Monthly Archives: February 2017

by AMTODAY, Feb. 15, 2017 NBC News medical contributor Dr. Natalie Azar joins Kathie Lee Gifford and Dean Cain to share important takeaways from recent medical studies that can improve your overall health, including fitness tips for busy women, a surprising solution for high cholesterol, new advice on treating back pain, the latest sleep research…

Smart machines are clearly having an impact — including giving workers tools to make their professional lives easier By Bob Violino, Feb 15, 2017 What impact will artificial intelligence (AI) have on the workforce? Will smart machines really replace a large number of people in a variety of jobs?

By Delon Porcalla (The Philippine Star), Feb 15, 2017 MANILA, Philippines – Former president and now House Deputy Speaker Gloria Arroyo has filed a bill that seeks to provide additional tax exemption for taxpayers who take care of their elderly parents.

By Keith Richard D. Mariano, Businessworld, Feb 15, 2017 UNCERTAINTIES over the grant of incentives to business process outsourcing (BPO) firms have weighed on the Philippine office market, according to a property consultancy, as the government’s investment priority shifts away from service exports.

By Gilbert Bayoran (The Philippine Star), Feb 15, 2017 BACOLOD CITY, Philippines – A firefighter was electrocuted as he and his colleagues were putting out a fire that destroyed 13 houses in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental on Monday.

New ILO-Eurofound report shows that the use of modern communication technologies facilitates a better overall work-life balance but, at the same time, also blurs the boundaries between work and personal life. Press release | 15 February 2017 GENEVA / BRUSSELS (ILO News) – The expanding use of digital technologies such as smartphones, tablets, laptops and…

by Kathy Bloomgarden, 15 Feb 2017 Women who aspire to reach the top of the corporate ladder work very hard to get there. I think the biggest misconception at this point is thinking they’ve made it when they reach a top role. Actually, the hard work is about to get even harder.

PART 1: Despite ASEAN’s decade-long intention to protect migrant workers in the region, nothing has been done for the undocumented labor migrants, who continue to endure hardships in silence BY CAMILLE ELEMIA, Rappler, Feb 12, 2017 Part 1 of 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – Filipina domestic helpers Erika*, 37, and Fe*, 34, face their daily…

Failure is not an option. Failure is the goal. And fear of failure is the enemy. By Scott Santens Almost two centuries ago an idea was born with such explanatory power that it created shock waves across all of human society and whose aftershocks we’re still feeling to this day. It’s so simple and yet…

By BusinessMirror, Feb 14, 2017 Contractual employment is often perceived as temporary. And with this comes the belief that it doesn’t offer any advancement options—your career is only as good as the length of your tenure. But these are all misconceptions according to the Philippine Association of Legitimate Service Contractors (Palscon), an association of legitimate…

By Alex Magno (The Philippine Star), Feb 14, 2017 When President Rodrigo Duterte lifted government’s ceasefire declaration and ordered the troops to prepare for battle, the communists misread his intent.

by Carmel V. Abao, Businessworld, Feb 14, 2017 The marching orders of President Duterte are clear and unequivocal: end “endo” and “5-5-5.” “Endo” and “5-5-5” are colloquial terms for illegal contractualization where the “end of contract” is deliberately and repeatedly set by employers at five months — often with the aid of third party service…

By: Tetch Torres-Tupas, INQINQUIRER.net, Feb 14, 2017 The Supreme Court (SC) has ordered the Department of Finance (DOF) and the Bureau of Internal (BIR) to grant a refund or a claim for tax credits to taxpayers whose incomes for taxable year 2008 have been subjected to prorated increase in personal and additional tax exemption.

By VIRGIL LOPEZ, GMA News, Feb 14, 2017 Minimum wage earners may soon get a tax refund from the government. This developed after the Supreme Court (SC) ordered the Department of Finance (DOF) and Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to grant a refund or tax credit to all individual taxpayers whose incomes in 2008 were…

By: Maila Ager, INQINQUIRER.net, Feb 14, 2017 Annoyed by a person who persistently asks for your name and contact details? Such act, among others, would be penalized if a bill filed by Senator Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday is passed into law.

“What to do about mass unemployment is going to be a massive social challenge,” Musk says. BY RYAN BORT, Feb 13, 2017 Elon Musk has come under fire recently for his decision to remain on President Donald Trump’s economic advisory council and for his views concerning unionization. On Wednesday, however, he was focused on the…

BY RIGOBERTO D. TIGLAO, Manila Times, Feb 13, 2017 Including raid on Henry Sy’s Pico de Loro resort in Nasugbu THE communist New People’s Army (NPA) undertook 18 armed attacks against government forces in February alone, or at the height of the peace talks, according to information in the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP)…

by Rita Linda V. Jimeno, Manila Standard, Feb 13, 2017 Tomorrow will be Valentine’s Day. With Filipinos having a reputation for being naturally romantic, expect restaurants, hotels and motels to be fully booked. Without wanting to be a square, I believe it timely to talk about the worrisome trend, not only in the Philippines but…

by Vinayak Dalmia, Feb 13, 2017 Should your driverless car value your life over a pedestrian’s? Should your Fitbit activity be used against you in a court case? Should we allow drones to become the new paparazzi? Can one patent a human gene?

By: Kristine Angeli Sabillo, INQINQUIRER.net Feb 13, 2017 The Philippines has ratified the The Convention against Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children (ACTIP).

Do we need a new moral code for the age of drones and gene-editing? by Vinayak Dalmia, Feb 13, 2017 Should your driverless car value your life over a pedestrian’s? Should your Fitbit activity be used against you in a court case? Should we allow drones to become the new paparazzi? Can one patent a…

By: Julie M. Aurelio, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Feb 12, 2017 Stressing that age does not matter in employment, the Department of Labor and Employment (Dole) has issued the implementing rules of Republic Act No. 10911 or the anti-age discrimination law.

LUISITA WORKERS’ PLIGHT Philippine Daily Inquirer, Feb 12, 2017 CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY—A recruitment agency denied claims that workers from Bukidnon who were hired to work in Hacienda Luisita had been packed into dorm facilities that were not fit for habitation.

By Sheila Crisostomo (The Philippine Star), Feb 12, 2017 MANILA, Philippines – Age does not matter when it comes to employment, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said over the weekend.

By Sheila Crisostomo (The Philippine Star), Feb 12, 2017 MANILA, Philippines – A directive of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) delegating the inspection of establishments in special economic zones may be revoked.

By Eva Visperas (The Philippine Star), Feb 12, 2017 CALAUAG, Quezon , Philippines – A lineman was electrocuted in Barangay Mambaling in this town on Friday. Angelberto Vega Jr. of Emperor Supply and Energy Construction was repairing a transmission line when the accident occurred at around 9:30 a.m. Vega was pronounced dead on arrival in…

By Rossel Calderon, Abante, Feb 12, 2017 Isa na namang House Technology Industries (HTI) fire victim ang sumakabilang buhay, pasado alas-sais ng gabi kamakalawa, ito na ang ikatlong biktima ng sunog na nasawi matapos ang insidente sa EPZA Cavite, mahigit dalawang linggo na ang nakakaraan.

By Ronilo Dagos, Abante, Feb 12, 2017 Patay ang isang lineman makaraang ito’y makuryente habang nag-aayos ng sirang kable ng National Grid Corporation (NGC) sa Calauag, Quezon kamakalawa ng gabi.

by Joel E. Zurbano, Manila Standard, Feb 12, 2017 THE number of vehicular accidents in the National Capital Region rose in 2016 by 13,707 to 109,322 from the 95,615 the previous year, an annual report from the Metro Manila Development Authority showed.