Monthly Archives: December 2017

Machine learning will not spell the end of work, but will have profound effects on the economy. Researchers developed a list of questions designed to evaluate whether a task or a job is suitable for automation. by Robert Ferris, CNBC.com, 22 Dec 2017 There may be a way to predict which jobs are most vulnerable…

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By Tricia Aquino, News5 | InterAksyon | December 21, 2017 General Electric Co. has announced that it is cutting 12,000 jobs in its power business worldwide, Reuters reported on Thursday, citing continued dwindling demand for fossil fuel power plants as the reason behind the layoffs.

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By Rizal Raoul Reyes, Businessmirror, Dec 21, 2017 ARTIFICIAL intelligence (AI) is the way to go if the nearly three-decade-old business-process outsourcing (BPO) industry’s voice services want to grow.

(The Philippine Star) – Dec 21, 2017 MANILA, Philippines — The high costs of power and shipping, coupled with smuggling and corruption continue to burden majority of Philippine industries, a report by the Board of Investments (BOI) showed. In a policy brief, the BOI said opportunities abound for the Philippines to transform and upgrade its…

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Artificial intelligence will be a steady undercurrent, but it won’t be the only factor affecting job seekers in the coming year, says Glassdoor. BY ABRAR AL-HEETI, DEC 20, 2017 Employee demands and really smart tech could change the way companies hire and retain talent in 2018 — and maybe even the way you do your…

by Associated Press, Dec 20, 2017 BARCELONA, Spain — Ride-hailing service Uber suffered a new blow Wednesday as the European Union’s top court ruled that it should be regulated like a taxi company and not a technology service, a decision that crimps its activities around Europe and could weigh on other app-based companies too.

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by Ellen Wulfhorst, Reuters, Dec 19, 2017 NEW YORK – An estimated 258 million people are international migrants, a figure that has surged by a half since the turn of the century, the United Nations said on Monday.

by Businessworld, Dec 19, 2017 PROJECTS approved by the Board of Investments (BoI) — which accounts for the biggest amount of such commitments among the government’s seven investment promotion agencies — have exceeded an official P500-billion target for 2017 by nearly a fourth at P616.7 billion weeks before the year ends, the BoI said in…

by Jodesz Gavilan, Rappler, Dec 19, 2017 MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines is the deadliest country for journalists in Asia with 4 Filipino journalists killed for their work in 2017, according to a media watchdog’s yearend report.

By Arianne Christian Tapao (Vera Files), Dec 19, 2017 MANILA, Philippines — One Monday morning in March, a six-year-old girl was brought by her separated parents to the emergency room of the Tondo Medical Center in Manila.

By TRISHA MACAS, GMA News, Dec 19, 2017 Ten million poorest households will get a P200 monthly dole out next year under the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) bill, Malacañang said Tuesday.

By Thomas Barrabi, Dec 18, 2017 disproportionately felt the effects of the ongoing “retail apocalypse,” as traditional brick-and-mortar retailers cut jobs and close stores amid sagging sales.

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by Armin P. Adina, Inquirer, Dec 17, 2017 Filipinos are highly satisfied with their personal relationships, a recent study showed. Results from the Pru Life UK Relationship Index (PRI) released last month showed the Philippines ranked second to Cambodia with a score of 79/100.

by Lisa Rapaport, Dec 16, 2017 (Reuters Health) – Women with sleep disorders other than sleep apnea may be more than three times as likely to experience infertility as their counterparts who don’t have trouble sleeping, a recent study suggests.

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by Mary Grace Padin (The Philippine Star), Dec 16, 2017 MANILA, Philippines — About 1.32 million retiree-pensioners of the Social Security System (SSS) are no longer required to report to the state fund for its Annual Confirmation of Pensioners Program (ACOP).

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Contents: US blocks outcomes, collapsing MC11 like house of cards Published in SUNS #8597 dated 15 December 2017 Buenos Aires, 14 Dec (D. Ravi Kanth) – The World Trade Organization’s eleventh ministerial conference (MC11) collapsed here on Wednesday like a house of cards, after the United States single handedly blocked outcomes on mandated decisions and…

By The Nation, Dec 15, 2017 Asean agencies across sectors have joined forces to improve the protection of women migrant workers in crisis situations.

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There are an estimated 1.3 million contractual employees nationwide by Patty Pasion, Rappler, Dec 14, 2017 MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has regularized at least 125,000 of 200,000 contractual workers it targeted to regularize in 2017.

Agence France-Presse, Dec 14, 2017 The UN warned Wednesday that waste from discarded electronics like mobile phones, laptops and refrigerators is piling up worldwide, and it urged far better recycling of the often hazardous rubbish.

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Signing for management were RCBMI President Renato Sunico, the operations manager, two supervisors and the legal officer. Signing for NMBRA-LIKHA were union president Nelson Gabriel, vice president Jimmy Camacho, secretary Christopher Cruz, treasurer Ramil Alibansa, director Jerry Seagan, assisted by LIKHA President Jesus Villamor and VP Angelita Señorin. The signing ceremony took place in Pacific…