The Philippines needs to gear up to exploit the US-China “trade war”!
A trade war between the United States and China presents a wealth of opportunity to the Philippines — if, of course, Filipinos are up to the challenge of seizing them. …
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Why are Chinese workers WORTH MORE than Filipino workers in the job market?
For all the noise about the growing number of Chinese workers flooding the Philippines, very few “activists” have raised this most important question of all. Why do Chinese workers attract …
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The late Henry Sy is NOT the bad guy in the story of Philippine poverty. FILIPINOS are.
Last we recall, the Philippines is propped up by overseas foreign workers (OFWs) to the tune of 10% of its economy and Filipino households down to the lower middle classes …
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Filipino-style ‘labour activism’ makes Filipino workers poorer rather than richer
Filipinos would like to think they are “pro-poor” and “pro-worker”. Yet, this is a society where many of its most vocal “influencers” maintain lifestyles propped up by cheap labour. And …
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Filipino workers need to ditch OBSOLETE activists like Renato Reyes this #LaborDay on #MayoUno2018
Filipinos need to change their labour “leaders”. They spout nothing but obsolete Cold War-era slogans every labour day and this year is no different. This year’s call is, guess what, …
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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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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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Do immigrants steal jobs from their host country’s natives?
The common-sense wisdom is that they do, because they work cheap. Take Silicon Valley. They lead the pack whining about a lack of “programming talent”. Their solution to that “challenge” …
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