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Philippine Daily Inquirer, Apr 18, 2017 BAGUIO CITY — A miner died from gas poisoning on Monday afternoon (April 17) while cleaning an impounding tank used to store mine tailings in Barangay Ucab in Itogon town, Benguet province.

A Swedish experiment may have missed the bigger picture of how shorter days can mean long-term profit. by Rebecca Greenfield, Apr 17, 2017, 5:00 PM GMT+8 In February, after almost two years worth of six-hour workdays, nurses at the Svartedalens elderly care facility in Gothenburg, Sweden went back to eeight-hourshifts—despite recently published research showing the benefits…

By Press Release, Apr 17, 2017 The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is working vigorously toward integrating the region’s economies in order to bring the benefits of growth to the 650 million people in this 10-nation bloc, Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III said.

There are legitimate concerns around AI and how it will impact the job market. But the real impact will depend on how businesses leverage and implement AI tools to support employees, rather than replace them. By Sarah K. White, CIO, Apr 17, 2017

BY RAADEE S. SAUSA, TMT, Manila Times, Apr 17, 2017 RESTRICTIVE labor market laws prevent micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) from flourishing despite the various fiscal incentive programs the government provides for MSME development, according to a new study by a government think tank.

By Catherine Pillas, Businessmirror, Apr 16, 2017 Business-process outsourcing (BPO) firms in the Philippines will not be affected by US President Donald J. Trump’s protectionist stance, according to the chief of the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (Peza).

by James Watkins, THE DAILY DOSE, APR 14 2017 We’re selling out. Uber and Lyft let us sell our rides and our tolerance for traffic. We can sell the spare bedroom on Airbnb. On TaskRabbit we can sell our ability to assemble Ikea furniture; on Etsy our knitting skills; on Lugg our brawn. The list…

National University of Singapore, Apr 13, 2017 Drinking tea reduces the risk of cognitive impairment by 50 percent—and as much as 86 percent for older adults who have a genetic risk of Alzheimer’s disease—a study of 957 Chinese seniors 55 and older shows.

By: Ben O. de Vera, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Apr 13, 2017 The Philippine economy is seen sustaining its robust growth in the medium term but London-based economic research firm Capital Economics red-flagged risks from political uncertainty.

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BY KEVIN MANEY, 9/4/16 Three years ago, Jeff Bezos announced that drones are eventually going to deliver Amazon orders. In the past year, he brought out Amazon’s Alexa artificial intelligence service, which understands speech well enough that you can say, “Alexa, I really need a waffle cone maker,” and she’ll put one in your Amazon…

BY ALDEN WICKER, Jan 9, 2016 No one wants your cheap, old clothes—not even the neediest people on Earth.

BY WINSTON ROSS, May 21, 2016 Melissa Agnello earned her Ph.D in microbiology last year from the University of California at Los Angeles, an impressive achievement that unlocked her ability to wave goodbye to a decade of student poverty and… be a little less poor. She’s doing post-doctoral research now at the school, studying the…

ZDNet sits down with open source columnist Bob Reselman to discuss a question from our not-too-distant future: what happens to jobs when everything is automated? By David Gewirtz for ZDNet Government | April 13, 2017 One of the reasons I like to interview experts and students of technological change is to look at the differing…

by TOM GREENWELL, APRIL 13, 2017 More than 100,000 people die from asbestos-related disease each year, but the global asbestos industry continues to thrive. An African diplomatic initiative could be the first step in stopping it

by N.V. (Tiger) Tyagarajan, Apr 12, 2017 The process of learning, unlearning, trashing and reinventing is never-ending. Take the retail industry, for instance. The companies that are thriving are those that are constantly changing the nature of their businesses, like Amazon, which has grown from an e-commerce platform to a leader in all aspects of…

by Rutger Bregman, Apr 12, 2017 A great deal has been written in recent years about the perils of automation. With predicted mass unemployment, declining wages, and increasing inequality, clearly we should all be afraid.

by Erin Brodwin, Apr 12, 2017 So much for not being able to teach an old dog new tricks. Research has shown that some older people stay sharp into old age and retain the ability to recall personal experiences with just as much accuracy as their middle-aged peers. The brains of these so-called “super-agers” look…

by James Brooks, Associated Press, Apr 12, 2017 The syringe slides in between the thumb and index finger. Then, with a click, a microchip is injected in the employee’s hand. Another “cyborg” is created.

BY KENNETH CHENG, kennethcjw@mediacorp.com.sg, Apr 11, 2017 SINGAPORE — Employees of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) can now enjoy the same suite of welfare benefits available to union members — except for workplace protection — after the labour movement rolled out a new scheme yesterday to raise the well-being of SME workers.

FIRST PERSON By Alex Magno (The Philippine Star), Apr 11, 2017 In their last meeting earlier this month, the negotiating panels of the Philippine government and the CPP-NPA agreed to an “interim” bilateral ceasefire agreement – whatever that may mean.

by Liz Ryan, Apr 11, 2017 For 50 or 60 years job-seekers have been taught to write their resumes in the most opaque and unhelpful way imaginable. Job-seekers have been taught to use terse, governmental language in their resumes, so that almost every job-seeker sounds identical to every other job-seeker!

Philippine Daily Inquirer, Apr 11, 2017 Economic issues such as higher pay, inflation and job creation were the Filipinos’ most urgent national concerns in March, results of a Pulse Asia survey showed.

By Michael Birshan, Thomas Meakin, and Kurt Strovink, Apr 2017 We assessed the early moves of CEOs with outstanding track records; some valuable lessons for leadership transitions emerged. New CEOs face enormous challenges as they start assembling a management team and setting a strategic direction in today’s volatile environment. To provide some guidance for transitioning…

By: Tetch Torres-Tupas, INQINQUIRER.net, Apr 11, 2017 The Philippines and the US government on Tuesday signed an agreement to enhance the campaign against child trafficking and abuse in the country.

By: Ed Margareth Barahan, INQUIRER.net, Apr 11, 2017 Workers seeking overseas employment should be wary of fake job offers circulating online. In statement issued on Tuesday, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said: “Filipinos who are planning to work abroad should always be more careful of the too-good-to-be-true job offers being posted online. Avoid applying with…

By AYA BATRAWY, ASSOCIATED PRESS DUBAI, Apr 11, 2017 South Asian migrants working in the multi-billion dollar construction industry in Arab Gulf countries are shouldering the costs of their own recruitment fees while companies and their clients are reaping the benefits from inexpensive labor, according to a study released Tuesday.

by Ninoy Sison, 06 April 2012 Through the years the Chinese secret service has constantly kept a keen eye on the Philippines, being strategically located in the South China Sea, long considered by China as a Chinese. Control early Philippine operations was handled directly from Yan’an, Mao Zedong’s stronghold and revolutionary base in mountainous Shanxi…

UNTV News, Apr 10, 2017 MANILA, Philippines — About 2,000 human trafficking victims nationwide had been assisted by the government in 2014, based on a report from the Department of Social Welfare Development (DSWD) .

BY RIGOBERTO D. TIGLAO, Manila Times, Apr 10, 2017 Coa must now do a real audit I APPLAUD President Duterte’s recent tirade against his predecessor Benigno S. Aquino 3rd and the latter’s budget secretary, Florencio Abad, over their Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP), which was really an unprecedented, mammoth hijacking of government funds.