Monthly Archives: May 2017

Stephen Hawking: This will be the impact of automation and AI on jobs by Rob Price, Dec 6, 2016 Artificial intelligence and increasing automation is going to decimate middle-class jobs, worsening inequality and risking significant political upheaval, Stephen Hawking has warned.

By Lawrence Agcaoili (The Philippine Star), May 16, 2017 MANILA, Philippines – Remittances from overseas Filipinos reached their highest monthly level in March due to strong demand for skilled Filipino workers abroad, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) reported yesterday.

by Allison Linn, May 15, 2017, http://www.today.com/money/millennials-lazy-entitled-or-maybe-just-young-2D79664367 As the latest crop of millennials collect their diplomas and head into the workforce, they’ll be facing a host of stereotypes: That they are entitled, or lazy and/or lack a strong work ethic. Join the club.

Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 13, 2017 Authorities have rescued four girls and arrested a mother and two other women for allegedly livestreaming sexually exploitative videos of children to men paying by the minute to watch from the United States.

By Gerardo P. Sicat (The Philippine Star), May 10, 2017 For some time now, a controversy on the content of education in the University of the Philippines has been raging. It is, in a way, the battle of the ages on the nature of education. The professional schools want to cut the amount of time…

by Victor V. Saulon, Businessworld, May 12, 2017 ABOUT three in every four working women in the Philippines still feel discriminated against in the workplace, Monster.com said in a survey that also showed some of the biggest challenges faced by wives and mothers at work.

by Reuters, May 12, 2017 KUALA LUMPUR – Domestic workers in Hong Kong are being forced to sleep in toilets, tiny cubbyholes, and on balconies, activists found in an investigation that uncovered the “appalling” living conditions of maids in the wealthy financial hub.

by Ian Nicolas P. Cigaral, Businessworld, May 12, 2017 POOR Filipino families lack about half of the amount they need monthly to get out of poverty, according to a new Social Weather Stations (SWS) report.

(philstar.com), May 12, 2017 MANILA, Philippines — Workplace discrimination is still rife in the Philippines, with an alarming 76 percent of female respondents admitting they deal with inequality and prejudice on a daily basis, recent research findings show.

By Pia Lee-Brago and Janvic Mateo (The Philippine Star), May 12, 2017 After hearing the Duterte administration defend the conduct of its war on drugs, representatives of 45 of the 47 nations gathered in Geneva for a review of the country’s human rights record emerged apparently unconvinced, as they called on the government to end…

By: Doris Dumlao-Abadilla, Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 12, 2017 Vacancy rates are rising and rental rates are growing at a slower pace among shopping malls in Metro Manila amid cutthroat competition, according to the latest research by property consulting company Colliers Philippines.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/inside-the-philippines-long-journey-towards-reproductive_us_5911d7d9e4b07e366cebb5f3 On January 9 2017, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte signed an executive order calling for universal access to modern family planning methods. The document also called for accelerated implementation of the country’s Reproductive Health Law. The Conversation

By Robertzon Ramirez (The Philippine Star), May 11, 2017 MANILA, Philippines – A worker died after he fell into a septic tank while helping his co-worker who suffered from suffocation in Pasig City on Tuesday.

by BRITTNEY ROSS, https://www.grammarly.com/blog/commonly-confused-words/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=Facebook_org&utm_content=&utm_campaign=Blog_Lifestyle Everyone knows the problem with spell-check: your word might be spelled right, but it may be the wrong word. English is full of confusing words that sound alike but are spelled differently. It’s also full of words that share similar (but not identical) meanings that are easy to misuse. Below are…

By Michele Sinner and Julia Fioretti, May 11, 2017 (Editing by Philip Blenkinsop and Alexander Smith) Uber provides a transport service and must be licensed, the European Union’s top court said on Thursday, in a potential blow to the U.S. firm which says it is merely a digital enabler.

by Viktoria Dendrinou, May 11, 2017 Inflation outlook for 2017, 2018 cut, European Commission says Projections back Draghi stance that not time to exit stimulus Growth in the euro area will be slightly stronger this year than previously forecast, the European Commission said, adding that some risks to the outlook have eased.

AI takes centerstage on the first day of the tech titan’s annual Build conference Agence France-Presse, May 11, 2017 SEATTLE, US – Microsoft on Wednesday, May 10, US time, unveiled new tools intended to democratize artificial intelligence by enabling machine smarts to be built into software from smartphone games to factory floors. Improving programs with…

By Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez (The Freeman), May 11, 2017 The women activists in this country should focus their attention to the thousands of women working in the night call centers.

by John Paolo Bencito, Manila Standard, May 11, 2017 Communist Party of the Philippines founder Jose Maria Sison has admitted that the leaders of the National Democratic Front negotiating panel based in Utretch do not have control over the rebels’ movements despite the ongoing peace negotiations between the government and the communist rebels.

BY SHIELA GELERA, Visayan Daily Star, May 10, 2017 The three minors allegedly used in cybersex and rescued in Barangay Handumanan, Bacolod City, Friday,are set to undergo debriefing and pyschosocial intervention, Senior Police Officer 4 ArlynTorrendon, officer-in-charge of the Bacolod Women and Children Protection Desk, said yesterday.

By: Tina G. Santos, Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 10, 2017 MANILA — March was a record month for reported new cases of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) with 968, the highest number recorded in a month since 1984, the Department of Health (DOH) said Wednesday.

By JULIET C. REVITA, Sun Star, May 9, 2017 A KOREAN banana firm in Compostela Valley has lost over $200,000 due to a month-long labor strike staged by former employees and the Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU), prompting them to stop their regular operation. Shinsun Tropical Fruit Corporation President Angel Febre told reporters on Tuesday, May…

by Justin Wood, May 9, 2017 The year 2017 sees the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) celebrate its 50th anniversary. And there is indeed much to celebrate. But just as importantly, the anniversary is also a moment to think about the future of the region and what lies ahead. The World Economic Forum on…

by Martha Mendoza And Jim Gomez, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, May 9, 2017   MABALACAT, Philippines — The suspected pedophile could see people banging on his front door through his security cameras. Were they neighbours? Cops? One had letters on her jacket. As David Timothy Deakin googled “What is NBI?” from the laptop on his bed,…

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By: Tina G. Santos, Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 08, 2017 MANILA — The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has warned employers anew against the illegal collection of cash bonds from their workers.

by Klaus Schwab, Jan 14, 2016 We stand on the brink of a technological revolution that will fundamentally alter the way we live, work, and relate to one another. In its scale, scope, and complexity, the transformation will be unlike anything humankind has experienced before. We do not yet know just how it will unfold,…