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DSWD, NGO sign pact to help distraught Mindanao OFWs, children they left behind

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By Manuel T. Cayon

LL does not glisten—or glitter— in foreign lands. This was the gist of the partnership between the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the Mindanao Migrants Center for Empowering Action Inc. (MMCEAI), as they attempt to extend government social services, this time, to the distraught children of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) left behind here in the Philippines, and to the OFWs themselves.

While parents or their children resort to migration to seek economic relief from dire straits at home, data from government and NGOs like MMCEAI reveal the human toll: distressed situations encountered by some returning OFWs, indicating that the proverbial pot of gold at the end of the rainbow could sometimes be nothing but a myth, or a bad tradeoff

for ruined lives at home.

There would be periodic cases of abuse of whatever form, whether financial, physical or social, mental or sexual, and there would be cases of misfortune every now and then.

Thus, it would not surprise Filipinos that even in the government’s conditional cash transfer program for the poorest of the poor, there

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would be beneficiaries from even among the OFWs themselves.

The pact

IN the memorandum of agreement the parties signed on May 24, the government and the Mindanao NGO pledged to work together “in extending programs and services to children of OFW parents who are Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiaries.” It said they would also promote and strengthen the implementation of 4Ps in the Davao Region.

Lawyer Vanessa B. Goc-ong, DSWD director for the Davao Region, said government has acknowledged the profound work of the MMCEAI for migrant workers, especially among distressed returning OFWs, and among their children and families left behind in their hometowns in Mindanao.

This made the MMCEAI the ideal partner to ensure an enhanced implementation of the conditional cash transfer program among OFW beneficiaries.

“Working with MMCEAI has allowed us to take a deeper look at the phenomenon of distressed OFWs and their children. We also see how our joint efforts started with rescue, and then later these

evolved into other programs like rehabilitation and referral to psychosocial legal experts,” she said at the signing ceremony witnessed by teams from the regional DSWD office and some officers of OFW community organizations in Davao City.

She said the organization’s long experience would help DSWD extend its financial and social services assistance program to the children, especially those of returning OFWs traumatized by physical and sexual abuse by employers, or facing abandonment by spouses and of the squander of their hard-earned remittances by guardians.

children of OFWs, called Anak OFW, to provide therapeutic activities and counselling, as well as educational assistance and further counselling and advice in the schools.

It has formed community associations of OFWs and linked

them with their respective barangays for official recognition and accreditation.

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MMCEAI creation

THE MMCEAI was established in 2007 as a center to promote the rights of migrant workers, lobby for policies on safe migration and ensure adequate protection for OFWs. The organization focuses on identifying distressed and abandoned OFWs and provide or refer them to appropriate government agencies and facilities for any type of assistance, from rescue to providing psychosocial therapy and legal services.

It also has special programs for

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A red-hot job market awaits US teens while employers sweat

By Paul Wiseman & Mae Anderson

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The Associated Press

ASHINGTON—Mary Jane Riva, CEO of the Pizza Factory, has a cautionary message for her customers this summer: Prepare to wait longer for your Hawaiian pie or calzone.

The Pizza Factory’s 100 West Coast locations are desperately short of workers. With about 12 employees per store, they’re barely half-staffed—just when many more Americans are venturing out to restaurant chains like hers.

“The days of 15-minute orders,” Riva said, “may not be happening anymore.”

Talk to other employers in America’s vast hospitality sector— hotels, restaurants, public pools, ice cream parlors, pick-your-own strawberry farms—and you’ll hear a similar lament. They can’t fill many of their summer jobs because the number of open positions far exceeds the number of people willing and able to fill them—even at increased wages.

Reinforcements on the way

SOME help may be coming: School’s out for summer, cutting loose millions of high school and college students for the next three months. Riva, for one, is hoping to field more job applications from students seeking summertime spending money.

Teens are in an unusually commanding position—at least those among them who want a

job. Researchers at Drexel University’s Center for Labor Markets and Policy predicted in a report last month that an average of 33 percent of youths ages 16 to 19 will be employed each month from June through August this year, the highest such rate since 34 percent in the summer of 2007.

Among them is Samuel Castillo, a 19-year-old four-year veteran of Miami’s Summer Jobs Connect program who’s already built an impressive résumé. In one former job with the program, he worked in a legislative office, registering constituent complaints. His first summer, he saved $900 to buy parts to build his own computer.

Now, he’s studying computer engineering technology in college and working in the Jobs Connect program again this summer, earning $15 an hour teaching other students how to manage money.

“The goal for working is to pay my bills,’’ he said. “School costs money. Books cost money.’’

This year, for the first time in a couple of years, employers might get more help from overseas. After restricting immigration as a Covid-19 precaution, the government is beginning to

A SIGN advertises for help at The Goldenrod, a popular restaurant and candy shop, in York Beach, Maine, on Wednesday, June 1, 2022. The business is looking to hire 30 to 40 more workers in addition to the 70 or so it now employs. AP

loosen up: The US Citizenship and Immigration Services has raised the limit on H-2B temporary work permits—used for seasonal work—by 35,000 visas.

Cape Resorts, which operates several boutique hotels, cottages

and restaurants in Cape May and elsewhere in New Jersey and New York, will employ about 120 international students this summer on J-1 visas, work permits that also serve as a kind of cultural exchange program. The company employs about 950 staffers.

“Finding staff that are eager to fill hospitality roles remains a challenge,” said Cindy D’Aoust, a company executive. “But it is great to see the return of our international students as well as returning college students for the summer season.”

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STILL, today’s level of teen employment isn’t close to what it used to be. In August 1978, 50 percent of America’s teenagers were working. Around 2000, teenage employment went into a decade-long slide.

In June 2010, during the agonizingly slow recovery from the 20072009 Great Recession, teenage employment bottomed at 25 percent before slowly rising again as the economy recovered.

It was more than economic doldrums that kept teens away from work. Longer-term economic forces and changing personal choices contributed, too. The US economy now offers fewer low-skill, entry-level jobs—ready-made for teens—than in the 1970s and 1980s. Many such jobs that do remain, from supermarket clerk to fast-food burger flipper, are increasingly likely to

be taken by older workers, many of them immigrants.

And many teens from affluent families, eyeing admission to top universities, have chosen to forgo summer jobs for summer school or volunteer work that bear mention on college applications. Others now spend their summers playing sports.

Pandemic factor

BUT Covid and its economic damage changed everything. At first, the economy collapsed as businesses locked down and consumers hunkered down at home. Soon, vast federal aid and ultra-low interest rates ignited an unexpectedly fast recovery. Businesses scrambled to recall employees they had laid off and to find new ones to keep up with resurgent customer orders.

The US unemployment rate has dropped to 3.6 percent, just above a half-century low. This week, the government reported that employers posted 11.4 job openings in April, down from a record 11.9 million in March but still extraordinarily high.

Job ratio

ON average, there are now roughly two jobs available for every unemployed American.

Suddenly, teenagers are in much greater demand. And the pay available to them—$15 or $16 an hour for entry-level work—is drawing some back into the job market. Teen-

age employment has already topped prepandemic levels even though the overall job market still hasn’t.

With desperate employers jacking up hourly wages, many teens can take jobs that pay better than the usual seasonal openings at summer camps, RV (recreational vehicle) parks, and resorts, said Julia Pollak, an economist at ZipRecruiter.

“We have this big gap in the market now,” she said. “There are no takers for jobs that are typically given to teens for pocket money.”

Economists and other analysts welcome the reversal in fortune.

Summertime jobs give young people experience and make it more likely they will work later in life, the Drexel researchers say—good news for a US labor force that is losing the vast baby boom generation to retirement.

Entry-level jobs also give teens the opportunity to learn how to handle money and to mingle with colleagues and customers from diverse economic and cultural backgrounds.

Lauren Gonzalez, who operates two hostels with her sister—The Local in New York and Lolo Pass in Portland, Oregon—is looking for a barista, a bartender, an events manager and a sales manager.

She recently raised pay for housekeepers and receptionists, jobs that she had previously had little trouble filling.

“I definitely throw my hands in the air sometimes and say: ‘Where is everyone?’”

Left behind, but not forgotten the blighted communities where the distressed OFWs and their families also reside. It has also established footholds in the cities of Butuan, Cagayan de Oro, Cotabato and Zamboanga, with the core group composed of heads of regional offices of government agencies and key leaders of associations with migrant concerns.

She said the MMCEAI has already served or established initial contacts with more than 4,000 OFWs in distressed conditions.

The MMCEAI has also referred the families left behind by the OFWs to appropriate government agencies for assistance.

dinators ensuring that the piggybanks are kept safe and the small savings recorded appropriately.

This was intended to develop a culture of savings and responsible attitude toward spending.

The DSWD’s focus on services for children of OFWs springs from one of its focus of Human Capital Development on Republic Act 11310, the law creating the 4Ps, which grants the minimum financial assistance on condition that the parents comply with certain requirements, especially on care of children—from conception to the nurturing of their basic education and ensuring their regular attendance in prenatal care to class attendance of children.

Culture of money savings

Raising the ‘grit’

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THE children and the families were also introduced to a savings activity. Here, small amounts, mostly in coins, are dropped in plastic bottles or kept in small cubicles, with the MMCEAI or its community coor-

SO far, the DSWD found out, for instance, that regular attendance in schools and getting the habit of getting education the condition for 4P’s inclusion, has increased the “grit” or determination among

their children “to ask help when lesson is difficult (up by 91.2 percent), to strive to get higher grades (up by 91.7 percent) and to finish school work before they play (up by 77 percent)”.

“4Ps children have stronger determination [grit], which is an important socioeconomic skill in achieving goals,” a 4Ps primer said.

In previous years, the DSWD has reported cases of families which graduated from the 4Ps program due to the compliance with these education conditions, as children also later found ways to enrol in college or find gainful employment to help boost the family’s income.

The DSWD-MMCEAI agreement would also encourage the latter to join the periodic training on the 4Ps program, so that the MMCEAI may develop its own activities that would cater to the needs of the current and “would-be beneficiaries of the program.”

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China snubs anew PHL protest on SCS fishing ban

By Malou Talosig-Bartolome

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or the nth time, Beijing merely shrugged off Philippine protest of China’s imposition of a unilateral fishing moratorium in the South China Sea (SCS).

Instead of complaining, Manila should instead see the fishing ban as “an objective and corrective perspective” in the name of “sustainable development of fishery” in the disputed territory, the Chinese foreign ministry said.

“China cannot accept the unwarranted accusation of the Philippine Foreign Ministry,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said when asked during a news briefing in Beijing.

The Philippine foreign affairs department had earlier protested the unilateral imposition of the three-and-a-half month fishing moratorium in waters and land features north of the 12 degrees north latitude, including the West Philippine Sea. The Chinese annual fishing ban started May 1 this year and is expected to last until August 16.

“The summer fishing moratorium in the South China Sea adopted by China is a normal measure of protecting marine biological resources in waters under China’s jurisdiction, and a manifestation of fulfilling obligations under international law including UNCLOS by the Chinese side,” Zhao explained.

UNCLOS or the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea is the

Constitution of all water forms that countries must abide to ensure peace and order in the seas, as well as protect its marine habitat. Both China and the Philippines are members of UNCLOS. Citing UNCLOS provisions, the Philippines challenged China’s sweeping maritime claim over SCS before the arbitration tribunal in The Hague, Netherlands. The Permanent Court of Arbitration ruled that the nine-dash line in Chinese ancient maps over SCS couldn’t be used as evidence to show its maritime jurisdiction over SCS. Given that, the 2016 arbitral court also ruled China has no right to impose a unilateral fishing moratorium in the SCS, including areas which are within the Philippines’s exclusive economic zone.

China did not participate in the arbitration proceedings and never recognized the arbitral ruling.

Zhao did not comment though on the Philippine citation of the 2016 arbitral ruling. He simply said that the Philippines could just simply join hands with China in promoting sustainable fishery in the disputed waters. “ We h o p e t h e Ph i l i p p i n e side can view it in an objective and cor rect perspective, and earnestly fulfill the obligations as a littoral state of the South China Sea to jointly promote sustainable development of fishery in the South China Sea,” Zhao added.

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Senate adopts committee report on e-sabong probe

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By Butch Fernandez

he Senate, before adjourning the last plenary session of the 18th Congress Wednesday night, adopted the findings in a committee report on the senators’ inquiry into the unsolved case of 34 missing individuals believed abducted in disputes related to e-sabong anomalies.

Conducted by the Senate Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs, chaired by Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa, the probers recommended the adoption of 18 administrative and 7 legislative actions based on findings in the case of the 34 still missing e-sabong players.

After four hearings, Dela Rosa disclosed that probers were able to establish that 7 cases involving 32 victims, out of eight reported “abduction incidents, were connected to sabong and e-sabong operations.”

Noting there was similarity in the pattern of the abductions,

Dela Rosa surmised the probable motives were game-fixing called “tyope” and “cloning” of an esabong web site, citing the case of victim Ricardo Lasco Jr., who was a master agent abducted in his house in San Pablo, Laguna.

In his 77-page Committee Report No. 646, Dela Rosa also prodded the state-run Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (Pagcor) to establish a mechanism that will “deny minors from gaining access to electronic gambling platforms and for money transfer facilities to strictly implement the ‘KnowYour-Customer” policy.’

DOH detects 2 new BA.5 Omicron subvariant cases in Central Luzon

By Claudeth Mocon-Ciriaco

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he Department of Health (DOH) on Friday reported the detection of two cases of Omicron subvariant BA.5 in the country.

Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that two individuals residing in the same

household in Region 3 (Central Luzon) were detected positive of the BA.5 variant.

“Both indiv iduals have unknown exposure as they did not have a travel history. Both are fully-vaccinated with booster shots,” Vergeire said.

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symptoms.

“They are now asymptomatic a n d t a g g e d a s r e c o v e r e d ,” Vergeire added.

The DOH was able to identify their close contacts that are household members currently undergoing isolation.

One tested positive, the other, negative.

“Contact tracing is key at this stage of early detection,” the health official stressed.

The DOH assumes that all posit ive resu lts may be new subvariants or variants, hence “ indiv idua ls are immediately isol ated fol low ing protocol while waiting for sequencing results.”

At the same time, the senator suggested suspending business permits of cockpit arenas found violating ordinances mandating installation of CCTV cameras, collection by the Bureau of Internal Revenue of tax dues from e-sabong operators, and “no letup in investigation by the police and the National Bureau of Investigation on cases of the missing individuals.”

Moreover, Dela Rosa also prodded the Department of Social Welfare and Development to extend assistance to families of missing cockfight aficionados, and the Department of Education to “include in the curriculum discussions on the perils of gambling and its nature as a social ill, based on Republic Act No. 11476, otherwise known as the GMRC and Values Education Act.” As for remedial legislation, Dela Rosa is also mulling over options to recommend possible a mend ment s to P resident i a l Decree No. 449, or the “Cockfighting Law of 1974,” to include strict monitoring of cockfighting activities, increase in penalty for obstruction of justice “to deter concealment of a committed crime, passage of a law mandating local government units to install CCTV cameras in off-site betting stations and commercial establishments, and setting-up

of a reward system for witnesses of crimes.”

Enlisting Senate President Vicente Sotto’s support, De la Rosa said, “I am praying and wishing that there will be no more abductions and missing cases related to e-sabong.

“Nagdarasal at humihiling na sana ay hindi na madagdagan at maulit pa ang pagkawala ng ating mga kababayan ng dahil lamang sa sabong, e-sabong o iba pang paraan ng sugal,” Dela Rosa said.”

In his sponsorship on the committee report, Dela Rosa, a former National Police chief, likewise likened gambling addiction to drug addiction, warning that “Ang pagkalulong sa sugal ay hindi nalalayo sa epekto ng pagkalulong sa droga at iba pang bisyo na dapat nating bigyang importansya at solusyon. Ang pagtatapos ng pagdinig sa isyung ito ay hindi nangangahulugang pag tatapos sa usapin patungkol sa e-sabong ngunit simula pa lamang sa mahabang diskuyon ng mga isyung pumapalibot dito.”

He added: “Though e-sabong is an industry known to be raking in billions of pesos and is claimed to be of help to the country and community, it will never be as significant and as treasured as compared to the lives of our fellow Filipinos,” asserting that a human life cannot be equated with money.”

Philippine Red Cross expands services in Visayas, establishes 3 more branches

Private tourism groups looking to strengthen ties with new DOT chief

By Ma. Stella F. Arnaldo Special to the BusinessMirror

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RIVATE tourism stakeholders groups welcomed this week the nomination of re-elected Liloan City Mayor Christina Garcia Frasco to the post of Secretary of Tourism.

In a news statement, the Tourism Congress of the Philippines (TCP) congratulated Garcia Frasco, saying that, with her “extensive experience in local government, and in a prime destination at that, we are confident that she will continue the revival of the country’s tourism industry and guide us through whatever challenges come our way.

We certainly welcome her statements regarding the creation of safety nets for the industry as cushion for our tourism stakeholders against future calamities.”

The TCP said it looked forward to

strengthening its ties with the Secretarydesignate and the Department of Tourism (DOT) “in carrying out the vision and ideals of the industry, as outlined in Republic Act 9593, the Tourism Act of 2009. We, tourism stakeholders, continue to pledge a collaborative relationship with government, as it has proven to be effective in the success of our industry.”

With Garcia Frasco at the helm of the their industry, they said they “eagerly anticipate” its return to pre-pandemic profitability.

Under RA 9593, the TCP is the legally mandated private sector consultative body “to assist the government in the development, implementation and coordination of Philippine tourism policy.” It is composed of representatives of accredited tourism enterprises and former government officials involved in the tourism industry.

For its part, the Philippine Hotel Owners Association (PHOA) extended its “warmest congratulations to Garcia Frasco,” adding that the group’s officers and members “commit their unwavering support… as she assumes her new position and spearheads the recovery efforts for the tourism industry.”

PHOA is a non-stock, non-profit organization established in 1977. It has around 300 members composed of major hotels, resorts, casino hotels and other accommodation establishments all over the country.

In a recent interview, Garcia Frasco said she wanted to shine a spotlight on the less known leisure destinations in the country to spread out the benefits of economic growth. “We have seen the importance of shedding light on local products, local talents that may be lesser known, but are certainly not on the lesser talent or quality.

And I think that by expanding our reach by expanding our hand to the periphery of more well-known tourist sites, then we would be able to extend more economic opportunities and we would be able to bounce back stronger, as an economy in general,” she stressed.

Garcia Frasco also batted for social safety nets to help stakeholders in the time of calamities or pandemics. See, “New tourism chief: In ‘unity’ there will be fun,” in the BusinessMirror, June 2, 2022.

With the DOT, the Tourism Congress was able to push for the inclusion of jobless stakeholders in the Bayanihan program, for them to receive financial assistance, while micro-, small-, and medium tourism enterprises were able to tap zero-percent interest, collateral-free loans to prop up their operations during the pandemic.

Davao City taps Covid facilities for possible monkeypox exigency

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AVAO CITY—This city’s Covid-19 task force is readying its cluster clinic intended for Covid-19 response for any entry of the monkeypox, another emerging disease currently with cases in Europe and the US. Dr. Michelle Schlosser, spokesman of the task force, said the city government would utilize the Covid Cluster Clinics (CCCs) in handling cases, saying the CCC was intended for Covid-19 and other emerging and reemerging diseases that includes monkeypox.

“Monkeypox is part of our

emerging and reemerging disease.

Our Covid-19 Cluster Clinic will also be handling this one. Fortunately we do not have a case here,” Schlosser said.

The Department of Health (DoH) said monkeypox is like Covid-19 which could be transmitted through respiratory droplets. “It can also be transmitted through an open wound, body fluids, and physical body contact including sexual transmission.”

“Incubation period for this is from five to 21 days. The first symptoms are fever, and swelling of lymph nodes. Some of the

patients with monkeypox also manifest headache, chills, sore throat, and fatigue,” she said. She said rashes look like chickenpox but are larger.

“The good thing about this is it has two to three weeks recovery, and to prevent the severity there is already a pre-exposure vaccine for monkeypox,” she said.

T he Philippines has no known case yet but it is present in other countries such as Spain, Portugal, and European Union countries.

She said the city government opened its first CCC in San Vicenta

Village in Bajada and offers free contact tracing, consultation and medicine, swab test, quarantine or isolation, transportation, and food for suspected, probable, or confirmed Covid-19 cases.

The CCC also utilizes telemedicine for people to consult and communicate with doctors on Covidrelated matters at the safety of their homes.

A second CCC is about to be completed soon in Calinan, some 30 kilometers northwest of downtown, and a third is being constructed in Ilang, Tibungco, 20 kms northeast of downtown. Manuel T. Cayon

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elebr ating its 75t h fou nd ing a nn iversa r y, the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) has announced the recent approval of three more additional branches.

The announcement was management’s implementation of the directive of the Board of Governors to set up the Alang-alang Branch in Leyte Chapter and La Carlota City and San Carlos City Branches in Negros OccidentalBacolod City Chapter.

The newly established branches in Visayas are a fulfillment of the PRC ’s mandate to support the government by bringing its ser vices and programs closer to the most vulnerable communities. In coordination with the Leyte Chapter in Tacloban City and Alang-alang Municipality, the Alang-alang branch has scheduled its Mobile

Blood Donation to make blood more accessible to the community. Likewise, La Carlota City and San Carlos City branches have started providing blood services to their communities.

In addition, these branches have ongoing recruitment for Red Cross 143 and Red Cross Youth Council members.

“Sa paggunita natin ng ating ika-75 anibersaryo, handog ng Red Cross ang mga bagong branches para sa ating mga kababayan sa Visayas. Makatitiyak ang ating mga kababayan na mas malapit na ang mga serbisyong ating ibabahagi sa kanila,” Chairman and CEO Richard Gordon said.

To date, the PRC has 102 active chapters with 40 branches nationwide that are always first, always ready, and always there to provide sustained and effective humanitarian services.

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Balita urges PRC to hold special exam for professional teachers

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epresenting more than 10,000 education graduates of Batch 2021 and Batch 2022, Educator Dr. Carl Balita has appealed to the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) for a special licensure examination for professional teachers (LEPT).

In a letter sent to PRC, Balita empathized with Batch 2021 who had been delayed in taking the LEPT as well as the graduating class of 2022.

In an earlier resolution, the PRC Board of Professional Teachers declared that the Batch 2021 and 2022 are not eligible to take the LEPT scheduled in September 2022. They will have to wait to join the schedule LEPT in March 2023, PRC ruled.

The reason cited is the fact that these batches are products of the new Teacher Education curriculum, which started in 2017, for which PRC has aligned the Table of Specification for the LEPT.

Balita, however, pointed out, “We cannot make these batches suffer from the circumstances outside their control and authorities should have anticipated.”

With more than 10,000 signatories (and growing) to the appeal via Google Form floated nationwide, Balita appealed for the holding of LEPT for the two batches.

PRC canceled all Board Examinations in 2020 and resumed in the latter part of 2021. This created an extraordinary influx of board aspirants across all disciplines.

The LEPT is the most populous Board Exam with 38,150 and 26,580 examinees in 2022 and 2021 respectively, as compared with a total of 386,840 examinees in two examinations in 2019.

Balita assumed that there are a hundred thousand aspiring professional teachers awaiting their chance to take the LEPT.

Recto holds high hopes BBM economic ‘A-Team’ will deliver

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By Butch Fernandez

enate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto raised high hopes Friday President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s newly installed Cabinetlevel economic team will promptly deliver given the expectations from the group touted as an “A-Team and investment grade.”

“President-elect Marcos Jr.’s economic team is what the mar-

ket might rate premium investment grade,” said Recto, referring

BOI, academe, other govt agencies, eye enhanced efforts to develop green metals

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ogether with various government agencies, academe, industry stakeholders, associations, and organizations, the Philippine Board of Investments (BOI) held a Trade and Industry Development (TID) Talks on the Green Metals Sector on Wednesday, June 1, 2022, in which the participants converged to discuss the challenges and huge opportunities in the processing of the country’s green metals, particularly nickel, copper, and cobalt.

During the discussion, the participants agreed on working together to advance more mineral processing in the country especially for clean energy technologies and electric vehicle (EV)

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battery manufacturing.

In photo are BOI officials and TID Talks key resource speakers: (from left) OIC-Asst. Director Juancho Pablo Calvez of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Mines and Geosciences Bureau; Mr. Edmund Araga, President of the Electric Vehicle Association of the Philippines; Director Raquel Echague of the BOI-Resource-Based Industries Service; Executive Director Ma. Corazon HaliliDichosa of the BOI-Industry Development Services; Atty. Dante Bravo, President of the Philippine Nickel Industry Association; and Mr. Eulalio Austin Jr., President and CEO of Philex Mining Corporation.

to Secretary-designates Benjamin Diokno, Arsenio Balisacan, Fred Pascual, Mina Pangandaman and Felipe Medalla.

Describing them as topnotch professionals whose skills and experience fit the country’s postCovid reconstruction needs, Recto added, “They possess the vision to chart our progress and the virtues of hard work and honesty to grow our economy.”

Citing the Duterte administration’s first batch of Cabinet appointees’ record in public service, Recto assured, “Their combined expertise should make us hopeful that the first bill President Marcos Jr. will send to Congress, the 2023 National Budget, is a feasible

battle plan that combats joblessness, food insecurity, manufacturing lethargy, weak health system, and the education crisis.”

Recto also reminded that another urgent document that must be prepared by the new administration is the country’s Five-Year Medium-Term Economic Plan.

“There is no better crew to oversee the drafting of this guide out of the economic doldrums inflicted by the pandemic than this A-team,” he said. “Their selection is proof that insofar as this key segment of the Cabinet is concerned, the president-elect admirably used professional credentials as the sole hiring criteria and never factored in politics in his decision.”

PhilCare survey reveals ‘quandary’ of working parents in new normal

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ilipino workers support the government’s efforts to contain the coronavirus through vaccination.

Majority of respondents of the PhilCare Wellness Index: The Philippine Roadmap to the Next Normal were positive that 70 percent of the population would be fully vaccinated in order to achieve herd immunity within this year.

The majority of the survey respondents were also positive about their return to their workplaces. However, they were least positive about students returning to school with the physical classroom set-up.

“Most parents are hesitant to send their children back to school because vaccination for young people just started rolling out recently. As working parents readjust to the resumption of on-site work, it could be difficult for them to look after their children with the same focus that they had when they were working from home,” explained PhilCare President and CEO Jaeger Tanco. “Children are much more at risk if they get exposed to the coronavirus. That’s why it is understandable that parents would want their children to stay at home until the coronavirus is contained.”

Since the release of the Wellness Index, the Department of Health (DOH) has increased its target for the number of vaccinated individuals in order to achieve herd immunity, from 70 percent to 90 percent. At the current rate of vaccination, health experts predict that it may take until 2023 to reach the government’s target of vaccinating 90 percent of the population.

The Department of Education (DepEd) announced in February 2022 the implementation of the “progressive expansion of face-toface [F-to-F] classes.” This means

that public and private schools in areas under Alert Levels 1 and 2 will be allowed to conduct F-to-F classes as long as they are compliant with the standards of DepEd’s School Safety Assessment Tool (SSAT). The DepEd has approved the conduct of F-to-F classes for 6,686 schools nationwide. The number is expected to increase as more schools comply with the SSAT. During the pandemic, parents were able to assist their children in their online classes as most of them are also working from home.

Now that more employers are asking their employees to report on-site, working parents have to adjust to two new possible realities for their children: 1) continued online classes; or, 2) return to school for F-to-F classes.

Tanco said that the workplace can help their employees adjust to the demands of the new normal by maintaining the same flexibility that they had during the height of the pandemic. The Covid-19 created a reality that many people had to adjust to. Trying to revert to a pre-pandemic mindset in terms of managing operations and employees is contrary to the principle of the new normal.

“The wellness of the employee’s family should be part of our definition of employee wellness.

What happens at home affects employees and what they do at work. By extending the workplace’s care and concern to their employees’ family, employers would enjoy better productivity and brand loyalty from their employees. As schools open for face -to -face c l a sses, pa rents would need to help their children adjust to the new reality. To help parents cope, employers could be flexible in terms of work arrangements in order to accommodate such transition,” added Tanco.

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California regulators okay state’s 1st robotic taxi fleet

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alifornia regulators on Thursday gave a robotic taxi service the green light to begin charging passengers for driverless rides in San Francisco, a first in a state where dozens of companies have been trying to train vehicles to steer themselves on increasingly congested roads.

The California Public Utilities Commission unanimously granted Cruise, a company controlled by automaker General Motors, approval to launch its driverless ride-hailing service. The regulators issued the permit despite safety concerns arising from Cruise’s inability to pick up and drop off passengers at the curb in its autonomous taxis, requiring the vehicles to double park in traffic lanes.

The ride-hailing ser vice initially will consist of just 30 electric vehicles confined to transporting passengers in less congested parts of San Francisco from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. Those restrictions are designed to minimize chances of the robotic taxis causing property damage, injuries or death if something goes awry.

It will also allow regulators to assess how the technology works before permitting the service to expand.

Cruise and another robotic car pioneer, Waymo, already have been charging passengers for rides in parts of San Francisco in autonomous vehicles with a back-up human driver present to take control if something goes wrong with the technology.

But now Cruise has been cleared to charge for rides in vehicles that will have no other people in them besides the passengers—an ambition that a wide variety of technology companies and traditional automakers have been pursuing for more than a decade. The driverless vehicles have been hailed as a way to make taxi rides less expensive while reducing the traffic accidents and deaths caused by reckless human drivers.

Gil West, Cruise’s chief operating officer, in a blog post hailed Thursday’s vote as “a giant leap for our mission here at Cruise to save lives, help save the planet, and save people time and money.” He said the company would begin rolling out its fared

rides gradually.

Waymo, which began as a secret project within Internet powerhouse Google in 2009, has been running a driverless ride-hailing service in the Phoenix area since October 2020, but navigating the density and difficulty of more congested cities such as San Francisco has posed more daunting challenges for robotic taxis to overcome.

That’s one of the reasons Cruise’s newly approved driverless service in San Francisco is being so tightly controlled.

Besides being restricted to places and times where there is less traffic and fewer pedestrians on the streets, Cruise’s driverless service won’t be allowed to operate in heavy rain or fog either.

While Cruise’s application for a driverless taxi service in San Francisco won widespread backing from supporters hoping the technology will become viable in other cities, some transportation experts urged the Public Utilities Commission to move cautiously.

“Many of the claimed benefits of (autonomous vehicles) have not been demonstrated, and some claims have little or no foundation,” Ryan Russo, the director of the transportation department in Oakland, California, told the commission last month.

Just reaching this point has taken far longer than many companies envisioned when they began working on the autonomous technology.

Uber, the biggest ride-hailing service, had been hoping to have 75,000 self-driving cars on the road by 2019 and operating driverless taxi fleet in at least 13 cities in 2022, according to court documents filed in a high-profile case accusing the company of stealing trade secrets from Waymo. Uber wound up selling its autonomous driving division to Aurora in 2020 and still relies almost exclusively on human drivers who have been more difficult to recruit since the pandemic.

And Tesla CEO Elon Musk promised his electric car company would be running robotic taxi fleet by the end of 2020. That didn’t happen, although Musk is still promising it eventually will. AP

Oil set for sixth weekly gain as OPEC+ supply boost disappoints

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il headed for a sixth weekly advance after a keenly anticipated OPEC+ meeting delivered only a modest increase in output that failed to assuage concerns over a widening supply deficit.

The producer cartel agreed to a hike that amounts to just 0.4 percent of global demand over July and August. There had been speculation the Saudis were preparing to pump significantly more as part of a reset of relations with the US, and there were even suggestions that Russia might be exempted from the alliance’s monthly supply agreements.

That didn’t happen, with West Texas Intermediate closing up 1.4 percent after the decision and trading near $117 a barrel in Asia on Friday. A six-month long rally in the US benchmark—the longest such run in more than a decade—now looks set to continue. A report showing American crude stockpiles falling more than twice as much as expected last week at the start of the summer driving season highlighted the growing supply deficit.

OPEC+ agreed to production hikes of 648,000 barrels a day for July and August, about 50 percent larger than the increases seen in recent months. The decision came after the European Union approved a partial ban on Russian oil imports and after months of pressure by Washington on Saudi Arabia. There were doubts the group would be able to fully deliver on the pledged increases, given they will be spread across its members, many of whom have struggled to raise output.

The decision by OPEC+ could, in practice, mean 132,000 barrels a day each month of actual additional output from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, and Iraq, Citigroup Inc. said in a note. Prices have been marching higher in the past week as markets assessed the EU move, Chinese lockdowns were lifted and the US summer driving season got underway, it said.

“The agreed supply increases look big on paper, but in reality it is very unlikely the group will manage to hit these production targets,” said Warren Patterson, head of commodities strategy for ING Groep NV based in Singapore. “Russian output is likely to edge lower in the months ahead as sanctions bite, while there’s limited spare capacity among other members.”

ING’s forecast for Brent to average $122 a barrel over the second half remains unchanged, he said.

Oil has been driven higher this year on rebounding demand as countries threw off virus restrictions, while Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has reduced supply from one of the world’s three-biggest producers. A potential resurgence in consumption in China, the world’s biggest crude importer, is now threatening to add even more upward pressure to prices.

The ramp up in OPEC+ supply wouldn’t be enough to balance a market that’s shifting into deficit due to the demand recovery in China, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. said in a note. The bank said its expectations for output from the alliance are skewed to the downside, given the European ban on Russian imports and a lack of progress on negotiations with Iran. It reiterated its forecast for Brent to average $125 a barrel in the second half.

The OPEC+ announcement also didn’t have much impact on oil’s market structure.

Brent’s prompt timespread was $2.62 a barrel in backwardation—a bullish pattern where near term prices are higher than those further out—compared with $2.73 at the close on Wednesday.

US crude stockpiles fell around 5.1 million barrels last week, more than the median estimate for a decline of 2.1 million barrels, according to an Energy Information Administration report Thursday. New Yorkarea gasoline stockpiles dropped to the lowest level since 2017. Bloomberg News

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Supply-chain relief sparks feud over softer US economy

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ome supply strains in the US are easing, two years after a jump in demand started emptying shelves, snarling shipping and sowing the seeds of soaring inflation.

The line of 25 cargo ships headed to Southern California’s two big ports is less than a quarter of the record backup in January, and spot container rates have dropped almost 20 percent this year. Flexport Inc.’s average transpacific shipping journey of 102 days is the quickest since November. Delays moving containers out of rail depots in Detroit and Memphis are shorter than they were in September, according to Hapag-Lloyd AG. But for every sign that a cooling economy will give supply chains room to rebalance, there’s a reason for skepticism. On the East Coast, ship bottlenecks are building again. The dwell time for containers is still climbing at rail yards near Chicago and Kansas City. At 9.6 days in April, the wait to move freight on rail from the adjoining ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach was the longest since July.

The muddled picture is dividing observers. To some, the logistics links between factories and consumers will get stretched again when China allows factories to run full steam. Others sense the start of a longer-term weakening in the demand for goods as inflation erodes purchasing power and spending on services picks up.

Howe Wallace is in another camp—those who’ve given up guessing.

“I’ve stopped just speculating what’s going to happen for the next year,” said Wallace, president of Bartow, Florida-based PalletOne Inc., a large producer of wooden pallets. He said business is “still fairly strong” but the next several months are “too uncertain to call.”

Watching the pallet market is one way to track the economy’s subterranean strength. Here are a few obscure gauges from the

supply-chain world that give clues about the degree of the slowdown ahead:

Product packaging

An oft-forgotten bellwether of activity is the demand for product packaging—corrugated boxes. According to a Bloomberg Green Markets survey that’s yielded data for the past nine months, sentiment of packaging producers has recently gone negative after staying mostly strong for the past two years.

Through the pandemic, the demand for box packaging was so strong that the time from order to delivery peaked at 22 days in February. With order backlogs shrinking, the lead time shrank by three days last month to 14, and industry participants believe it could fall below 10 days by July, according to Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Ryan Fox. Experienced managers in the industry see corrugated packaging as the proverbial canary in the coal mine, but one that might not be flat-lining just yet.

“They believe that packaging is a leading indicator to the economy since so many products are shipped in boxes,” Fox said. “And yet some see the dip in demand as needed respite. They’ve been killing themselves for the last two years so the return to normal is welcomed.”

Flatbed trucks

A nother real-time pulse of physical commerce is the prevailing rate to move goods on flatbed trucks excluding fuel surcharges, which is only down about 3 percent from the peak reached a year ago, according to Bloomberg Intelligence senior logistics analyst Lee Klaskow. These rates are still almost 57 percent higher than they were in May 2019.

Flatbed trucks move a lot of heavy machinery, industrial components and homebuilding materials.

“Things are moderating but will remain better than before the pandemic,” Klaskow said.

Some smaller truck carriers that entered the market recently and now face crippling diesel costs will be forced out of business in a spot freight-market correction, though the contract market has held up much better, Klaskow said. Contractual rates for flatbed trucking excluding fuel surcharges were up 3.7 percent in April compared with a 13.1 percent increase in April 2020, he added.

Freight trains

Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan liked to study old-school numbers like scrap metal prices and railroad shipments.

Consumers have purchased a lot of goods since early 2020, so it’s still instructive to monitor how much merchandise and bulk commodities are still crisscrossing the country on trains.

North American rail volume during the first 20 weeks of 2022 totaled 13.5 million carloads and intermodal units, down 3.8 percent from a year earlier, according to data from the Association of American Railroads. So far this year, intermodal volumes—those goods traveling by sea, road and rail—have largely mirrored 2019 levels but trailed 2021’s traffic amid lingering congestion.

According to Bloomberg Intelligence, the four-week moving average for train velocity has slowed

5 percent, while dwell time has risen 9 percent.

The sluggishness doesn’t look to end in the near term. China’s lockdowns might give American railroad operators challenges in the weeks ahead as shipping containers from Asia flood already slammed ports, according to Klaskow.

Shipping pallets

At Virginia Tech, home of the nation’s leading pallet engineering lab, they claim “pallets move the world,” and it’s not much of an exaggeration given there are almost 2 billion in the US alone.

As goods purchases outweighed services spending over the past two years, prices for the new wooden pallets—the base of a so-called unit load—have jumped 59 percent nationally since the start of 2020 and are still rising.

Chaille Br ind ley, editor of the Pallet Profile, says demand is still strong. “Pallet manufacturers and recyclers remain very busy. Many are worried about a downturn that could be coming.

But they haven’t seen it materialize yet,” he wrote in a market report this month.

Higher transport costs, severe labor shortages and sustained demand are keeping pallet prices high. For example, in the mid-Atlantic region, a top-quality used pallet might sell for $12-$13, but in the West the price might be $18-$20 if you can find them, according to Brindley.

In some regions, that’s almost double the pre-pandemic cost.

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Covid vaccines for kids under 5 are set to begin in US this month

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hildren under age 5 are expected to be able to receive Covid-19 vaccines as soon as the week of June 21, President Joe Biden’s Covid-19 czar said, if regulators ultimately authorize the shots.

“We expect that vaccinations will begin in earnest as early as Tuesday, June 21, and really roll on throughout that week,” Ashish Jha said at a White House briefing Thursday.

“Our expectation is that within weeks, every parent who wants their child to get vaccinated will be able to get an appointment,” he said.

A Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory panel will meet June 15 to consider whether to clear vaccines by Moderna Inc. and Pfizer Inc.-BioNTech SE for use in younger children.

The FDA will then make its own decision, followed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Doses can be shipped once FDA clears the shots and can be administered after the CDC issues its guidance.

States will be able to

begin ordering doses on Friday, Jha said.

Moderna is seeking authorization for ages 6 months through 5 years; Pfizer-BioNTech is seeking to expand its existing approval, for children ages 5 and up, to as young as 6 months.

The White House continues to call on Congress to pass a new round of pandemic funding, warning that the government will otherwise run out of vaccines and treatments and also risks a collapse of Covid-19 test production.

The White House sought $22.5 billion, but lawmakers have struggled to agree to even half as much. Republicans in April blocked a Senate deal for $10 billion. Jha has said the administration is looking at programs it could claw back

to come up with money to buy vaccines—particularly an expected new generation designed to boost protection against the Omicron variant and its subvariants.

Recorded Covid cases in the US have leveled off again after rising through April and most of May, CDC data show.

The US is seeing an average of just over 100,000 cases a day, well above levels seen in March

but well below highs set in the Omicron wave early this year.

Hospitalizations—a lagging indicator—are rising, up 6.4 percent from the previous week, the data show.

About 83 percent of the eligible US population has received at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine, while nearly have of those eligible have also gotten at least one booster.

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New York legislators set to raise age to buy and own semi-automatic rifles

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LBANY, New York—New York’s legislature is poised to ban people under age 21 from buying or possessing a semi-automatic rifle, a major change to state firearm laws pushed through less than three weeks after an 18-year-old used one of the guns to kill 10 people at a supermarket in Buffalo.

The Legislature spent Thursday evening debating the bill ra ising t he age l im it, wh ic h passed the Senate 43-20 along pa r t y l i nes. T he leg isl at ion, which also launches a licensing requirement, is the centerpiece of a package of gun control bills

announced earlier this week by Democratic legislative leaders and Gov. Kathy Hochul.

New York already requires people to be 21 to possess a handgun.

Younger people would still be allowed to have other types of rifles and shotguns, but the change in

the law would restrict ownership of the type of fast-firing rifles used by the 18-year-old gunmen in the mass shootings in Buffalo and at a Texas elementary school.

Besides raising the legal purchase age to 21, the bill would also require anyone buying a semi-automatic rifle to get a license—something now only required for handguns.

Republicans chastised Democrats for pushing a more sweeping measure than Hochul originally pitched.

Sen. Gustavo Rivera, a Bronx Democrat, rebuffed Republicans who argued the bill will inconvenience gun owners and infringe Second Amendment rights: “It is meant to be a hassle to those folks who might want to get their hands quickly on something with which they could mass murder people.”

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matically load each bullet after firing, although firing requires pu l l i ng t he t r ig ger for eac h round. That makes it possible for mass murderers to kill more people in a short amount of time.

The change would largely impact areas outside New York City, which already requires permits to possess, carry and purchase any type of firearm and prohibits most applicants under 21.

Elsewhere in New York, people as young as 16 can possess long guns like rif les and shotguns without a license.

Sen. Alexis Weik, a Republican of Long Island, pointed out that an 18 year old could still travel to another state and buy a semiautomatic rifle.

Sen. Kevin Thomas, a Long Island Democrat and one of the bi l l ’s sponsors, replied, “A re you advocating for federal gun

control? Because that what’s needed.”

New York would join a handful of states—including Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Vermont and Washington—that require buyers to be at least 21 instead of 18 to purchase some types of long guns. Similar legislation has been proposed in Utah.

California’s attempt to raise the legal buying age for a semiautomatic weapons has been challenged in court.

On May 11, a US Appeals court panel ruled 2-1 that the state’s ban on the sale of semi-automatic weapons to adults under 21 is unconstitutional. The two judges who ruled in the majority were part of Republican President Donald Trump’s wave of conservativeapproved nominees that reshaped the famously liberal court.

The National Rifle Association

is also challenging Florida’s ban on the sale of rifles and other firearms to adults under age 21, which was passed in the wake of a 2018 shooting that killed 17 students and staff at a high school in Parkland.

Another bill set to pass in New York would require new guns to be equipped with microstamping technology, which would allow law enforcement investigators to more easily link weapons to fired bullets.

The state is also expected to pass legislation that would restrict the purchase of body armor and expand the list of people who can apply for an extreme risk protection order, a court order that can temporarily prohibit someone from purchasing or possessing a firearm if they are believed to be a danger to themselves or others. AP

SC faces historic case backlog as ‘edgy’ term comes to an end

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People console each other after a shooting at Cornerstone Church on Thursday, June 2, 2022 in Ames, Iowa. Two people and a shooter died Thursday night in a shooting outside a church in Ames, authorities said. AP

Man shoots two females, self, outside Iowa church

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MES, Iowa—A man shot two females to death and then apparently killed himself Thursday night outside a church in Ames, authorities said.

The man killed the two females outside the Cornerstone Church, a megachurch on the outskirts of Ames, Story County Sheriff ’s Office Capt. Nicholas Lennie told the Des Moines Register. Investigators didn’t know the ages of those killed, Lennie said.

The shooter appeared to have then shot himself but his death is still being investigated, Lennie said.

The church is near Interstate 35, about 48.28 kilometers north of Des Moines.

The sheriff ’s office didn’t identify those killed or give details about what led to the shooting.

The sheriff ’s office told KCCI-TV that they received multiple calls at 6:51 p.m. AP

Jan. 6 panel sets prime-time hearing date for findings

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A S HI N G T O N — T h e H o u s e committee investigating the January 6 insurrection at the Capitol will go public with its findings in a prime-time hearing next week, the start of what lawmakers hope will be a high-profile airing of the causes and consequences of the domestic attack on the US government.

Lawmakers plan to hold a series of hearings in June that they promise will lay out, step-by-step, how former President Donald Trump and his allies worked feverishly to overturn his loss in the 2020 presidential election, spreading lies about widespread voter fraud—widely debunked by judges and his own administration—that fueled a violent assault on the seat of democracy.

The six hearings, set to begin June 9 and expected to last until late June, will be the first time the committee discloses “previously unseen material” about what it has discovered in the course of a sprawling 10-month investigation that has touched nearly every aspect of the insurrection.

The committee, which has called Jan. 6 “one of the darkest days of our democracy,”

was formed in the aftermath to “investigate the facts, circumstances, and causes relating to the domestic terrorist attack on the Capitol.”

Unlike any other congressional committee in recent times, the panel’s work has been both highly anticipated by Democrats and routinely criticized by Trump and the former president’s allies, including some Republicans in Congress, who complain it is partisan.

More than 1,000 people have been interviewed by the panel, and only brief snippets of that testimony have been revealed to the public, mostly through court filings. The hearings are expected to showcase a series of witnesses but the committee has not yet publicly released the names.

The investigation has focused on every aspect of the insurrection, including the efforts by Trump and his allies to cast doubt on the election and halt the certification of President Joe Biden’s victory; the financing and organizing of rallies in Washington that took place before the attack; security failures

by Capitol Police and federal agencies; and the actions of the rioters themselves. AP

mid signs of internal discord, the US Supreme Court is waiting until the bitter end to do the largest share of its work in more than 70 years.

The Court is due to issue 33 opinions, a whopping 53 percent of its expected total in argued cases, as its 2021-22 term comes to an end in the next month. Among those will be rulings that could effectively render abortion illegal in two dozen states and mean more handguns on the streets.

The historic backlog—the biggest in percentage terms since at least 1950, according to empiricalscotus.com founder Adam Feldman—comes as the justices and their law clerks deal with an investigation into the leak of a draft opinion overturning the Roe v. Wade abortion-rights ruling. All told, it’s a formula for what could be a momentous and rancorous final month.

“June is invariably a hectic and contentious time at the court,” said Greg Garre, a Washington appellate lawyer who served as solicitor general under thenPresident George W. Bush. “And in that sense, this June will be no different. But the storm clouds obviously look more severe in terms of what could lie ahead.”

In addition to abortion and guns, the justices are scheduled to decide whether to restrict the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) power to tackle climate change, whether to force President Joe Biden’s administration to keep a Trump-era asylum policy and whether to give public-school teachers and staff more freedom to pray openly on campus.

Arguments earlier in the term suggested Republicans would reap the dividends from filling three vacancies during Donald Trump’s presidency, giving the court a 6-3 conservative majority. In their first full term together, the three Trump appointees—Justice Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett—have signaled a readiness to fulfill top items on conservative wish lists.

The strains fueled by that ideological shift have seeped out into the public.

During arguments in the abortion case last year, liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor asked whether the court would “survive the stench that this creates in the public perception that the Constitution and its reading are just political acts.”

More recently, conservative Justice Clarence Thomas said the opinion leak deeply damaged the institution, undermining trust among the justices.

And he compared the current membership unfavorably to the “fabulous court” during the late 1990s and early 2000s.

Along the way, two potential bridgebuilders, Justices Kavanaugh and Elena Kagan, have sniped at one another over the court’s handling of its stream of emergency requests, dubbed the “shadow docket” by critics.

‘Extremely fractious’

All that antagonism may explain why the term is so backloaded. In a highly unusual move, the court isn’t issuing opinions this week, suggesting the strife might be delaying even low-stakes cases.

The discord “just feels like it’s off the charts,” said Leah Litman, a University of Michigan law professor and former law clerk to since-retired Justice Anthony Kennedy. “It just seems like an extremely fractious time.”

The abortion ruling could fulfill a decades-old conservative dream. A draft majority opinion published last month by Politico would overturn Roe, the 1973 ruling that established abortion as a constitutional right. That followed an argument in which all three Trump appointees expressed interest in overturning Roe. “After almost 50 years, we really could see a major sea change in the country,” said Carol Tobias, president of the National Right to Life Committee.

The lingering question is whether Chief Justice John Roberts can persuade one of his conservative colleagues to join him in a narrower opinion, perhaps upholding

Mississippi’s ban on abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy without entirely overturning Roe. “I wasn’t optimistic after the argument, and I’m not particularly optimistic on seeing the draft opinion and what followed,” said Litman, an abortion-rights supporter.

Polls show that more Americans favor abortion rights. A new Wall Street JournalNORC survey taken after the leaked draft opinion found 68 percent of respondents don’t want to see Roe overturned, while 30 percent support that move. A new Gallup poll found 58 percent opposed to reversing Roe, with a near-record 55 percent identifying as “pro choice,” the highest figure since 1995.

Should the court overturn Roe, 26 states either will or are likely to ban almost all abortions, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a research organization that backs abortion rights.

Handgun clash

The gun case was already set to be the biggest Second Amendment ruling in more than a decade before mass shootings in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas, turned firearm access into a front-burner national issue.

During arguments in November, the justices suggested they will rule that most people have a constitutional right to carry a handgun outside the home and will strike down a New York law requiring a special justification to get a concealed-carry permit.

New York is one of eight states—along with California, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Maryland, Rhode Island, Delaware and Hawaii—with laws that the National Rifle Association says prevent most people from legally carrying a handgun in public.

The EPA case could undercut Biden’s pledge to reduce US greenhouse-gas emissions in half by the end of decade. Coal companies and Republican-led states are asking the court to pre-emptively stop the EPA from issuing the type of sweeping emissions rules President Barack Obama tried to put in place.

Under Obama’s Clean Power Plan, states

were encouraged to shift electricity generation away from coal-fired plants to lower-emitting sources. The power industry is backing the Biden administration, as are environmental advocates.

An especially broad ruling could reach beyond the EPA and keep other federal agencies from issuing major regulations without explicit authorization from Congress.

Other Supreme Court cases awaiting opinions:

n Whether a public-school district in Washington state violated the Constitution by disciplining a football coach who repeatedly took a knee for post-game prayers on the 50-yard line. n Whether parents in parts of Maine that lack public schools can use taxpayer funds to pay religious-school tuition under a program that covers only the cost of secular education. n Whether the Biden administration can end Donald Trump’s “remain-in-Mexico” policy, which requires many asylum seekers to wait south of the border while their cases are processed.

And the court will add new cases for its nine-month term that starts in October, a session that already includes major clashes over university affirmative action, anti-gay discrimination and race-based voting maps. Among the potential new cases are Bayer AG’s bid to stop billions of dollars of claims that its Roundup weedkiller causes cancer.

“We’re on the verge of a dramatic change in so many areas of constitutional law,” said Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law. He likened this era to the ideological shift the Court underwent in 1937 after thenPresident Franklin Delano Roosevelt tried to “pack” the court with additional justices in response to opinions stifling his agenda.

“I think that this is going to be comparable to that,” Chemerinsky said. Bloomberg News

In Ukraine, broken lives in a broken house, just one of many

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OTASHNYA, Ukraine—In 100 days of war in Ukraine, countless lives have been forever shattered, ripped apart, upended. For tens of thousands, life has been brutally ended. Those who have survived sometimes barely know how to begin picking up the pieces.

When a house symbolizing a lifetime of labor and memories is destroyed, how does one rebuild?

Nila Zelinska and her husband, Eduard, returned for the first time this week to what used to be their home in a village outside Kyiv.

It was in ruins, reduced to charred walls with no roof by shelling in the days after Russia’s Febraury 24 invasion of Ukraine.

“Rex! Rex!” she yelled, calling for the black Labrador they’d been forced to leave behind. Only later did the faithful hound finally reappear, tail wagging under its owner’s loving caresses.

But Rex aside, nothing was as it had been.

Instead of a home, their broken house is now a symbol of their broken lives.

Nila Zelinska recalled the terror of the bombardments that forced them to leave.

They scooped up her 82-year-old mother and then escaped the flames and explosions by fleeing with her through their garden.

“Everything was on fire,” she said. “I didn’t think I could get her out of there, because she is very old. But we grabbed her by the arms

and began to run.”

Much of what happened next is a hazy memory. The family evacuated westward, well away from the fighting that engulfed the outskirts of the Ukrainian capital and other cities to the north and east.

Repelled by Ukrainian defenders from capturing Kyiv, Russia has since redirected its troops and concentrated its attacks on the eastern industrial Donbas region, where the fighting is still fierce.

Reaching the 100-day milestone of war is both a tragedy for Ukraine but also an indication of how fiercely it has resisted: Some analysts thought its troops might quickly crumble against Russia’s larger

and better-equipped military.

Nila Zelinska sobbed in the ruins of her home when she and her husband returned to their village, Potashnya. From the rubble, she recovered a doll that belonged to one of her grandchildren. She held it tightly, as though it was a real child.

Her husband gingerly picked his way through the piles of bricks and shattered glass.

“There is no place to live. If there was housing, we would return and plant a garden for ourselves, as we always did,” she said. “We had a garden here.

Potatoes, cucumbers and tomatoes grew here. Everything was from the garden.” AP

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Clinical study shows Mitopure promotes healthy aging, improved muscle health

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AUSANNE, Switzerland & San Francisco—Amazentis, a spinoff of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) pioneering scientific breakthroughs in cellular health and nutrition, announced recently that the peer-reviewed clinical and translational journal Cell Reports Medicine published new clinical results showing the muscle health benefits of the gut microbiome postbiotic Urolithin A. Age-associated muscle decline can start as early as 40 years old and there are currently no effective interventions to counteract it other than exercise.

This milestone study showed that daily intake of Amazentis’ proprietary Urolithin A, Mitopure, significantly improved muscle strength by 12 percent after four months. These findings further validate Mitopure’s benefits for muscle and mitochondrial health and show it is safe and well tolerated. Mitopure works by supporting the cells’ ability to renew their powerplants, the mitochondria, during the aging process. Muscles have a high demand for energy and there are a very large number of mitochondria in muscle cells.

Previous research showed that Mitopure improved muscle endurance, reduced inflammation, and resulted in healthier mitochondrial function in older adults 65 to 90 years old. This new double-blind, placebo-controlled trial in middleaged adults 40 to 64 years old was conducted in London, Ontario, Canada following approvals from Health Canada and an independent IRB. Participants were randomized to receive daily supplementation with either 500mg, 1,000mg Mito-

pure or placebo for 4 months. Muscle strength, exercise performance tests and biomarkers of healthy mitochondrial function and inflammation in skeletal muscle biopsies and blood plasma were assessed at baseline, 2 months and 4 months.

Two measures of skeletal muscle strength were improved in the supplemented groups compared to the placebo group. Muscle strength in the hamstring skeletal muscle was significantly increased in both 500mg (+12 percent) and 1,000mg groups (+9.8 percent). Muscle strength during knee flexion was also significantly improved at both 500mg (+10.6 percent) and 1,000mg doses (+10.5 percent). Clinically meaningful improvements on aerobic endurance (+ 10 percent in peak oxygen consumption [VO2]), physical performance (+ 33 meters on the 6 min walk test), and power output (+5 percent) were observed in the 1,000mg group, though not statistically significant.

The blood tests and biopsies showed a significant improvement in biomarkers of healthy mitochondrial function and reduced inflammation”. These results are exciting because this is the first in human demonstration that Urolithin A repairs the mitochondria via mitophagy and can translate to meaningful physiological benefits.

Furthermore, the improvement in strength and exercise-performance occurred in the absence of any changes to participants exercise routine,” explained Johan Auwerx, MD, PhD, co-author and Professor at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology EPFL. AP

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₧1,000 social pension for indigent elderly awaits Duterte’s signature

By Jovee Marie N. Dela Cruz

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HE measure seeking to increase the monthly social pension for indigent senior citizens from P500 to P1,000 now only needs the approval of President Duterte.

This, after the House of Representatives adopted Senate Bill 2506 as an amendment to House Bill 9459. The adoption of the Senate version avoided the need for a bicameral conference committee since there is only one version of the bill.

The measure will now be submitted to the Palace for President Duterte’s signature.

Under the bill, indigent senior citizens shall be entitled to a monthly stipend amounting to not less than P1,000 to augment the daily subsistence and other medical of senior citizens.

The measure said the Department of Social Welfare and Development, subject to the approval of the Department of Budget and Management, in consultation with other stakeholders, review and, when necessary, adjust the amount of the social pension every two years after its effectivity, taking into account the present consumer price index.

It also said the monthly stipend shall be released to target beneficiaries either in cash, direct remittance through the engagement of a service provider duly accredited by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, electronic transfer, or other mode of delivery, whichever is more practical and ac-

ceptable to the beneficiary, ensuring its release in the most expeditious and efficient manner.

The bill said the transaction fee, if any, shall not be charged to the beneficiary.

The measure said the amount necessary for the initial implementation of this proposal shall be charged against the current appropriations of the DSWD. Thereafter such amount necessary for the continued implementation of this proposal shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act. Sen. Joel Villanueva, principal author of the bill, said the amount of P500 monthly social pension for indigent senior citizens has remained unchanged for more than a decade since it was first established in Republic Act No. 9994 or the “Expanded Senior Citizens Act of 2010.”

For his part, House Deputy Minority Leader and Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate welcomed the approval of the social pension increase from P500 to P1000 but likewise expressed reservations as the Senate version adopted by the House of Representatives to expedite its approval maintained the “discriminatory provision requiring that the elderly should be weak, sick or disabled before being considered an indigent senior citizen to qualify for the pension.”

“This provision was already removed through the amendments introduced by Bayan Muna and approved in the House in August 2021, but the Senate version prevailed,”

SENIOR citizens line up to receive their monthly pension from the DSWD. PNA PHOTO

said the progressive solon.

“This amendatory bill is awaited for nearly 12 long years by our senior citizens,” Zarate said, noting that the P500 monthly pension was unchanged since it was given by law in 2010 with a mandate for periodic adjustment every two years to cushion the inflationary effects on the prices of goods and services.

“Bayan Muna is among the principal authors of HB 9459 mandating an increase in the social pension of senior citizens and to correct the various defects of the current social pension law. Not only is the P500 monthly pension dismally low, but also the current law allows for the disqualification of many elderly due to its requirement that senior citizens must prove that they are frail, disabled or sickly in order to qualify for social pension. Of the 10

million, more or less, senior citizens of the country, only less than half of them receive a social pension,” said the Davao-based solon.

Senior Citizens Rep. Rodolfo Ordanes said his office will closely coordinate with the incoming DSWD Secretary Erwin Tulfo for the implementation of the law.

“We senior citizens also welcome the decision of President-elect Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. to have Erwin Tulfo, a veteran public servant, to be secretary of DSWD, the agency responsible for implementing the higher seniors social pension,” he said.

“Senior Citizen Party-list will seek to meet Secretary-nominee Erwin Tulfo soon so we can share with him the problems and solutions to DSWD implementing systems and processes,” he added.

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EIRUT—An aging Japanese militant who spent more than a decade in an Israeli prison for his part in a deadly attack on Tel Aviv’s airport showed up in Beirut on Monday at an event commemorating the 50th anniversary of the attack.

Kozo Okamoto, 74, served 12 years in an Israeli lockup for a May 30, 1972 attack on the international airport outside Tel Aviv that was thought to be carried out by members of the Japanese Red Army guerrilla group. Twenty-six people were killed, including Christian pilgrims.

Okamoto was freed in 1985 in a prisoner exchange between Israel

and Palestinian guerrillas and has since gained political asylum in Lebanon where he has been living quietly for decades.

The ceremony at a Beirut cemetery where many Palestinian militants are buried was organized by a radical Palestinian faction, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. It was attended by a few dozen people and officials from Lebanese and Palestinian factions including Lebanon’s Hezbollah. The participants gathered around a memorial for four pro-Palestinian Japanese nationals.

The 1972 attack on the airport was suspected to be a joint operation

between the PFLP and the Japanese Red Army.

Donning a Palestinian flag around his neck and the slogan of the PFLP, Okamoto looked frail as he walked toward the grave with the help of several men. He did not speak during his 30-minute visit to the cemetery and sometimes smiled and waved.

Okamoto’s rare public appearance came two days after Fusako Shigenobu, who co-founded the Japanese Red Army, was released from prison in Japan after serving a 20-year sentence and apologizing for hurting innocent people.

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The arts as antidote to TikTok pandemic

By Nick Tayag

MY SIXTY-ZEN’S WORTH

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N June 2020, I became hopeful when a law was passed that makes it mandatory for Good Manners and Right Conduct and Values Education to be taught as core subjects from kindergarten to senior high school in both public and private schools.

The said law focuses on character development and values formation.

More specifically, to inculcate the basic tenets of good manners and right conduct such as caring for oneself, giving concern for others, according proper respect to people, upholding discipline and order, and cultivating sincerity, honesty, obedience, and above all, love for country.

But then, on second thought, I asked myself: Why has it become necessary to legislate the teaching of good manners and right conduct?

Is it because we’ve reached a point that should alarm us?

Consider where today’s youth are now residing—on social media. This is where they are learning and picking up information, including new words and new ways of behaving. How to be vicious, how to act in ways that will get you more likes. The weirder, the more clicks; the more lascivious, the more clicks. Four-letter words have lost their ability to shock. Lying, deceiving, misinforming, bad manners and

offensive behavior are becoming the new normal.

I was silently chuckling at the irony that the said law was signed by a president who has normalized cussing in public.

Video sharing platforms helped create this polluted environment, and it looks like parents and educators are helpless. Our young have not only waded into the cesspool but are deep into it. Indeed, the times are a changing…for the worse.

But let’s rally around the new law and push back against the tide. Let’s talk about the ways to do it because very often, even the noblest intentions can go awry in the execution.

My idea is the pushback must start in school. And the arts are the central and fundamental means to do it.

Let’s harness the power of the arts and humanities to instill good values and attitudes in school.

Making them part of learning must be a major, sustained effort from kinder to grade 12. It will be like injecting a vaccine to build im-

ultra-leftist group that had links to Palestinian militants, was formed in 1971 and took responsibility for several international attacks, including the takeover of the US Consulate in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 1975. The group is also suspected in the 1972 machinegun and grenade assault on the airport known at the time as Lod airport.

The PFLP is a radical faction of the Palestine Liberation Organization and gained notoriety after the simultaneous hijackings of four Western airliners in 1970 and the seizure of an Air France flight to Entebbe, Uganda.

PFLP official Marwan Abdul-Aal told The Associated Press that Palestin-

munity that will steel our young against corrosive and toxic influences of social media.

This means that we may have to re-envision our education and recalibrate our school curricula that will bring the arts and humanities into the classroom.

I don’t advocate a complete retreat from social media, largely because that is impossible.

First of all, match their addictive quality by being innovative and creative in employing media arts in teaching subjects such as history, literature, sciences, and even mathematics. Let’s create new educational apps for school children. Let’s bring video games into the classroom. Why not create wordle app version to teach reading and language? While we’re at it, let’s bring the movies into the classroom and make the students talk about it. Documentaries, dramatic excerpts, animation—these are good triggers to spark learning.

If social media platforms are the way of conveying and consuming information, then let’s give our children content other than what they see on TikTok and other platforms. Let’s offer them great literary, musical, visual works in

ians have always faced a double standard because when they resist Israeli occupationforcestheyarecalledterrorists.Meanwhile,Westerncountriesnow support Ukrainian resistance against invading Russian troops, he said.

“The world is not fair and this is what those people used to say,” Abdul-Aal said about Japanese fighters who supported the Palestinians.

In the 1972 attack, Okamoto and two of his colleagues arrived in Tel Aviv on a flight from Europe, then collected their bags, in which they had packed rifles and grenades and opened fire, killing and wounding dozens, according to AP reports.

appealing ways.

Good content that the arts can provide—that’s how we can empower our school children to be more discerning and discriminating while at school. Let the teaching of the arts and humanities inspire them, make them think, induce self-discipline, and help them discover the joys of learning, the uniqueness of their being, the wonders and possibilities of life and the revelations that cultural literacy provides.

So many studies have proven that when it comes to young minds, art enriches them, expands them, and prepares them for life in useful and unexpected ways. Children who participate in music and arts programs often do better in other subjects than children who do not, and troubled students engaged in arts and music programs have better attendance and increased cooperation with teachers and other students.

Schools need to provide the fuel that will ignite young minds, spark their aspirations, and illuminate their total being. The arts can often serve as that fuel.

More importantly, let’s cultivate our students’ “inner eyes” to enable them to think and express

The two Japanese with Okamoto were killed in the attack while he was wounded. Okamoto was later put on trial in Israel and sentenced to life in prison.

Okamoto and four other Japanese were arrested by Lebanese authorities in 1997 in eastern Lebanon after spending years illegally in the country, protected by Palestinian and Lebanese leftist groups during the chaotic days of the 1975-1990 civil war. They were put on trial and the four were handed over to Japan in 2000 while Okamoto became the first person to get political asylum in Lebanon. AP

themselves by being immersed in the performing arts.

The Chinese proverb “I hear and I forget; I see and I remember; I do and I understand,” supports the countless opportunities that the arts provide our students and our communities through the process of experience in our mind, body, hands, and soul.

When young people put on a play or a dance piece together they learn to cooperate—and they find terms that go beyond tradition and authority if they are going to express themselves well. Participating in plays, songs, and dances fills children with happiness that can carry over into the rest of their education.

The creating, performing, and responding learning opportunities, which we provide, offer transform lifeexperiencesforouryoungpeople.

Let the classroom be an incubator of antigens that will strengthen the character of our young people so they can withstand the onslaught of misinformation and forms of bad behavior.

As a start, let’s make lying and cussing wrong again.

We used to say “art for art’s sake.” Now, it is “arts for our children’s sake.”

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DepEd eyes 100% resumption of in-person classes next SY

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HE Education Department said the country is ready for a full and nationwide implementation of the face-to-face classes next year, but modalities may still vary depending on their locations.

At the “Laging Handa” public briefing on May 30, Department of Education (DepEd) chief Leonor Magtolis Briones said around 73.28 percent of the total number of public schools have already been considered for in-person learning.

“In the next academic school year, we’re expecting that the face-to-face implementation will be…100 percent; but again, I just want to emphasize that the modalities of face-to-face vary in every situation in schools, depending on their local governments,”

Briones said.

As of May 26, some 34,238 schools have been nominated for face-to-face classes. Over 33,000 of them are public schools; the remaining 1,174 are private.

Undersecretary Diosdado San Antonio explained that at 100 percent , sc hool s n at ionw ide would be encouraged to conduct in-person schedules included in the blended-learning setup. As such, he called on all schools to implement physical classes, but on a blended scheme, as there are

EDUCATION Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones at the “Laging Handa” public briefing SCREENGRAB/PNA

days for face-to-face, and there will be days allowed for home-based learning for kids.

Meanwhile, the education secretary said there is a real need to continue the digital form of learning to “catch up” with global trends, as she shared her recent observation while at the international educational summit in the

United Kingdom.

“Many countries…are digitalized…and we need to be ready for this,” she urged. “Let’s prepare our learners. While face-to-face learning is very important for their social, mental, and personal growth, it’s also important to catch up on digital aspects,” she said.

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Exec calls for ‘quantum leap’ in learning through reskilling

By Rizal Raoul S. Reyes

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HE education sector will play a key role in preparing Filipino youth for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (FIRe), also known as Industry 4.0.

In an e-mail interview, Gibu Matthew, vice president and general manager in Asia-Pacific at Zoho Corp., echoed the call of the World Economic Forum for a “quantum leap in education even as early as high school, so that young adults will be better equipped with future skills that are required across various industries.”

“These emerging technologies include artificial intelligence, quantum computing, material discovery, drug development, finance, space exploration and more,” Matthew said. “Current low digital adoption rates are, in part, due to the lack of an adequately skilled labor force. In the long term, the education sector should rise to the occasion to meet current and future education needs of the country.”

The executive believes education experts should look beyond formal education and pursue a roadmap to create a life-long learning curriculum to support industry needs. He pointed out that the Philippines needs to boost its digital capabilities, with 56 percent of micro, small and medium enterprises not having a web, social or e-commerce presence, and only 10 percent with the experience in advanced digital tools such as enterprise resource planning, customer-relationship management or “big data” as part of their business model, according to the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI).

Matthew feels this is an excellent chance for the education sector to step up and bridge the gap.

The absence of an embedded culture of learning, he said, would have an adverse local impact, and would be a herculean challenge for Filipino firms to address and meet the demands of an ever-changing consumer landscape.

“This is of even greater signifi-

cance, as the Philippines transitions to the endemic phase, and businesses that have reskilled and upskilled their work force are in a better position to leverage technology to achieve better business outcomes,” Matthew explained. “All boils down to having the knowledge and experience to make the most out of digital technologies and platforms.”

With 75 percent of human resource practitioners from e-commerce acknowledging that the sector is thriving very well in the Philippines, Matthew said the country needs to seize the opportunity to ensure the government provides the right impetus for businesses to uptake the mission while building the right talents to harness digital technologies and future-proof industries.

According to a survey conducted by the Employers Confederation of the Philippines, the three primary challenges faced by employers in the Philippines are job-skills mismatch (42 percent), labor poaching

(49 percent) and shortage of labor supply (46 percent). Reskilling efforts help mitigate these issues by providing employees with new skills and capabilities to utilize new tools and technologies needed by the business.

Reskilled workers will also feel grateful and appreciated. This could inspire greater loyalty and generate more resilience against poaching and resignations.

Before embarking on upskilling and reskilling, Matthew urged local firms to first align their programs with the Philippine Skill Framework initiative launched by the DTI, which aims to upskill and reskill, as well as prepare the country’s human capital and increase competitiveness, as businesses prepare for the FIRe. “With this framework, the government encourages continuous involvement and collaboration from both the private and public sector to address the need to elevate employee skills and potential,” he said.

German biogas tank producer inks research pact with Mapúa University

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S part of a German government-supported public-private-partnership project, the German biogas tank producer Lipp GmbH recently established a research partnership with Mapúa University.

With the tie-up, Lipp will donate biogas yield testing equipment to Mapúa to support biogas research efforts into new feedstocks—the organic matter fermented to generate biogas.

“As a tropical country, the Philippines has plenty of organic material whose biogas yield has not yet been tested,” said Managing Director Manuel Lipp. “I think there is a lot of po-

tential for biogas production in [this country]…we want to help access that potential.”

In Germany, chambers of commerce and industry play a central role in ensuring the industry’s active engagement in education and training.

“C lose col l aborat ion bet ween industry and academia is a cornerstone of Germany’s higher and dual education, and the main reason for [our] country’s economic success,” says Christopher Zimmer, executive director of the German-Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry. “Through the Lipp-Mapúa partnership, we were able to localize an

important element of the German training system [locally] and support waste-to-energy research.”

Biogas is an energy carrier generated through anaerobic digestion of feedstock. Potential feedstocks include animal by-products, agricultural wastes, vegetables, and fruit wastes, as well as slurry and manure.

To optimize biogas yield, the input material needs to be studied, and their energy value understood.

Testing the energy content of a potential feedstock is the first step to explore the feasibility of potential investment in a biogas plant. The current lack of a comprehensive testing

facility in the Philippines requires biogas companies to ship feedstock as far as Germany for testing. However, despite the Philippines’s huge amount of organic waste, biomass contributed only 1 percent to the energy mix in 2020, according to a report from the Department of Energy.

“We welcome the opportunity to establish a biogas yield laboratory here at Mapúa,” averred Dr. Reynold B. Vea, president of Mapúa University. “This will support our research and instructions, as well as fast-track the growth of the Philippine biogas industry through industry-academe collaboration.”

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USAID, partners ensure reading proficiencies of BARMM children

By Claudeth Mocon-Ciriaco

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HE United States Agency for International Development (USAID), through its “ABC+: Advancing Basic Education in the Philippines” and “All Children Reading-Philippines” projects, as well as the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao’s (BARMM) Ministry of Basic, Higher, and Technical Education (MBHTE), recently launched the “Beginning Reading” program for learners in Cotabato City and Maguindanao so that every child from BARMM will have opportunities to be able to read.

“The goal…is to ensure that every Bangsamoro child has access to learning. By teaching children to read, [we are opening doors] to economic opportunity and lifelong learning,” said USAID Philippines Office of Education Director Dr. Thomas LeBlanc.

The technology-based project uses Learn Kernels, or low-cost electronic tablets, which can be used without Wi-Fi to help children in Kindergarten to Grade 3 learn to read.

Each device includes earlygrade reading materials and videobased reading modules in Magindanawn, codeveloped by USAID

and the Bangsamoro MBHTE. USAID launched the Beginning Reading program in Negros Occidental last month.

The agency also handed over health and educational supplies to 100 schools in Maguindanao, which will help ensure the safe return of children to school.

“Education is very…important to us. We are extremely thankful that USAID is supporting the use of our language,” said MBHTE Minister Mohagher Iqbal. “This is very critical [in our efforts to make our identity as Bangsamoro be recognized].”

In the same event, USAID also introduced the school-in-a-bag program for Bangsamoro learners. In partnership with Smart Communications and Philippine Business for Social Progress, the agency will provide 20 schoolin-a-bag packages composed of a laptop and 10 tablets for schools in geographically isolated, disadvantaged, and conflict-affected areas.

For the past 60 years USAID has worked with the Philippine government and local organizations to achieve shared development goals as it has invested more than P247.5 billion ($5.1 billion) to support the country.

Montessori school to open in Batangas

PUEBLO de Oro Development Corp. Senior Vice President and General Manager for Luzon Operations Leonardo B. Dayao Jr. (from left), with President and Chief Operating Officer Rhoel Alberto B. Nolido, together with The Abba’s Orchard’s President Joseph Christopher N. Barrameda and Founding Director Dr. Ma. Angelica Paez-Barrameda.

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UPLICATING its success in establishing 13 campuses throughout the country since 1998, The Abba’s Orchard is set to open inside Pueblo de Oro Townscapes in Malvar, Batangas, in August 2023.

Formalizing this initiative, the biggest and one of the most highly regarded Montessori schools in the country has sealed its partnership with Pueblo de Oro Development Corp., developer of the 42-hectare mixed-use area.

Being an educational partner for the township project, the educational institution, under their 50-year lease agreement, will construct a 1-hectare learning center in Townscapes to initially offer its Casa and Level-One program for children between 3 to 6 years old, and those aged 6 to 9 for Academic Year 2023-2024.

The master-planned community will be delivered in a prepared environment set by the Montessori

pedagogy under the supervision of well-trained guides.

The program will focus on the child’s absorbent and inquisitive mind in the learning aspects of practical life, sensory development, mathematics, language, the arts and the sciences.

As part of the plan, the campus will then offer Level Two for 9 to 12 years old, and the Erdkinder farm environment for adolescents between 12 and 18.

The Abba’s Orchard prides itself to have been the first to establish a Montessori farm campus in Asia, which is in Bukidnon in 2006.

Aside from the latter, it is to date the only one offering the program in the Philippines in the following locations: Rizal (Antipolo City), Cebu, Davao and Bukidnon. It is equipped, trained and experienced to offer a high-fidelity Montessori curriculum for children from infancy to adolescence.

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City of Malabon U as ‘local economic enterprise:’ Significant contributor to the city’s progress

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HILE many public universities have struggled to stay afloat in these challenging times, the City of Malabon University (CMU) found itself on a new trail, as it has now innovated into becoming a local economic enterprise (LEE) contributing to the income of the city through its various income-generating services.

“This [development] was really something that the management wanted to do to contribute to the city,” said Engr. Sheila Ibay-Villanueva, CMU vice president for Institutional Development and External Affairs.

“Since the university can generate additional income, we are able to create

more [tailor fit] programs…that will contribute to the needs of the industry and the progress of the community.”

To realize CMU’s vision, a technical team conducted feasibility studies on converting the school into an LEE. They yielded positive results, as the university’s team started creating a business plan immediately. Then came the presentation of their proposal to both university and local government stakeholders.

By operating as an LEE, CMU strives to achieve academic freedom, organizational autonomy, and humanresource autonomy—all of which will also benefit the students, faculty members, and nonteaching staff.

Revenue-generating programs such as creating instructional materials for graduates and professionals, conducting certificate courses marketed to industries intended for executives, as well as continuing education for professionals are some of the sustainable ways supporting CMU, enabling it to generate additional funds.

Global future for CMU students

THERE are significant benefits for the students, said Engr. Ibay-Villanueva: “Most significant would be the expansion of the facilities and improvement of the overall learning experience of the students, allowing CMU graduates

to become competitive in the jobs market, ready [to take on] the challenges of the global economy.”

Another notable benefit of being an LEE is the improvement of the physical infrastructure and learning materials that are crucial to ensuring quality education. Students can also access an advanced learning-management system, which exposes them to the best of online learning.

Since few public educational institutions go into becoming an LEE, CMU aims to be a pioneer and leader for other schools to emulate, especially to those who want to follow in its footsteps. For more details, visit cityofmalabonuniversity.edu.ph.

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Rest, relax and rejuvenate in Anya Resort

The Garden Suite comes with a relaxing ambiance.

The Garden Suite Living Room is soothing to the eyes.

Anya Resort is unique with its L-shaped and heated infinity pool.

Indulge in fine dining at Samira restaurant. Chele Gonzalez

Hang out and rest at the Anila Poolside.

Its fully-equipped gym and fitness studio are designed for you to keep moving.

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Story & photos by Benjamin Locsin Layug

he tranquil and serene Anya Resort sits on 7.2 hectares of farmland straddling parts of Tagaytay and Silang in Cavite.

This resort may not have the view of Taal Volcano but it also does not have the noise as it is intentionally removed from the hustle and bustle of Tagaytay Ridge. Instead, Anya (from the Sanskrit word for “no limits” or “no boundaries”) offers guests relaxation, pampering and luxury, with world-class amenities set in a place surrounded by nature. The quiet surroundings, plus its beautiful, lush landscaping, are ideal for relaxation and destressing from work.

Opened in July 2016, Anya Resort is managed by the Anya Hospitality Group (AHG) which also manages Club Punta Fuego, Amara Residences and four franchised branches of Go Hotels. Santiago “Santi” R. Elizalde, president and CEO of Roxaco Land Corporation, is the visionary behind the resort.

This sprawling development, designed

by Manny Samson and Associates, showcases the world-renowned Filipino aesthetic integrating comfort, functionality and sophistication and combining modern design with traditional Filipino materials (bamboo, abaca, capiz, Philippine hardwood, etc.). These are ref lected in their 78 very clean, beautiful, well maintained, tastefully decorated and spacious rooms, all non-smoking.

All these rooms are air-conditioned and furnished with telephone, cable TV, a mini-bar, coffee or tea maker, in-room safe, iPod docking station and comfortable beds, sheets and pillows. The ensuite

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bathrooms have his and her lavatories, a separate walk-in shower and a whirlpool bathtub and are provided with bathrobes, hair dryer and free toiletries (organic shampoo, conditioner, bath gels, and lotion). Wi-fi is free in all rooms as well as in public areas. As part of their design layout, some rooms include a separate living room and balcony or terrace.

Anya Resort Tagaytay is a member and the third establishment in the Philippines to receive a seal of approval from the Small Luxury Hotels (SLH) of the World, an exclusive group of just over 500 luxury boutique hotels and resorts around the globe. To be called an SLH establishment, the place is visited by anonymous inspectors who check if a hotel meets the SLH’s world-class standards. In its first year alone, Anya got a score of 93.5 percent.

Today, Anya is one of only two Philippine resorts that are members of SLH. The level of customer service, by Anya management and staff, is exceptional.

The world-renowned Filipino hospitality is at its best here as all resort staff are nice, friendly, well trained and incredibly professional. Everyone greets you everywhere you go—from the Resort Manager Ms. Melody Amacio, the charming security team and waiters down to the friendly Anya Experience Assistants, the resort’s very important asset, who make sure that all guests, of all ages, have a fun and relaxing time during their stay. Golf buggies whisk guests directly to their suites

Meet George, our resident Mantanani Scops Owl

Guests can enjoy a Couple’s Harmony package at Niyama Spa.

Anya Resort Tagaytay welcomes guests who seek a luxurious vacation in Tagaytay.

which are only turned over after thorough cleaning, sanitation and disinfection are strictly undertaken.

Managing the resort, since August 2018, is the young, hardworking, always smiling but soft-spoken Mikel Arriet who first arrived in Manila in 2004 by way of the lovely town of Andoain, Gipuzkoa in the Basque Region of Spain. Formerly the Executive Chef of Fuego Hotels, Mikel oozes with talent and is passionate when it comes to his job. He ably steered Anya through two challenges that hit the resort and Tagaytay City—the 2020 Taal Volcano eruption and the Covid-19 pandemic.

March 23 of this year also heralded the arrival of a new chef—the multiawarded Jose Luis “Chele” Gonzalez.

Born and raised in Torrelavega in the north of Spain, Chele has been based in the Philippines since 2013. His arrival at Anya added another reason to visit this wellness resort—its fine dining restaurant, now rebranded as Samira (“wind”

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Tabon Birds

in Sanskrit) by Chele Gonzalez. Chele, with the able assistance of British-born Anya Resort Executive Chef Chris Leaning (with over 35 years in food management operations), created a menu not limited to Spanish or modern Filipino fare, but which also drew inspiration from other cuisines around the world. As per the two requests of fellow chef Mikel, Chele made the starters “fun and playful” and the main courses “simple yet satisfying.”

Try out the captivating 6-course set menu, the creative a la carte offerings, the signature 4-course Cocido Experience (a combination of Tagaytay f lavors and Spanish cuisine) and their tapas. On weekends, they host barbecue nights.

Anya is also about rejuvenation at the Niyama Wellness Center. Inside the treatment rooms of Niyama Spa, place yourself in the hands of skilled therapists, employing the best techniques and using the finest high quality, natural and organic materials (oils, scents, etc.), as

you indulge in a relaxing body scrub; a cool and exfoliating facial; calming water treatments; a hand or food massage and body wrapping. To add to your wellness journey, Anya also offers guests yoga sessions at the outdoor area for those looking to improve the body’s physical and mental well-being.

If you want to sweat what stresses you out, there is also a fully equipped gym and fitness studio with complete sets of weights, cardio machines and workout equipment. The heart of the resort is its central heated pool, divided into 4 sections—the L-shaped infinity pool with a depth of 4 feet and 3 pools for small children. Overlooking the pool and the gardens is the Anila Poolside Restaurant, the resort’s second food and beverage outlet. This coffee shop serves breakfast as well as brick oven-baked pizzas, craft burgers, salads and pasta. For weddings, birthdays, seminars, conventions and other occasions, Anya has three function rooms—the 150-pax Nilaya Room, the 70-pax AECL Room, and the 20-pax Raya Room.

This eco-friendly resort is also big on sustainability with the resort now 95 percent free of single-use plastic. Ecofriendly chemicals and natural toiletries, with biodegradable packaging, are also used and there’s a composting section at the back of the garden.

Diver among Reef Balls

Meet Bernard, the guardian of Aquos Foundation in Banwa Private Island

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t Banwa Private Island, team members are everyday heroes who passionately work together in the noble pursuit of protecting Mother Nature. Surrounded by the untouched beauty of the island sanctuary in North-eastern Palawan, the team’s collective love of nature has inspired each one to be custodians of the environment.

Meet Bernard, one of the invaluable team heads who leads the Aquos Foundation in its various local conservation endeavors and research initiatives. The Aquos Foundation, with the mission to conserve, protect and nurture the rich biodiversity in and around the marine protected reserve, is the environ-

mental arm of Banwa Private Island.

Palawan being his childhood playground, Bernard has developed his strong affinity for flora and fauna at a very young age. As a registered nurse by profession, his intrinsic gift of care and empathy has transcended both people and nature. Bernard, a pioneer of Aquos Foundation, has played a vital role in protecting and restoring the habitats of the critically endangered Mantanani Scops Owl, Hawksbill Turtle, and the Tabon Bird (Megapode).

Bernard works with scientists and researchers of note recording the growth of birdlife from 15 species in 2014 to 60 spe-

Meet Bernard of Aquos Foundation

cies in 2021 through area search methods and photo documentation. Tabon Bird nests grew from only 3 nests in 2012 to 200 nests in 2021. The thriving island landscape provides the perfect habitat for various migratory and native birds.

In 2018, there were 180 reef balls laid out on the seafloor as part of the Reef Rehabilitation Programme providing shelter to Hawksbill Turtles. From learning how to swim with a life jacket, Bernard is currently in the process of furthering his dive education to Dive Master. He proudly inspects these reef balls with flourishing marine life and growing coral colonies.

Every morning, you will find Bernard checking on the Megapode nesting sites at the Tabon Bird Sanctuary and inspecting the Hawksbill Turtle laying grounds in the Coconut Grove and the villa gardens. Since 2016, over 5,800 Hawksbill Turtle eggs were laid, of which 60 percent hatchlings emerged.

Guests can have an active part in these eco-initiatives by joining Bernard on nature walks around the island, snorkeling the house reef and exploring the radiant corals, keeping count of how many local bird species one can spot in the lush vegetation, or witnessing the magic of baby turtles being released to the turquoise waters.

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Globe, HBO GO bring new ‘Fantastic Beasts’ installment to streaming

GOOGLE is finally introducing automated meeting transcription for Google Meet.

Google taps AI, unrolls new features to help people with hybrid work

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E’VE been hearing the word “hybrid” a lot in the past few months in reference to our work setups.

Hybrid, in this context, essentially means being more flexible and employers allowing employees to work onsite, at home or any other place where they are more comfortable.

So many adjustments have been made to make sure employees are well physically, mentally and emotionally. For instance, a friend of mine who works for a BPO recently went back onsite but a few weeks into that, there was a mini Covid-19 outbreak at their office. The company then decided to adapt a hybrid set-up, which allows the employees to work from home four times in a week.

Working online hasn’t been without its challenges, including poor Internet connection and, if you’re working from home, dealing with sounds of babies crying, a TV set with the volume turned up, and even

dogs barking.

I was once in a call with an officer from my consultancy job and a client, and when I played the recording later I could clearly hear my mother sneezing loudly and repeatedly (think 15 consecutive times) in the background. So, here’s some good news: Google recently announced updates to Google Workspace to help working individuals to be more productive and fight information overload.

Here are seven upcoming features—most made possible by AI—on Google Workspace in the coming months: Portrait restore uses Google AI technology to improve video quality. This means that even if you’re using Google Meet in a poorly lit room, your video will be automatically enhanced.

Portrait light uses machine learning to simulate studio-quality lighting in your video feed. It also allows you to adjust the lighting position and brightness. This feature also eliminates the need for a ring light.

Dereverberation filters out echoes in spaces with hard surfaces, so it sounds like you’re in a conference room with microphones, even if you’re not.

Live sharing will sync content that’s being shared in a Google Meet call and allow participants to control the media. All participants will see and hear what’s going on at the same time.

There will now be auto-summaries in Spaces so users will get updates on conversations you missed.

There will be automated transcriptions of Google

Meet meetings to Google Workspace, so users can catch up on meetings they couldn’t attend. This is a big relief for someone like me as transcription is not something I look forward to.

Google said it takes security seriously, so the security protections used for Gmail are coming to Google Slides, Docs and Sheets.

“Our latest AI innovations are designed to help employees bring focus to what matters, collaborate securely, and strengthen human connections across the ways and places work happens,” said Johanna Voolich Wright, vice president of product management for Google Workspace, in the company’s recent blog post.

Again, Google emphasized that they are big on security. “We keep more people safe online than anyone else in the world, and Gmail blocks more than 99.9 percent of spam and phishing messages from ever reaching users’ inboxes,” said Johanna Voolich Wright. Thus, Google Workspace comes with enterprise-grade access management, data protection, encryption, and endpoint protections built in.

Google said it will scale the phishing and malware protections that guard Gmail to Google Slides, Docs, and Sheets to bolster security even more.

“Our systems constantly learn from each attempted attack against the billions of users who rely on our products. These insights enable us to anticipate and thwart new attacks by identifying emerging patterns and entry points,” said Wright. ■

CALLING all wizards, muggles, No-Maj, and Potterheads. The wondrous Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore can now be enjoyed within the comforts of one’s home, as it is now streaming on HBO GO. #PlayItRight by subscribing to HBO GO through your Globe account to watch exclusive films like this latest adventure of the Wizarding World. If you want even more, turn back time by binge-watching Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, as well as Harry Potter titles for a fun, exciting, and (sometimes) heart-breaking nostalgia-filled journey.

“With Globe, we strive to offer the newest content in town to our subscribers to enjoy. Also, as part of our #PlayItRight advocacy, we support watching content over legal channels by partnering with service providers like HBO GO to protect the rights of the creators while keeping our customers safe from illegal online activities, malware, and other cybersecurity threats,” said Rina Siongco, head of Globe’s GET Entertained Tribe.

Globe believes that viewers themselves are key stakeholders in the campaign against piracy. With today’s low cost and easy access to content, consumers should no longer find reasons or excuses to turn to pirated content.

In fact, for just P149 a month, subscribers can enjoy unlimited access to thousands of award-winning HBO and HBO Asia Original series and movies including Hollywood blockbusters and Asian content. Globe Postpaid customers can subscribe to HBO GO via the GlobeOne App or Google Play, while Globe Platinum users may opt to charge their subscriptions under their monthly consumable allowance.

For Globe Prepaid users, get an additional 8GB for HBO GO and other apps plus 8GB data for all sites when you subscribe to Go+99 with GoWATCH. To enjoy popular and critically acclaimed series and movies, Globe At Home customers who apply for a new plan or upgrade their existing plan will receive three months of HBO GO for free via their Globe At Home App. This offer is valid until June 30. More information is available at www.globe.com.ph/hbogo.

Online shoppers to grow 380 million by 2026 in SEA

BY RIZAL RAOUL S. REYES A LEADING tech-enabled logistics company operating in Southeast Asia, the Ninja Van group said the Southeast Asian region has seen an increase of approximately 70 million online shoppers, and is bullish that it will grow to more than 380 million by 2026.

In its partnership with DPDgroup, Ninja Van released their first-ever e-commerce Southeast Asia (SEA) Barometer Report 2021, “Uncovering SEA Online Shoppers & Delivery Preferences.” The report highlights SEA online shoppers’ buying habits as well as their desired shopping experience from purchase to delivery.

In the last 12 months, Ninja Van said it has delivered around 2 million parcels per day across the region covered in this report, corroborating the wider observation of immense e-commerce growth.

“As shoppers acclimatize to online shopping, they also engage in cross-border retail. More than half of the respondents have bought from foreign web sites, and most have expressed doing so several times,” Ninja Van said in its webinar.

Besides purchasing from within the immediate SEA region, Ninja Van said the respondents in the study shared that they have purchased from other Asian countries such as China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan and/or South Korea. “This consumer behavior is a strong signal for online retailers to look

beyond their shores and expand their customer base regionally or even globally,” Ninja Van explained.

Majority of the online shoppers stressed delivery plays a significant role in the overall shopping experience. According to Ninja Van, 89 percent of those surveyed shared that they would like to know the delivery company that delivers their parcels. It observed that this information provides a level of reassurance and some sense of service guarantee to them. Moreover, many respondents also expressed a strong desire for real-time parcel tracking, reflecting the need for services and tools that enable shoppers to tailor delivery experiences to suit their needs.

Launched in 2014, Ninja Van started operations

in Singapore and has become the region’s fastestgrowing last-mile logistics company, powering businesses with innovative logistics solutions. Ninja Van has grown its network to cover six countries: Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam.

DPDgroup is one of the world-leading parcel delivery networks, aiming to be a reference in sustainable delivery and become a leading enabler of e-commerce acceleration. With 120,000 delivery experts operating in nearly 50 countries, and a network of 70,000 pickup points, it delivers 8.4 million parcels worldwide each day—2.1 billion parcels per year—through the brands DPD, Chronopost, SEUR, BRT and Jadlog.

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Google, France’s Engie team up to accelerate wind power

BY MARK BERGEN Bloomberg News FRENCH utility Engie SA will begin using an experimental technology from Google that aims to boost efficiency and power from wind farms, the companies announced on Wednesday.

Google is selling the service through its cloud division, which is trying to lure clients with tools for managing energy usage and reducing emissions. In 2019, Google said it worked with DeepMind, a sister company of parent Alphabet Inc., to make artificial intelligence software that could predict wind power output 36 hours

in advance. That would let energy providers schedule inputs into energy grids ahead of time with more accuracy, countering some of the unpredictability of wind generation. Early tests on Google’s data centers improved the value of wind energy by 20 percent, according to Google.

For utility customers, Google’s AI service offers forecasts that can sharpen their decisions when they buy and sell in energy markets, said Larry Cochrane, director of global energy solutions for Google Cloud. “The best way to think about it is as a trading recommendations tool,” he said.

Engie will be the first customer to use

Google’s feature, starting with the utility’s wind portfolio in Germany. If the pilot program is successful, the companies plan to expand across Europe, Cochrane said. The companies did not share financial terms. According to Cochrane, Google may soon offer similar forecasting services for other renewable markets like solar power and storage.

The French utility plans to more than double its renewable power generation to 80 gigawatts by 2030, despite a recent uptick in prices for solar panels and wind turbines.

Previously, Engie has publicized its work with Amazon Web Services, a Google cloud rival.

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ARLIER this week, listeners could not access many of their favorite podcasts due to an outage on Megaphone, one of the more popular podcast hosting platforms on Spotify. The outage was due to the company’s failure to renew Megaphone’s security certificate—a simple mistake that cost podcasters thousands of lost downloads and ad revenue.

If it wasn’t for the popularity of podcasts, the eighthour outage wouldn’t even matter and make the news, but now it is almost like being denied access from your favorite streaming service.

Podcasts have been around for nearly two decades, but the format has come into its own over the last five years especially because of the pandemic. As more and more podcasts have popped up, listenership has also had a dramatic increase.

Back in the summer of 2005, Steve Jobs launched iTunes and predicted that podcasts were the future of audio. But I don’t think even he foresaw it to be a billion-dollar industry (expected to be $4 billion by 2024) or that there will be over 144 million monthly podcast listeners in the US alone.

Miranda Katz, author at Wired, said, “Podcasts aren’t a bubble, they’re a boom—and that boom is only getting louder.”

It’s certainly the boom times for audio. Even the enduringly popular fictional character Carrie Bradshaw made the transition from being a writer to podcast host in the reboot show And Just Like That to make the show more “current.”

The podcast audience is not only large and growing, but attractive: listeners tend to be young, affluent, educated, and generally open to advertising in podcasting. This is especially valuable for podcast ads, as the once unreachable audience grows and advertisers may have more difficulty accessing those who use ad blockers across other forms of digital media.

Podcasts have also become a cultural staple in the Philippines at a growing and steady rate. Just like there’s a different genre for every type of music lover, there is also a podcast that caters to every type of interest. With people getting more used to enjoying whatever they want, whenever they want, be it movies, music, news, geek stuff, scary stories, love advice, etc., they can simply choose to tune in from the podcast buffet on the Internet.

For content creators, on the other hand, podcasts also present another venue to express their creativity.

If you compare this to the hassle video production often entails, podcasting can be a much easier—and cheaper—option to bring your ideas to life.

Plus, it is also easier and cheaper to produce than videos. You just need a microphone, a computer, maybe some editorial software, and maybe a friend as cohost. You can even start podcasting with just your smartphone.

Tech brands are also recognizing this as they’ve

also started introducing products that cater to those who want to start their podcast or stream their gaming sessions.

At a recent event held by JBL Philippines, the brand showcased the latest addition to its gaming series—the JBL Quantum Stream, its first microphone designed for streamers and podcasters.

The JBL Quantum Stream has 2 x 14mm dualcapsule Electret condenser with 24bit and 96kHz sampling rate to ensure that you can be heard loud and clear. The two selectable voice pickup patterns allow users to focus the microphone’s capture on just the speaker’s voice or capture everyone’s voice in the room if recording a podcast or on a group call. If you need to go on mute, just tap the top button and it will activate an RGB indicator light to make you aware of your status.

For gamers, this dual-condenser microphone is perfect for coordinating with teammates, bringing crystal-clear communication to the center of the action as a standalone solution.

The setup couldn’t be easier, with the JBL Quantum Stream’s universal mounting solution and seamless voice monitoring control. Users can simply mount the stand to fit their gaming setup and control their voice volume directly on the microphone. If you are looking to start or improve the quality of your podcast or streaming, the JBL Quantum Stream will be available starting early June for P5,499.

Besides the Quantum Stream, JBL also introduced several other products for those who’d rather listen to podcasts and their favorite music.

First is the JBL PartyBox Encore Essential. The most compact and powerful portable in the series, the PartyBox Series boasts 100W of output and features the signature JBL PartyBox light show that syncs to music, in a smaller and portable design that is guaranteed to be the life of the party.

With its ultra-portable handle and rugged design, JBL PartyBox Encore Essential can easily be transported to wherever the party is—even to the beach with its six hours of battery life and IPX4 splashproof protection. Sync it with the JBL PartyBox app and you can even set up a dynamic light show with a cool strobe effect that syncs to any music beat.

The JBL Partybox Encore Essential will be available this month for P15,999.

Last is a trio of true wireless earbuds for every type of lifestyle—whether you’re an urban explorer going on a road trip, or just want to chill out at home.

From upgrades to whole new features, the JBL Tune 230NC earbuds are packed full with JBL’s pure bass sound. The 5.8mm driver delivers impressive sound through a seamless, wireless experience, perfect for life on the go. With four microphones for crisp, clear calls, the new earbuds retain the cool, stylish stick design of their predecessor but their new silicone tips give a more secure fit and better bass performance.

The new JBL Tune 130NC, on the other hand, has massive 10mm drivers that deliver JBL pure bass sound for hours on end. These buds are perfect for listening on the move with active noise cancellation and 40 hours of combined playtime. Four microphones keep your voice crystal clear during calls whether working or catching up with friends.

For any thrill-seeker or diligent gymgoer looking to elevate their next challenge, the JBL Endurance RACE Pure Bass Performance audio provides athletes with the bold sound they need to push past any physical challenge. RACE’s Ambient Aware technology also equips adventurers and everyday

JBL Endurance RACE

JBL Tune 230NC earbuds

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JBL Quantum Stream, the brand’s first microphone designed for streamers and podcasters

gymgoers to stay alert to their surroundings without taking off their headphones. It has a durable charging case that provides 20 hours of backup power that recharges them on the go. In addition to 10 hours of continuous playback time, the Speed Charge feature provides one hour of power in just 10 minutes.

Athletes will also enjoy RACE’s three adjustable eartip sizes, which allow for instant customization and ensure a secure, comfortable fit.

Thanks to the IP67 waterproof material, RACE is ready to endure all weather conditions, sweat and even a good wash after the toughest workouts. ■

MOBILE services provider Smart Communications Inc. (Smart) hypes a universe of possibilities at the fingertips of subscribers, boosting its Signature Plans+ with 12 months of UNLI 5G—the only offer of its kind in the market today.

From the initial six months of UNLI 5G that came with Plan S+ to L+, the all-new Smart Signature Plans+ now offer 12 months of UNLI 5G, enabling subscribers to immerse in their passions and explore more possibilities powered by what the company touts as country’s fastest 5G mobile network.

Aside from UNLI 5G, all Signature Plans+ also come with other unlimited features for an empowering and worry-free postpaid experience, including unlimited texts and calls plus landline calls, ensuring that users stay connected all the time.

For unlimited enjoyment, all Signature Plans+ also come with a Netflix Mobile Plan valued at P149 per month valid throughout the contract, so subscribers can stream thousands of awardwinning shows, series and more, anytime and anywhere. Moreover, subscribers who have an existing Netflix subscription can also enjoy P149 off their current Basic, Standard, or Premium Netflix subscription.

All Signature Plans+ also include six months’ worth of Apple Music subscription enabling users to listen to over 90 million songs on the go.

New subscribers can sign up for Smart Signature Plans S+, M+, and L+ and enjoy 12 months of UNLI 5G for only P999, P1,499, and P1,999 per month, respectively. On the other hand, those who want UNLI 5G throughout their 24-month contract can sign up for Plan XL+ for 2,499 per month.

All these offers are valid until July 31.

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TNT KaTropa, Magnolia clash in Season 47 Philippine Cup opener Sunday

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NT Tropang Giga and Magnolia clash in a battle of finalists from the previous year as the Philippine Cup ushers in the Philippine Basketball Association 47th season on Sunday at the Araneta Coliseum.

The KaTropa beat the Bolts, 3-2, in the best-of-seven Finals of the pandemic-stricken all-Filipino conference last season and they square off at 6:30 p.m. to cap the scheduled two-game opener that pits newcomer Converge against Rain or Shine in the first game at 4:30 p.m.

The annual Leo Prieto Awards that will honor the league’s top performers in the previous season will kick off festivities at 2 p.m. with Meralco doing a relative first in the parade of muses by bringing in Kim Mangrobang, triathlon and duathlon queen of the recent Vietnam 31st Southeast Asian Games.

For TNT swingman Troy Rosario, they’re bringing a new meaning to the tag defending champion.

“We must not be called defending champion anymore because there’s nothing to defend, but we should call ourselves ‘attacking champion’ because it’s going to be a new mindset for us,” Rosario told BusinessMirror on Friday.

TNT will be parading Mikey Williams, a prime candidate for both the season Most Valuable Player and Rookie of the Year awards as Head Coach Chot Reyes reactivated Frederick Tungcab.

Magnolia stalwart Calvin Abueva dismissed the word vengeance from Sunday’s game and said their excitement is rooted from playing in a new chapter this season.

“We’re no longer thinking about getting back at TNT, but it’s time for us to play strong each game,” Abueva, also a candidate for the MVP award, said. “We’re not playing complacent because TNT is really a strong team.

It’s looking froward to another chapter that we’re excited about.”

Converge, on the other hand, will be parading the Alaska core led by Jeron Teng and will pit rookies Justin Arana and Jeo Ambohot against veteran Elasto Painters Beau Belga, Gabe Norwood, Rey Nambatac and their rookies Shaun Ildefonso, Gian Mamuyac and Jhonard Clarito.

“We have a lot of new guys but we’re building chemistry slowly.

We’re too excited to play our first official game as a new team. We are motivated and confident by the new team owners,” Teng said.

Rain or Shine Head Coach Chris Gavina is hoping his young core will ignite competitiveness to the team.

“We feel highly confident going to Sunday. Our past tune up games have shown a great deal of energy and versatility so everybody’s looking forward to a great season,” Gavina said. Josef Ramos

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AN FRANCISCO—Once Boston’s balanced roster of National Basketball Association (NBA) Finals first-timers found a groove from long range, the determined Celtics delivered a memorable comeback and rallied past Stephen Curry and the Golden State old guard.

Jaylen Brown fueled the late charge and scored 24 points, Al Horford hit six 3-pointers and the Celtics rode the most lopsided fourth quarter in NBA Finals history to a 120-108 victory over the Warriors in Game 1 on Thursday night.

Horford finished with 26 points and the Celtics outscored the Warriors, 40-16, in the final 12 minutes after trailing by 15 points late in the third quarter.

The 15th-year big man, who turns 36 Friday, played in 141 previous postseason games, most ever before playing in the NBA Finals.

“I felt like the guys kept finding me time after time.

Also Derrick White hit some tough shots there, too,” Horford said. “I was just getting the looks, knocking them down.

That’s that.”

Boston made its first seven tries from long distance in the fourth and wound up 9 of 12 beyond the arc in the period as almost everybody got involved in the three-point flurry.

Jayson Tatum was the lone Celtics regular who struggled offensively, finishing 3 for 17, though he did have 13 assists.

Curry scored 34 points in his return to the NBA’s big stage for the first time in three years, but the Warriors couldn’t sustain momentum from a 38-point third quarter that put them ahead 92-80.

“It’s not ideal but I believe in who we are and how we deal with adversity, how we responded all year, how we respond in the playoffs after a loss,” Curry said. “So learn a lot from that fourth quarter, obviously they made a lot of shots.

It seemed like they didn’t miss ’til deep into the fourth. When you have a team that just finds a little bit of momentum like they did and they keep making shots, it’s tough to kind of regain that momentum.”

Game 2 is Sunday night back at Chase Center.

The Celtics were the first team to trail a finals game by 10 or more points after three quarters and win by 10 or more, according to Sportradar. They are 8-2 on the

road in these playoffs.

“It’s an unbelievable feeling just to be here and competing at this level against such a dynamic franchise the last couple years,” Boston guard Payton Pritchard said. “I think we’re all just looking forward to the challenge to go through the series and try to get it done.”

White’s three-pointer over Curry with 5:40 remaining tied the game at 103, then Horford hit from deep the next time down as the Celtics took their first lead since halftime.

Boston is looking to capture its record-breaking 18th title, which would move the Celtics past the Lakers—and now is just three wins away from doing it.

Brown, who starred at nearby California for one college season, made consecutive baskets that tied the game at 47 with 5:03 left before halftime and the Celtics led 56-54 at the break. Golden State then used a signature third-quarter spurt, pouring in 38 points to build a big lead.

Brown scored five quick points early in the fourth and assisted on an alley-oop dunk to Robert Williams III as the Celtics pulled back within 92-87 with 9:35

POC REWARDS SEAG MEDALISTS

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HEN Carlos Edriel Yulo checks his bank account through his phone app probably next week, the five-gold medal winner at the Vietnam 31st Southeast Asian Games will find out that he’s P.55 million richer.

Kim Mangrobang, gold medalist in women’s triathlon and duathlon, will also discover she’s gone P200,000 richer.

That’s because the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) announced on Friday that the body will grant more than P11 million in cash bonuses to medalists in the Vietnam SEA Games.

“The POC will always recognize the efforts of the athletes who trained, prepared and fought hard in Vietnam despite the

circumstances,” Tolentino said. “We may not have retained the overall championship, but what we saw in Vietnam was a fighting Team Philippines.”

Tolentino said the incentives were made possible by the POC’s partners—Manuel V. Pangilinan’s MVP Sports Foundation, Ramon S. Ang’s San Miguel Corp. and Charlie Gonzales’s Ulticon Builders Inc. This marks the second time under the leadership of Rep. Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino that the POC is rewarding the medalist athletes for their accomplishments in the SEA Games held last May 12 to 23 in main hub Hanoi and other Vietnam provinces.

The bonuses are P100,000 for gold, P30,000 for silver and P10,000 for bronze in individual events, while the incentives are appropriately calibrated in team events. They will be deposited directly to the medalist athletes’ bank accounts.

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remaining. The lead was four midway through the fourth before Boston blew past Golden State with a 20-2 run that made it 117-103.

Andrew Wiggins scored 20 points in his finals debut and Draymond Green grabbed 11 rebounds before fouling out with 48.3 seconds left. Klay Thompson contributed 15 points as the Warriors began their sixth finals in eight years after making five straight trips from 2015-19 and winning three championships.

They’ll have to win this one from behind after going 21-2 in their previous Game 1s under Steve Kerr.

“It’s a different feeling. You obviously go into Game 2 with more of a sense of desperation. That’s all part of this stuff. We’ve been in this position before,” Kerr said. “Boston played a brilliant quarter. They came in and earned the win.”

Curry scored a smooth 21 points in the opening period on 7-for-8 shooting, including 6 of 8 made 3s—missing a half-court heave at the buzzer. And Boston struggled to keep up with the Warriors’ snappy ball movement and shooters at every spot on the floor. AP

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RAFAEL NADAL is downplaying his chances at a 14th French Open trophy and 22nd Grand Slam title overall. AP

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HE Move As One Coalition urged the government to utilize the mandated budget and policies to build protected bike lanes during the celebration of the World Bicycle Day on Thursday.

The United Nations declared June 3 as World Bicycle Day to acknowledge that the bicycle “is a simple, affordable, reliable, clean and environmentally sustainable means of transportation, fostering environmental stewardship and health.”

Based on surveys by the Social Weather Stations from May 2020 to May 2021, 1 out of 4 Filipino households nationwide use bicycles for essential and recreational activities.

The number of households with bicycles in urban areas and the National Capital Region has more than doubled over the past year, indicating the strong demand for active transport.

Compared to pre-pandemic levels, 2 out of 5 cycling households (40 percent) have been riding more frequently.

“For the Filipinos from all walks of life who have gotten bitten by the biking bug, the bicycle is not just an alternative form of transportation.

It is the nest mode of transport,” the coalition said in a statement. “Biking is here to stay.”

However, there are reports of cyclists dying on roads because to the lack of protected bike lanes. From 2019 to 2021, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority reported a total of 82 cyclist deaths and 4,588 injuries.

“Cyclists who are the main breadwinners and who die on the road leave their families with a huge emotional and financial loss,” the coalition said. “The Coalition believes that Filipino cyclists should arrive alive. We demand more than just thoughts and prayers from the government for the cyclists who have died on our unsafe roads.”

The coalition added: “We urge the government to incorporate active transport infrastructure in P264 billion worth of Department of Public Works and Highways roads and bridges as required under the 2022 General Appropriations Act.”

Besides the POC bonus, Yulo also received P1.68 million from the Philippine Sports Commission as mandated by the Athletes and Coaches Incentives Act and another P1.43 million courtesy of President Rodrigo Duterte for a total of P3.55 million for winning gold in men’s all-around, floor exercise, rings, vault and horizontal bars and silvers in men’s team and parallel bars of gymnastics.

Mangrobang? She banked P600,000 from PSC and P500,000 from President Duterte for a total of P1,300,000.

The P11 million total was broken down into P5.82 million for the gold medalists, P3.22 million for the silver medalists and P1.97 million for the bronze medalists.

Tolentino initiated the POC’s recognition in terms of financial bonuses to the athletes in the 2019 SEA Games which the country dominated.

There was a total of 227 medalists—52 gold, 70 silver and 105 bronze—in the Vietnam SEA Games.

Doctor’s in for Nadal in French Open semis ARIS—Rafael Nadal showed up at Roland Garros with his personal doctor along for the trip, hoping to get some help with the chronic pain in his left foot that’s been an off-and-on problem for years.

Nadal, as is his wont, has downplayed his chances at a 14th French Open trophy and 22nd Grand Slam title overall—both of those numbers would add to records he already holds—and repeatedly

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‘Filipino cyclists should arrive alive’

said he has no idea whether each match might be the last of his career in Paris.

Still, he sure looked just fine from up-close, playing with his usual resilience and joie de vivre all the while.

Never more so than during the victory over No. 1 seed and defending champion Novak Djokovic that moved Nadal into the semifinals on Friday— the Spaniard’s 36th birthday—at the

clay-court major tournament that he has lorded over for so long. At the 1:15 a.m. conclusion of that 6-2, 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (4) triumph as the calendar flipped from Tuesday to Wednesday, Nadal turned toward his guest box in the stands and smiled quite a wide smile, then covered his face with his taped-up fingers.

“I [was] emotional because, of course, the last three months and a half for me...haven’t been easy,” Nadal said, referring to both a rib injury and the foot issue that limited both his number of matches

and his hours on a practice court.

A victory over No. 3 seed Alexander Zverev of Germany on Friday would allow Nadal to continue on the path to another championship at the French Open.

And if he also were to go on to win Sunday’s final against either 2014 US Open champion Marin Cilic of Croatia or No. 8 Casper Ruud of Norway, who meet in Friday’s other semifinal, there also would be this to consider: Nadal would own the first two legs of a calendar-year Grand Slam for the first time. AP

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Brief Job Description: Managing incoming calls and customer service inquires XIAO, LINGHUI Chinese Customer Service Representative

2.

Brief Job Description: Managing incoming calls and customer service inquiries YUAN, DEXING Chinese Customer Service Representative

3.

Brief Job Description: Managing incoming calls and customer service inquires MARIANA Indonesian Customer Service Representative

4.

Brief Job Description: Managing incoming calls and customer service inquires CHI NHIT SINH Vietnamese Customer Service Representative

5.

Brief Job Description: Managing incoming calls and customer service inquires CHONG MINH BINH Vietnamese Customer Service Representative

6.

Brief Job Description: Managing incoming calls and customer service inquires CHONG MINH MY Vietnamese Customer Service Representative

7.

Brief Job Description: Managing incoming calls and customer service inquires CHONG MINH YEN Vietnamese Customer Service Representative

8.

Brief Job Description: Managing incoming calls and customer service inquires CHUONG TAC QUAY Vietnamese Customer Service Representative

9.

Brief Job Description: Managing incoming calls and customer service inquires HUYNH THI KIM TUYEN Vietnamese Customer Service Representative

10.

Brief Job Description: Managing incoming calls and customer service inquires LY HY PHU Vietnamese Customer Service Representative

11.

Brief Job Description: Managing incoming calls and customer service inquires PHAM THI THANH LAN Vietnamese Customer Service Representative

12.

Brief Job Description: Managing incoming calls and customer service inquires PHUNG TIEU LONG Vietnamese Customer Service Representative

13.

Brief Job Description: Managing incoming calls and customer service inquires SIN HY CHAN Vietnamese Customer Service Representative

14.

Brief Job Description: Managing incoming calls and customer service inquires TRUONG THUC QUAN Vietnamese Customer Service Representative

15.

Brief Job Description: Managing incoming calls and customer service inquires

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18.

Basic Qualification: Able to speak, read and write Chinese language Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Able to speak, read, and write Chinese language Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Able to speak, read, and write Chinese language

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Brief Job Description: Evaluation of the systems’ problems to recommend enhancement.

17.

Brief Job Description: Perform incisive and rightful market and competitive research; generate leads and grow existing maintaining an accurate; detailed client book and developing an active repeat customer base quality develop and maintain thorough company and product research consumer needs and identify how our solutions can meet them.

Brief Job Description: Initiate conversation to uncover customer’s needs.

Brief Job Description: Over-all mgt, admin, leading the creation and tactical execution of the corporation’s biological products.

PITCHAYAPEERANAN, SUPATCHARA Web Developer - Thai Speaking 21.

Brief Job Description: Website and software application designing, building and maintaining

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Able to speak, read, and write Chinese language Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Able to speak, read, and write Chinese language Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Able to speak, read, and write Chinese language

LY NGOC THANG Web Developer - Vietnamese Speaking 22.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

23.

Basic Qualification: Able to speak, read, and write Chinese language

Brief Job Description: Responsible for providing strategic leadership and management of information technology and systems

WU, LIYING Mandarin Finance Supervisor 24.

28.

Brief Job Description: The mandarin finance supervisor will be a strategist and a leader able to steer the company to the most profitable direction while also implementing its vision, mission and long-term goals.

TAN BON KIAT Bi-lingual Speaking Data Analyst Executive

25.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Able to speak, read, and write Chinese language

Brief Job Description: Fluent and proficient in writing and speaking at least 2 of the following languages: English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Thai, Bahasa Malaysia, Bahasa Indonesia, Korean, Spanish and Portuguese. 1 year experience of working in a similar role.

Basic Qualification: Degree holder, fluently speak and write in Thai language.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

YAP CHOON GHEE Bi-lingual Speaking Data Analyst Officer 29.

Basic Qualification: Expertise and hands-on experience with wide range of web application and programing languages Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Expertise and hands-on experience with wide range of web application and programing languages

Salary Range: Php 500,000 and above

26.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

Basic Qualification: Bachelor’s degree in business marketing communications or related field; strong oral and written communication skills; proven ability to lead a team meet team quotas excellent leadership skills deep understanding or crm systems and best practices; hebrew and english speaker.

Salary Range: Php 60,000 - Php 89,999

Brief Job Description: Fluent and proficient in writing and speaking at least 2 of the following languages: English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Thai, Bahasa Malaysia, Bahasa Indonesia, Korean, Spanish and Portuguese. 1 year experience of working in a similar role.

ALDANA ALVAREZ, JUAN GABRIEL Senior Process Executive 30.

27.

Brief Job Description: Fluent and proficient in writing and speaking at least 2 of the following languages: English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Thai, Bahasa Malaysia, Bahasa Indonesia, Korean, Spanish and Portuguese. 1 year experience of working in a similar role.

Brief Job Description: Provide support through media review of sports, entertainment and adult video content for Spanish Language

Basic Qualification: High School Graduate, to work on various queues and complete the assigned tickets on a daily basis within the TAT Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

CRONYX INC. No. 4th-10th Flr. Yinhope Bldg., Dela Rama Cor. Zoili Hilario St., Seascape Village, Ccp Complex Subd. Zone 10, Barangay 76, Pasay City

PEI, ZHIPENG Chinese Speaking Data Entry Clerk 31.

Brief Job Description: Assist/help customers, give customers information about product and services

Basic Qualification: With atleast 6 months customer service experience / Good in oral communication and written Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

DYNAMIC BUSINESS INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT INC. 10th Floor The Brilliance Center,, 11th Avenue Corner 40th Street Bonifacio Global City, Fort Bonifacio, City Of Taguig JIAO, RUI Chinese Speaking Business Development Representative 32.

Brief Job Description: Provide business consulting to chinese speaking clients related to finance, legal marketing, hr and operation management; ang enhance business relations of the chinese speaking clients by creating awareness about the company.

Basic Qualification: Excellent command of chinese language and english language; ability to negotiate, present information and finalize deals.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

Basic Qualification: Proven experience as mandarin finance supervisor, familiarity, knowledge and awareness on machinery and heavy equipment use by company.

Demonstrable experience in developing strategic business plan.

33.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

EIKEI ELECTRONICS (HONGKONG) CO., LTD. PHILIPPINES REPRESENTATIVE OFFICE 26th Floor Twenty-four Seven Mckinley Building,, 24th Street Corner 7th Avenue, Bonifacio Global City, Fort Bonifacio, City Of Taguig

Basic Qualification: Resolves product or service problems by clarifying the customer’s complaint; determines the cause of the problem; selects and explains the best solution to solve the problem; expedites correction or adjustment; follows-up to ensure resolution.

Basic Qualification: Resolves product or service problems by clarifying the customer’s complaint; determines the cause of the problem; selects and explains the best solution to solve the problem; expedites correction or adjustment; follows-up to ensure resolution.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

LEE HON HENG Bi-lingual Speaking Data Analyst Officer

Basic Qualification: Fluent and proficient in writing and speaking at least 2 of the ff languages: English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Thai, Bahasa Malaysia, Bahasa Indonesia, Korean, Spanish and Portuguese

COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS PHILIPPINES, INC. 2nd, 3rd, And 4th Floors, Science Hub Tower 4 Bldg., Mckinley Hill Cyberpark, Fort Bonifacio, City Of Taguig

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

Basic Qualification: Excellent knowledge of systems and infrastructure

Basic Qualification: Fluent and proficient in writing and speaking at least 2 of the ff languages: English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Thai, Bahasa Malaysia, Bahasa Indonesia, Korean, Spanish and Portuguese

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

ZENG, BOXING Chinese Speaking Business Development Representative

Basic Qualification: Resolves product or service problems by clarifying the customer’s complaint; determines the cause of the problem; selects and explains the best solution to solve the problem; expedites correction or adjustment; follows-up to ensure resolution.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

Brief Job Description: Provide business consulting to chinese speaking clients related to finance, legal marketing, hr and operation management; ang enhance business relations of the chinese speaking clients by creating awareness about the company.

TAKENAKA, MASAKI Country Manager & Resident Agent 34.

Brief Job Description: Overall managing the representative office for customer support & market research

Basic Qualification: Excellent command of chinese language and english language; ability to negotiate, present information and finalize deals.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

Basic Qualification: General Manager Qualification Salary Range: Php 500,000 and above

EMERALD WIRELESS TECH INC. 28th/f Arthaland Century Pacific Tower, E-square Information Technology Park, 25th St. Cor 5th Ave., Bonifacio Global City, Fort Bonifacio, City Of Taguig CHEN, JUNZI Chinese Human Resources Business Partner 35.

Salary Range: Php 60,000 - Php 89,999

KUIK CHEH CHONG Bi-lingual Speaking Data Analyst Officer

Brief Job Description: Interprets data, analyzes results using statistical techniques and provides ongoing reports

Basic Qualification: Post Graduate-Agri Business Mgt. Salary Range: Php 90,000 - Php 149,999

QUALIFICATION AND SALARY RANGE

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

Basic Qualification: Experience using help desk software and remote support tools.

Brief Job Description: Interprets data, analyzes results using statistical techniques and provides ongoing reports

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

CHROMELAB TECHNOLOGIES INC. 25/f Techzone Bldg., 213 Sen. Gil Puyat Ave., San Antonio, City Of Makati

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Able to speak, read, and write Chinese language

NAME OF FOREIGN NATIONAL , POSITION AND BRIEF DESCRIPTION

LOH SIN HONG Bi-lingual Speaking Data Analyst Officer

CHINA HARBOUR ENGINEERING COMPANY 5/f Section E Ramon Magsaysay Center, 1680 Roxas Blvd., 076, Barangay 699, Malate, City Of Manila

Basic Qualification: Able to speak, read, and write Chinese language Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

Brief Job Description: Website and software application designing, building and maintaining

HOW SAY KUAN Chief Information Officer

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Able to speak, read, and write Chinese language

Basic Qualification: Bachelors/College Degree, Finance/ Accountancy/Banking or equivalent.

BRIGHTLEISURE MANAGEMENT INC. 10/f Newport Entertainment & C Newport City, Manlunas, Barangay 183, Pasay City

BEST RELIABLE RESOURCES CORP. Ub 111 Paseo De Roxas Bldg., Paseo De Roxas, San Lorenzo, City Of Makati

NAVE, EYAL MENAHEM Sales Manager

CHANTHAKHAT, THEPSUWIT Thai Language - Officer Customer Service

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Able to speak, read, and write Chinese language

No.

BLUELINE ACTIVE ASIA, INC. 37/f Lkg Tower, 6801 Ayala Ave., Bel-air, City Of Makati

APRICUS TECHNOLOGY INC. 8/f Aguirre Building, 107 Aguirre St. Legaspi Village, San Lorenzo, City Of Makati ESTIANA TRI KARMALA Customer Support Specialist - Indonesian Speaking

Brief Job Description: Develop robust financial policy and procedures.

AMIT KUMAR Biologicals Marketing Manager

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Able to speak, read, and write Chinese language

QUALIFICATION AND SALARY RANGE

BIOSTADT PHILIPPINES, INC. 802-803 Raffles, Don Francisco Ortigas Jr. Rd., Ortigas Center, San Antonio, City Of Pasig

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Able to speak, read, and write chinese language

YOON, AEYEONG Korean Language - Officer Customer Service

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ESTABLISHMENT / ADDRESS

BIGCAT SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS, INC. 18/f Pbcom Tower, 6795 Ayala Avenue Cor. Rufino Street, Salcedo Vill., Bel-air, City Of Makati

Basic Qualification: Able to speak, read, and write Chinese language Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

NAME OF FOREIGN NATIONAL , POSITION AND BRIEF DESCRIPTION

Saturday, June 4, 2022

Brief Job Description: Consults with line management, providing HR guidance when appropriate.

Manages and resolves complex employee relations issues. Conducts effective, thorough, and objective investigations.

Basic Qualification: Fluent in Mandarin and English language Bachelor’s degree in business administration Strong time management skills enthusiasm for consumer marketing Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

FIBERHOME PHILS., INC. U-19d 19/f Rufino Pacific Tower, 6784 Ayala Ave. Cor. V.a. Rufino St., San Lorenzo, City Of Makati WU, HAO Project Manager 36.

Brief Job Description: The project manager will be a strategist and a leader able to steer the company to the most profitable direction while also implementing its vision, mission and long term goals.

Basic Qualification: Proven experience as project manager, excellent communication, interpersonal and presentation skills.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

FLASH EXPRESS SOFTWARE (PH) CO., LTD. INC. 11/f Cybersigma, Lawton Ave., Mckinley West, Fort Bonifacio, City Of Taguig

CHEN, XIAOLONG Area Manager

37.

Brief Job Description: To Demonstrate awareness/understanding of equal opportunities and other people’s behavioral, physical, social and welfare needs. Ensure that reasonable care is taken at all times for the health, safety and welfare of yourself and other persons, and to comply with the policies and procedures relating to health and safety within the department

Basic Qualification: Job-relevant degree/ 5-10 yrs. Supervisory/ managerial experience in logistics or operations/ multilingual Salary Range: Php 60,000 - Php 89,999

BusinessMirror

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ESTABLISHMENT / ADDRESS No.

NAME OF FOREIGN NATIONAL , POSITION AND BRIEF DESCRIPTION XIONG, ZONGWEI Area Manager

38.

Brief Job Description: To Demonstrate awareness/understanding of equal opportunities and other people’s behavioral, physical, social and welfare needs. Ensure that reasonable care is taken at all times for the health, safety and welfare of yourself and other persons, and to comply with the policies and procedures relating to health and safety within the department HUANG, YANG Assistant To Hub Area Manager

39.

Brief Job Description: Responsible for implementing workflow procedures based on direction from the company’s General Manager/Supervising employees during day-to-day tasks, providing customer support in escalated situations and managing the overall workflow of a workplace ZHENG, BIN Assistant To The Transportation Director

40.

Brief Job Description: Directs, develops, and implements overall operations of a transportation network including safety, compliance, equipment, and staff. Develops and directs operational policies and procedures to ensure safety and efficiency in all transportation activities CHEN, ZHUO Hub Area Manager

41.

Brief Job Description: Ensure that reasonable care is taken at all times for the health, safety and welfare of yourself and other persons, and to comply with the policies and procedures relating to health and safety within the department.

GAO, SHIXIONG Hub Industrial Manager

42.

Brief Job Description: Support affordable creative workspace development, manage, oversee and direct all aspects of the Hub’s operation including letting, memberships, finance, sales, marketing, and events LI, SHENHUAN Industrial Manager

43.

Brief Job Description: To supervise the projects, employees and production lines effectively in high tech industries such as scientific research, semiconductor component manufacturing, and development in fields YIN, LIANGYI Material Assets Specialist

44.

Brief Job Description: Make sure the right material is used for the right job and may be involved in developing, selecting or evaluating materials for specialist uses/ Work with electrical and mechanical engineers, designers, marketers and other scientists as part of multi-disciplinary teams MO, SHISHI Operations Supervisor

45.

Brief Job Description: Train and supervise employees, reduce operational costs, monitor the department’s compliance with operational policies, and keep up-to-date with the progress of administrative duties ZHAN, KAIXUAN Operations Supervisor

46.

Brief Job Description: Training and supervising employees, reducing operational costs, monitoring their department’s compliance with operational policies, and keeping up-to-date with the progress of administrative duties.

TAY WEI CHUAN Senior Product System Specialist

47.

Brief Job Description: Responsible for business processes of each department then come up with business requirements for our information systems in order to (1) automate processes, (2) digitize data, (3) improve processes, (4) generate useful reports to support management decisions

ESTABLISHMENT / ADDRESS QUALIFICATION AND SALARY RANGE Basic Qualification: Job-relevant degree/ 5-10 yrs. Supervisory/ managerial experience in logistics or operations/ multilingual Salary Range: Php 60,000 - Php 89,999

Basic Qualification: Job-relevant degree/ 5-10 yrs. Supervisory/ managerial experience in logistics or operations/ multilingual Salary Range: Php 60,000 - Php 89,999 Basic Qualification: Job-relevant degree/ 5-10 yrs. Supervisory/ managerial experience in logistics or operations/ multilingual Salary Range: Php 60,000 - Php 89,999 Basic Qualification: Job-relevant degree/ 5-10 yrs. Supervisory/ managerial experience in logistics or operations/ multilingual

No.

52.

Brief Job Description: Manages the talent acquisition process.

TJOENG THAY Indonesian Customer Service Representative 53.

Brief Job Description: Provide Product/Services, Information, Answer Questions And Resolve Emerging Problems

54.

55.

56.

Salary Range: Php 150,000 - Php 499,999

SANDOVAL PORRAS, JULIAN ANDRES Project Manager

Basic Qualification: Bachelor’s Degree

Brief Job Description: Leadership in health and safety planning, project management

Salary Range: Php 150,000 - Php 499,999

Brief Job Description: Attracts potential customers by answering product and service questions; suggesting information about other products and services.

CHANAPOL, PHIMLADAPHON Thai Customer Service Representative 57.

Brief Job Description: Attracts potential customers by answering product and service questions; suggesting information about other products and services.

CHANAPOL, SUPOT Thai Customer Service Representative 58.

Brief Job Description: Attracts potential customers by answering product and service questions; suggesting information about other products and services.

INWAN, NATTAPORN Thai Customer Service Representative 59.

Brief Job Description: Attracts potential customers by answering product and service questions; suggesting information about other products and services.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

PHUNG-NGOEN, KANITHA Thai Customer Service Representative 60.

Brief Job Description: Attracts potential customers by answering product and service questions; suggesting information about other products and services.

BENNANI BRAOULI, YASSINE Business Unit Manager 49.

Brief Job Description: Responsible for fostering communication and collaboration between offices in the Philippines , Hong Kong, Vietnam and Indonesia

RUENGCHAROEN, SUWANNEE Thai Customer Service Representative 61.

DHYANI, AJIT Assistant Vice President- Contact Center Operations 50.

Brief Job Description: Own the overall operations (Process management, P&L management, Client management, People management, Performance management , strategic initiatives etc)

Basic Qualification: Significant experience in the confirmed tenure in mid /senior management role in BPO/contact center industry.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

Brief Job Description: Attracts potential customers by answering product and service questions; suggesting information about other products and services.

SOMJAI, JARINYA Thai Customer Service Representative 62.

51.

Brief Job Description: Manage our different product and the financial exposure to the company. Analyze all aspects of customer performance and different markets of all company’s product.

INQUICK SERVICES INC. Unit 606 6/f Itc Bldg., 337 Sen. Gil Puyat Ave., Bel-air, City Of Makati

PARK, SEUNGHEE Customer Service Consultant 67.

Brief Job Description: Attracts potential customers by answering product and service questions; suggesting information about other products and services.

Basic Qualification: Proficient in speaking, reading and writing in English and their respective native language for the position applied for, Fluent n Chinese Mandarin is an advantage.

CHAU DOANH DOANH Mandarin Sales Consultant

63.

Brief Job Description: Research industries, markets, demographics, trends, sales results, and other data related to the Chinese/Vietnamese client’s services. Works as an independent consultant or as part of consultancy firm to provide sales expertise to Chinese/ Vietnamese clients. Create detailed reports with research findings and analysis to with sales strategies

Brief Job Description: Assist customer with all travel related services & customer enquiries

KOIDE, SATOSHI Division Head - Food & Consumer Industries Division 68.

Brief Job Description: Manages the Food & Consumer Industries Division which entails of Business Strategy and Development in accordance to the direction of the headquarters in Tokyo office

SHWE YAMIN OO Burmese Customer Service Representative 69.

Brief Job Description: Managing incoming calls and customer service inquiries KYAW MIN NAING Burmese Customer Service Representative

70.

Brief Job Description: Managing incoming calls and customer service inquiries MAR LU Burmese Customer Service Representative

71.

Brief Job Description: Managing incoming calls and customer service inquiries SAI LYAN PAING Burmese Customer Service Representative

72.

Brief Job Description: Managing incoming calls and customer service inquires WAI YAN LIN Burmese Customer Service Representative

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76.

77.

78.

Basic Qualification: College Graduate: Preferably 6 months -1year as Sales Consultant

Brief Job Description: Managing incoming calls and customer service inquiries HUANG, TONG Call Center Agent Brief Job Description: Customer service.

JIAO, YONGSHENG Call Center Agent Brief Job Description: Customer service.

LI, SHUAIHENG Call Center Agent Brief Job Description: Customer service.

64.

Brief Job Description: Research industries, markets, demographics, trends, sales results, and other data related to the Chinese/Vietnamese client’s services. Works as an independent consultant or as part of consultancy firm to provide sales expertise to Chinese/ Vietnamese clients. Create detailed reports with research findings and analysis to with sales strategies

TOK SOON KHIANG Call Center Agent Brief Job Description: Customer service.

WANG, XINSI Call Center Agent Brief Job Description: Customer service.

WANG, YALONG Call Center Agent Brief Job Description: Customer service.

CHENG, LONG Chinese Customer Service Representative

80.

Brief Job Description: Managing incoming calls and customer service inquiries.

DENG, KAO Chinese Customer Service Representative

DENNY WIJAYA Mandarin Sales Consultant

81.

Basic Qualification: College Graduate: Preferably 6 months -1year as Sales Consultant Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

Basic Qualification: College Graduate: Preferably 6 months -1year as Sales Consultant Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

Basic Qualification: Excellent in verbal and written communication skills especially in Korean language Salary Range: Php 90,000 - Php 149,999

Basic Qualification: Confidential employee Salary Range: Php 150,000 - Php 499,999

MOA CLOUDZONE CORP. 4th-11th Flr. Nexgen Tower, C4 Rd. Edsa Ext., Barangay 76, Pasay City

79.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

Basic Qualification: College Graduate: Preferably 6 months -1year as Sales Consultant

MITSUBISHI CORPORATION 18/f Ayala Triangle Gardens, Tower 2 Paseo De Roxas, Bel-air, City Of Makati

LUCKY BINTANG CONSULTANCY INC. Unit G-02 Makati Executive Tower 2, 7652 Dela Rosa St. Cor. P. Medina St., Pio Del Pilar, City Of Makati

Basic Qualification: Bilingual, college degree in any field and with 2 years of relevant experience Salary Range: Php 60,000 - Php 89,999

Basic Qualification: Proficient in speaking, reading and writing in English and their respective native language for the position applied for, Fluent n Chinese Mandarin is an advantage.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

INNOCONEXION TECHNOLOGIES OPC 29/f Pacific Star Bldg., Sen. Gil Puyat Cor. Makati Aves., Bel-air, City Of Makati TOH YONG NAM Operations Analyst

Basic Qualification: Proficient in speaking, reading and writing in English and their respective native language for the position applied for, Fluent n Chinese Mandarin is an advantage.

Brief Job Description: Research industries, markets, demographics, trends, sales results, and other data related to the Chinese/Vietnamese client’s services. Works as an independent consultant or as part of consultancy firm to provide sales expertise to Chinese/ Vietnamese clients. Create detailed reports with research findings and analysis to with sales strategies

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

Salary Range: Php 60,000 - Php 89,999

GENPACT SERVICES LLC 5f Genpact Bldg., Cyberzone Northgate, Alabang, City Of Muntinlupa

Basic Qualification: Proficient in speaking, reading and writing in English and their respective native language for the position applied for, Fluent n Chinese Mandarin is an advantage.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

FREYSSINET INTERNATIONAL MANILA, INC. U-5b-9 5/f The Pearl Bank Centre, 146 Valero St., Bel-air, City Of Makati Basic Qualification: Excellent communication using French language, extensive experience on the operations related to FREYSSINET with high level strategy and division.

Basic Qualification: Proficient in speaking, reading and writing in English and their respective native language for the position applied for, Fluent n Chinese Mandarin is an advantage.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

Salary Range: Php 60,000 - Php 89,999

Brief Job Description: Assist in determining pricing quotes for customers

Basic Qualification: Proficient in speaking, reading and writing in English and their respective native language for the position applied for, Fluent n Chinese Mandarin is an advantage.

Brief Job Description: Research industries, markets, demographics, trends, sales results, and other data related to the Chinese/Vietnamese client’s services. Works as an independent consultant or as part of consultancy firm to provide sales expertise to Chinese/ Vietnamese clients. Create detailed reports with research findings and analysis to with sales strategies

LUFTHANSA SERVICES PHILIPPINES, INC. 8th Floor Aeon Center, Northgate Cyberzone, Alabang, City Of Muntinlupa

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

Salary Range: Php 60,000 - Php 89,999

Basic Qualification: Can speak Mandarin

66.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

Salary Range: Php 60,000 - Php 89,999

TSENG, YU-JIE Mandarin Accounts Staff

Basic Qualification: Proficient in speaking, reading and writing in English and their respective native language for the position applied for, Fluent in Chinese Mandarin is an advantage.

QUALIFICATION AND SALARY RANGE

WU, PEI-WEN Mandarin Sales Consultant

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

Basic Qualification: Job-relevant degree/ 5-10 yrs. Supervisory/ managerial experience in logistics or operations/ multilingual

Basic Qualification: Job-relevant degree/ 5-10 yrs. Supervisory/ managerial experience in logistics or operations/ multilingual

65.

Salary Range: Php 60,000 - Php 89,999

Brief Job Description: Leadership in health and safety planning, project management

NAME OF FOREIGN NATIONAL , POSITION AND BRIEF DESCRIPTION JIANG, TING-NI Mandarin Sales Consultant

Basic Qualification: Graduate 4 Years Bachelor Degree With Critical Thinking And Problem Solving Skills

Basic Qualification: Master’s Degree

ARAMRUENG, PICHET Thai Customer Service Representative

Basic Qualification: Job-relevant degree/ 5-10 yrs. Supervisory/ managerial experience in logistics or operations/ multilingual

Basic Qualification: Job-relevant degree/ 5-10 yrs. Supervisory/ managerial experience in logistics or operations/ multilingual

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

JIU ZHOU TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL, INC. U-2801 28/f Pbcom Tower, 6795 Ayala Ave. Cor. V.a. Rufino St., Bel-air, City Of Makati

Salary Range: Php 60,000 - Php 89,999

Salary Range: Php 60,000 - Php 89,999

No.

Basic Qualification: Proficient in speaking, reading and writing in mandarin.

ALBA SANTAMARIA, PAULA Project Manager

Salary Range: Php 60,000 - Php 89,999 Basic Qualification: Job-relevant degree/ 5-10 yrs. Supervisory/ managerial experience in logistics or operations/ multilingual

QUALIFICATION AND SALARY RANGE

JACOBS PROJECTS (PHILIPPINES), INC. 16/f South Tower, Rockwell Business Center Sheridan, Highway Hills, City Of Mandaluyong

FLYING FUTURE SERVICES INC. 3/f Salcedo One Center, 170 Salcedo St., San Lorenzo, City Of Makati

48.

CHANG, TZU-HSIEN Mandarin Speaking Hr Manager

ESTABLISHMENT / ADDRESS

J-NA ALLOUT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORP. 3/f Lipams Bldg., #48 President Avenue, B. F. Homes, City Of Parañaque

Salary Range: Php 60,000 - Php 89,999 Basic Qualification: Job-relevant degree/ 5-10 yrs. Supervisory/ managerial experience in logistics or operations/ multilingual

NAME OF FOREIGN NATIONAL , POSITION AND BRIEF DESCRIPTION

www.businessmirror.com.ph

Brief Job Description: Managing incoming calls and customer service inquiries LIU, JIANCHAO Chinese Customer Service Representative

82.

Brief Job Description: Managing incoming calls and customer service inquires

Basic Qualification: Able to speak, read, and write Chinese language Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Able to speak, Read, and Write chinese language Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Able to speak, read, and write Chinese language Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Able to Speak, Read, and Write Chinese Language Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Able to speak, Read, and Write Chinese language Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: College graduate / level and fluent in mandarin / basic english.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: College graduate / level and fluent in Mandarin / basic English.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: College graduate / level and fluent in mandarin / basic english.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: College graduate / level and fluent in mandarin / basic english.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: College graduate / level and fluent in mandarin / basic English.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: College graduate / level and fluent in mandarin / basic English.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Able to speak, read and write Chinese language.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Able to speak, Read, and Write Chinese language Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Able to Speak, Read, and Write Chinese Language Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

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NAME OF FOREIGN NATIONAL , POSITION AND BRIEF DESCRIPTION SUN, LEI Chinese Customer Service Representative

83.

Brief Job Description: Managing incoming calls and customer service inquiries WU, YANG Chinese Customer Service Representative

84.

Brief Job Description: Managing incoming calls and customer service inquiries YANG, SHOUKAN Chinese Customer Service Representative

85.

Brief Job Description: Managing incoming calls and customer service inquiries ZHANG, SHUANG Chinese Customer Service Representative

86.

Brief Job Description: Managing incoming calls and customer service inquiries ZHANG, YUNFENG Chinese Customer Service Representative

87.

Brief Job Description: Managing incoming calls and customer service inquiries CHOONG CHI WING Malaysian Customer Service Representative

88.

Brief Job Description: Managing incoming calls and customer service inquiries CHUNG DING HANG Malaysian Customer Service Representative

89.

Brief Job Description: Managing incoming calls and customer service inquiries SAN A DAU Vietnamese Customer Service Representative

90.

Brief Job Description: Managing incoming calls and customer service inquiries

ESTABLISHMENT / ADDRESS QUALIFICATION AND SALARY RANGE Basic Qualification: Able to speak, Read, and Write Chinese language Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Able to speak, Read, and Write Chinese language Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Able to speak, Read, and Write Chinese language Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Able to speak, Read, and Write Chinese language Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Able to speak, Read, and Write Chinese language

Basic Qualification: Able to speak, read, and write Chinese language

Basic Qualification: Able to speak, Read, and Write Chinese language

Brief Job Description: Provide strategic leadership to the organization and direct the Executive Management Team

Salary Range: Php 150,000 - Php 499,999

NEO INCORPORATED North Tower Centrum Bldg., Aseana Avenue, Entertainment City, Baclaran, City Of Parañaque

92.

Brief Job Description: Assist/help customers, give customers information about product and services

Basic Qualification: With at least 6 months customer service experience/good in oral communication and written

93.

Brief Job Description: To respond to customers concerns on site and supply solutions to their concerns.

Basic Qualification: Proficient in speaking, reading and writing in other foreign languages.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

OCEANIC SYMPHONY SERVICES INC. 3/f Salcedo One Center, 170 Salcedo St., San Lorenzo, City Of Makati CHEN, HAIBIN Mandarin Operations Specialist 94.

Brief Job Description: Full time operations assistant to assist the administrative work of operations team ZHI, ZHICHAO Mandarin Technical Support Specialist

95.

Brief Job Description: Responsible for the smooth running of computer systems and ensuring users get max. Benefits from them

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MACHIBA, TAKAHIRO President And General Manager 96.

Brief Job Description: Responsible for the overall administration of corporate affairs to achieve the long term profitability and growth targets of the company to ensure the reliability of financial reports

Salary Range: Php 150,000 - Php 499,999

104.

97.

Brief Job Description: Responsible for the strategic direction of the business, all important decisions that affect the business and are the public face of the business

Basic Qualification: At least 5 to 10 yrs.

Experience managing a similar business; proficient in speaking, reading & writing

105.

98.

CHEN, JUNLIN Chinese Customer Service Representative Brief Job Description: Answering inquiries, resolving problems

106.

107.

99.

Brief Job Description: Serves as primary contact for problem resolution and information gathering regarding customer complaints and work assignment

Basic Qualification: A native speaker of the Thai language (spoken and written) Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

Brief Job Description: Attracts potential customers by answering product and service questions, suggesting information about other products and services.

DUONG BINH NGOC TRAN Vietnamese Customer Service Representative

108.

Brief Job Description: Attracts potential customers by answering products and service questions; suggesting information about other products and services.

DUONG THI LAN ANH Vietnamese Customer Service Representative

109.

Brief Job Description: Attracts potential customers by answering product and service queries; suggesting information about other products and services.

HO MINH ANH Vietnamese Customer Service Representative

110.

Brief Job Description: Attracts potential customers by answering product and service questions, suggesting information about other products and services.

HOANG HA THANH Vietnamese Customer Service Representative

111.

Brief Job Description: Attracts potential customers by answering products and service questions; suggesting information about other products and services.

HOANG TIEN SAN Vietnamese Customer Service Representative

112.

Brief Job Description: Attracts potential customers by answering products and service questions; suggesting information about other products and services.

HOANG VAN CHUNG Vietnamese Customer Service Representative

113.

Brief Job Description: Attracts potential customers by answering product and service queries; suggesting information about other products and services.

HOANG VAN TOI Vietnamese Customer Service Representative

114.

Brief Job Description: Attracts potential customers by answering product and service questions, suggesting information about other products and services.

HUA VAN DAT Vietnamese Customer Service Representative

115.

Brief Job Description: Attracts potential customers by answering product and service questions, suggesting information about other products and services.

LE DOAN HAI AU Vietnamese Customer Service Representative

116.

Brief Job Description: Attracts potential customers by answering products and service questions; suggesting information about other products and services.

LE THI MAI Vietnamese Customer Service Representative

117.

RUNNINGMAN CORPORATION 8/f Techzone Bldg., 213 Sen. Gil Puyat Ave., San Antonio, City Of Makati KAEWWICHEAN, NUTTHANAN Thai-language Customer Support Staff

Brief Job Description: Attracts potential customers by answering products and service questions; suggesting information about other products and services.

DIEP AI THIEN Vietnamese Customer Service Representative

Basic Qualification: College Graduate, Fluent in English, Preferably 6mos-1year Customer Service Experience Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

Brief Job Description: Attracts potential customers by answering products and service questions; suggesting information about other products and services.

DANG VAN TAM Vietnamese Customer Service Representative

Salary Range: Php 500,000 and above

RIGHT CHOICE FINANCE CORP. 5e-1 Electra House Bldg., 115-117 Esteban Street, San Lorenzo, City Of Makati

Brief Job Description: Attracts potential customers by answering products and service questions; suggesting information about other products and services.

DANG VAN DUONG Vietnamese Customer Service Representative

QUEZON MANAGEMENT SERVICE INC. PHILIPPINE BRANCH OFFICE U-6, 7 & 8 14/f Zuellig Bldg., Makati Ave. Cor. Paseo De Roxas, Urdaneta, City Of Makati THIEL, FRANCISCO ALBERTO Managing Director

Brief Job Description: Attracts potential customers by answering products and service questions; suggesting information about other products and services.

DANG THI LUONG Vietnamese Customer Service Representative

PHILIPPINE RESINS INDUSTRIES, INC. Mezz/f Citibank Center Bldg., 8741 Paseo De Roxas, Bel-air, City Of Makati Basic Qualification: Graduate of Any 4 Year Course, Suitable Experience Subject to the Appointment of the Board, Knowledgeable in the Chemical Industry

Brief Job Description: Attracts potential customers by answering products and service questions; suggesting information about other products and services.

DANG QUANG DOAN Vietnamese Customer Service Representative

Basic Qualification: Can speak mandarin Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

Brief Job Description: Responsible for inbound and outbound service calls

CU HOANG DAC Vietnamese Customer Service Representative

Basic Qualification: Can speak mandarin Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

QUALIFICATION AND SALARY RANGE Basic Qualification: A native speaker of the Thai language (spoken and written)

Brief Job Description: Attracts potential customers by answering product and service queries; suggesting information about other products and services.

LE VAN GIANG Vietnamese Customer Service Representative

118.

Brief Job Description: Attracts potential customers by answering products and service questions; suggesting information about other products and services.

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Basic Qualification: Excellent in Reading, Writing and Speaking in Mandarin Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

Basic Qualification: Fluent in Vietnamese (Verbal and written skills)

119.

120.

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134.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

Brief Job Description: Attracts potential customers by answering product and service questions; suggesting information about other products and services.

NGUYEN THI NGOC TRAM Vietnamese Customer Service Representative

135.

Brief Job Description: Attracts potential customers by answering product and service questions; suggesting information about other products and services.

NGUYEN THI TUYEN Vietnamese Customer Service Representative

136.

Basic Qualification: Fluent in vietnamese (verbal and written skills).

Basic Qualification: Fluent in Vietnamese (Verbal and written skills)

Brief Job Description: Attracts potential customers by answering product and service questions; suggesting information about other products and services.

NGUYEN THI BAO THI Vietnamese Customer Service Representative

Basic Qualification: Fluent in Vietnamese (Verbal and written skills)

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

Brief Job Description: Attracts potential customers by answering product and service queries; suggesting information about other products and services.

NGUYEN THANH SON Vietnamese Customer Service Representative

Basic Qualification: Fluent in Vietnamese (Verbal and written skills)

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

Brief Job Description: Attracts potential customers by answering product and service questions; suggesting information about other products and services.

Attracts potential customers by answering product and service questions; suggesting information about other products and services.

NGUYEN THANH MINH Vietnamese Customer Service Representative

Basic Qualification: Fluent in Vietnamese (Verbal and written skills)

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

Brief Job Description: Attracts potential customers by answering product and service queries; suggesting information about other products and services.

NGUYEN QUANG THANH Vietnamese Customer Service Representative

Basic Qualification: Fluent in vietnamese (verbal and written skills).

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

Brief Job Description: Attracts potential customers by answering product and service questions; suggesting information about other products and services.

NGUYEN NGOC SON Vietnamese Customer Service Representative

Basic Qualification: Fluent in Vietnamese (Verbal and written skills)

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

Brief Job Description: Attracts potential customers by answering product and service queries; suggesting information about other products and services.

NGUYEN HUYNH NHU Vietnamese Customer Service Representative

Basic Qualification: Fluent in Vietnamese (Verbal and written skills)

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

Brief Job Description: Attracts potential customers by answering product and service queries; suggesting information about other products and services.

NGUYEN HOANG TRONG QUY Vietnamese Customer Service Representative

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

Brief Job Description: Attracts potential customers by answering product and service queries; suggesting information about other products and services.

NGUYEN DUC NGOC LINH Vietnamese Customer Service Representative

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Fluent in Vietnamese (Verbal and written skills)

Brief Job Description: Attracts potential customers by answering product and service questions; suggesting information about other products and services.

NGUYEN DINH BINH Vietnamese Customer Service Representative

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Fluent in vietnamese (verbal and written skills).

Brief Job Description: Attracts potential customers by answering product and service queries; suggesting information about other products and services.

NGUYEN AN THIEN Vietnamese Customer Service Representative

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Fluent in Vietnamese (Verbal and written skills)

Brief Job Description: Attracts potential customers by answering product and service questions, suggesting information about other products and services.

MAO THI HANG Vietnamese Customer Service Representative

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Fluent in Vietnamese (Verbal and written skills)

Brief Job Description: Attracts potential customers by answering product and service questions; suggesting information about other products and services.

LUU NGOC HIEN Vietnamese Customer Service Representative

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Fluent in Vietnamese (Verbal and written skills)

Brief Job Description: Attracts potential customers by answering product and service questions; suggesting information about other products and services.

LOC SAM TAY Vietnamese Customer Service Representative

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Fluent in Vietnamese (Verbal and written skills)

Brief Job Description: Attracts potential customers by answering product and service queries; suggesting information about other products and services.

LE VO THAO NHI Vietnamese Customer Service Representative

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Fluent in Vietnamese (Verbal and written skills)

Brief Job Description: Attracts potential customers by answering product and service queries; suggesting information about other products and services.

LE VAN THIET Vietnamese Customer Service Representative

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Fluent in Vietnamese (Verbal and written skills)

NAME OF FOREIGN NATIONAL , POSITION AND BRIEF DESCRIPTION LE VAN PHUONG Vietnamese Customer Service Representative

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

SOMI UNLIMITED SOLUTIONS, INC. 10/f Tower 2 Double Dragon Plaza Bldg., Edsa Corner Macapagal Ave. St. Zone 10, District 1, Barangay 76, Pasay City

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

NEW WEATHER FORCES GROUP INC. 26/f The Enterprise Center Tower 2, 6766 Ayala Ave., San Lorenzo, City Of Makati SHIRLEY CHNG CHEE YING Foreign Customer Service Representative

TIN NHUT BINH Mandarin Speaking Customer Service

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

Basic Qualification: -

Brief Job Description: Serves as primary contact for problem resolution and information gathering regarding customer complaints and work assignment

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SEAGULL-WORLD INC. Unit 2807 28/f Cityland, Pasong Tamo Tower, 2210 Chino Roces Ave., Pio Del Pilar, City Of Makati

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

GEORGY, GABRIEL President And Ceo

YANG, HONGMIN Chinese Speaking Business Development Associate

100.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Able to speak, read, and write Chinese language

NAME OF FOREIGN NATIONAL , POSITION AND BRIEF DESCRIPTION PHIANANEK, ANN Thai-language Customer Support Staff

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

MULTICARE PHARMACEUTICALS PHILIPPINES, INC. Units A & B 17/f 8 Rockwell Bldg., Hidalgo Drive Rockwell Center, Poblacion, City Of Makati

91.

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Brief Job Description: Attracts potential customers by answering product and service queries; suggesting information about other products and services.

NGUYEN VAN CHI CHAU Vietnamese Customer Service Representative

137.

Brief Job Description: Attracts potential customers by answering product and service questions; suggesting information about other products and services.

NGUYEN VAN LANH Vietnamese Customer Service Representative

138.

Brief Job Description: Attracts potential customers by answering product and service questions; suggesting information about other products and services.

QUALIFICATION AND SALARY RANGE Basic Qualification: Fluent in vietnamese (verbal and written skills).

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Fluent in vietnamese (verbal and written skills).

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Fluent in Vietnamese (Verbal and written skills) Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Fluent in Vietnamese (Verbal and written skills) Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Fluent in Vietnamese (Verbal and written skills) Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Fluent in Vietnamese (verbal and written skills).

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Fluent in Vietnamese (Verbal and written skills) Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Fluent in vietnamese (verbal and written skills).

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Fluent in Vietnamese (verbal and written skills).

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Fluent in Vietnamese (verbal and written skills).

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Fluent in Vietnamese (Verbal and written skills) Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Fluent in Vietnamese (verbal and written skills).

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

Basic Qualification: Fluent in Vietnamese (Verbal and written skills) Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

Basic Qualification: Fluent in vietnamese (verbal and written skills).

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Fluent in Vietnamese (Verbal and written skills) Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Fluent in Vietnamese (Verbal and written skills) Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Fluent in Vietnamese (Verbal and written skills) Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Fluent in vietnamese (verbal and written skills).

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Fluent in Vietnamese (Verbal and written skills) Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Fluent in Vietnamese (Verbal and written skills) Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

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ESTABLISHMENT / ADDRESS No.

NAME OF FOREIGN NATIONAL , POSITION AND BRIEF DESCRIPTION NGUYEN VAN VU Vietnamese Customer Service Representative

139.

Brief Job Description: Attracts potential customers by answering product and service questions; suggesting information about other products and services.

NONG QUOC HUY Vietnamese Customer Service Representative

140.

Brief Job Description: Attracts potential customers by answering product and service questions; suggesting information about other products and services.

PHAM HOANG HIEN DAT Vietnamese Customer Service Representative

141.

Brief Job Description: Attracts potential customers by answering product and service queries; suggesting information about other products and services.

PHAM MINH DUNG Vietnamese Customer Service Representative

142.

Brief Job Description: Attracts potential customers by answering product and service questions; suggesting information about other products and services.

PHAM TUNG ANH Vietnamese Customer Service Representative

143.

Brief Job Description: Attracts potential customers by answering product and service questions; suggesting information about other products and services.

PHAM XUAN BACH Vietnamese Customer Service Representative

144.

Brief Job Description: Attracts potential customers by answering product and service queries; suggesting information about other products and services.

PHAN THI DIEU MY Vietnamese Customer Service Representative

145.

Brief Job Description: Attracts potential customers by answering product and service questions, suggesting information about other products and services.

PHAN VAN HAI Vietnamese Customer Service Representative

146.

Brief Job Description: Attracts potential customers by answering product and service questions, suggesting information about other products and services.

PHAN VAN HUNG Vietnamese Customer Service Representative

147.

Brief Job Description: Attracts potential customers by answering product and service questions; suggesting information about other products and services.

TA TUAN SANG Vietnamese Customer Service Representative

148.

Brief Job Description: Attracts potential customers by answering product and service queries; suggesting information about other products and services.

THONG CUN NHOC Vietnamese Customer Service Representative

149.

Brief Job Description: Attracts potential customers by answering product and service queries; suggesting information about other products and services.

TRAN TANG VIET Vietnamese Customer Service Representative

150.

Brief Job Description: Attracts potential customers by answering product and service queries; suggesting information about other products and services.

TRAN THI HONG Vietnamese Customer Service Representative

151.

Brief Job Description: Attracts potential customers by answering product and service questions; suggesting information about other products and services.

TRAN THI TUYET NHI Vietnamese Customer Service Representative

152.

Brief Job Description: Attracts potential customers by answering product and service questions; suggesting information about other products and services.

TRINH VAN BANG Vietnamese Customer Service Representative

153.

Brief Job Description: Attracts potential customers by answering product and service questions, suggesting information about other products and services.

TRUONG KIM YEN Vietnamese Customer Service Representative

154.

Brief Job Description: Attracts potential customers by answering product and service queries; suggesting information about other products and services.

TRUONG VAN HUNG Vietnamese Customer Service Representative

155.

Brief Job Description: Attracts potential customers by answering product and service questions, suggesting information about other products and services.

VO NGOC HUY Vietnamese Customer Service Representative

156.

Brief Job Description: Attracts potential customers by answering product and service questions; suggesting information about other products and services.

VONG HONG SIENG Vietnamese Customer Service Representative

157.

Brief Job Description: Attracts potential customers by answering product and service questions, suggesting information about other products and services.

VU VAN TUAN ANH Vietnamese Customer Service Representative

158.

Brief Job Description: Attracts potential customers by answering product and service queries; suggesting information about other products and services.

ESTABLISHMENT / ADDRESS QUALIFICATION AND SALARY RANGE Basic Qualification: Fluent in Vietnamese (Verbal and written skills) Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

No.

JUNITA Customer Service Officer 159.

Basic Qualification: Fluent in Vietnamese (Verbal and written skills) Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Fluent in Vietnamese (verbal and written skills).

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

160.

161.

162.

163.

Basic Qualification: Fluent in Vietnamese (verbal and written skills).

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Fluent in Vietnamese (Verbal and written skills) Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Fluent in Vietnamese (Verbal and written skills).

Brief Job Description: Resolve issues and give information when appropriate to solve issues effectively and promptly.

164.

165.

BUI THI BICH THUONG Mandarin Customer Service Specialist Brief Job Description: Customer service CHIA, JUN-WEI Mandarin Customer Service Specialist Brief Job Description: Customer Service HO NHUC MUI Mandarin Customer Service Specialist Brief Job Description: Customer Service HUYNH KIM TRAN Mandarin Customer Service Specialist Brief Job Description: Customer service YAP LAI YOEK Mandarin Customer Service Specialist Brief Job Description: Customer Service

NGUYEN THI LUYEN Conformance Analyst

Basic Qualification: Fluent in Vietnamese (Verbal and written skills)

166.

Basic Qualification: Fluent in Vietnamese (verbal and written skills).

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

Brief Job Description: Asses product and/or exporter risk levels, identification of product essential requirements and capable standards following the business rules on conformity assessment, classification, import eligibility and process flows. Conformity assessments instructions (CAIs), and other related references. Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal. Must be fluent in English and Vietnamese.

CHANG, YU-PING Research And Development Specialist

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 167.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

LOK, IO WENG Senior Associate & Supply Planning (non-finished Goods/ Material Planning)

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 168.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Fluent in Vietnamese (Verbal and written skills)

Brief Job Description: Responsible for coordination of raw material as well as other parts and resources that are needed to manufacture products. Execute core materials planning process to ensure material availability (overstocks, understocks) Order all necessary components raw materials to support the MPS (Master Production Schedule) plan utilizing the standard operating procedures.

LINWI Chinese Speaking Brand Marketing Specialist 169.

Brief Job Description: Assist/help customers, give customers information about product and services.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Fluent in Vietnamese (Verbal and written skills)

SHI, MENGYU Chinese Speaking Brand Marketing Specialist 170.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Fluent in Vietnamese (Verbal and written skills)

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

SPARVA INCORPORATED 7/f Insular Life Bldg., 6781 Ayala Ave., Cor. Paseo De Roxas, Bel-air, City Of Makati

Brief Job Description: Assist / help customers, give customers information about product and services.

MABUCHI, ISSEI Vice President 171.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Fluent in vietnamese (verbal and written skills).

173.

Basic Qualification: Fluency in English and mandarin is essential/ native speaker of Bahasa Indonesia.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

174.

Brief Job Description: Generate profit for the bank by developing business opportunities with new and existing customers and fostering good and long term relationships with customers

175.

176.

172.

Brief Job Description: Provide accurate information on IT products and services.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Through. Extensive and fluency in mandarin language and characters.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

DEDDY SETYAWAN Customer Relation Representative (mandarin Translation) 177.

NGUYEN THI BICH LIEU Customer Relation Representative (mandarin Translation)

Basic Qualification: Excellent communication skills both English and Vietnamese language.

Knowledgeable in planning of consumer in goods industry. Ability to think strategically and analytically. Strong critical thinking and negotiation skills. Strong communication and presentation skills.

Basic Qualification: Through. Extensive and fluency in mandarin language and characters.

Brief Job Description: Handle service support calls, emails and chats related to inquiry from clients and/or customers through mandarin to English translation.

Basic Qualification: Fluent in Mandarin both Oral and Written

Basic Qualification: Positive towards multitasking. Trainable and hardworking. Responsible with sound judgement.

Able to manage elevated level of stress alongside with timelines and deadlines. Must be fluent in English and Vietnamese language.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

Brief Job Description: Handle service support calls, emails and chats related to inquiry from clients and/or customers through mandarin to English translation.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

Basic Qualification: Must have an excellent research and analysis skills needed to find and examine new existing laws, rules and regulations, critical thinking skills are required to develop workable solutions for new analysis. Problem solving skills are needed to rectify any compliance issues that may pop up during compliance audits. Must be fluent in English and Vietnamese language.

Basic Qualification: Through. Extensive and fluency in mandarin language and characters.

Brief Job Description: Handle service support calls, emails and chats related to inquiry from clients and/or customers through mandarin to English translation.

Brief Job Description: Handle service support calls, emails and chats related to inquiry from clients and/or customers through mandarin to English translation.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

CHOU, KUEI-YU Customer Relation Representative (mandarin Translation)

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

178.

Basic Qualification: Through. Extensive and fluency in mandarin language and characters.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Through. Extensive and fluency in mandarin language and characters.

Brief Job Description: Handle service support calls, emails and chats related to inquiry from clients and/or customers through mandarin to English translation.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

ONCHIM, CHANAWEE Customer Relation Representative (mandarin Translation) 179.

Basic Qualification: Through. Extensive and fluency in mandarin language and characters.

Brief Job Description: Handle service support calls, emails and chats related to inquiry from clients and/or customers through mandarin to English translation.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

RAHEL DIKA PUSPITA CHRISTIAN Customer Relation Representative (mandarin Translation) 180.

Basic Qualification: Through. Extensive and fluency in mandarin language and characters.

Brief Job Description: Handle service support calls, emails and chats related to inquiry from clients and/or customers through mandarin to English translation.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

ROYSTAN REGIS RONALD Customer Relation Representative (mandarin Translation) 181.

Basic Qualification: Through. Extensive and fluency in mandarin language and characters.

Brief Job Description: Handle service support calls, emails and chats related to inquiry from clients and/or customers through mandarin to English translation.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

WEERAWAN, TUNSAWAT Customer Relation Representative (mandarin Translation) 182.

Basic Qualification: Through. Extensive and fluency in mandarin language and characters.

Brief Job Description: Handle service support calls, emails and chats related to inquiry from clients and/or customers through mandarin to English translation.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

YU, SHANSHAN Customer Relation Representative (mandarin Translation) 183.

Basic Qualification: Through. Extensive and fluency in mandarin language and characters.

Brief Job Description: Handle service support calls, emails and chats related to inquiry from clients and/or customers through mandarin to English translation.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

VPC CORPORATE SOLUTIONS INCORPORATED 11/f 100 West, Sen Gil Puyat Ave. Cor., Washington St., Pio Del Pilar, City Of Makati

184.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

Basic Qualification: Proficient in speaking, reading and writing in Thai

KANSIRIKUN, SASIKARN Thai-speaking Customer Service Officer Brief Job Description: Build good customer relationships

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

WANFANG TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT, INC. U-3501/02 35/f Pbcom Tower, Cor. Ayala Ave. & V.a. Rufino St., Bel-air, City Of Makati Basic Qualification: With at least 6 months customer service experience/good in oral communication and written.

LAN, CHIH-SHU Chinese Technical Support Representative 185.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: With at least 6 months experience / good in oral and written communication.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

Basic Qualification: Contribute and provide support to the department head in achieving common organizational goals Salary Range: Php 150,000 - Php 499,999

TCK LINK INC. 2/f King’s Court 1 Bldg., 2129 Chino Roces Ave., Pio Del Pilar, City Of Makati LU, LINYAN Chinese Speaking Site Technician

Brief Job Description: Operation Technical Director

ARIANI RICHTER Customer Relation Representative (mandarin Translation)

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

Basic Qualification: Fluent in Mandarin both oral and written

Basic Qualification: Over all management and technical operation

CHOI, JONG DEOK Chief Technical Officer

ANDHIKA PASOMBA Customer Relation Representative (mandarin Translation)

Basic Qualification: Fluent in Mandarin both Oral and Written

Basic Qualification: Fluent in Mandarin both Oral and Written

QUALIFICATION AND SALARY RANGE

VICCI BUSINESS CONSULTANCY CORP. 10/f Liberty Plaza, 102 H.v. Dela Costa St., Bel-air, City Of Makati

Basic Qualification: Fluent in Mandarin both oral and written

SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION - MANILA BRANCH 21/f Tower One & Exchange Plaza, Ayala Ave., Cor. Paseo De Roxas, Bel-air, City Of Makati

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Fluent in Vietnamese (Verbal and written skills)

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

SPRITZER TRADING CORP. 37/f Lkg Tower, 6801 Ayala Ave., Bel-air, City Of Makati

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Fluent in vietnamese (verbal and written skills).

Brief Job Description: Ability to formulate, develop, improve, and reformulate products. Knowledgeable in product testing (raw materials and packaging materials) Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal. Must be fluent in English and Vietnamese.

NAME OF FOREIGN NATIONAL , POSITION AND BRIEF DESCRIPTION

TRANS-PACIFIC JOURNEY (TPJ) FISHING CORP. 1094, A., Nbbs Proper, City Of Navotas

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

Basic Qualification: Fluent in Vietnamese (Verbal and written skills)

Basic Qualification: Fluent in Vietnamese (Verbal and written skills)

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Basic Qualification: Fluency in English and mandarin is essential/ native speaker of Bahasa Indonesia.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

Basic Qualification: Fluent in Vietnamese (verbal and written skills).

Basic Qualification: Fluent in Vietnamese (verbal and written skills).

QUALIFICATION AND SALARY RANGE

SPRING DRAGON TRADING LTD. INC. 35th Flr. Penthouse 1,2 & 4 Manila Eco Tower, 9th Ave. Cor. 32nd St., Fort Bonifacio, City Of Taguig

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

ESTABLISHMENT / ADDRESS

SPEED QUALITY TECH INC. 20/f Techzone Bldg., 213 Sen. Gil Puyat Ave., San Antonio, City Of Makati

Basic Qualification: Fluent in Vietnamese (Verbal and written skills) Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

Brief Job Description: Resolve issues and give information when appropriate to solve issues effectively and promptly.

WEINY CHEN HENDRI Customer Service Officer

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Fluent in Vietnamese (Verbal and written skills)

NAME OF FOREIGN NATIONAL , POSITION AND BRIEF DESCRIPTION

www.businessmirror.com.ph

Basic Qualification: Proficient in speaking, reading and writing in Chinese.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

Brief Job Description: Deliver service and support to end-users using and operating automated.

Accurately process and record call transactions using a computer and designated tracking software.

Basic Qualification: At least 19 yrs. old.

Ability to speak, write and communicate in Vietnamese/Chinese Mandarin.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

XUSHENG TECHNOLOGY CORP. Flr. No. 1-5 Bldg., No. 0050 F.b. Harrison St. Cor. Williams And Roberts St. Zone 4, District 1, Barangay 13, Pasay City WU, JIACAI Bilingual Customer Service Representative 186.

Brief Job Description: Build strong and lasting relationship with customer and provide excellent customer service experience

Basic Qualification: Excellent in Bilingual Languages Speaking Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

ZTE PHILIPPINES INC. Unit 29 Fort Legend Towers, 3rd Ave. Corner 31st St., Fort Bonifacio, City Of Taguig

187.

ZHOU, LIMENG Solution Manager Brief Job Description: Responsible for market research.

Basic Qualification: Graduate of four year course.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 *Date Generated: Jun 3, 2022

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