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By: Jeannette I. Andrade, Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 06, 2017 There seems to be no escaping a future where robots and artificial intelligence (AI) get to perform more and more jobs, as sci-fi films warn.

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by David Roman, Bloomberg, May 5, 2017 India and the Philippines are likely to post Asia’s fastest economic growth rates in coming years as their working-age population keeps expanding through 2020, in contrast with shrinking workforces across North Asia, Nomura Holdings Inc. estimates show.

by Lindsay Dodgson, May 5, 2017 Interviews are intimidating for nearly everyone. After all, one mistake could lie between you getting the job. We go in with our perfectly rehearsed answers to everything we think the interviewer might ask. But of course, we can’t be prepared for everything — and there are some questions that…

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By Czeriza Valencia (The Philippine Star), May 5, 2017 MANILA, Philippines – Metro Manila’s economic growth quickened to 7.5 percent in 2016 from 6.7 percent the previous year, powered by the strong performance of the services sector, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported yesterday.

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BY ERWIN P. NICAVERA, GMA News, May, 4, 2017 A security guard died while 11 others were injured, including two minors and an elderly man, after glass panels fell on them at Barangay Mansilingan in Bacolod City on Wednesday.

By: Villamor Visaya Jr., Inquirer Northern Luzon, May 04, 2017 TUGUEGARAO CITY — A 48-year-old Nueva Vizcaya trader committed suicide on Tuesday (May 2) after killing his 49-year-old wife and injuring his 19-year-old daughter in Bambang town, Nueva Vizcaya, a belated police report stated.

By: Rey Anthony Ostria, INQInquirer Southern Luzon, May 04, 2017 LEGAZPI CITY, Albay — Two of the gold panners buried when a shallow pit in the mining town of Aroroy in Masbate province collapsed Wednesday were found dead after hours of search, Police Chief Inspector Ariel Dayap Neri, Aroroy chief of police, said on Thursday.

NOTES FROM THE EU DELEGATION By Franz Jessen (The Philippine Star), May 4, 2017 Last Monday marked the 128th anniversary of the International Labor Day. Like every year, this event was celebrated in many countries around the world, including in the Philippines. This year also marks the 104th anniversary of the famous 1903 rally that…

By Gerardo P. Sicat (The Philippine Star), May 3, 2017 Almost two weeks ago, the administration held a public presentation of Dutertenomics at the Conrad Hotel in Manila. I was invited to be an outside and final speaker to help summarize and comment on the economic policies. Unfortunately an unexpected tragic family event required me…

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By: Yuji Vincent Gonzales, INQINQUIRER.net, May 03, 2017 Fewer Filipino families experienced hunger in the first quarter of 2017, according to a recent survey by Social Weather Stations (SWS).

With customers in financial services, insurance, and healthcare, Romanian startup UiPath has just secured funding to help it add more AI to its software robots. By Andrada Fiscutean for Central European Processing, May 3, 2017 Software robots can perform human tasks, such as reading screens, saving email attachments, and importing info into a company’s database.

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by Rie Takumi/KBK, GMA News, May 3, 2017 The government is mulling the possibility of reducing the number of skilled workers being deployed to abroad to address a local shortage of manpower, JP Soriano reported on 24 Oras on Wednesday.

By: Rey Anthony Ostria, Suzene T. Cajegas, Inquirer Southern Luzon, May 03, 2017 LEGAZPI CITY, Albay — Five miners were rescued while emergency workers are still in the process of rescuing two other miners after they were buried in a shallow pit in the mining town of Aroroy in Masbate province Wednesday morning, police said.

by Jacqui Canney, May 2, 2017 In this series, we asked speakers at the Milken Institute Global Conference to answer: How does one build a meaningful life in the age of technological disruption? Join the conversation by writing your own article here and including #MIGlobal. In my role, I’m often asked what the “future of…

by Ashley Rodriguez, May 2, 2017 People in Britain are more scared of the artificial intelligence embedded in household devices and self-driving cars than in systems used for predictive policing or diagnosing diseases. That’s according to a survey commissioned by the Royal Society, which is billed as the first in-depth look at how the public…

By Edith Regalado (The Philippine Star), May 2, 2017 DAVAO CITY, Philippines – President Duterte vowed to fulfill his campaign promise to put a stop to labor contractualization but asked that he be given more time, as it would not be that easy, especially in certain industries.

By JP LOPEZ, Malaya, May 2, 2017 THOUSANDS of protesters from moderate groups to militant organizations marked the first Labor Day under President Duterte’s watch by marching under the scorching sun yesterday to demand a nationwide P750 minimum wage and an end to all kinds of contractualization.

by Klaus Schwab, 14 Jan 2016 We stand on the brink of a technological revolution that will fundamentally alter the way we live, work, and relate to one another. In its scale, scope, and complexity, the transformation will be unlike anything humankind has experienced before. We do not yet know just how it will unfold,…

By: the Inquirer Bureaus, Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 02, 2017 Duterte Cabinet members join Labor Day protestNews For the first time in recent history, the Labor Day rally in Davao City, hometown of President Duterte, its longtime mayor, had no effigy of the incumbent president.