Business

Lazada, the leading eCommerce platform in Southeast Asia released its annual Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG) Impact report: Enriching Lives, Emerging Stronger for FY2023. The annual report provides more information on the progress of the company’s commitment to leverage eCommerce as a force for good,...

Manila, Philippines – Multinational technology company Grab which operates in Singapore, Malaysia, Cambodia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam, has confirmed that a number of local employees of the ride-hailing company will be affected by the announced mass layoff. Manila 2nd District...

Philippine authorities are working double time to save the jobs of 49,000 Filipino seafarers aboard European ships and the $7 billion they send home each year. This, Transportation Secretary Jaime Bautista said, comes on the heels of a European Commission’s impending action in April or May 2023 on whether or not...

The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on February 8th that the country’s unemployment rate was 4.3% in December 2022, the second lowest since April 2005 after the November 2022 unemployment rate of 4.2%. Despite 43,000 jobs being lost in the labor market, increasing the number of unemployed...