By TED CORDERO, GMA News, Jul 18, 2017 The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) on Tuesday clarified that Grab Philippines and Uber were not suspended despite an ongoing online campaign by drivers to lift the suspension order against transport network companies (TNCs).

By MICHAELA DEL CALLAR, Jul 18, 2017 XIAMEN, China – A Philippine senior diplomat on Monday said foreign domestic helpers are prohibited from working in China, warning that Filipino workers illegally employed as maids will be arrested and deported by Chinese authorities.

by Andy Henion, Jul 17, 2017 Among older adults, friendships are actually a stronger predictor of health and happiness than relationships with family members, research shows.

by Philippine Information Agency, Jul 17, 2017 The Department of Trade & Industry-Board of Investments (DTI-BOI) and the Department of Labor & Employment (DOLE) in Philippines recently signed a Joint Department Order (DO) providing for the guidelines for the issuance, suspension or revocation of certificates of accreditation for garments firms. The DO also creates a…

by Sebastian Buckup, Jul 17, 2017 Since the Agrarian Revolution, technological progress has always fueled opposing forces of diffusion and concentration. Diffusion occurs as old powers and privileges corrode; concentration occurs as the power and reach of those who control new capabilities expands. The so-called Fourth Industrial Revolution will be no exception in this regard.

by Mario M. Banzon, Businessworld, Jul 17, 2017 THE LARGEST group of private employers in the Philippines has formally asked Metro Manila’s wage board to junk a string of petitions seeking an across-the-board hike in the daily minimum wage, with public debates on the plea set for conclusion by July 27.

By Robertzon Ramirez (The Philippine Star), Jul 16, 2017 MANILA, Philippines – A 25-year-old construction worker died when he was electrocuted at a construction site along Macapagal Boulevard in Pasay City Friday night.

by David Z. Morris, Jul 16, 2017 Appearing before a meeting of the National Governor’s Association on Saturday, Tesla CEO Elon Musk described artificial intelligence as “the greatest risk we face as a civilization” and called for swift and decisive government intervention to oversee the technology’s development. “On the artificial intelligence front, I have access…

By Alex Magno (The Philippine Star), Jul 15, 2017 If Agrarian Reform Secretary-designate Rafael Mariano had his way, he would have voided all the agribusiness venture agreements (AVAs), cancelled all farmers’ amortizations for the land awarded them and wrought havoc on the flourishing plantation industry in Mindanao. One of his undersecretaries, in fact, urged the…

By The Associated Press, Jul. 14, 2017 A report by the Asia Development Bank says Asia will endure extreme heat, rising sea levels, growing losses from severe weather and increasing food insecurity in coming decades as climate change raises temperatures and alters weather patterns across the globe.

By Richmond Mercurio (The Philippine Star), Jul 14, 2017 MANILA, Philippines – Employers are opposing plans to further reduce the number of working days through additional holidays, saying this will lead to lower labor productivity and higher cost of doing business in the country.

Mga bubog ng bote ng beer na sumambulat mula sa isang trak sa Cloverleaf, Quezon City, pinapala na upang maitabi. by @zhandercayabyab See photos here.

by Shamard Charles M.D., Today, 14 Jul, 2017 Every year, we make New Year’s resolutions to lead happier and healthier lives, but quickly abandon these plans once we realize how daunting it is to change our bad habits.

BY MARY SHACKLETT, July 14, 2017 Incidents of workplace abuse often fly under the radar. Managers need to learn how to spot such activity, respond immediately, and communicate with staff about the consequences of abusive behavior.

By: Ben O. de Vera, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Jul 14, 2017 Despite a net inflow of hot money in June on the back of positive market sentiment, more foreign portfolio investments left the country at the end of the first half, resulting in a net outflow of $460.83 million.

JULY 14, 2017, MARY SHACKLETT Incidents of workplace abuse often fly under the radar. Managers need to learn how to spot such activity, respond immediately, and communicate with staff about the consequences of abusive behavior. The fallout from Uber’s alleged employee harassment and discrimination is still reverberating throughout the Silicon Valley, where tech companies with…

by Laura Tyson, Jun 13, 2017 Advances in artificial intelligence and robotics are powering a new wave of automation, with machines matching or outperforming humans in a fast-growing range of tasks, including some that require complex cognitive capabilities and advanced degrees. This process has outpaced the expectations of experts; not surprisingly, its possible adverse effects…

By: Ben O. de Vera, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Jul 13, 2017 Economic managers will ask President Duterte to certify as urgent a bill that will slap tariff on all rice imports to enable the country to finally do away with the quota system and avoid sanctions from the World Trade Organization (WTO).

She makes me tense. He argues with me. She appreciates me. Husbands and wives rate each other, and their unions. By Ben Steverman, Jul 13, 2017 The best marriages are win-win propositions, in which both spouses end up happier and healthier than they’d be if they were single.

By Boy Abunda (The Philippine Star), Jul 12, 2017 When it was founded in 1997, Bantay Bata 163 was solely meant to rescue and rehabilitate abused children by providing shelter, therapy and quality home care for rescued children until they can be reunited with their families or referred to proper child-caring agencies. As the years…

by Terence Tse, Jun 12, 2017 The application of the computational analysis and learning techniques described in previous research, manifest themselves in the form of artificial intelligence (AI). AI represents the ambition to create machines that can think, learn and create solutions to problems with the same range to which the human mind can be…

By: Jigger J. Jerusalem , Inquirer Mindanao, Jul 12, 2017 CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Authorities on Wednesday said they were investigating the extent of the operation of a group running a cybersex den following a raid in Gingoog City on Monday.

By: Eunice Barbara C. Novio, INQUIRER.net US Bureau , Jul 12, 2017 Bangkok—Despite the world’s efforts to curb the population growth due to dwindling resources and the United Nations Population Fund’s (UNFPA) continuous effort to protect the rights of the women, the Philippines remains at the bottom when it comes to full implementation of reproductive…

Canada has finally committed to move forward with an asbestos ban by 2018. BY EMILY WALSH, JUL 12 2017 In 2016, Canada finalized plans to fully ban the use and import of asbestos, putting into motion a rule to enact the ban by 2018. For decades, asbestos use has been known to cause devastating illnesses,…

The Conversation, 11 Jul 2017 There’s no shortage of dire warnings about the dangers of artificial intelligence these days. Modern prophets, such as physicist Stephen Hawking and investor Elon Musk, foretell the imminent decline of humanity. With the advent of artificial general intelligence and self-designed intelligent programs, new and more intelligent AI will appear, rapidly…

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The West could learn a thing or two 20 years after the region plunged into turmoil. By Mohamed A. El-Erian, Jul 11, 2017 Twenty years ago, I was working at the International Monetary Fund in Washington that would scramble — like almost everyone else — to understand and respond to cascading financial disruptions that would…

Source: Xinhua| 2017-07-11 WASHINGTON, July 10 (Xinhua) — While industrial robots are predicted to replace millions of U.S. workers and suppress wage growth in the next decade, reforms in education and social safety net largely lag behind, said a renowned U.S. economist.

On World Population Day, experts call on lawmakers to work towards the enactment of bills tackling the issue of teenage pregnancy in the Philippines Jee Y. Geronimo, Rappler, Jul 11, 2017 MANILA, Philippines – Imagine this: Every day, 5 girls aged 10 to 14 become pregnant or give birth in the Philippines.

WHY YOU SHOULD CARE Because millennials actually want to be in the office. The Daily Dose, Jul 10, 2017 Working from home is still an eyebrow-raising subject in some workplaces. Still, nearly 4 million U.S. employees — about 3 percent of the U.S. workforce — worked remotely half the time in 2015. Times are changing,…