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by Andre Goy, Apr 10, 2017 With so many novel therapies being developed, there has never been a more exciting time to be practicing medicine, says Dr Andre Goy, Chairman and Director, Chief of Lymphoma, John Theurer Cancer Center, Hackensack University Medical Center. However, rising costs combined with an ageing population and an increase in…

How one field service management provider is benefiting from the technology. By Bob Violino, Apr 10, 2017 Artificial intelligence (AI) is having a huge impact on businesses in a variety of industries, including high tech. ServiceMax, a company that provides cloud-based field service software to help organizations manage contracts, scheduling, and parts, is a case…

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By Emmanuel Tupas (The Philippine Star), Apr 9, 2017 MANILA, Philippines – The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) has limited the daily driving hours of public utility bus drivers to six hours to avoid accidents.

by Belinda Luscombe, Oct 28, 2014 As it has become clear over the last few years that sex trafficking takes place on every continent (O.K., maybe not Antarctica), approaches to defining it and ending it have changed. While there are ghastly situations in which young girls’ virginity is sold off by their debt-stricken parents in…

goo.gl/ZhM3LTcontent_copy Unhappiness is toxic. Throughout the years, I’ve learned there are certain traits and habits chronically unhappy people seem to have mastered. But before diving in with you, let me preface this and say: we all have bad days, even weeks when we fall down in all seven areas.

By Thomas Barta and Patrick Barwise, April 2017 Strong team leadership isn’t enough. New research shows the importance—for business impact and career success—of also mobilizing your boss and colleagues. Most of the leadership advice aimed at senior functional managers is how to build, align, energize, and guide a world-class team. This is a challenging task…

INQUIRER.net, April 08, 2017 For eating her employer’s food, a Filipina domestic helper in Hong Kong has been fined an amount eight times the cost of what she had eaten.

OSAKA (Jiji Press) — Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations member states agreed to work together to promote free trade at a meeting of their economic ministers in the western Japan city of Osaka on Saturday.

At a seminar organized by the Blas F. Ople Policy Center, 8 new labor attachés present their credentials to the OFW community Don Kevin Hapal, Apr 08, 2017 MANILA, Philippines – Some of them may seem young but regardless of age, they maintained that they are all capable of taking on the challenge of looking…

At least 3 labor attachés recently appointed to coveted foreign posts are relatives of Cabinet members Patty Pasion, Apr 08, 2017 All in the family? Recent appointees to one of DOLE’s most important positions are relatives of Cabinet secretaries, Rappler has learned.

By Claire Poskitt , April 7, 2017 ‘With great power comes great responsibility… and stress. Lots of stress.’ A managerial role can take its toll on your mental health, especially when your workload and to-do list are never-ending. In a recent Center for Creative Leadership survey, 88 percent of workers in leadership roles stated that…

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by Arnaud Bernaert, Apr 7, 2017 Good mental health enables people to realize their full potential, cope with the normal stresses of life, work productively, and contribute to their communities. However the growing burden of mental illness is staggering. At a global level, one-in-four people will likely experience a mental health problem at some point…

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by Keith Breene, Feb 12, 2016 Often in our fast-paced, modern society, happiness is equated with success. Many of us work incredibly hard in the belief that happiness comes from achieving our goals. But it seems that we might be looking at things back to front.

By: Ben O. de Vera, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Apr 07, 2017 The economy expanded by a higher 6.9 percent last year, the government said Thursday, but rising prices of consumer goods pose risk to robust demand, such that the Asian Development Bank sees the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) growing by a slightly slower 6.4…

By Silvia Marchetti, Apr 7, 2017 You’re just standing around anyway — why not get paid for it? In this original week-long series, The Evolution of the Side Hustle: How Gigs are Killing the Nine-to-Five, OZY charts the past, present and future of the side hustle. Do you have a side hustle that OZY should…

by Janine Marie D. Soliman, Businessworld, Apr 7, 2017 PHILIPPINE gross domestic product (GDP) growth will likely ease this year — the only Southeast Asian economy that will do so from 2016 — in the face of external headwinds, but the country will still outperform many in Asia and most regional averages, according to the…

by Travis Bradberry, 7 Apr 2017 The ability to manage your emotions and remain calm under pressure has a direct link to your performance. TalentSmart has conducted research with more than a million people, and we’ve found that 90% of top performers are skilled at managing their emotions in times of stress in order to…

By JUSTIN K. VESTIL, Sunstar, Apr 7, 2017 THE Department of Labor and Employment (Dole) ordered a local arrastre and stevedoring company in Pier 2 to stop its forklift operations following the accident that killed a shipping firm worker last week.

by Vanessa Candeias, Apr 7, 2017 Good mental health enables people to realize their full potential, cope with the normal stresses of life, work productively, and contribute to their communities. However the growing burden of mental illness is staggering. At a global level, one-in-four people will likely experience a mental health problem at some point…

BY MARY SHACKLETT, Apr 7, 2017 Job categories across several industries are likely candidates for replacing workers with automated technologies. Here’s a look at who may be affected and how this trend could play out.

HONG KONG, CHINA (6 April 2017) — Growth is picking up in two-thirds of economies in developing Asia, supported by higher external demand, rebounding global commodity prices, and domestic reforms, making the region the largest single contributor to global growth at 60%, says a new Asian Development Bank (ADB) report.

by Janina C. Lim, Businessmirror, Apr 6, 2017 THE Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has launched a $35 million project designed to deal with the expanding problem of electronic waste (e-waste), which contains hazardous substances like mercury and lead.

By: Ed Margareth Barahan, INQUIRER.net, Apr 06, 2017 Social Security System (SSS) President Emmanuel Dooc on Thursday clarified that the P6.2 billion that was released last March for the additional P1,000 benefit of pensioners did not come from the subsidy of the national government, but from the agency’s investment income and its present member contributions.

By: Ed Margareth Barahan, INQUIRER.net, Apr 06, 2017 Maynilad announced on Thursday adjustments in its water rate – an increase due to its foreign currency differential adjustment (FCDA) and an adjustment to cover the 1.9 percent consumer price index.

by KAREN HERTZBERG, Apr 6, 2017 I want to put a ding in the universe. —Steve Jobs You don’t have to be a fan of iEverything to recognize the tremendous impact Apple has had on technology and business. Steve Jobs led the company he co-founded in 1976 with charisma and an insatiable drive to innovate…

By Wilson Lee Flores, Philstar, July 24, 2011 Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved. Who are the businessmen — entrepreneurs and top executives — whose enterprises and personal efforts have the most…

by Firat Kayakiran, Apr 5, 2017 Little more than 2 1/2 years from now, the global fleet of merchant ships will have to reduce drastically how much sulfur their engines belch into the atmosphere. While that will do good things — like diminishing the threat of acid rain and helping asthma sufferers — there’s a…