Monthly Archives: August 2017

By Philippine News Agency, Aug 9, 2017 MANILA, Aug. 9 — The country’s largest business organization, Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI), seeks for a more detailed plan on the administration’s 10-point socioeconomic agenda.

BLOOMBERG, Aug 8, 2017 Scientists studying the aftermath of a massive coal-ash spill in North Carolina have discovered a byproduct of the fossil fuel that may pose human health risks.

By Lawrence Agcaoili (The Philippine Star), Aug 9, 2017 MANILA, Philippines – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) slashed anew its economic growth forecasts for the Philippines after weak private consumption pulled down gross domestic product (GDP) expansion in the first quarter.

By Gerardo P. Sicat (The Philippine Star), Aug 9, 2017 Last week , the President signed into law a bill that provides free tuition for college level students who enroll in government supported institutions.

Dr Travis Bradberry, Aug 9, 2017 When it comes to success, it’s easy to think that people blessed with brains are inevitably going to leave the rest of us in the dust. But new research from Stanford University will change your mind (and your attitude).

By CNN Philippines Staff, Aug 9, 2017 Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, August 9) – One in every three Filipino women who used contraceptives relied on rhythm and withdrawal over modern artificial contraceptive methods, a study said.

by Mario M. Banzon, Businessworld, Aug 9, 2017 THE SENATE approved on second reading the committee report seeking its concurrence in the ratification of the ILO Convention 151 or the Protection of the Right to Organize and Procedures for Determining Conditions of Employment in the Public Service on Monday.

BY MAYVELIN U. CARABALLO, Manila Times, Aug 9, 2017 THE private sector presented five key recommendations to the Duterte administration that were expected to improve the country’s policies in business environment, competitiveness, agriculture, telecommunications, and infrastructure.

by Vyacheslav Polonski, Aug 9, 2017 There has never been a better time to be a politician. But it’s an even better time to be a machine learning engineer working for a politician. Throughout modern history, political candidates have had a limited number of tools to take the temperature of the electorate. More often than…

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by Gary Saul Morson, Morton Schapiro, Aug 8, 2017 In a 2006 survey, American university professors were asked whether it was better to possess knowledge from numerous fields of study, or from just one. Among professors of psychology, 79% were enthusiastic about interdisciplinary learning, as were 73% of sociologists and 68% of historians. The least…

By Victor V. Saulon, Businessworld, Aug 8, 2017 COAL-FIRED power plants will be the primary driver of growth in the country’s power infrastructure segment in the next 10 years, Fitch Group’s BMI Research said in an Aug. 4 report released on Monday.

by Miguel R. Camus, Inquirer Filipinos worried far more than other countries when going by the 2017 Unisys Security Index, the latest iteration of the decade-old survey that included the Philippines for the first time.

A simple zap from a small chip could be enough to reprogram skin cells to perform other valuable functions, like carrying blood or even helping you think. by Eric Mack, Aug 8, 2017 Researchers demonstrate a process known as tissue nanotransfection (TNT). When it comes to healing, this TNT is the bomb.

By Richmond Mercurio (The Philippine Star), Aug 8, 2017 MANILA, Philippines – The flow of Japanese investments has started to slow down in the Philippines, blamed partly on certain policy changes such as the government’s pivot to China and Russia.

By Atty. Eugene m. pulga (The Philippine Star), Aug 8, 2017 With the passage of House Bill (HB) No. 5636 in the House of Representative on May 31 and pending deliberation of Senate Bill (SB) No. 1408 in the Senate, much has been discussed about the reforms being proposed on the current National Internal Revenue…

by Rebecca Knight, Aug 7, 2017 We all know people who seem to be constantly stressed out — who claim to be buried in work, overloaded with projects, and without a minute to spare. Colleagues like that can be difficult to work with, but you probably don’t have a choice. How do you deal with…

By Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez (The Freeman), Aug 7, 2017 After all had been said and done, it is important to reflect deeply on the lessons from the Parojinog episode. Everything has an end. In this life and on this earth, there is no such thing as forever. Let us not talk drugs. Let us…

by Sarah Anderson, Aug 7, 2017 This week I got called a bully. What provoked the name-calling was a Securities and Exchange Commission vote on Wednesday to adopt regulations requiring corporations to disclose the gap between what they pay their CEO and their workers. The commissioners voted 3 to 2 along straight party lines.

Businessworld, Aug 07, 2017 THE FINANCE chief said that additional revenues from the proposed rightsizing bill may aid in creating fiscal space in funding the free tuition law. Duterte signs law for free tuition in state colleges As the Development Budget Coordination Committee (DBCC) is identifying possible sources of funding for what economic managers have…

by Jigger J. Jerusalem, Inquirer, Aug 7, 2017 CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — Two persons were killed when a fire struck a school building housing an art gallery at the Capitol University (CU) in Barangay 23 here Monday morning.

By Louise Maureen Simeon (The Philippine Star), Aug 7, 2017 MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (PNRI) is urging the government to support nuclear energy use and revive the mothballed Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) to strengthen the country’s manufacturing sector.

By: Jocelyn R. Uy, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Aug 06, 2017 A pilot program of the Department of Health (DOH) designed to prevent the AIDS-causing human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) from further spreading in the country appears to heed the saying that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

INQUIRER.net, Aug 6, 2017 Korean lawmakers have called for an end to the practice of sending work orders to off-duty employees via social media messaging services.

By Janvic Mateo (The Philippine Star), Aug 6, 2017 MANILA, Philippines – The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) has allowed higher education institutions (HEIs) to conduct mandatory drug testing on college students.

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(UPDATED) President Rodrigo Duterte approves the measure despite opposition to it previously expressed by his economic managers by Pia Ranada, Rappler, Aug 4, 2017 MANILA, Philippines (UPDATED) – President Rodrigo Duterte signed into law the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act, a law providing free tuition for students of 112 state universities and colleges…