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 ==[[Philippines News|News from the Philippines]]==
-*'''PHL edges up on gender gap report’s top 10 list'''
+*'''PHL ranking in B2C E-commerce index jumps four notches in 2018'''
 *Wednesday, December 19, 2018 12:32 am
-:THE PHILIPPINES edged up in the world’s top 10 and took the helm in East Asia and the Pacific in an annual report that tracks how countries have been closing the gap between women and men in more than 70 indicators in the fields of health, education, economy and politics.
+:The economy is becoming more open to supporting online shopping in the Philippines, according to the latest study from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad).
-:Spurred by a marked improvement in terms of “economic participation and opportunity,” where it moved to 14th place out of 149 countries with a score of 0.801 — on a 0-1 scale where 1 reflects gender parity — this year from 25th/140 with a 0.764 grade in 2017, the Philippines moved to eighth place overall globally from 10th last year as it score improved to 0.799 from 0.790, according to the The Global Gender Gap Report 2018 which the World Economic Forum released on Tuesday ........... [https://www.bworldonline.com/phl-edges-up-on-gender-gap-reports-top-10-list/<font size=4 color=green>Full Story»</font>]
+:In the Unctad’s B2C (business to consumer) E-commerce Index 2018, the Philippines saw a four-notch increase in its ranking to 92nd from 96th, out of 151 economies ........... [https://businessmirror.com.ph/phl-ranking-in-b2c-e-commerce-index-jumps-four-notches-in-2018/<font size=4 color=green>Full Story»</font>]
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-*'''Remittances up 8%, hit $2.76B in October'''
+*'''PHL edges up on gender gap report’s top 10 list'''
-*Tuesday, December 18, 2018
+*Wednesday, December 19, 2018 12:32 am
-:Money sent home by overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in October rose from a year earlier and the previous month, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) reported on Monday.
+:THE PHILIPPINES edged up in the world’s top 10 and took the helm in East Asia and the Pacific in an annual report that tracks how countries have been closing the gap between women and men in more than 70 indicators in the fields of health, education, economy and politics.
-:Personal remittances, which sum up the net compensation of OFWs, personal transfers whether in cash or in kind and also capital transfers between households, totaled $2.757 billion ........... [https://www.manilatimes.net/remittances-up-8-hit-2-76b-in-october/484367/<font size=4 color=green>Full Story»</font>]
+:Spurred by a marked improvement in terms of “economic participation and opportunity,” where it moved to 14th place out of 149 countries with a score of 0.801 — on a 0-1 scale where 1 reflects gender parity — this year from 25th/140 with a 0.764 grade in 2017, the Philippines moved to eighth place overall globally from 10th last year as it score improved to 0.799 from 0.790, according to the The Global Gender Gap Report 2018 which the World Economic Forum released on Tuesday ........... [https://www.bworldonline.com/phl-edges-up-on-gender-gap-reports-top-10-list/<font size=4 color=green>Full Story»</font>]
 ==Independent Philippine Cities==