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The low-key carnage of niche PH tech jobs

February 22, 2020 admin carnage, niche ph tech jobs, Opinion on Page One, sunday stories

Credit to Author: Marlen V. Ronquillo| Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2020 17:05:53 +0000

Financial services giant Wells Fargo, for one reason or another, broke the pattern of silence on the technology employment front. Employers of Filipino tech workers — whether these are technology companies, multinational banks and financial institutions or other service-oriented entities with global operations — usually cut jobs, announce so-called job “redundancies” and “retirements” under an atmosphere of silence. Wells […]

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‘Be holy, for I, the Lord, your God, am holy.’ But how?

February 22, 2020 admin be holy, faith healer, god, Opinion on Page One

Credit to Author: Ricardo Saludo| Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2020 17:03:05 +0000

I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your heavenly Father, for he makes his sun rise on the bad and the good, and causes rain to fall on the just and the unjust. For if you love those who love you, what […]

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Doing good for the ‘wild bunch’

February 22, 2020 admin Opinion on Page One, reflections, wild bunch

Credit to Author: Fr. Shay Cullen, SSC| Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2020 17:00:05 +0000

This time of the year is for reflection — a time to review our life, count our blessings, be content if we are healthy and have a sustainable life and meaningful employment. We can be thankful if we can eat in moderation healthy food, care for our families and friends, and have a spirit of […]

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Democracy at stake: The need for standards and certification

February 18, 2020 admin Democracy, Opinion on Page One, standards and certification

Credit to Author: Nelson Celis, TMT| Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2020 16:05:39 +0000

First of 3 parts IN a hearing last week of the Senate Committee on Electoral Reforms and People’s Participation led by Sen. Maria Imelda Josefa “Imee” Marcos, I was surprised to hear that the test certification of Precinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS) machines or vote counting machines, would only need some machines to undergo thorough […]

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POGOs: Tax-evading, sex den-hosting, criminal-coddling insufferables

February 15, 2020 admin Opinion on Page One, pogo

Credit to Author: Marlen V. Ronquillo| Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2020 17:48:34 +0000

The first thing to consider in the evaluation of whether to ban Philippine offshore gaming operators (POGOs) in the country or not comes in form of a question. Why are POGOs, which are of, for and by the mainland Chinese, banned in China? They are outlawed in China because they are considered as criminal enterprises, with no place […]

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‘Keep the commandments, and they will save you’

February 15, 2020 admin commandments, Opinion on Page One

Credit to Author: Ricardo Saludo| Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2020 17:45:54 +0000

If you choose you can keep the commandments, they will save you; if you trust in God, you too shall live; he has set before you fire and water; to whichever you choose, stretch forth your hand. Before man are life and death, good and evil, whichever he chooses shall be given him. Immense is […]

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Overcoming poverty

February 15, 2020 admin Opinion on Page One, Poverty

Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2020 17:43:04 +0000

There is extreme poverty in the world —1 percent of rich people have more money and wealth than the combined wealth of 4.6 billion people who have almost nothing. Worldwide, there are about 735 million people in extreme poverty. In the Philippines, there is an estimated 6 million people in extreme poverty. Why is there […]

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A bird flu epidemic will bring PH agriculture to its knees

February 8, 2020 admin Opinion on Page One

Credit to Author: Marlen V. Ronquillo| Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2020 18:12:15 +0000

Forget beef. Beef consumption per capita of Filipinos is one of the lowest in the world, under 4 kilos per year. The reasons are many, but these reasons all lead to one common denominator — beef is costly and the average Filipino family does not have the money to buy real beef, not the adulterated beef that […]

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Bringing the light of Christ to the night of Wuhan

February 8, 2020 admin Opinion on Page One

Credit to Author: Ricardo Saludo| Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2020 18:09:48 +0000

Thus says the Lord: Share your bread with the hungry, shelter the oppressed and the homeless; clothe the naked when you see them, and do not turn your back on your own. … If you remove from your midst oppression, false accusation and malicious speech; if you bestow your bread on the hungry and satisfy […]

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Human slavery trafficked into bondage

February 8, 2020 admin Opinion on Page One

Credit to Author: Fr. Shay Cullen, SSC| Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2020 18:06:26 +0000

The enslavement of innocent youth into sex trafficking is almost always by means of human contact through pimps and human traffickers — they offer money and inducement. The victims are seduced by peer group members and groomed on social media. Although forbidden by law, local governments allow the sex trafficking of children and youth when […]

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