Family-owned companies continue to dominate the Philippine business landscape, according to a report by Credit Suisse Research Institute that showed the country ranking 11th globally in terms of number of family-run firms, reports Interaksyon.
According to the British Council Philippines' The State of Social Enterprise in the Philippines report, there are now around 164,473 social enterprises in the country and 1 in 4 social enterprises operating here is led by a millennial, or a person born in the '80s and the '90s, reports Rappler.
Two hotel operators, two credit companies, a logistics firm and a gift certificate company were selected as among the best employers in the Philippines this year by consulting firm AON Hewitt, report ABS CBN News.
The Philippines' rule of law rating dropped in the scorecard used by the United States to determine if a country can receive aid from its Millennium Challenge Corporation, reports Rappler..
Shibby De Guzman and Bretman Rock (Source: CNN Philippines)
Two Filipinos, high school student protester Shibby de Guzman and a Hawaii-based video online sensation Bretman Rock are among Time Magazine’s “30 Most Influential Teens of 2017,” reports CNN Philippines.
The Philippines fell 3 notches – from 7th place last year to 10th place – in the ranking of the Global Gender Gap report in 2017. The report was released by the World Economic Forum (WEF), reports Rappler.
New satellite images show China is still developing facilities in contested waters in the South China Sea, according to a report by Reuters TV/ABS CBN News.
Senator Leila De Lima (Source: Inquirer.net)
Liberal International (LI) has awarded its “highest human rights honor,” Prize for Freedom, to jailed Senator Leila De Lima, the second Filipino to have won the award after former President Corazon Aquino in 1987. LI described De Lima as a “political prisoner, reports Inquirer.net
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