An estimated 1.6 million job opportunities will be created with household income substantially increased if the economic restrictions in the 1987 Constitution are relaxed, a University of the Philippines (UP) researcher said Sunday, May 30. DILG Spokesperson Jonathan Malaya (File photo courtesy of...
Senators on Tuesday, May 25, called on government to ramp up its efforts in inoculating Filipinos against the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). A senior citizen is inoculated with AstraZeneca's COVID -19 vaccine in Paranaque City on April 5, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/ MANILA BULLETIN) Senator Risa...
More than 500 public transport drivers and conductors who lost their jobs due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic will be given a chance to become riders and delivery partners of motorcycle ride-hailing platform JoyRide. (Photo from JoyRide PH Facebook Page) This, after the motorcycle...
An estimated 30 percent of the Filipino nurses who were displaced from their jobs abroad as a result of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are willing to work in the Philippines temporarily. (Screengrab from DOLE Facebook live) Marianito Roque, former Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)...
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, 30 individuals in a barangay in Pasig City were provided free skills training and employment opportunities. This was made possible by the collaboration between Barangay San Antonio, Pasig, and CFC-ANCOP, paving the way to a 10-day free skills training of masonry,...
More needs to be done to generate jobs and reduce hunger among Filipinos, Malacañang admitted Friday after a survey showed many families had little or nothing to eat during the coronavirus pandemic. A woman receives food items from a community pantry located at the Polytechnic University of the...
If nerditude can make you a billionaire at age 23, who cares about being uncool and unpopular? A NERKLE, A NERD, AND A SEERSUCKER TOO Dr. Seuss’ signature illustration on the cover of 'If I Ran the Zoo,' the book credited for the first modern English use of the word ‘nerd’ on print A lot has...
As the shift to digitalization continued to pressure businesses and organizations, schools are also expected to ramp up their operations to produce IT graduates needed to fill up the huge manpower demand. In a webinar conducted by iACADEMY, a school in Makati that specializes on Computing, ...
By D. Posadas Ricardo Cruz had always been an achiever. He was at the top of his class at engineering school. Athletic. A leader. Always knew what he wanted. As a Filipino tech entrepreneur, his ultimate measure of success was to list his e-vehicle component company in the stock market through an...
An Inter-Agency Task Force on National Employment Recovery Strategy (NERS) is being constituted to address the alarming high unemployment situation in the country and help Filipinos get back to the new normal. This developed as government agencies led by the Department of Trade and Industry...
The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) is encouraging consumers and the working population to respond to a new survey on confidence in the safe and gradual opening of the economy. In a statement, Acting Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Karl Kendrick T. Chua said the key to a real...
Choose one or two that are based on mommy personality There are a number of WFH (work-from-home) jobs that almost anyone can get into depending on their skills. There are jobs that require more specialized ones, and there are those that do not require specific skills but just the necessary tools: a...
