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By: Ben O. de Vera – Reporter / @bendeveraINQ Philippine Daily Inquirer, Feb 23, 2018 The Bureau of Internal Revenue has released the implementing rules and regulations of the new personal income tax rates under the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) Act.

By: Ben O. de Vera – Reporter / @bendeveraINQ Philippine Daily Inquirer, Feb 23, 2018 Five hours daily is what Celest Colina spends on the road to report for work in Makati City and to get home in a subdivision near Fairview in Quezon City.

by Julie M. Aurelio, Julius N. Leonen, Inquirer, Feb 23, 2018 The fertility of Filipino women went down in 2017, a development which, the Commission on Population (PopCom) said, was due to increased use of modern family planning methods.

By Mayen Jaymalin, Marvin Sy, Pia Lee-Brago, Rudy Santos (The Philippine Star), Feb 22, 2018 MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has recalled two more labor officials assigned in Kuwait for failing to take immediate and appropriate action on the case of slain Filipina domestic helper Joanna Demafelis.

SCORE LOWEST IN 5 YEARS by MDM, GMA News, Feb 22, 2018 The Philippines slipped in the global Corruption Perception Index 2017 after getting its lowest score in five years, and was even tagged as among the “worst offenders” in the Asia-Pacific Region.

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Reporting mechanisms will be strengthened after Filipino labor officials in Kuwait failed to take action when domestic helper Joanna Demafelis was first reported missing by Aika Rey, Rappler, Feb 22, 2018 MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) set up a command center following the deaths of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs)…

By: Jessa Mae O. Sotto, @cebudailynews, Feb 22, 2018 LABOR Secretary Silvestre Bello III yesterday named hospitals in the country as the number one violators of labor laws.

By: Ben O. de Vera, Philippine Daily Inquirer / 22 Feb 2018 The worsening traffic in Metro Manila now costs P3.5 billion in lost opportunities per day, highlighting the need for new and modern infrastructure to ease congestion, the Philippine office of the aid agency Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica) said Thursday.

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by Miguel R. Camus, Inquirer, Feb 21, 2018 The Philippines saw improvements for both 4G availability and speed although most of its neighbors in the region remained ahead by those measures, the latest crowdsourced survey by OpenSignal showed.

By Richmond Mercurio (The Philippine Star), Feb 21, 2018 MANILA, Philippines — Japanese firms in the Philippines are turning more bullish on their growth prospects this year, a business survey showed.

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Feb 20, 2018 – VOLUNTARY RESIGNATION SCHEMES MEANT TO BUST THE UNION Grabe! Despite the AMAPO/Hanjin MOA, Hanjin continues trying to undermine the union, say our Hanjin correspondents.

A new study indicates the main concern is a lack of transparency from employers. By Bob Violino | February 20, 2018 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.

Drew Frederick Shobbrook sexually exploits the girls and records them, then sells the videos on the internet by Lian Buan, Rappler, Feb 20, 2018 MANILA, Philippines – The Cebu Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 20 convicted on Tuesday, February 20, Australian national Drew Frederick Shobbrook of human trafficking, sentencing him to life in prison.

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https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/australia-us-india-and-japan-in-talks-to-establish-alternative-9970330 SYDNEY: Australia, the United States, India and Japan are talking about establishing a joint regional infrastructure scheme as an alternative to China’s multibillion-dollar Belt and Road Initiative, in an attempt to counter Beijing’s spreading influence, the Australian Financial Review reported on Monday (Feb 19), citing a senior US official. The unnamed official was quoted…

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by David Tuffley, Feb 18, 2018 We have all heard the dire predictions about robots coming to steal our jobs. Some would even have us believe these silicon bogeymen are coming to kill us. It plays straight into people’s darkest fears about technology.

Feb 18, 2018 – Alyansa ng Manggagawa at Pilipinong Organisado (AMAPO-TUCP) conducted its General Assembly in Olongapo City, reelecting its President Roberto Flores, electing a new General Secretary Rosalinda Montenegro. Vice Presidents Romeo Caoile and Danny Lozano, a four-person Board of Directors, a Treasurer and an Assistant Treasurer. 

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By CNN Philippines Staff, Feb 16, 2018 Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, February 15) — Refusing to see workers as human beings leads to abuse.

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BY SIMON ROGERSON, Feb 16, 2018 We’re on the cusp of a fourth industrial revolution. First came the steam trains, followed by electricity and after that, information technology—each transforming our working practices and automating jobs previously performed by humans.

CYBERSEX TRAFFICKING By KIERAN GUILBERT, Reuters LONDON, United Kingdom – Children are being sexually exploited, trafficked and sold online on an unprecedented scale as technological advances enable abusers to target victims with impunity, a coalition of governments, charities and tech companies said on Wednesday.

By Jasmine Henry, Feb 15, 2018 Robots are officially leaving the research and development laboratory and becoming a core part of enterprise technology strategy. By all accounts, 2018 is the year when most enterprises will transition to applied artificial intelligence (AI) as a strategic part of the digital transformation roadmap.