Citing steep price hikes, DOLE orders wage review

Hi Edward, Here are the most important news that you need to know.     Citing steep price hikes, DOLE orders wage review The Department of Labor and Employment (Dole) has ordered the regional wage boards to review whether another round of increase for the country’s 4 million minimum wage earners could be imposed next year to cushion the impact of soaring prices of food and other basic commodities.     Inquirer Plus offers FREE 30 day trial   Sino rocket debris found in PH waters A wreckage from a rocket carrying payload to China’s Tiangong Space Station was found on Monday in the waters near Busuanga Island in Palawan province.     UPGRADES The Armed Forces of the Philippines formally receives equipment acquired from Israel (a medium-range ground-based air defense system) and from Spain (a C295 aircraft). President Marcos (inset) talks with Israeli Ambassador Ilan Fluss at the rites held on Tuesday at Basa Air Base, Pampanga. The deals for these two acquisitions were signed during the Duterte administration. —MARIANNE BERMUDEZ   LEARN MORE   Expat gets 129 years for child sex abuse CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY—A local court has sentenced an Australian national to 129 years in prison for sexual offenses against children, mostly committed here and in the cities of Surigao and Malaybalay in 2012.      Opinion: Reclaiming our rightful place In the past few years, the country failed to capitalize on the potential benefits that multilateral summits offered, no thanks to the self-sabotaging words and actions of President Duterte who, in making himself a pariah among respected world leaders, dragged the Philippines to the same ignominious standing, as well.        © 2022 PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you are subscribed to Inquirer Newsletters. Unsubscribe