenavista town in Bohol was shot in the head by two suspects inside the cockpit arena he owns Sunday afternoon, police said. In a radio interview, Senior Inspector Rolly Lauron, chief of the Buenavista municipal police, Mayor

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Alleged marijuana plantations sprouting in remote Kalinga village

May 27, 2018

BAGUIO CITY– In February 2017, the Philippine National Police (PNP) declared Kalinga province drug-free. Recently authorities have been raiding reported marijuana plantations in remote areas of the province. On Friday, agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Cordillera and local police

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