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By Ferdinand Patinio, PNA | Dec 26, 2017, MANILA – The business process outsourcing (BPO) industry is still the biggest generator of jobs, according to the internet-based job and applicant matching system of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE).

By: Frinston Lim, Inquirer Mindanao, Dec 25, 2017 Authorities on Monday confirmed they have found the bodies of 36 remaining workers trapped inside the burned NCCC Mall here.

By Samuel Medenilla, Manila Bulletin, Dec 25, 2017 The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has ordered fast-food giant Jollibee Foods Corporation (JFC) to regularize around 500 workers in its nine branches in MIMAROPA region.

By Danilo Ibayan, THE MANILA TIMES, Dec 23, 2017 TEN years after the 2007 Cebu Asean Declaration on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers,there is now an Asean Consensus on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers after its signing by the association’s 10 leaders in November 2017…

by Janvic Mateo (The Philippine Star), Dec 23, 2017 MANILA, Philippines — President Duterte fulfilled this year one of his campaign promises in the education sector: free college education for Filipinos.

The numbers are crazy. But that’s nothing compared to what’s coming. By Greg Nichols for Robotics | Dec 22, 2017 The Association for Advancing Automation (A3), an industry trade group covering robotics in North America, just released new numbers on automation sales and shipments during the first nine months of 2017.

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Are Employee Evaluations Really Necessary? Employee evaluations, staff appraisals, performance reviews. Whatever you call them, the process of examining your growth and accomplishments over time should be an enlightening experience for you and your boss, yet when it comes to discovering the usefulness and effectiveness of employee evaluations, it depends whom you ask. In a…

The World According to Xi Jinping Thought https://www.citivelocity.com/citigps/ReportSeries.action?recordId=67&linkId=45807450 Congress now behind us, the primary takeaway is that President Xi Jinping has cemented his role as the most powerful leader in China since President Mao Zedong. This will pave the way for him to extend his term beyond 2022 and put more weight on the economic…

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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.