Monthly Archives: October 2018

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New report puts data behind the growing trend toward remote work around the world. By Greg Nichols for Robotics | Oct 29, 2018 A newly released report offers a snapshot of the spread of remote work arrangements globally. Survey data collected by the authors of the 2018 Global State of Remote Work report show that…

By Cai Ordinario, Business Mirror, Oct 29, 2018 THE Philippines, along with other countries in Asia and the Pacific, lack data for 41 percent of gender-related Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) indicators, according to the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and UN Women.

by Mary Grace Padin (The Philippine Star) – Oct 29, 2018 MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Finance (DOF) is open to the possibility of rehabilitating the mothballed nuclear power plant in Bataan to lower electricity costs in the country.

by Louella Desiderio (The Philippine Star) – Oct 29, 2018 MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is proposing changes to the Tax Reform for Attracting Better and High Quality Opportunities (TRABAHO) bill such as longer period for income tax holidays (ITH) of five years instead of three years, an option for…

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by Agence France-Presse, Oct 28, 2018 DOHA, Qatar — Long-awaited reform of Qatar’s controversial exit visa system, which requires foreign workers to obtain their bosses’ permission to leave the country, came into force on Sunday, the government said.

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by Elfren S. Cruz (The Philippine Star), Oct 28, 2018 The first anniversary of the #MeToo movement is being celebrated this month. However, its real origin was in 2006 when American activist Tarana Burke told fellow sexual assault survivors “me too.” Eleven years later came Alyssa Milano’s #MeToo tweet on Oct. 15, 2017, making Burke’s…

by Sheila Crisostomo (The Philippine Star) – Oct 28, 2018 MANILA, Philippines — Thirty two years after the passage of the Milk Code of the Philippines, the breastfeeding rate in the country remains low, to the detriment of Filipino children, results of a research study commissioned by non-governmental organization Save the Children Philippines showed yesterday.

by Emmanuel Tupas (The Philippine Star) – Oct 28, 2018 MANILA, Philippines — A woman was arrested on Friday in Pasig City for allegedly maltreating her 17-year-old male house helper.

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By Cai Ordinario, Business Mirror, Oct 26, 2018 THE out-of-pocket (OOP) health expenses incurred by Filipinos continued to rise and expanded by 8.8 percent on an annual basis in 2017, according to the Philippine National Health Accounts (PNHA) released by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).

By Leslie Ann Aquino, Manila Bulletin, Oct 25, 2018 Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III has instructed the Philippine Overseas Labor Offices to conduct post-arrival orientation seminars (PAOS) to newly-arrived overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) ideally within one month from the date of their arrival in the host country.

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by Mary Ann LL. Reyes (The Philippine Star), Oct 24, 2018 (Part Two) According to the Board of Investments, the information technology and business process management (IT-BPM) sector is one of the best-performing and employment-generating industry in the Philippines in recent years.

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by Pennie Azarcon-dela Cruz with a REPORT FROM KARL OCAMPO, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Oct 20, 2018 (First of two parts) When 83-year-old Elpidio delos Reyes (not his real name) agreed to his househelp’s request that she be given Social Security System (SSS) coverage under the kasambahay law, he had expected to pay about P500 more…

DAVAO. Sumifru workers say notice to end strike from the Department of Labor and Employment was not followed by the Kilusang Mayo Uno. by LYKA AMETHYST H. CASAMAYOR, Sunstar, Oct 20, 2018 SUMIFRU workers said that the notice to end the strike from the Department of Labor and Employment (Dole) was not followed instead was…

by Manila Standard Business, Oct 20, 2018 Manila has regained the second spot among the world’s top 100 ‘super cities’ for the outsourcing industry which is now being transformed by digital services.

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by Ben O. de Vera, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Oct 16, 2018 Due to slower gross domestic product (GDP) growth in the first half, economic managers on Tuesday cut the target range for 2018 to 6.5-6.9 percent even as they unveiled strategies to boost economic expansion in the near term.

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Contact center AI offers tools to help agents provide better customer service through behavioral analytics. But AI may also present some privacy concerns. by Jon Arnold, https://searchunifiedcommunications.techtarget.com/tip/AI-in-contact-centers-offers-agents-behavioral-analytics