Monthly Archives: July 2017

LIST: Anti-Endo, Anti-discrimination laws top legislative agenda of 17th Congress

Published by rudy Date posted on July 26, 2017

by Marc Jayson Cayabyab, Inquirer, Jul 26, 2017 At least 38 bills top the legislative agenda of the 17th Congress during its second regular session. Majority Leader Rudy Fariñas showed to reporters a list of the bills, which both the House of Representatives and the Senate agreed to pass within the current session.

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Socioeconomic prospects: Year 2 of President Duterte

Published by rudy Date posted on July 26, 2017

By Dr. Rene E. Ofreneo | Special to the BusinessMirror, Jul 26, 2017 THE popularity of Asia’s newest and most colorful strongman keeps soaring. The Social Weather Station (SWS) reported that 78 percent of the population gave President Duterte positive satisfactory rating in June 2017; Pulse Asia, SWS’s rival in public opinion polling, submitted an…

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Philippines trials anti-HIV drug as cases hit record high

Published by rudy Date posted on July 26, 2017

by Beh Lih Yi, Jul 26, 2017 KUALA LUMPUR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The Philippines has kicked off a pilot project offering anti-HIV drugs to gays and transgender women as new infection rates in the country buck global trends and hit a record high.

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Is being poor a sign of failure?

Published by rudy Date posted on July 26, 2017

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This key fitness principle can make you more productive at work

Published by rudy Date posted on July 26, 2017

by Kevin Loria, Business Insider, Jul 26, 2017 If you grind away hour after hour working at a desk, you may not feel like you have much in common with elite athletes. But if you want to improve at your job or any activity you do — from triathlon-racing to theoretical mathematics to working productively…

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Rage against the machines: is AI-powered government worth it?

Published by rudy Date posted on July 25, 2017

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2017 State of the Nation Address of President Rodrigo Duterte Full Transcript

Published by rudy Date posted on July 25, 2017

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ASEAN launches First ASEAN Youth Development Index Report

Published by rudy Date posted on July 25, 2017

http://asean.org/asean-launches-first-asean-youth-development-index-report/ JAKARTA, 25 July – The ASEAN Ministers of Youth launched the first ASEAN Youth Development Index (YDI) Report in Jakarta following the conclusion of the tenth ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Youth (AMMY X) on 20 July. Overall, the report indicated improvements in youth development in the region between 2011 and 2015.

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Total HIV cases in a month breaches 1,000 mark

Published by rudy Date posted on July 25, 2017

By Charina Clarisse Echaluce, Manila Bulletin, Jul 25, 2017 The total number of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) cases reported in May has breached the 1,000 mark for the first time in the Philippine history, latest data from the Department of Health (DOH) revealed.

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This is the IMF’s projection for global growth

Published by rudy Date posted on July 25, 2017

by Maurice Obstfeld, Jul 25, 2017 The recovery in global growth that we projected in April is on a firmer footing; there is now no question mark over the world economy’s gain in momentum.

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Small talk is an overrated way to build relationships with your employees

Published by rudy Date posted on July 25, 2017

by Kim Scott, Jul 25, 2017 The relationships that you form with each of your direct reports are central to your ability to fulfill your three core responsibilities as a manager: Create a culture of feedback, build a cohesive team, and achieve results collaboratively. But these relationships do not follow the rules of other relationships…

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Published by rudy Date posted on July 24, 2017

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Competing in a world of sectors without borders

Published by rudy Date posted on July 24, 2017

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July 24, 2017 – HOW MANY COULD BE LIKE THIS? Ben Chan takes all 425 loyal Bench employees to HK – Bilyonaryo. Read more.

Published by rudy Date posted on July 24, 2017

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A look at major issues confronting the President in his second year

Published by rudy Date posted on July 24, 2017

By Associated Press, Jul 24,2017 A year ago President Duterte promised to cleanse the country of illegal drugs in three to six months. He said he would tame corruption and began a profanity-spiked tongue lashing of America—which he called “lousy” last week. Those “shock and awe” declarations of a year ago have collided with reality.…

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The future of jobs: Automation technologies, robotics, and artificial intelligence

Published by rudy Date posted on July 24, 2017

Automation has already started to reshape every company’s workforce — including yours. By Forrester Research and J.P. Gownder | July 24, 2017 AI has become one of the great, meaningless buzzwords of our time. In this video, the Chief Data Scientist of Dun and Bradstreet explains AI in clear business terms.

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Defining who’s rich: How rich is “rich” in the Philippines?

Published by rudy Date posted on July 24, 2017

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The cost of universal basic income might be lower than you think

Published by rudy Date posted on July 24, 2017

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Worried about AI? Relax it’s dumber than you think

Published by rudy Date posted on July 24, 2017

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Big business winners, losers in Duterte’s 1st year

Published by rudy Date posted on July 24, 2017

The stock price of Dennis Uy’s Phoenix Petroleum increased about 92% from July last year, while Ongpin-associated Philweb’s stock price fell 46.3% by ofia Tomacruz, Rappler, Jul 24, 2017 MANILA, Philippines – Majority of the Philippines’ most valuable companies have continued their growth trajectory that started to build up even before President Rodrigo Duterte took…

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Asean nations see bulk of new HIV infections in Asia-Pacific

Published by rudy Date posted on July 24, 2017

http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/asean-nations-see-bulk-of-new-hiv-infections-in-asia-pacific 6 members of grouping among 10 most infected in region; S’pore among those that met viral suppression targets UNITED NATIONS • Asean members Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam, Myanmar and Thailand are among 10 countries that together accounted for more than 95 per cent of all new HIV infections in the Asia-Pacific region last…

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The future of jobs: Automation technologies, robotics, and artificial intelligence

Published by rudy Date posted on July 24, 2017

Automation has already started to reshape every company’s workforce — including yours. By Forrester Research and J.P. Gownder | July 24, 2017 AI has become one of the great, meaningless buzzwords of our time. In this video, the Chief Data Scientist of Dun and Bradstreet explains AI in clear business terms.

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32M employees offered biochip hand implants for work monitoring, payments

Published by rudy Date posted on July 24, 2017

The chips can be used to login to PCs, use company machines, and make purchases — but how many will sign up? By Charlie Osborne for Between the Lines | Jul 24, 2017 Three Square Market (32M) is offering implanted chips to employees interested in being biohacked. The new scheme, which 32M emphasized as being…

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Duterte’s first SONA, one year later: Universal health care and the RPRH Law

Published by rudy Date posted on July 24, 2017

By JESSICA BARTOLOME, GMA News, Jul 24, 2017 Every State of the Nation Address is both a look back and a look ahead—to the President’s accomplishments the previous year, and to what he or she plans to do next.

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The future of jobs: Automation technologies, robotics, and artificial intelligence

Published by rudy Date posted on July 24, 2017

Automation has already started to reshape every company’s workforce — including yours. By Forrester Research and J.P. Gownder | July 24, 2017 AI has become one of the great, meaningless buzzwords of our time. In this video, the Chief Data Scientist of Dun and Bradstreet explains AI in clear business terms.

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Philippines tops Asia-Pacific countries with new HIV infections

Published by rudy Date posted on July 23, 2017

By Sheila Crisostomo (The Philippine Star), Jul 23, 2017 MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines topped other countries in Asia and the Pacific in the number of new HIV infections from 2010 to 2016, the UNAIDS Data 2017 showed yesterday.

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A computer was asked to predict which start-ups would be successful. The results were astonishing

Published by rudy Date posted on July 21, 2017

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DOLE orders regularization of around 9,000 PLDT employees

Published by rudy Date posted on July 21, 2017

(A. De Vega / DOLE) MANILA, July 21 — The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has issued a compliance order directing the regularization of around 9,000 workers of the Philippine Long Distance Telephone (PLDT) Incorporation after it has proven to be engaged in labor-only contracting activities.

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Fewer Filipinos say they are poor

Published by rudy Date posted on July 21, 2017

By Ian Nicolas P. Cigaral, Businessworld, Jul 21, 2017 SELF-RATED poverty fell for the first time in three quarters, according to results of the Social Weather Stations (SWS) quarterly survey that nevertheless said families are in need of more money to escape food poverty.

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