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August 25 (PIA) – – Filipinos are moderately familiar with the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN), survey says. In a survey conducted by the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), 50.2 percent of the 289 respondents said that they are moderately familiar with ASEAN, 32.5 percent are very familiar, 13.1 percent are somewhat…

New research puts hard numbers behind the staggering growth of automation in recent months By Greg Nichols for Robotics, Aug 25, 2017 The Association for Advancing Automation (A3) just rolled out new research confirming record growth in the areas of robotics, machine vision, motion control, and motor technology for the first half of 2017.

By Jarius Bondoc (The Philippine Star), Aug 25, 2017 That the Philippines has the highest HIV-AIDS infection rate in Asia-Pacific should jolt the health department from complacency. Present information drives and treatment plans may be inadequate. This is obvious when taken with the continually increasing teenage pregnancies as well. In contrast, in most of Asia-Pacific,…

By Danessa Rivera (The Philippine Star), Aug 25, 2017 MANILA, Philippines – Philippine power rates remain one of the highest in Southeast Asia as of end-2016 due to continued lack of government subsidies, latest Department of Energy (DOE) data showed.

by Chris Weller, Aug 25, 2017 In 2012, the US government put on its futurist hat and published a report entitled “Global Trends 2030: Alternative Worlds.” It’s full of both grim predictions and hopeful insights about the world that humans will inhabit within the next two decades.

By Richmond Mercurio (The Philippine Star), Aug 24, 2017 Due To Rising Cost of Business MANILA, Philippines – Korean manufacturing companies in the Philippines are packing up and leaving the country for Vietnam where they see lower costs and an easier way of doing business.

by ANNE FISHER , MONSTER, Aug 24, 2017 Politicians may be trying to bring back U.S. jobs from overseas, but even if that were possible, Ed Hess, a professor at the University of Virginia’s Darden Graduate School of Business, says that millions of those jobs would probably go to robots now, anyway.

by Iain Morris, News Editor, Aug 24, 2017 Automation is fast emerging as the new buzzword in the telecom industry. But whether it is a neat label for an array of groundbreaking technologies, or just a euphemism for job cuts, it will hold interest for company shareholders and C-suite executives for one reason alone: its…

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https://blogs.adb.org/blog/future-work-developing-asia The nature of work in Asia and the Pacific has changed dramatically in recent decades. Labor market shifts have transformed societies, as rapid economic growth provides workers with better paying and more productive jobs.

By Emmanuel Tupas (The Philippine Star), Aug 23, 2017 MANILA, Philippines – Three people were injured after the steel column they were assembling for the Metro Rail Transit Line 7 (MRT-7) project collapsed in Quezon City on Monday.

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By KRISTY INUS, Straits Times, Aug 23, 2017 KOTA KINABALU: They were tempted to Malaysia with promises of jobs as waitresses, but the six Filipinas were instead cooped up in a house in Kampung Peringatan.

By: Ben O. de Vera, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Aug 23, 2017 The head of the economic team is confident that the economic reforms being introduced by the Duterte administration will bring about “irreversible achievements” that will benefit more Filipinos.

Did the ‘oligarchs’ – big business owners and Mindanaoan political elites – gain anything from the collapse of the talks? What about the national security establishment? The answer, I find, is mixed. by Luke Lischin, Rappler, Aug 23, 2017 Like others who did not assume that the peace talks between the government of the Philippines…

By Louella Desiderio (The Philippine Star), Aug 23, 2017 MANILA, Philippines – Infrastructure conglomerate Metro Pacific Investments Corp. (MPIC) is planning to buy out the stake of the government and other shareholders in the Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT-3).

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https://theconversation.com/europe-is-going-grey-can-eu-countries-work-together-to-care-for-their-elderly-80416 How can Europe best take care of its elderly? European societies are ageing. In 1950, only 12% of the European population was over age 65. Today the share has already doubled, and projections show that in 2050 over 36% of Europe’s population will be 65-plus years old.

by John McKenna, Aug 22, 2017 From DNA databases to police drones and GPS tracking darts, technology plays a vital role in the fight against crime. In Australia an unlikely new recruit could be added to law enforcers’ arsenal of high-tech tools: the fridge. Refrigerators connected to the Internet of Things (IoT) – smart fridges…

By Jovee Marie de la Cruz, Businessmirror, Aug 21, 2017 A vice chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations is pushing for a measure directing the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to establish a three-year pilot program for telecommuting, or work from home, arrangements in select local industries.

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By Iris Gonzales (The Philippine Star), Aug 21, 2017 MANILA, Philippines – The country’s retailers are now feeling the pinch of heightened competition from the once ignored, but now rapidly growing online shopping business, industry players told The Star.

By Richmond Mercurio (The Philippine Star), Aug 21, 2017 MANILA, Philippines – Employers have raised anew concerns over issues of contractualization and workers’ security of tenure included in certain provisions of 25 bills pending in the House of Representatives.

by Vincent Chin, Aug 21, 2017 I’ve been in South Africa and the US recently. From geography to development both countries are, of course, very different. But they do share some similarities. Take inequality, for example. This issue – which is by no means limited to their shores – has become a deeply rooted feature…

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August 21, 2017, INQUIRER.net In New Zealand farms, Filipino migrant workers in “desperate situations” face widespread mistreatment. Abuse, exploitation, being underpaid, and being exposed to dangerous conditions are just some of the circumstances that Filipinos encounter while working in the dairy farm industry, according to a study titled “In search of decent work”.

By KEVIN A. LAGUNDA CHRISTY, Sun Star, Aug 21, 2017 Mae Arriesgado cried after learning that she cannot post bail, saying she has a one-year-old daughter to take care of. “I want to get out of here,” she said.