MANILA – With the rising misinformation and disinformation on social media and other platforms, a journalist’s guide to reporting numbers is being made available to help media workers in data gathering. The e-book, “Making it Count: A Journalist’s Guide to Numbers“, was written by experienced journalists to help budding reporters, as well as students, to wrestle...
The prospects for 2023, however, are dimming. The best scenario is for slower economic growth to rebalance supply and demand in labour markets enough to restrain wage growth and eventually reduce inflation back to the Federal's 2.0 per cent target.
A delegation from the Philippine Embassy in Ottawa and the Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) in Toronto, led by Chargé d’Affaires, a.i. Francisco Noel R. Fernandez III visited the facilities of Irving Shipbuilding in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on 19 September 2022. Human Resources Vice President Jim Rennie received the delegation. Consul ad honorem Ms. Consuelo...
With labour shortages prevalent across the country, the western province is targeting residents of Canada’s most expensive cities in a campaign to attract workers, making an affordability pitch it’s hoping will be too hard to resist.
MPs unanimously passed legislation today to temporarily double GST rebates to help low- and modest-income Canadians, and the bill will now be sent to the Senate. The federal government has been facing political pressure for months to deliver relief to Canadians who are dealing with rising inflation. Once the bill becomes law, people who are...
Thanksgiving dinner will come with a heftier price tag this year thanks to double-digit food inflation pushing up the cost of turkey, potatoes, wine, bread, and other holiday staples. An analysis of Statistics Canada data shows the cost of a classic roast turkey dinner with all the fixings will run a family of four $203.95,...
MANILA – In his first 100 days as president, Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. played the role of a “travelling salesman” by going on three foreign trips to lure foreign investors to do business in the Philippines. The trips included state visits to two Southeast Asian neighbours, Indonesia from Sept. 4 to 6; Singapore from Sept....
Buying a home has become more unaffordable for Canadians even as housing prices fall, according to new reports from the parliamentary budget officer and RBC. The PBO’s house price assessment, published on Thursday, says the average house cost is 67 percent higher than what the average household can afford — and RBC’s own report says...
Gas prices in Vancouver have hit a new high of more than $2.39 a litre at some stations, blowing past the previous peak set this summer. One gas analyst says that’s a new all-time record for North America, and expects prices to continue to rise this week. Dan McTeague, president of Canadians for Affordable Energy,...
The Philippines is a smart investment choice, and now is the best time to do business with the country, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. said Thursday. In a speech at the Philippine Economic Briefing in New York City, the President invited strategic investors in the United States to invest in the Philippines, citing the country’s...