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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More labour regulation could motivate businesses to reduce reliance on cheap workers and be more INNOVATIVE
Tightened labour contracting laws is good. It will force businesses to rely less on labour and be more reliant on technology and capital solutions to improve productivity. When the process …
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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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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 REAL Philippine State of the Nation demystified
Again, like the federalism “issue”, political “analysts” and their dogs have recently been issuing their two cents on the whats and what nots of the state of the Philippine Nation. …
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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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Trump and Duterte: The rise of hugely-popular demagogues in America and its Philippine colony
It is hardly surprising that demagogues have come to dominate national Americana politics on both sides of the globe. Funny enough, two such popular demagogues happen to be making waves …
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