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Duterte must ‘fix’ mining
Unfortunately lost in all the controversy about language and insults, President-elect Rodrigo R. Duterte has been establishing the foundation of some basic policy decisions that are critical and were ignored in the Aquino administration.
Why Self-Image Matters in Business-to-Business Sales
By Brent Adamson, Karl Schmidt & Anna Bird
Vietnam PM calls for G-7 climate aid
ISE-SHIMA—Vietnam is hoping Group-of-Seven (G-7) countries and multilateral organizations will continue to assist the country and other Mekong nations in managing and protecting water resources, and improving their capacity to adapt to climate change, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuân Phúc said.
Quietly studying victims of A-bomb
HIROSHIMA, Japan—Ikuko Murai remembers when the American Jeeps would come after school to take her and other young survivors to a lab at the top of a hill. This was the 1950s, just a few years after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.
The insurance innovation imperative
Insurers and intermediaries know that innovation has the potential to disrupt their current business and operating models. And they know that they need to innovate faster than their competitors to defend and grow their business. Yet, few have found a “winning formula” for embedding innovation into their people, products or processes.
Taliban leader Mansour believed killed in US drone strike in Pakistan
WASHINGTON—The mercurial leader of the Taliban was likely killed in a drone strike on Saturday, US officials said, delivering a crucial blow to the resurgent militant group that has launched high-profile attacks across Afghanistan in recent months in a bid to topple the country’s floundering government.
Climate change compounds problems in Global South
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica—As the Global South works to overcome a history of weak institutions, armed conflict and poverty-driven forced exodus, which are key causes of its humanitarian crises, developing countries now have to also fight to keep global warming from compounding their problems.
TMM App: Making The Mind Museum accessible to everyone, everywhere, today
GLOBE Telecom and The Mind Museum have teamed up to launch a new application called TMM App. The application allows everyone interested to see the wonders inside the Mind Museum in his or her own mobile device anytime and anywhere he or she is.
Taiwan’s international participation is vital to ensuring global health security
By Dr. Tzou-yien Lin / Taiwan Minister of Health and Welfare
10 Kilometers to Freedom: The 2016 Capas Freedom MarchBy Gretchen Filart-Dublin
The air was arid as the gunshot was fired close to 5 a.m., signaling the start of our 10-kilometer walk. Exhausted, sleepless, and nursing a bad foot, I felt the brunt of each step as we treaded the dark streets from People’s Park to Capas National Shrine.
Indian women worst hit by water crisis
NEW DELHI—A staggering 330 million Indians, making up a quarter of the country’s population (or roughly the entire population of the United States), are currently reeling under the effects of a severe drought, resulting in an acute drinking-water shortage and agricultural distress.
3 PHL cities vie in ‘We Love Cities’ campaign
Over half the world’s population live in cities, and World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) projects a dramatic rise in urban development in the coming decades. Cities have become centers of traffic, pollution, consumption and carbon emissions.
E. Visayas science scholars excel in academics
Science and technology (S&T) scholars from the Eastern Visayas received awards from the Department of Science and Technology (DOST)-Eastern Visayas for outstanding accomplishments in academics.
Tau protein better predictor of dementia symptoms
Scientists have shown that measures of the tau protein inside nerve cells better predict symptoms of dementia than the protein amyloid beta, where research has largely focused.
Education software promises techno-based learning experience for both teachers and students
INSTRUCTURES Inc. on May 5 launched in the Philippines an online educational application called Canvas, developed in 2008 and used by various universities worldwide since 2011. The software seeks to facilitate learning for both teacher and student from a traditional classroom into a technologically based experience. Canvas is currently used by 2,000 customers and 10 million users in more than 35 countries.
Govt open to settlement of MPIC’s P3-B case on foregone revenues
INSTEAD of spending millions of pesos to fight an arbitration case in Switzerland, the government wants to arrange a settlement with Metro Pacific Investments Corp. (MPIC) for its P3-billion claim due to the Toll Regulatory Board’s (TRB) continued refusal to implement tariff adjustments since 2012.
Reforms needed to bring down country’s tax rate
The business community is pushing for comprehensive tax reforms in the Philippines, saying the high cost of complying with tax regulations burdens micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs),
which provide employment to majority of Filipino worker.
The ‘Internet of Things’ Needs Design, Not Just Technology
By Scott A. Nelson & Paul Metaxatos
Straight from the keyboard and the heart: Ipra colleagues pay tribute to Milen de Quiros
THERE were many opportunities for Milen and me to huddle, ask questions, compare notes or seek counsel and assistance on both professional and personal matters. We were both members of the Public Relations Society of the Philippines, International PR Association (Ipra), International Association of Business Communicators, Tuesday Club, Thursday Club and Friday Club. She was also the adviser of the PRSP Board during my two consecutive terms as PRSP president. We have, likewise, collaborated in many past Philippine advertising congresses as PR and publicity committee members.
Taiwan, Philippines strengthen academic linkage
Taiwan and the Philippines are bolstering their academic linkages with Shu-Te University and University of the Philippines (UP), recently signing a memorandum of academic cooperation (MAC).