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Philippine employment dilemma: Dumb down the jobs? Or smarten up the workforce?

Posted on July 6, 2014 By benign0 11 Comments on Philippine employment dilemma: Dumb down the jobs? Or smarten up the workforce?
Philippine employment dilemma: Dumb down the jobs? Or smarten up the workforce?

The Philippines is imprisoned by a deep systemic inability in its people to extricate themselves from poverty. It is a problem that is an outcome of (1) the sheer number of Filipinos that inhabit the planet, (2) the average productive output of each warm Filipino body earning (or seeking to earn) a living, and (3)…

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Development, Economy, Education, Money Talks

The persistent myth of economic growth

Posted on July 4, 2014August 4, 2022 By benign0 5 Comments on The persistent myth of economic growth
The persistent myth of economic growth

Development in understanding in recent years is making real limits on growth a lot more palpable since it is becoming quite evident that our approach to measuring economic value and the costs of acquiring said “value” (i.e. our monetary system) is woefully incomplete. Yet economic growth remains the be-all-end-all that pervades every aspect of human…

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Development, Economy, Environment, Lifestyle, Money Talks

Ph President BS Aquino doesn’t care if he broke the law while handling taxpayers’ money

Posted on July 4, 2014July 4, 2014 By Ilda 33 Comments on Ph President BS Aquino doesn’t care if he broke the law while handling taxpayers’ money
Ph President BS Aquino doesn’t care if he broke the law while handling taxpayers’ money

According to Philippine Presidential Communications Operations Office head Herminio Coloma Jr., President Benigno Simeon “BS” Aquino won’t apologize for the controversial Disbursement Acceleration Program or DAP after it was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. He insists that “the executive branch ‘exercised good faith and due diligence’ in accordance with existing laws and relevant auditing…

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Crime, Development, Economy, Government, Politics

Achieving developmental focus: The Philippines’ Vital Few initiatives

Posted on July 4, 2014July 4, 2014 By benign0 1 Comment on Achieving developmental focus: The Philippines’ Vital Few initiatives
Achieving developmental focus: The Philippines’ Vital Few initiatives

The Philippines is a most massive outcome of lots of actions underpinned by very little thinking. So many initiatives, advocacies, “movements”, agendas, and vested interests driven by even more characters in a country of 100 million clueless people — it sounds like a chapter out of John Barrow’s book Impossibility. The Philippines is a case…

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Charter Change, Development, Economy, Media, Society

HK Filipino maids react to latest ‘racism’ row as impact of Singapore hate blog ripples across region

Posted on June 19, 2014June 19, 2014 By benign0 36 Comments on HK Filipino maids react to latest ‘racism’ row as impact of Singapore hate blog ripples across region
HK Filipino maids react to latest ‘racism’ row as impact of Singapore hate blog ripples across region

Tensions between Filipino expat residents in Singapore and so-called hate bloggers and online trolls seems to be escalating. The Philippine embassy in Singapore has asked the Singapore government to hold accountable for inciting hatred a blogger who published an article on the site “Blood Stained Singapore” in which the Filipino community there was described as…

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Civics, Culture, Development, Economy, Education, Government, Lifestyle, Media, Society

Why do Singaporeans hate Filipinos?

Posted on June 18, 2014July 1, 2014 By benign0 169 Comments on Why do Singaporeans hate Filipinos?
Why do Singaporeans hate Filipinos?

It’s the obvious question everyone is asking nowadays amidst a raft of hate blogs and other such digital artifcats going “viral” all over the Net. Many of these seem to have stemmed from the whole fracas surrounding a plan by Filipino community leaders to stage a 12th June Independence Day event at a major shopping…

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Civics, Culture, Economy, Featured, Government, Lifestyle, Society

The Philippines CAN become southeast Asia’s Silicon Valley!

Posted on June 11, 2014 By benign0 12 Comments on The Philippines CAN become southeast Asia’s Silicon Valley!
The Philippines CAN become southeast Asia’s Silicon Valley!

Silicon Valley — the real one in California, that is — is hot, and it may be overheating the San Francisco Bay Area. Property prices are soaring as the Valley’s seemingly insatiable appetite for tech talent is drawing in the best and the brightest. But the downside to all this is that the techo scene…

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Development, Economy, Government, Tech Talk

Philippines and Papua New Guinea fish exports may be banned in Europe

Posted on June 11, 2014 By benign0 1 Comment on Philippines and Papua New Guinea fish exports may be banned in Europe
Philippines and Papua New Guinea fish exports may be banned in Europe

Illegal fishing practices in the Philippines and Papua New Guinea may cost the economies of these two impoverished countries dearly. The European Union is reportedly threatening to ban fish imports from the two countries unless they curb illegal fishing practices. The warning, which was welcomed by environmental groups, puts the two countries on the EU’s…

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Crime, Economy, Environment, Money Talks, Religion

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