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by David Lavenda, Feb 10, 2017 Productivity is all about efficiency—doing more, faster and with less. And with increasing demands from today’s anytime, anywhere workplace, it is has never been more important. To get the most out of your day, you need to focus on these three segments of your life:

http://www.economist.com/news/asia/21716584-there-obvious-solution-asias-looming-labour-shortage There is an obvious solution Feb 11th 2017 THE agencies are anonymous and unobtrusive amid the glamorous hustle of Shanghai, the better to stay in the shadows. They deal in an illegal but highly desirable product: people, specifically Filipina domestic workers to serve China’s growing middle class. Filipina helpers, says one agent, will follow…

http://www.mitel.com/blog/multi/2017/02/8-call-center-trends-2017 We saw a lot of changes to the call center and customer experience landscape in 2016. Cloud communications and virtual agents were on the forefront of everyone’s minds, and social media was more important than ever. 2017 is shaping up to be the year of strategic thinking: better analytics, more intentional social media conversations…

BY RIGOBERTO D. TIGLAO, Manila Times, Feb. 10, 2017 Last of a three-part series THE Philippine communist movement in the 1970s recruited not only the best and the brightest of the generation that came of age in that period, perhaps also one of the most patriotic,mostly in their teens and early twenties, yet who were…

by DORIS DUMLAO-ABADILLA, Feb. 10, 2017 Since its debut in the healthcare business some 10 years ago, the group of businessman Manuel V. Pangilinan, aka MVP, has now built a network of 13 hospitals, the latest component of which is Dr. Jesus C. Delgado Memorial Hospital (JDMH) in Kamuning Road, Quezon City. This means that…

by Lianna Brinded, Business Insider, Feb 9, 2017 PricewaterhouseCoopers, one of the world’s largest professional-services firms, just released its predictions for the most powerful economies in the world by 2030.

by Gary Cohn, Feb 9, 2017 https://www.mesothelioma.com/blog/authors/gary/asbestos-lies-and-videotape-corporate-spy-poses-as-filmmaker-to-dupe-anti-asbestos-advocates.htm It is an extraordinary story of corporate espionage, intrigue, and betrayal. For four years, a British man working for a prominent corporate intelligence firm infiltrated the global network of anti-asbestos advocates working to ban asbestos in the United States and around the world. By posing as a sympathetic…

Read the full pastoral statement of the CBCP on drug-related killings below: “Beloved People of God We, your bishops, are deeply concerned due to many deaths and killings in the campaign against prohibited drugs. This traffic in illegal drugs needs to be stopped and overcome. But the solution does not lie in the killing of suspected…

ABS-CBN News, Feb 09 2017 MANILA – A Cabinet oversight body on Thursday said it would create a “multi-stakeholder review” of mining operations in the country following the environment department’s decision to shut or suspend 28 mines.

BY NELSON BADILLA, TMT, Manila Times, Feb 9, 2017 Social Welfare Secretary Judy Taguiwalo on Thursday said abuse and exploitation of women in the country is “alarming.” Taguiwalo said the Policy Development and Planning Bureau (PDPB) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) disclosed that a total of 2,797 women in especially difficult…

BY EUGENE Y. ADIONG, Manila Times, Feb 9, 2017 BACOLOD CITY: The lead convenor of a labor-based group here opposing the unabated entry of high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) has warned against unwarranted interventions of beverage and softdrink companies as the Sugar Board is set to meet on February 17.

February 9, 2017, https://www.cwa-union.org/news/senators-call-on-trump-act-against-offshoring-of-american-call-center-jobs Democratic Senators Bob Casey (D-PA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Joe Donnelly (D-IN), Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND), Joe Manchin (D-WV), and Claire McCaskill (D-MO) sent a letter to President Trump encouraging his Administration to take action to help protect and bring call center jobs back to the United States, noting that the industry had…

by Anabel González, Senior Director, Global Practice on Trade and Competitiveness, World Bank Group, Feb 8, 2017 In the ongoing debate about the benefits of trade, we must not lose sight of a vital fact. Trade and global integration have raised incomes across the world, while dramatically cutting poverty and global inequality.

BY RIGOBERTO D. TIGLAO, Manila Times, Feb 8, 2017 The Philippine elite and all Presidents after Marcos left it alone to grow THERE are several unique features of our unlucky country that distinguish us from the rest of booming Southeast Asian nations, among them:

By Audrey Morallo (philstar.com), Feb. 8, 2017 MANILA, Philippines — “The war on drugs is essentially a war on people.” This was the message of a former leader of a South American country that launched its own war on drugs to President Rodrigo Duterte.

by Amy Gallo, Feb. 8, 2017 Your colleague says something that immediately makes you feel uncomfortable. He thinks he’s just being funny, but the comment is inappropriate — maybe even offensive, sexist, or racist. What should you say or do if you find yourself in this situation? Is there a way to draw attention to…

By Cai Ordinario, Businessmirror, Feb. 8, 2017 Paying for the tuition of students in state universities and colleges (SUCs) will benefit mostly rich students, according to the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS).

Agence France-Presse, Feb. 8, 2017 PARIS, France — Women who work nights and do heavy lifting on the job may have fewer and inferior eggs than nine-to-fivers, said a study Wednesday into a potential cause of infertility.

But analyst firm Gartner has slashed its 2020 forecast for Internet of Things devices by 20 percent, or five billion units. By Liam Tung, Feb 7, 2017 The 2020 total of IoT devices installed across the world will be more than twice this year’s figure, says Gartner. There will be 8.4 billion connected things in…

By: Jovic Yee, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Feb. 07, 2017 The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) granted on Monday the provisional increase of jeepney fare to P8, but ordered that the flag-down rate in taxis be reverted to P40 in certain areas.

By Richmond Mercurio (The Philippine Star), Feb. 7, 2017 MANILA, Philippines – Constitutional amendments that will lift foreign equity restrictions topped the list of priority economic legislative reform measures Philippine business groups want approved during the 17th Congress.

By Perseus Echeminada (The Philippine Star), Feb. 7, 2017 MANILA, Philippines – At least 15,000 commuters in Metro Manila were affected by the transport holiday staged by some groups that protested the government’s jeepney phaseout plan.

by RSCC, Businessworld, Feb. 07, 2017 FIFTEEN local and foreign business chambers submitted to the Office of the President last month a list of reforms they hope would be approved by the 17th Congress and enacted into law.

7 February, http://pressreleases.responsesource.com/news/92551/the-future-of-work-is-here-says-teleopti/ It’s every contact centre manager’s dream to have flexible schedules so that agents are available at high demand and off-line during quiet times According to Magnus Geverts at Teleopti, a ‘work from anywhere’ environment supported by Workforce Management (WFM) benefits customers, employees and the business Today, people expect to work their own…

Danica M. Uy, Businessworld, Feb. 7, 2017 THE Philippine education system and government policy are geared towards exporting highly skilled labor, resulting in domestic labor shortages in key occupations, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) reported.

By Mitchelle L. Palaubsanon (The Freeman), Feb. 7, 2017 RTWPB-7 chairman Exequiel Sarcauga said that the seven members of the board have yet to meet this February 13 to discuss the details of the wage order that still has to be issued. Philstar.com/File CEBU, Philippines – The Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board-7 yesterday agreed…

By VG Cabuag, Businessmirror, Feb. 7, 2017 The Department of Finance would not allow itself to be rushed into adopting a set of rules and regulations for so-called real-estate investment trusts (REITs) no matter the continued absence of such a mechanism some eight years since its legislative framework passed.

Is your job dull enough that a robot could do it? If so, start worrying. By Steve Ranger, Feb 6, 2017 Many routine administrative roles have as much as a 96 per cent chance of being automated by current technology. Automation could replace 250,000 jobs in government over the next 10 to 15 years —…

by Ephrat Livni, Feb 6, 2017 Lawyers are the professionals everyone loves to loathe. Jokes about attorneys abound, and Shakespeare’s line from Henry VI remains a cultural favorite: ”The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers.” Soon, that dream may come true, and machines will be the ones to do it. Academically trained…

http://www.ozy.com/fast-forward/made-in-the-future/70003?utm_source=ozyge&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=6142016 Because a new era of manufacturing is just beginning. OZY and Predix from GE — the cloud-based development platform built for industry — have partnered to bring you an inside look at the future of digital industries, where people, data and productivity meet. Take a drive about four hours north of London — atop…