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A national apprenticeship program that provides subsidies to both employers and employees in areas where a skills mismatch has occurred would fix the problem.
The president in answering the questions submitted and rated by viewers on Youtube reiterated many of his “talking points” during his second State of [...]
Continue Reading →The average age of Filipino farmers, according to the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Food Sen. Kiko Pangilinan, is 57. Meanwhile, the average age of the Department of Agriculture‘s (DA) employees is mid 50′s. Aren’t the figures alarming?
To solve this hounding problem in the [...]
Continue Reading →It was reported a while back that the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) would go “commando” on institutions producing sub-standard outcomes for their students. The newly appointed CHED Chairwoman Patricia Licuanan was quoted as saying
(w)hen I [was] appointed to the CHEd, he (referring to [...]
Continue Reading →Forum cites development tasks
BusinessWorld Online
ASIA is now increasingly the focus of growth in the world, but individual economies like the Philippines and similarly less developed markets have to identify sectors that need support in order to boost their competitiveness, experts said at a [...]
Continue Reading →More jobs seen in 4th quarter
By Mayen Jaymalin
The Philippine Star
MANILA, Philippines – Here’s good news for jobseekers.
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) yesterday assured that employment opportunities are brighter for jobseekers with the coming holiday season.
Labor Secretary [...]
Continue Reading →Asean lists down causes of failure to meet MDGs
Written by Estrella Torres
Business Mirror
LINGERING conflicts, fragile political situations and armed violence in Southeast Asia hamper the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) among the members of the Association of Southeast Asian [...]
Continue Reading →Infrastructure woes hinder MDGs
Written by Cai U. Ordinario
Business Mirror
DESPITE the country’s efforts to increase social spending through programs like the conditional cash-transfer (CCT) program to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the Asian Development Bank (ADB) believes that addressing infrastructure constraints [...]
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Why many Filipinos are poor: WB’s latest report (1)
By Rigoberto D. Tiglao
Philippine Daily Inquirer
THE WORLD Bank’s most recent analysis of the Philippine economy released last month was quite underreported, probably since, as is typical of its reports, you have [...]
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- There's too much fun in the Philippines
There’s too much fun in the Philippines
A certain pizza place we shall now disguise behind the name Norwich Pizza had been acquired by a large food conglomerate we shall call Bumblebee Food Corporation for purposes of…
- Pseudo-trial
Pseudo-trial
What happens when social media takesover the justice system?
As per the Julian Assange case in Britain where the WikiLeaks founder may find out about his fate through the social networking…
- The Thai experience
The Thai experience (or why P-Noy …
The Philippines it seems is engulfed in all things Hollywood at the moment. With the filming of the Bourne Legacy taking place in Manila filling the nightly news with human…
