Windows26: Employers: A catastrophe to grant P100 wage hike

February 16, 2024

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Employers: A catastrophe to grant P100 wage hike

It would be a catastrophe to increase the daily minimum wage by P100 as it could cause prices of goods to spiral higher, according to the Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP).

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WB study to decide pay hike for teachers – DepEd

The results of a World Bank study — expected to be released in a "few weeks" — would be the basis of the position of the Department of Education on the wage increase for teachers, according to DepEd Undersecretary Michael Poa.

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Pope laments: Why bare all on social media?

Pope Francis has criticized people's tendency to lay bare their lives on social media, deploring "a world in which everything, including our emotions and deepest feelings, has to become 'social.'"

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