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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.

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…