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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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Who grabbed vast portions of the PHHC, NGC lands?

January 25, 2020 admin Opinion on Page One, sunday stories

Credit to Author: Marlen V. Ronquillo| Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2020 17:02:14 +0000

The old People’s Homesite and Housing Corp. (PHHC), the National Government Center (NGC) and the University of the Philippines (UP) owned at least 2,000 hectares of prime land until the 1960s in what is now the heart of Quezon City. Of that grand total, the old PHHC developed eight housing projects, from Project One to […]