Monthly Archives: August 2017

Malaya, Aug 31, 2017 The Philippines will continue to lead in the information technology and business process management (IT-BPM) space globally, with the contact center sector driving the growth despite the challenges of automation, according to Benedict Hernandez, president of the Contact Center Association of the Philippines (CCAP).

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by Simon Brandon, Aug 31, 2017 If you have too many things you need to do, it’s best to write them down. Saving the world, it seems, follows the same principle.

By Richmond Mercurio (The Philippine Star), Aug 31, 2017 MANILA, Philippines – Instead of massive job losses, the business process outsourcing (BPO) industry will continue to employ thousands of Filipinos annually in the coming years amid emergence of new technologies as global demand is expected to remain strong.

By CNN Philippines Staff, Aug 30, 2017 Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, August 30) — With the rising number of people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in the Philippines, a United Nations (UN) official said the country needs to change its approach on curbing the “epidemic.”

by Othel V. Campos, Aug 30, 2017 The Philippine contact center industry expects to sustain an 8-percent annual growth over the coming years, despite the growing popularity of artificial intelligence that began to take over simple voice services.

Working from home works as long as there are clear goals, metrics, and communication schedules BY JARED CARL MILLAN, Aug 29, 2017 One of the best things about today’s work culture is that we are no longer constrained by the rigidity of traditional office structures. Thanks to the infinite power of technology, we are able…

By Elijah Felice Rosales, Businessmirror, Aug 29, 2017 Metro Manila workers will have to wait longer before they could get their much-needed wage hike, as the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board-National Capital Region (RTWPB-NCR) deferred deliberations on the wage petitions filed by different labor groups in June.

By Abdi Latif Dahir, Aug 29, 2017 By 2027 the world could be facing a 214 trillion calorie deficit, says Sara Menker, founder and chief executive of Gro Intelligence, an agricultural data technology company. In other words, in just a decade, we won’t have enough food to feed the planet.

by Carla P. Gomez, Inquirer, Aug 28, 2017 BACOLOD CITY — From the frying pan to the fire. This appeared to be what happened to a group of 41 workers, 14 of them minors, who fled economic hardship caused by the war in Marawi City only to end up in a sweatshop here.

By Mayen Jaymalin (The Philippine Star), Aug 28, 2017 MANILA, Philippines – More men in the Philippines have acquired human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) because of paid sex, a report from the Department of Health (DOH) shows.

By Richmond Mercurio (The Philippine Star), Aug 28, 2017 MANILA, Philippines – The representative of Japanese businesses in the Philippines is asking the government to improve business conditions in the country to regain Japanese investor interest, particularly in the manufacturing sector. “We are expecting that for the next five years, business environment will be improved…

By Mayen Jaymalin (The Philippine Star), Aug 28, 2017 MANILA, Philippines – More Filipino household service workers (HSWs) can now work in the Middle East, an official said yesterday.

ABS-CBN News, Aug 28, 2017 MANILA – A compressed work week will not be good for workers’ health and family life, the Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP) reiterated on Monday.

By Sheila Crisostomo (The Philippine Star), Aug 27, 2017 According to DOH Secretary Paulyn Ubial, they are advocating for the “risk groups” to get themselves tested for HIV so the DOH could provide them with free anti-retroviral therapy (ART). Boy Santos, File MANILA, Philippines – As the country’s HIV/AIDS cases soar at an alarming pace,…

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At 50, can ASEAN step forward to be the agenda-setter, putting in place the rules and norms of a regional order governed by international law? by Johanna Son, Rappler, Aug 27, 2017 BANGKOK, Thailand – Prescriptions for ASEAN on its 50th year vary, but all of them require a tough reality check that will determine…

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By Xianne Arcangel, CNN Philippines, Aug 26, 2017 Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, August 25) — A new law says female employees are no longer required to wear high heels to work.

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August 25 (PIA) – – Filipinos are moderately familiar with the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN), survey says. In a survey conducted by the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), 50.2 percent of the 289 respondents said that they are moderately familiar with ASEAN, 32.5 percent are very familiar, 13.1 percent are somewhat…

New research puts hard numbers behind the staggering growth of automation in recent months By Greg Nichols for Robotics, Aug 25, 2017 The Association for Advancing Automation (A3) just rolled out new research confirming record growth in the areas of robotics, machine vision, motion control, and motor technology for the first half of 2017.

By Jarius Bondoc (The Philippine Star), Aug 25, 2017 That the Philippines has the highest HIV-AIDS infection rate in Asia-Pacific should jolt the health department from complacency. Present information drives and treatment plans may be inadequate. This is obvious when taken with the continually increasing teenage pregnancies as well. In contrast, in most of Asia-Pacific,…

By Danessa Rivera (The Philippine Star), Aug 25, 2017 MANILA, Philippines – Philippine power rates remain one of the highest in Southeast Asia as of end-2016 due to continued lack of government subsidies, latest Department of Energy (DOE) data showed.

by Chris Weller, Aug 25, 2017 In 2012, the US government put on its futurist hat and published a report entitled “Global Trends 2030: Alternative Worlds.” It’s full of both grim predictions and hopeful insights about the world that humans will inhabit within the next two decades.

By Richmond Mercurio (The Philippine Star), Aug 24, 2017 Due To Rising Cost of Business MANILA, Philippines – Korean manufacturing companies in the Philippines are packing up and leaving the country for Vietnam where they see lower costs and an easier way of doing business.

by ANNE FISHER , MONSTER, Aug 24, 2017 Politicians may be trying to bring back U.S. jobs from overseas, but even if that were possible, Ed Hess, a professor at the University of Virginia’s Darden Graduate School of Business, says that millions of those jobs would probably go to robots now, anyway.

by Iain Morris, News Editor, Aug 24, 2017 Automation is fast emerging as the new buzzword in the telecom industry. But whether it is a neat label for an array of groundbreaking technologies, or just a euphemism for job cuts, it will hold interest for company shareholders and C-suite executives for one reason alone: its…

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