Can Filipinos work from home as “vice president” Leni Robredo recommends?
Sure, some Filipinos can work from home. But the vast majority of them can’t. This is not to mention the fact that most Filipino bosses can’t even wrap their heads …
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Prosperity for the countryside: Promote the Philippines as a haven for “digital nomads”
Here’s an easy way for local governments in the Philippines to stimulate their local economies — become havens for “digital nomads”. Digital nomads are mobile workers who are engaged in …
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The Philippines is going down a FAKE development path
The Philippines is a vulnerable society — vulnerable because, though it is resource-rich, it is almost wholly dependent on external capital for its survival. Japan and Singapore, for example, are …
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Do Filipinos want to continue to be known as the world’s servants?
The latest brouhaha surrounding the diplomatic row with Kuwait that erupted following the going “viral” of a video of a “rescue operation” instigated by Filipino diplomatic personnel there has attracted …
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Filipino dependence on overseas employment is what is at the root of the Kuwait “diplomatic crisis”
Back in the old days before social media there was a particularly “viral” email going around that enjoined humanity to “imagine a world without Overseas Filipino Workers”. The author of …
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Driving a jeepney is a parasitical profession
Do jeepneys have a future in Philippine public transport? The answer most people would like to hear to the above question is quite disturbing. Jeepneys have a future because these …
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Why it is ABSOLUTELY wrong for Filipino workers to expect tips
Tipping is a sad relic of American culture that Filipinos have embraced. Indeed, Filipino workers have gone further and perverted the concept by seeing tips as an entitlement rather than …
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Let jeepney drivers go on strike — PERMANENTLY
Filipinos once had the opportunity to be weaned off these clunky poor excuses for public transport. But that was several decades ago. That opportunity has passed. Today, Filipinos need to …
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