Difference between revisions of "Cities of the Philippines"

*'''PHL edges up on gender gap report’s top 10 list'''

: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.

: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>]

*'''Remittances up 8%, hit $2.76B in October'''

*Tuesday, December 18, 2018  

: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.

: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>]