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Lack of infrastructure and battery-sapping gridlock hinder jump to electric by HIROSHI KOTANI, Nikkei staff writer, Nov 27, 2017 BANGKOK — As the automotive world pushes hard toward an all-electric vehicle future, Japanese makers and their treasured hybrids may have found an alternate route — one that takes them straight into the daily traffic jams…

The Department of Labor and Employment says 75,430 workers have already been regularized as of November 3 by Patty Pasion, Rappler, Nov 26, 2017 MANILA, Philippines – More than one-third of the 200,000 contractual workers estimated by regional offices of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) have already been regularized.

There is a need to shift the blame, advocates say, away from the victim. To do this, Filipino society must bust the many gender-based myths on sexual abuse. by Fritzie Rodriguez, Rappler, April 25, 2015 MANILA, Philippines – End the culture of victim-blaming.

by Philippine Daily Inquirer, Nov 25, 2017 The Department of Labor and Employment (Dole) has ordered two Japanese firms in Laguna and their contractors found to be engaged in labor-only contracting to regularize more than 1,000 workers.

by Jovic Yee, Inquirer, Nov 24, 2017 A recent poll showed that eight out of 10 millennials not only approve of President Rodrigo Duterte’s handling of his job, but also expressed optimism that the best is yet to come for the country.

23 Nov 2017- Union officers of Republic Cement and Building Materials Supervisory Union-LIKHA-TUCP take their oath of office before TUCP President Ruben Torres. TUCP General Secretary Emeritus Cedric Bagtas, LIKHA President Jesus B. Villamor, VOICE President Angelita Senorin, TUCP Education Director Rafael E. Mapalo and TUCP Joan Bautista witnessed. Read more. Union President Robert Ivan…

by Vyacheslav Polonski, Nov 23, 2017 Today, it is difficult to imagine a technology that is as enthralling and terrifying as machine learning. While media coverage and research papers consistently tout the potential of machine learning to become the biggest driver of positive change in business and society, the lingering question on everyone’s mind is:…

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/11/3-ways-to-build-more-moral-robots/ Today, it is difficult to imagine a technology that is as enthralling and terrifying as machine learning. While media coverage and research papers consistently tout the potential of machine learning to become the biggest driver of positive change in business and society, the lingering question on everyone’s mind is: “Well, what if it all…

By KIERAN GUILBERT, Reuters, Nov 23, 2017 LONDON, Great Britain – The debilitating scars left by modern slavery, ranging from depression to lost limbs, often fuel the exploitation of survivors’ children, academics said on Wednesday, calling for human trafficking to be tackled as a global health problem.

By ANGELA CELIS, Malaya, Nov 22, 2017 The youth unemployment rate in Southeast Asia and the Pacific is expected to show the second-largest increase worldwide, with the joblessness rate among the youth in the Philippines expected to increase, a report released by the International Labour Organization (ILO) said.

by Avery Blank, Forbes, Nov 22, 2017 Millennials are the largest generation in history and will control $24 trillion of wealth by 2020. More and more millennials are both joining the workforce and becoming clients, customers and users. The millennial generation is not one to be ignored.

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by Pawlowski, TODAY, Nov 21, 2017 When you’re feeling angry, stressed or overexcited, let a little alone time soothe you back to a more peaceful state. Just 15 minutes of solitude — no phones or other devices, please — can leave you more relaxed, calm and centered, a recent study published in Personality and Social…

By Helen Flores and Catherine Talavera (The Philippine Star), Nov 21, 2017 MANILA, Philippines — Despite low investments in education, the Philippines has improved its position in the 2017 World Talent Ranking report released by leading global business school International Institute for Management Development (IMD) yesterday.

By John Mangun, Businessmirror, Nov 21, 2017 Maybe it’s because the new high-tech sex robots have been in the news lately that we are hearing again about the death of call centers due to “artificial intelligence.” It might be well to point out that it is called “artificial” for a reason. Likewise, a “sexbot” is…

Global Employment Trends for Youth 2017 Despite a significant fall in youth unemployment since the height of the economic crisis in 2009, persistent unemployment and a lack of quality job opportunities continue to hamper young people’s quest for decent work. News | 20 November 2017 GENEVA (ILO News) – Young people are estimated to account…

The report notes, however, that extreme poverty in the region dropped to 7% as of 2013 from a high of 17% in 2005 by Lian Buan, Rappler, Nov 19, 2017 MANILA, Philippines – Around 90% of the 36 million people in Southeast Asia living below the international poverty line are Filipinos and Indonesians, according to…

By Roderick Abad, Businessmirror, Nov 18, 2017 The evolving global outsourcing landscape—now trending toward the experience-first model—gives an adaptable and talent-laden destination like the Philippines the opportunity to sustain the growth of its business-process outsourcing (BPO) industry.

by Ben O. de Vera, Inquirer, Nov 16, 2017 Sustenance sent back home through banks by Filipinos working and living abroad declined 8.3 percent year-on-year to $2.186 billion in September partly due to the closure of a number of overseas money service providers, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said yesterday.

(3rd UPDATE) The Philippines posts a ‘spectacular’ 6.9% economic growth in the 3rd quarter despite slower consumption by Chrisee Dela Paz and Chris Schnabel, Rappler, Nov 16, 2017 MANILA, Philippines (3rd UPDATE) – Even if government spending and the agriculture sector slowed down, the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew faster than expected by 6.9%…

by Vito Barcelo, Manila Standard, Nov 16, 2017 Various labor and clean air advocates appealed to the Department of Labor and Employment to immediately act on complaints against various steel factories in the country that continue to violate occupational safety and health hazard laws.

By Samuel Medenilla, Manila Bulletin, Nov 16, 2017 The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said Thursday it is winning the war against illegal forms of contractualization after it facilitated the regularization of more than 120,000 workers.

ByCarl Samson, Nov 16, 2017 Filipino helpers in Hong Kong are being tricked with the promise of better-paying jobs in Russia, a senior Philippine official confirmed. Citing data from the Philippine embassy in Moscow, the anonymous official told South China Morning Post that over 4,000 undocumented Filipinos are currently working in Russia. Most of them…

Senior Philippine official says domestic helpers lured to take up bogus jobs in Russia, Brazil and Turkey http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/community/article/2120103/thousands-hong-kongs-filipino-workers-fall-victim-overseas Hong Kong has been a top breeding ground for job recruitment frauds as thousands of Filipino domestic helpers in the city have been trafficked to countries like Russia, Brazil and Turkey for bogus jobs, a senior Philippine…

http://news.ijm.org/9-children-rescued-from-remote-island-in-the-philippines-thanks-to-canadian-tip/ One little girl was hidden behind a door. Another was riding her bike in the neighborhood. Another was at a Girl Scouts meeting. But IJM and Philippine authorities found them all, bringing nine children total to safety. Ranging from 2 to 9 years old, the girls and boys had been victims of cybersex trafficking.

By Jess Shankleman and Chris Martin, Nov 14, 2017 The most abundant element may supply almost a fifth of global energy by 2050 and eliminate enough emissions to cancel out all the pollution in the U.S., according to a group of industrial companies from Royal Dutch Shell Plc to Toyota Motor Corp.

The Straits Times/Asia News Network, Nov 14, 2017 Samantha, 28, was shocked and speechless when her senior manager placed his hand on her buttocks one night when she was working late. She later found out that he had cornered another colleague to try to kiss her. He had also touched yet another colleague’s breasts, among…

by PHILIP PERRY, Nov 14, 2017 What qualities define a good leader? Is it vision, the ability to understand and negotiate with people, drive, an expectation of excellence, or a stunningly brilliant intellect? A new study finds that the last one may actually be a hindrance. Those who are exceedingly intelligent, while still some of…

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