A children's book, "Journey for Justice: The Life of Larry Itliong," by Dawn B. Mabalon, PhD with Gayle Romasanta and illustrated by Andre Sibayan will be published by Bridge + Delta Publishing early next year, reports Inquirer.net.
It turns out that the Philippine economy grew faster than initially thought from April to June this year. The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) announced on Wednesday, November 15, that it has raised the country's gross domestic product (GDP) growth for the 2nd quarter of 2017 from6.5% to 6.7%, reports Rappler.
After hitting a 5-month high in August, remittances coursed through banks by overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) fell again in September this year. Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) on Wednesday, November 15, showed that OFW cash remittances totaled $2.186 billion, a drop of 8.3% year-on-year from September 2016's $2.383 billion, reports Rappler.
Jodel Mesina (Source: Inquirer.net)
Cebu native Jodel Mesina has been crowned Miss Top of the World Plus Size during the competition held in Singapore on Monday, reports Inquirer.net.
President Donald Trump on Friday praised the Philippines' consistency in being the top Asia-Pacific country in terms of gender equality and for its "strong and devout families" during his remarks at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation CEO Summit, reports GMA News.
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.
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