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Filipinos’ valor remembered 80 years after the

‘FALL OF BATAAN’

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By Joel C. Paredes

T was their “baptism by fire,” wrote American historian Alfred McCoy, as he narrated how the graduates of the pioneering Philippine Military Academy (PMA) Class of 1940 were taken to the frontlines as the Philippine Army was shattered during the Japanese invasion of December 1941.

At least 55 of them fought in Bataan, and “most of them experienced both the horrors of defeat and the months of demoralizing confinement that followed,” he said. “Not only did the class suffer a high incidence of injury or illness, but nine of their 79 graduates would die in World War II,” according to McCoy, in his book Closer than Brothers: Manhood at the Philippine Military Academy.

The siege of Bataan and the surrender of the United States Army Forces in the Far East (USAFFE) after holding out for four months against the Imperial Japanese Army on April 9, 1942, would later be considered as the “first major land battle for the Americans in World War II and one of the most devastating military defeats.”

The forces on Bataan, numbering some 76,000 Filipino and American troops, actually comprised the largest army under American command ever to surrender.

Exactly 80 years after the “Fall of Bataan,” the nation continues to honor these Filipino soldiers, who stood up beside their US allies against “the [Japanese] veteran troops from China who were experienced in combat.”

According to Filipino historian Dr. Ricardo Jose, what was admirable was that most of those who helped defend Bataan were “not professionals, but reservists and ordinary people who trained for only six months.”

Historians agree that the “Fall of Bataan” was never to be celebrated but commemorated annually as the Day of Valor—or Araw ng Kagitingan, for the thousands of Filipinos who dedicated their lives for freedom during World War II.

The attack

AFTER WWII started in the Pacific region on December 8, 1941, when Japanese forces attacked American bases, including those in the Philippines, the US response was War Plan Orange 3, which placed all of the US colony’s defense in Bataan.

As public historian Xiao Chua once noted, the plan was to “frustrate the efforts of the Japanese troops by making it hard for them to transport their supplies to Manila.” To reach Manila, these ships reportedly would have to pass between Cavite and Bataan, where the island of Corregidor was also strategically located.

The Japanese, on the other hand, blockaded Bataan and nearby Corregidor to prevent any food, ammunition or medicine from reaching USAFFE troops.

From January to February 1942, the Japanese were stopped in their tracks and their ranks decimated by the tenacious defense of the USAFFE under Gen. Douglas MacArthur, wrote the late historian Teodoro Agoncillo.

Some even believed that the USAFFE would be back in Manila before Christmas, and the Filipinos would

APRIL 9th by Mukai Junkichi, depicting the Bataan Death March, 1942. US ARMY VIA ENCYCLOPÆDIA BRITANNICA

have a real Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, Agoncillo said in the first of the two-volume book The Fateful Years: Japan’s Adventure in the Philippines (1941-1945). “[But] while the Filipinos and Americans in the occupied and unoccupied areas were indulging their exuberant optimism, the authorities in Washington and Corregidor were deathly worried over the

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situation of the USAFFE in Bataan.

They knew for certain that without material aid the USAFFE will collapse.”

On March 11, 1942, General MacArthur, under orders from President Roosevelt, secretly left the Philippines by PT boat for Australia, leaving Maj. Gen. Jonathan Wainwright in command.

As Agoncillo noted, MacAr-

One wonders, though: how did Virgilia and her three small children feel, saying goodbye again? For despite Lolo Meding’s Death March travails, he would go on to join the US Army’s 32nd Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division in the Korean War. In January 1950, he sent photos of his US Army station, with notes scribbled to “Dolly” (short for Darling) and his eldest son Ivan.

thur’s departure was suggested “as not to comprise his honor and his record as a soldier.”

Upon arriving in Australia, MacArthur proclaimed, “I came through and I shall return.”

But his famous statement, wrote Agoncillo, proved to be “apocryphal” to some and even became a favorite subject of jokes. In an air corps regiment, for instance, the popular joke was, “I am going to the latrine. But I shall return.”

On April 3, 1942, Lt. Gen. Masaharu Homma, who commanded the Japanese 14th Army that invaded the Philippines, ordered the final assault on Bataan. It turned out that the general offensive against the United States Forces in the Philippines (USFIP) was significant not only to the Japanese, but also to the Filipino-American troops.

Wrote Agoncillo: “To the Japa-

nese, it was the anniversary of the death of their first emperor, Jimmu, a day of fasting and devout ceremonies. To the Filipinos and the Americans, it meant the religious observance of the Crucifixion, a day of fasting, of compassion and of suffering. To both combatants, therefore, April 3 was a day of sacrifice and gloom.”

By April 7, there was already disintegration of the USFIP. “The frenzied enemy bombing and artillery fire, coupled with hunger and the high incidence of malaria and other diseases, further demoralized the Filipino-American troops,” Agoncillo wrote.

The Japanese, however, reportedly continued pounding the defenders’ lines as bombers flew no less than 160 sorties and dropped some 100 tons of explosives. The Continued on A2

Surviving the horrific historic march, Lolo carried his mementoes—malaria, beriberi, and later, the two Purple Heart medals that his wife Virgilia treasured for years (along with his other military and athletic awards).

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WENTY-EIGHT-YEAR-OLD Igmedio Patubo trudged for dear life with his US Army colleagues along the 100-plus-kilometer Bataan Death March in 1942. In pre-World War II Western Visayas, Patubo—my husband’s Lolo Meding—had been a bemedalled long-distance runner in the regional track and field meets.

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Over 10 months later, on December 1, at North Korea’s Chosin Reservoir, Corporal Igmedio Patubo was killed in action: a death memorialized in a formal letter signed by thenPresident Harry Truman.

In a uniquely Pinoy postscript, one of his own relatives would later quip, “Sa bilis ni Meding tumakbo, hindi niya naunahan yung bala….”

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fant formula. At the same briefing, Meituan Vice President Mao Fang said the food delivery company would bring in 1,000 sorting workers from outside the city to speed up deliveries.

ETS beaten to death. Parents forced to separate from their children. Elderly folks unable to access medical care. Locked-up residents chanting, “we want to eat” and “we want freedom.”

As much of the world moves on from the pandemic, the desperate scenes seeping out of China’s most global city have shocked even citizens who were once staunch supporters of President Xi Jinping’s “Covid Zero” strategy to eliminate the virus. The struggle to obtain daily necessities like food and medical care has triggered rare pushback from residents, with some saying the Communist Party’s cure is worse than the disease.

“In this country it’s not the virus that scares us, but the chaotic anti-Covid measures that have caused risks to the well-being of the elderly, the children and companion animals,” said Lily Chen, who lives in Shanghai with her three cats. “I now realize we can only rely on ourselves—not the government—to protect our own families.”

Another Shanghai resident, Regina Li, said she had long supported the government and even defended the strict measures at the start of the lockdown, which began in parts of the city on March 28 before spreading to cover nearly everywhere. But the widespread diffi-

culties of vulnerable people started to change her mind, and she broke down in tears after seeing socialmedia posts of a virus-control worker beating a dog to death.

“I feel I no longer know the city,” Li said. “The only thing in my mind is to protect my dogs. Anyone who wants to kill them, come kill me first.”

The growing angst risks becoming one of the biggest challenges to Xi perhaps since he took power in 2012, and comes just months before he’s expected to secure a precedent-breaking third term at a twice-a-decade party congress later this year.

The outbreak has virtually paralyzed one of China’s most sophisticated and recognizable cities, with businesses shuttered and factories of companies like Tesla Inc. halting production.

Although the Communist Party remains firmly in control, the rare grassroots criticism undercuts Xi’s ability to trumpet his Covid-19 strategy as evidence of China’s superior model of governance—a key justification for him to stay in power.

‘Shanghai, keep fighting’

VOLUNTEERS carry daily necessities for residents in Fengxian District in Shanghai on Monday, March 28, 2022. China began its most extensive coronavirus lockdown in two years to conduct mass testing and control a growing outbreak in Shanghai as questions are raised about the economic toll of the nation’s “Zero-Covid” strategy. WANG YANTING/XINHUA VIA AP

China’s Foreign Ministry has regularly blasted the US and Europe for allowing so many deaths, while saying Xi’s policy was “beyond reproach.”

Greater pushback by residents in Shanghai could also inspire other cities to resist lockdowns and other stringent measures used

by China to fight the virus. The northeastern province of Jilin, an auto-making and farming hub, has also been locked down for nearly a month, prompting residents to complain on social media about running out of food, cancer medication and baby formula.

The situation could still get worse in other parts of the country.

China’s outbreak is surpassing a level not seen since February 2020, when a one-day correction in the way it tracked cases pushed daily infections past 15,000, largely in Wuhan.

“There is the risk of a slowburn discontent if lockdown measures spread across China,” said Chen Shih-Min, an associate political science professor at National Taiwan University. “And if its virus strategy goes out of control and heavily affects its economy, this will not look good as Xi attempts a third term. At that point, Xi will have no choice but to ramp up his nationalism agenda.”

The Communist Party is feeling the heat. On Wednesday it issued a rare call imploring rank-and-file members to help contain the coronavirus in Shanghai, where daily cases rose to more than 19,900.

“We must dare to draw our swords and fight against all kinds

of behaviors that interfere with and undermine the overall situation of the fight against the epidemic,” the party’s top branch in Shanghai wrote to members in an open letter. It urged them to “take the initiative to speak out against all kinds of noises, especially rumors, to clarify right and wrong, and to unite a strong force to overcome the difficulties together.”

Shanghai officials are also racing to reassure residents they can access essential supplies in a city home to top banks and the biggest stock exchange in the world’s No. 2 economy. The lockdowns and viruscontainment measures threaten to slow China’s growth this year to below the government’s 5.5-percent target, according to Bloomberg Economics.

Deputy Mayor Chen Tong on Thursday pledged to “unlock” wholesale markets, fulfillment centers, e-commerce warehouses and central kitchens to ease the supply crunch for goods like in-

OFFICIALS have ramped up assistance in recent days. Some residents have begun receiving food packs from the government that include eggs, milk, vegetables and luncheon meat. In certain places, those locked in have joined together to sing patriotic songs like “Me and My Motherland” from their balconies and chant “Shanghai, Keep Fighting.”

The letter from the Communist Party committee in Shanghai on Wednesday appealed to patriotism. “Today, we communists in Shanghai must carry forward the founding spirit of the party, and let the party flag stand high on the front line of the fight against the epidemic,” it said.

Still, even that was met with scorn from some internet users.

“Where’s the party flag?

Where’s your fortress and vanguard?” Weibo user Ah Dai Is Speechless wrote. “We don’t see anything but chaos, disorder and discrimination.”

‘No humanity left’

THE government has tried to censor the unrest, with Bloomberg reporting last week that videos of a rare protest in a locked-down housing compound were deleted from a social media platform by tech giant Tencent Holdings Ltd. Other incidents that have gone viral on Chinese social media platforms are still accessible on places like Twitter and YouTube.

One in particular captured an older man who said that Shanghainse people are practically being put in prison. “Really shame on you. Treat us like animals,” the man said in the clip. “In other countries, you can’t even treat a cat or a dog like this. There is no humanity left.”

‘FALL OF BATAAN’ THE Philippine Embassy participated in the Bataan Memorial Death March with the Filipino and Filipino-American community April 2, 2022, in Washington, D.C. The embassy contingent, led

by Deputy Chief of Mission Jaime Ramon T. Ascalon, Jr., joined the Filipino Veterans Recognition and Education Project (FilVetREP) led by its chairman, Major General (ret.) Tony Taguba, Regional Director and Former US Consul General Sonny Busa in honoring Filipino and American veterans alike.

The event was also graced by the US Undersecretary of the Air Force Gina Ortiz Jones.

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Japanese advance was reported to have been “practically unopposed.”

The starving defenders fought as best as they could, but they were no match against the Japanese.

The surrender

ON April 8, 1942, Wainwright wrote MacArthur that his men’s “power of resistance was practically nil and that he was ‘forced to report that the troops in Bataan are fast folding up.’’”

Still, Wainwright issued an order to Gen. Edward King, the American field commander, to attack towards Olongapo, but his troops were no longer in a position to advance under any condition.

The next day, King ordered his commanders to destroy their equipment and weapons, except vehicles and gasoline. He had decided to negotiate with the Japanese preparatory to a surrender.

Early in the morning of April 9, 1942, Wainwright tried to stop

King, but the latter had already made the necessary arrangement.

At 12:30 pm, he agreed to surrender unconditionally by handing over his pistol to Col. Nakayama Matoo, the senior operations chief of the 14th Army. His officers followed suit and they became captives of the enemy.

“Bataan has fallen. The Philippine-American troops on this warravaged and bloodstained peninsula have laid down their arms. With heads bloody but unbowed, they have yielded to the superior force and numbers of the enemy,” Lt. Normando Ildefonso read the message written by Capt. Salvador Lopez in a radio broadcast through the Voice of Freedom.

What followed was the “Bataan Death March,” which historians consider as “one of the worst atrocities in modern history.”

Once the surrender went into effect, Japanese soldiers rounded up the prisoners and gathered them into groups of 100 on the

only paved road. Four Japanese guards were assigned to each group and began marching the prisoners from Mariveles, Bataan, to Capas, Tarlac, a 69-mile trek to prison.

Of the 78,000 troops that left Bataan, only 54,000 reached Camp O’Donnell.

On May 6, 1942, Wainwright also surrendered Corregidor Island, the last American stronghold in the Pacific. The thousands of American and Filipino troops who refused to obey the order continued to fight the Japanese in a guerrilla war that lasted until the Americans regained control of the islands in October 1944.

Today, such a tragic chapter in our history will never be forgotten because it showed how the Filipino people willingly risked their lives even if they were merely dragged into war by their one-time colonizers, so that peace can eventually prevail for all and their freedom restored as a nation.

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South China Sea issues handled ‘properly,’ Xi Jinping tells Duterte

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EIJING—Seeking to put a positive spin on a relationship that never quite produced the hoped-for benefits, Chinese leader Xi Jinping told outgoing Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday that the two nations have “properly” handled the sensitive issue of the disputed South China Sea. Xi made his remarks in a phone conversation with Duterte, who nurtured closer ties with Beijing after taking office in 2016.

Despite cozier relations, however, sporadic territorial spats have persisted and Beijing has had limited success separating the Philippines from its treaty ally, the United States.

Xi made no mention of disputes, saying the sides “have adhered to the important consensus reached, adhered to good-neighborly and friendly cooperation, insisted on properly handling differences, and insisted on working together for common development.”

“The proper handling of the South China Sea issue by both sides has provided an important foundation for China-Philippines friendly cooperation, benefited the two peoples, and effectively safeguarded regional peace and stability,” Xi was quoted as saying by the official Xinhua News Agency.

“China’s policy toward the Philippines maintains continuity and stability, and (China) is willing to work with the Philippines to promote the continuous and sound development of ChinaPhilippines relations and continuously advance to a new level,” Xi said.

Duterte is limited to one term and

the Philippines holds presidential elections on May 9.

China claims virtually the entire South China Sea, along with its rich fishing stocks and undersea mineral resources. That has locked it into an increasingly tense territorial standoff in the busy waterway with rival claimants the Philippines, Vietnam, Taiwan, Malaysia and Brunei.

China’s seizure of Scarborough Shoal prompted the Philippines to bring the disputes to international arbitration before Duterte took office. In 2016, a UN-backed tribunal invalidated most of China’s claims and said it has violated the right of Filipinos to fish at the shoal.

China dismissed the ruling as a sham and continues to defy it, but allowed Filipino fishermen to return to the shoal under Duterte.

In March, US Indo-Pacific Commander Adm. John C. Aquilino told The Associated Press on board a US Navy reconnaissance aircraft that China has fully militarized three of the seven islands it built in the disputed Spratlys archipelago in the South China Sea, despite a promise

by Xi not to do so.

Chinese weapon systems on the human-built islands include anti-ship and anti-aircraft missile systems, laser and jamming equipment and military aircraft.

China responded by saying that its deployment of “necessary national defense facilities on its own territory is a right entitled to every sovereign country and is in line with international law, which is beyond reproach.” AP

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HE country’s dollar reserves climbed in March after slightly d ippi ng i n t he pre v iou s mont h due to gold a nd foreig n e xc h a nge hold i ngs.

Data from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said the country’s gross international reserves (GIR) level rose to $108.54 billion as of endMarch 2022 from the end-February 2022 level of US$107.8 billion.

It i s a l s o h i g h e r t h a n t h e $104.48-billion level in end-March last year.

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total of 78 provinces and 178 component cities and municipalities are now under Alert Level (AL) 1.

This after the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Diseases (IATF) on Friday placed 20 more areas under the lowest AL in terms of the public health risk posed by Covid-19 infection last Friday.

In a news statement, Acting Presidential Spokesman Martin M. Andanar said among the newly declared AL 1 areas are Mountain Province in the Cordillera Administrative Region, Southern Leyte in Region 8 and Misamis Oriental in Region 10.

He said other new inclusions in the list of AL 1 areas are Buguias in Benguet in the Cordillera Administrative Region, Atimonan and Tiaong in Quezon in Region

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DWIZ's Karambola hosts Conrad Banal and Jonathan dela Cruz (left, second from left) lead discussions at the 4th edition of the Experts' Forum on Friday, focusing on Finance and the Economy, organized by the ALC Media Group and partners.

Main presenter was KL-based professor and economist Dr. Eli Remolona (inset photo) and veteran analyst Astro del Castillo (third from left). At right is former TESDA deputy director general Joe Escartin, one of the reactors.

Investor interest

Another presenter, veteran analyst Astro del Castillo, said the Philippines should ride the crest of investor interest that has been whetted by the recent passage of liberalization reform measures, such as the Public Services Act and the amended Retail Trade Liberalization law.

Del Castillo said he has been receiving a flurry of inquiries from many foreign investors, and said this presents an opportunity for the Philippines to steer investments into areas crucial to a coherent strategic industrial development paradigm.

Del Castillo, managing director at First Grade Finance Inc., said despite him still being in a work-from-home environment, he is now swamped with emails and calls from foreign investors wanting to meet on the possibility of investing in the Philippines.

“The election is the very minor of their (foreign investors) concerns. They are more focused on the (investment) opportunities, more focused on the bureaucracy or how fast for their applications to be approved. I have to assure them that ease of doing business has been improved. We’re getting there,” del Castillo said.

“All of their questions are easily being answered because we already have a solution,” he said.

Del Castillo, a broker and a darling of the media for his views on the stock market and the economy in general, said a host of problems, including the budget shortfall would have to be faced by next administration when a new

foreign exchange holdings being managed by the central bank during a given period. The GIR is a crucial component of the economy as it is often used to manage the country’s foreign exchange rate against excess volatility.

The BSP said the latest GIR level represents a “more than adequate” external liquidity buffer equivalent to 9.6 months’ worth of imports of goods and payments of services and primary income.

Moreover, it is also about 7.2 times the country’s short-term external debt based on original maturity and 5.4 times based on residual maturity.

The BSP attributed the month-

on-month increase in the GIR level mainly to the Nationa l Gover nment’s (NG) net foreign currency deposits with the BSP, which include proceeds from its issuance of ROP Global Bonds, and the BSP’s net income from its investments abroad.

Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC) Chief Economist Michael Ricafort said the country’s GIR is projected to continue rising this year and may even reach an all-time high.

“Continued inf lows of the country’s structural US dollar inf lows, even with year-on-year declines for some of them, such as OFW [Overseas Filipino Workers] remittances,

BPO [Business Process Outsourcing] revenues, POGO [Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator] revenues, foreign tourism receipts (some fully vaccinated foreign tourists again allowed in the country after nearly two years), foreign investments may still be added to the country’s BOP [Balance of Payments], as well as to the country’s GIR; thus, new record highs for GIR still possible in the coming months,” Ricafort said.

“Near record high GIR may further strengthen the country’s external position, which in turn, fundamentally supports the country’s favorable credit ratings as seen recently,” he added.

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grids in the Visayas and Mindanao.

The country needs as well to expand its Internet infrastructure, as well as projects that will shield the country from the effects of climate change.

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PHL dollar reserves rise to $108.54B as of end-Mar on gold, forex holdings

Expert lists 3 things PHL can do to sustain recovery despite risks LOBAL headwinds—supply chain issues, the US’s transitioning monetary policy, Ukraine-Russia war, China’s economic problems—pose risks to the Philippines thus-far strong recovery, but it could do 3 things to maintain the traction of such recovery in the medium to long term, according to finance professor Dr. Eli Remolona, former executive director of the Hong Kong office of the Bank for International Settlements.

The Philippines must maintain international credibility and improve its credit rating, do fiscal consolidation, and sustain its infrastructure build-up, Remolona said in a presentation via zoom at the 4th edition of the Experts’ Forum on Friday organized by the Alliance of People’s Organization, entitled Moving Forward 2022 and Beyond: Finance and Economy, in partnership with the ALC Media Group.

Remolona, who also spent 14 years at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, said it is crucial that the Cabinet members—especially on the economic team like Department of Finance and National Economic and Development Authority (Neda)—of the next president must be of high caliber.

“If Cabinet members appointed do not have the credibility, the foreign investments that the Philippines needs will not come in. We need these investments,” Remolona said in a presentation via zoom from Malaysia, where he is a professor of finance and director of Central Banking at the Asia School of Business.

He also said maintaining international credibility includes working our way up the investment grade ladder when it comes to credit ratings, as this will be beneficial for our borrowing costs.

In terms of fiscal consolidation, Remolona said the current debt-to-gross domestic product (GDP) ratio of the country is still manageable.

“We still have room to manage our debt.

What happened is that our fiscal deficit swelled because of the pandemic. That was inevitable. But now, hopefully the pandemic is dying down and we have to somehow consolidate,” he said.

In terms of infrastructure, the economist said the country needs more mass transit systems in big cities and power infrastructure—including the interoperability of power

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“This is not the fault of the current administration. All governments are experiencing it now because we have overspent and the revenues are not coming in because of the recent Vovid pandemic,” he said.

According to the government’s earlier assumptions, the budget shortfall for the year could amount to about P1.66 trillion, or equivalent to 7.5 percent of the country’s gross domestic product, or much higher than the pre-pandemic ratio of over 3 percent.

Global headwinds

On external threats, Remolona said developments in the United States and in China are worth monitoring closely.

He particularly cited the potential pace of the US Federal Reserve’s normalization of monetary policy, disruption of capital flows globally, as well as China’s current real estate problems.

The Fed, he stressed, is actually “behind the curve,” noting that should it trip in hastily catching up, countries like the Philippines will be impacted by that tumble.

Del Castillo said the new administration will also have to face the soaring inflation rates, which have already been manifested even before the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Reactor Jo Escartin, former deputy director general of Technical and Skills Development Authority, said the policies of the next administration should be targeted towards inclusive growth.

“According to the PSA (Philippine Statistics Authority), 3 million people have no jobs, but according to the SWS (Social Weather Stations) , 13 million ang unemployed with 6.4 million underemployed. Hindi talaga maabot ang inclusive growth kung walang trabaho ang manggagawa,” he said.

4-A, Santa Magdalena in Sorsogon and City of Masbate in Masbate in Region 5, Batad and Zarraga in Iloilo in Region 6, City of Talisay in Cebu in Region 7, Javier (Bugho) and La Paz in Leyte, Maslog in Easter Samar and Paranas (Wright) in Samar (Western Samar) in Region 8, Linamon in Lanao del Norte and Calamba in Misamis Occidental in Region 10, Padada in Davao del Sur in Region 11, Sibagat in Agusan del Sur and Tubajon and Cagdianao in Dinagat Islands in Caraga.

“This Alert Level 1 status in the above mentioned areas shall take effect tomorrow, April 9, 2022 until April 15, 2022,” Andanar said

The IATF updated its AL 1 list after National Task Force for Covid-19 (NTF) chief implementer Carlito G. Galvez, Jr. reported last Tuesday that all regions except MIMAROPA, Region 12, and the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) were already able to inoculate over 70 percent of their eligible population against Covid-19.

Galvez said they are currently trying to administer booster shots to inoculated individuals in the three regions, particularly in BARMM, which currently have a 27 percent (fully vaccinated) to 34 percent (first dose) vaccination rate—the lowest

vaccination rate nationwide.

The 70-percent vaccination rate is one of the main criteria of the IATF before an area could be placed under AL 1.

An AL 1 classification is highly sought by the business sector since it allows establishments and public transportation in an area to operate at 100 percent capacity.

T h e D e p a r t m e n t o f H e a l t h e a rlier said it will only recommend the implementation of an AL 0 or the “new normal,” wherein there will be fewer Covid-related restrictions, once the entire country is under Alert Level 1.

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OKYO—The defense ministers of Japan and the Philippines agreed Thursday to bolster security cooperation and expand joint drills between their forces as they shared concerns about China’s increasingly assertive military actions in the region.

Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi and his Philippine counterpart, Delfin Lorenzana, also shared concern about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and its impact in the Indo-Pacific, and noted that any attempts to change the status quo by force is unacceptable, Japan’s Defense Ministry said in a news statement that avoided identifying China by name.

Japan has significantly expanded joint drills with the United States and other partners, including Australia, India, France, Brit-

Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana and Nobuo Kishi, Defense Minister of Japan attend their meeting at Kishi’s ministry in Tokyo, Thursday, April 7, 2022. Kyodo News via AP

ain and Germany, that share its concerns about China’s assertion of its territorial claims in the region, which has some of the world’s busiest sea lanes.

Japan is especially concerned

about Chinese military and coast guard activity in the East China Sea near the Japanese-controlled Senkaku islands, which China also claims and calls Diaoyu.

On Thursday, Japan’s Defense

Ministry said it spotted a Chinese Y-9 electronic warfare aircraft flying over the Sakishima islands, although it did not violate Japanese airspace.

K i s h i a nd L ore n z a n a a l s o agreed to increase cooperation in defense equipment and technology transfer between the two cou nt r ies. Tok yo a nd Ma n i l a agreed in 2020 on the Japanese export of air radar systems to the Philippine military.

For Japan, the Philippines is geopolitically important as China increases its influence in the region.

China, the Philippines, Vietnam, Taiwan, Malaysia and Brunei have been locked in an increasingly tense territorial standoff in the busy waterway for decades.

The defense ministers will be joined by foreign ministers from each country on Saturday for the first “two plus two” security talks between the two countries.

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ITH barely a month prior to the national and local elections, a youth climate activist on Thursday called on politicians vying for elective positions in government to include mitigating environmental problems in their platforms.

“It’s really sad that climate change is not really part of the electoral agenda of our candidates now, and for me that is very disappointing,” Marinel Ubaldo, who helped found the Youth Leaders for Environmental Action Federation, said during the World Health Organization’s webinar for World Health Day 2022.

According to the registered social worker, it’s worrisome to find that some of political hopefuls in the country don’t see climate crisis as a problem where in fact it actually put everything else at risk in the future.

“It is a threat to our house, to our human rights, to our food sources, and it is a threat to our future in general. If we will not be able to actually tackle and put solutions to the problem in climate crisis, how are we going [to move] forward?” she pointed out.

Ubaldo, who was a survivor of Supertyphoon Yolanda (international code name Haiyan) in 2013, shared that she had a moment of realization that climate change was indeed a reality after seeing her community devastated

by the effects of the strongest storm that ever hit the country more than eight years ago.

“I cannot say that I have fully recovered from Supertyphoon Haiyan, I cannot say that I have fully recovered from the trauma, from the lives that we have lost, from the livelihoods that we have lost. How much more if we will be facing this traumatic experience every year?” she said.

“We are nearing the point of no return.

And if we would just keep on denying climate crisis and we will really see not just one or two supertyphoons in a year, we cannot afford that.

If we do not have much resources actually to get back from one supertyphoon, how much more for 20 to 30 typhoons in a year?” she added.

Ubaldo urged voters to choose politicians who focus on the root cause of climate crisis and have the political will to address it.

She said: “We should really vote on a leader that is not just putting band aid solutions to the problem because we don’t need band aid solutions. We’re losing lives in our communities in the Philippines, we’re losing livelihood, we’re losing people that we love. We cannot just wait for our leaders to really make action because that is a very pressing [problem or] they’re procrastinating climate action, and we cannot afford to even waste more time and how are we actually moving forward with the [environmental] issues that we have now,” the youth activist said. “We have to push for more actions. We have to push our leaders to really take climate action in their electoral agenda.”

DOT offices abroad promote Filipino Food Month with hotel, restaurant tie-ups

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INERS abroad will be able to sample Filipino heritage dishes as the Department of Tourism (DOT) promotes Filipino Food month this April.

“Food is one of the ways foreign tourists get to know our culture better,” said Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo Puyat in a Viber message to the BusinessMirror. “Gastronomy is not just about food. It is a way of promoting understanding among different cultures, and bringing people and traditions closer together,” she added.

DOT-San Francisco, for instance, will celebrate Filipino Restaurant Month in Canada, while DOT-Tokyo will promote Filipino cuisine through a Philippine Food Fair at a popular 5-star hotel.

According to a DOT briefer, “Filipino Restaurant Month aims to increase the popularity and acceptance of Philippine cuisine among mainstream Canadians by highlighting the variety and uniqueness of Filipino food and ingredients and skills of Filipino chefs.” Running the entire month of April, participating restaurants in Ottawa, Calgary, Toronto, and Vancouver will offer prix fixe menus featuring Filipino dishes.

Ukoy, adobo at the venerable Imperial Hotel

In Tokyo, the food fair will be held at Parkside Diner at the 132-year-old Imperial Hotel, in collaboration with the Philippine Embassy and Department of Agriculture. In an e-mail, Tourism Attaché Niel Ballesteros said, “The project also coincides with the celebration of the 65th anniversary of the Normalization of Diplomatic Relations between the Philippines and Japan.

The fair aims to offer and promote authentic Philippine cuisine in Japan prepared under Filipina Chef Mareve Inomata, who has already been [with] DOT-Tokyo prior to this event.”

For the month-long celebration, Parkside Diner will offer dishes such as ukoy, adobo, Vigan longganisa, and turon, along with

featured Filipino cocktails like a calamansi juice-based drink called “Water Lily,” created with the help of Inomata.

“Diners can also learn more about tourist destinations in the Philippines and the various products of the country used in making the featured dishes via Parkside Diner’s electronic screen display created by the Embassy,” added Ballesteros.

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Also part of the promotions abroad is a virtual Philippine Food Tour by DOT’s Australian office while DOT-Frankfurt will support the opening of a new Filipino restaurant in Paris.

Tourism Attaché for Frankfurt Meggie Valdes shared: “Popular Filipino chef Erica Paredes is opening her own restaurant in Paris called Reyna, which gives tribute to the Filipina women who have inspired her culinary journey. She has been known to serve creative renditions of Filipino cuisine using local ingredients through pop-ups, in partnership with restaurants, and delivery services in Paris. We will support her restaurants opening in May by promoting it on our social media platforms.”

Reyna will be the second restaurant in Paris serving Filipino dishes.

In Shanghai, local restaurants such as The Spot, Perch, and Yasmine Steakhouse will feature Filipino food cooked by their Filipino chefs every Sunday. DOT-Shanghai’s target for these Sunday pop-ups are Filipino community, expats, and local Chinese. The Shanghai office will also place a special feature to highlight Philippine gastronomic offerings in popular social media platforms in China like WeChat, Weibo and Daoyuin.

For its part, DOT-Beijing will be publishing stories on Philippine food and gastronomy with its online media partners like Travelink Daily.

On the local front, DOT has partnered with the Department of Agriculture (DA), the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), and the Philippine Culinary Heritage Movement (PCHM) to support Filipino Food Month (Buwan ng Kalutong Filipino).

‘Health tandem’ calls on govt to ramp up Covid-19 vaccination in regions

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ksyon Demokratiko vice presidential bet Dr. Willie Ong and senatorial candidate Dr. Carl Balita called on the national government to maximize its supply of Covid-19 vaccines as some regions in the country haven’t met their target doses yet.

Dubbed as the “health tandem,” the two health professionals expressed concerns on the low vaccination rate in some regions after Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion announced on Saturday that 27 million doses of vaccine are due to expire in July.

“May pandemic pa rin po, hindi tayo dapat maging kampante lalo na’t nakikita natin ‘yung trend sa ibang bansa. Sa Thailand, may nareport nang kaso ng subvariant na Omicron XE. The DOH is monitoring it closely kasi posible pa ring kumalat at pumasok dito sa Pilipinas. Kailangan pa rin po nating magbakuna nang magbakuna hanggang kaya,” said Ong, an internist and cardiologist.

The vice presidential bet also asked the national government to prioritize

communities that have yet to reach their vaccination targets and temporarily suspend vaccine donations to other countries.

“We express deep concern because vaccination is really the way to go. ‘Yung national vaccination percentage ay nasa 73.58 percent o 66.2 million pa lang. Yung mga may booster nasa 13.56 percent. Target natin eh 90 percent ng 90 million population target by June 2022,” added Ong. Balita, on the other hand, said he is particularly worried about the low vaccination rate in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).

“Kung makikita po natin ang datos sa BARMM, 27.24 percent pa lang bakunado, while 2.24 percent ang boosted. Ramadan ngayon ng mga kapatid nating Muslim, marami silang social gathering,” he said.

“It’s not that we don’t want to donate, but we should look at the vaccination data in the country carefully also. May mga kababayan pa tayong hindi nababakunahan, hindi pa na-reach target doses nila,” he added.

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ormer House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano has asked all president ia l ca nd id ates to unite around a single five-year plan for targeted government spending to improve access to basic services and state assistance programs.

In a news statement, Cayetano urged aspirants for the top Palace seat to work together to craft a fiveyear plan that can be implemented by the one who wins the May elections.

Cayetano said the next administration could adopt a P5-trillion national budget annually from 2023 through 2027, with spending programs that span all five of those years and not just made on a year-to-year basis.

This, he said, should follow the “Relief-Recover y-Reform” framework implemented by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who instituted the New Deal state spending program to help that country emerge from the economic devastation brought about by The Great Depression of the 1930s.

“In times of crisis, how do we begin to recover? Sabi ko nga, let’s not reinvent the wheel. There’s no problem po in looking at models or yung mga successful, best practices,” Cayetano said.

As part of the “Relief ” aspect of the framework, Cayetano noted the need to streamline the process by which people can access social aid and safety net programs that are already being implemented.

He suggested leveraging the National ID system to grant people seamless access to multiple welfare grants, and using electronic payment systems

to distribute the money instead of coursing it through politicians.

Programs under the “Recovery” aspect of Cayetano’s proposal include livelihood aid grants given by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and Department of Trade and Industry, as well as the small-loans facility provided by the government to micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs).

An alternative program that can also be implemented, according to Cayetano, is the Aggressive and Targeted Access to Capital Loan and Assistance Program, which features a one-year grace period for payments and generous payment terms of up to 10 years at low interest rates. These will be made easier to access than current aid programs for MSMEs, he said.

The former House Speaker emphasized the importance of focusing on MSMEs to drive economic recovery as this in turn will improve employment opportunities and widen the tax base for the government.

Finally, the “Reform” aspect of Cayetano’s proposal involves improvements in digital infrastructure as well as in agricultural and tourism infrastructure.

According to Cayetano, all Filipinos must have access to water, electricity, and fast Internet connectivity so they can fully participate in the digital economy.

This, in turn, will distribute economic activity more evenly between urban and rural areas of the country.

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enator Panfilo Lacson, banking on micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to create more jobs, signaled Friday that boosting MSMEs will be high on his to-do list if he wins the presidency.

Lacson affirmed his belief that the revival of MSMEs is “the key to addressing unemployment.”

“Reviving our micro, small and medium enterprises should be the government’s priority in tackling the problem of unemployment,” said Lacson, who is running as an independent candidate in the upcoming presidential derby.

In a separate interview in Bogo, Cebu, Lacson pointed out that MSMEs have yet to fully recover from extended lockdowns imposed by the current administration in response to threat posed by the deadly pandemic, amid “new challenges such as rising costs of fuel.”

“We should revive our MSMEs, which are the biggest supplier of labor,” the senator stressed. “Our MSMEs should be the first to be revived.”

Lacson added that MSMEs account for 99.5 percent of our enterprises and 63.2 percent of our labor force.

Earlier in the week, the Philippine Statistics Authority reported that unemployment rate in February was at 6.4 percent, which meant at least 3.13 million were unemployed in February 2022.

The senator added that if he wins the presidency, among his first task would be to “ensure easier access for MSMEs to financial assistance,” recalling that he and his vice presidential bet Senate President Vicente Sotto III both vowed to set up a mechanism for this.

Lacson also noted that various government agencies have at least 20 programs including microfinancing and credit facilities, but added: “MSMEs may not be aware of them.”

“Senate President Sotto and I are thinking of streamlining all this,” Lacson said, adding that as president, his administration will also set up programs for skills matching, such that the basis of employment will be one’s skills and not age or “disability.”

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Lawmaker pushes legislation to ease bank secrecy laws, address PHL’s FATF rating

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ouse Committee on Ways and Means Chairman Joey Sarte Salceda on Friday said he would request the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to come up with draft legislation on the country’s targeted sanctions framework in response to the rating by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) this year, which still included the Philippines in its “gray list.”

Salceda made a statement as the FATF flagged the country for supposed inadequacies in the effectiveness of the targeted financial sanctions framework (TFS) for both terrorism

financing and proliferation financing.

He said that the country may need to look at whether current bank secrecy laws would allow for more targeted sanctions.

“I don’t think our current bank secrecy laws would allow for effective targeted sanctions. I’ve been a strong champion of relaxing our bank secrecy laws for tax purposes. It may be time to relax them for targeted sanctions as well,” Salceda said.

The lawmaker from Albay added that until the Philippine banking system can be more transparent, the country would struggle to impose targeted sanctions.

“That means accusations that our banks are a conduit for all sorts of terrorist and illegal transactions will persist. The BSP’s latitude for policy changes can only do so much. We need legislation.”

‘Al Capone laws’ The lawmaker said he is studying the enactment of tax laws that would impose much higher taxes on apprehended illegally accumulated income and allow the use of evidence of tax evasion for the prosecution of other crimes.

Salceda called them “Al Capone laws” as “the notorious American gangster Al Capone was nabbed not for murder,

lawless violence, or any other crime but tax evasion.”

“Money is always the incentive for organized crime. And concealed money means some taxes are being skirted.

Tax evasion is always easier to track as a lead for other crimes, because unlike other crimes, where circumstances can attenuate guilt, for tax evasion, the test is pretty simple: if you contrived a scheme to defraud the government, you’re guilty,” he said.

“The way we can use these tax laws to improve our FATF rating is by allowing the use of evidence for tax evasion in investigations for other financial crimes,” Salceda added.

Noting crisis, BBM says out-of-school youth should be helped to be productive citizens

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OTING with alarm how the Covid-19 pandemic has spawned an education crisis, presidential frontrunner Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. wants to expand and strengthen the government’s programs for out-of-school-youth (OSY) to give them a fighting chance to become productive and responsible citizens of their respective communities.

Marcos was reacting to data released by the Department of Education (DepEd), showing there are currently more than 4 million OSY in the country, “and it is important to address this problem immediately.”

“We need to focus attention on this problem. It’s alarming that an increasing number of our youth are unable to go to school, and because of the Covid-19 pandemic the numbers of out of school youth have swollen even more,” the Partido Federal ng Pilipinas (PFP) standard-bearer said.

Marcos, who has kept an unprecedented

margin over all rivals in all pre-election sur veys on voter preference in the presidential race, said that his education agenda includes strengthening the Free College Tuition Fee Act, and funding the stalled Commission on Higher Education Scholarship program.

He also looks at construction of specialized colleges and universities, which will greatly help students and young people who want to study and go to college for free without having to go far from their areas.

He also plans to increase the number of programs that offer free online courses in

different schools.

The objective is for the OSY to learn new skills that would help them land better jobs, which in the process would help them return to school and finish their schooling.

He likewise lauded the government’s Alternative Learning System (ALS) and the vocational courses offered by the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority as these allow young people to learn various courses that they can use in applying for work.

“Well, we have Alternative Learning System that greatly helps the OSY, those who want to complete their elementary and high

school studies; and there’s TESDA which has truly been of help to them,” Marcos said.

The former senator also pointed out the need to strengthen online courses for them to not just have certificates but also diplomas, and also provide them with more training and seminars.

As strict mobility protocols are being eased with the steady decline in Covid infections, he suggested that seminars be conducted as well to impart on the youth the value of education and let them know the programs and privileges available to them, he added.

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Containers pile up at China ports as Covid lockdown blocks trucks

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ontainers full of frozen food and chemicals are piling up at China’s biggest port in Shanghai as a Covid lockdown in the city and compulsory virus testing means truckers can’t get to the docks to pick up boxes.

A shortage of trucks to haul containers from the port is impeding the clearance of imports, Ocean Network Express said in a customer advisory Wednesday. While the port is operating normally, there are a “critically high” number of refrigerated containers and items classified as dangerous goods piled up at two storage yards, meaning some ships carrying those types of cargo may not be able to unload any more boxes at the port, it said.

Shanghai is now the epicenter of China’s worst Covid outbreak in two years, with more than 21,000 cases reported just on Thursday. The shortage of trucks is also hitting companies in the city, which have been able to continue working through the lockdown, with chip giant Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. struggling to secure trucks to ship out finished goods.

Truckers form a crucial component of supply chains in China, moving raw materials from coastal ports to factories further inland. The backlog is likely contributing to growing ship queues

off China, threatening even more delays and higher freight rates in coming months.

Tightened restrictions on truckers in other parts of China are also delaying the delivery and return of containers to ports, according to freight forwarders. There is a possibility that containers of frozen food or hazardous items like lithium batteries or chemicals won’t be able to land at Shanghai and will need to be re-routed to other ports, ONE said.

Yantian terminal at Shenzhen port in southern China halted the collection and delivery of containers at all berths for about two hours Thursday evening to smooth out port operations, according to an advisory sent to customers. Truckers were advised not to arrive earlier to pick up boxes as they could get held up.

The trucker shortage and closures of warehouses in Shanghai are also affecting nearby Zhejiang and Jiangsu, Citigroup Inc. analysts said in a report. The two provinces are major manufacturing hubs that produce about one third of China’s total exports.

“Not only does this have a significant impact on China’s domestic economy but also on potential regional supply chains, which could be more meaningful in Korea, Taiwan and Vietnam,” the analysts said. Bloomberg News

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ANGKOK—A deputy governor of Myanmar’s central bank was shot at her home on Thursday, less than a week after tough new regulations were issued ordering that foreign money held in bank accounts in the military-ruled nation must be exchanged for the local currency.

There were conf licting accounts of whether Than Than Swe, appointed to her post after the military seized power, survived the attack.

She is believed to be the most senior official associated with the military-run administration to be shot since February last year, when the army ousted the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi. The takeover triggered widespread peaceful protests that were quashed with lethal force, triggering armed resistance that some UN experts now characterize as civil war.

Than Than Swe was shot by two men when she opened the door to her apartment in Bahan township in Yangon, the country’s biggest city, said Thet Oo, a local official.

He said she was taken to a military hospital where she was confirmed dead, but a report by the US government-backed Radio Free Asia cited a military spokesman as saying she was being treated for her wounds.

“Two men came to her apartment and fired three shots. I also heard the gunfire,” Thet Oo told The Associated Press. “Shortly after the gunfire, security forces arrived at the housing.”

The Home Affairs Ministry confirmed in a text message to journalists that the 55-year-old banker had been attacked.

A militant group called the Yangon Region Military Command, which pledges allegiance

to the National Unity Government (NUG), the main opposition organization, posted a statement on its Facebook page taking responsibility for the attack on Than Than Swe. It claimed to have carried out 1,128 attacks from last September, when the NUG announced it was launching offensive attacks on the military.

It said its attacks resulted in 253 deaths and 300 injuries.

Its claim of responsibility for shooting Than Than Swe was unusual because the NUG—which did not immediately comment on the incident—has tended to distance itself from attacks on civilians that could be characterized as terrorism.

It also has only loose control over the network of armed resistance groups that are collectively called the People’s Defense Force.

In addition to combat in the countryside, urban guerrillas opposed to military rule have carried out targeted killings, sabotage, arson and small bombings.

Officials and members of the military have been targeted, as well as people believed to be informers or military collaborators.

Last year, Thein Aung, chief finance officer of Myanmar’s military-linked Mytel Telecommunications Co., was fatally shot by three men in front of his house in Yangon, but no clear claims of responsibility were made.

More than 1,730 civilians have been killed by the security forces since last year’s military takeover, according to a detailed tally assembled by the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners, a watchdog organization.

The central bank on Sunday issued a notice ordering businesses and individuals to convert dollars and other foreign currency into kyats within one day or face legal consequences. AP

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he US Congress voted overwhelmingly Thursday to strip Russia’s normal trade status with the US and ban imports of its gas, oil and coal, adding to the economic squeeze by the US and its allies to punish Russian President Vladimir Putin’s government over the invasion of Ukraine.

The trade legislation puts Russia and Belarus, which has hosted Russian troops, in the same category as pariah states such as North Korea and Cuba. The separate fossil fuel ban bill codifies an executive action taken by President Joe Biden last month.

Both measures had broad, bipartisan support and now head to Biden’s desk for his expected signature.

“This is another tightening of the noose around Vladimir Putin and we will make him pay,” Oregon Democrat Earl Blumenauer, who co-authored the trade bill, said before the vote.

Representative Kevin Brady, a Texas Republican, said the legislation “will stop American dol lars from f unding Putin’s bloodletting.”

The trade bill allows the US to impose large tariff increases on goods from Russia and Belarus, Under the legislation, the tariffs on iron and some steel products could be raised to 20 percent from 0 percent. Plywood could face a 50 percent levy and some reaction engines could have import taxes of 35 percent, according to a Senate Democratic aide. Biden already banned signature Russian products like vodka, seafood and

industrial diamonds.

It passed the Senate in a rare 100-0 roll call vote. The House cleared it 420-3, with Republicans Matt Gaetz of Florida, Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia and Thomas Massie of Kentucky the only no votes.

The Senate also passed the oil ban unanimously. In the House, Gaetz, Greene and Massie were joined in voting against it by Republicans Dan Bishop of North Carolina, Andy Biggs and Paul Gosar of Arizona, and Chip Roy of Texas, along with Democrats Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Cori Bush of Missouri.

When crude oil and all other petroleum products are included, such as unfinished fuel oil that can be used to produce gasoline and diesel, Russia accounted for about 8 percent of 2021 US oil imports, according to the Energy Information Administration (EIA).

The trade bill was delayed in the Senate for about a week because of a hold up from SeNator Rand Paul, a Kentucky Republican, about the wording of an expansion of the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act, which was embedded in the bill. Other squabbles among seNators also

delayed action. Lawmakers ultimately reached a deal after weeks of haggling.

That provision would authorize the Biden administration to impose f u r t her sa nct ions on Russian officials for human rights violations. Paul wanted the legislation, which is named for a Russian lawyer who died in custody after investigating tax fraud, to be more specific about the types of transgressions that would trigger sanctions. He agreed to stop blocking the bill after reaching a compromise with Senate leaders.

An initial version of the bill passed the House in March, but revisions in the Senate meant the legislation needed to clear the chamber again in order to go to Biden.

By mid-March, a quarter of the World Trade Organization’s 164 members—collectively representing 58 percent of the global gross domestic product—were poised to stop treating Russia as a so-called most-favored-nation under World Trade Organization rules.

Besides the US, the list includes the European Union’s 27 members, Japan, the UK, Canada, South Korea and Australia. Bloomberg News

Atrocities spur Nato nations to send more weapons to Kyiv

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RUSSELS—Spurred into action by reports of atrocities in Ukraine, Nato countries agreed Thursday to ramp up the supply of weapons to Kyiv, including hi-tech arms, amid concerns that Russia is about to launch a large offensive in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region.

Nato, as an organization, refuses to send troops or weapons to Ukraine or impose a no-fly zone over it to keep the trans-Atlantic military group from being drawn into a wider war with nuclear-armed Russia. Individual Nato countries, however, have provided antiaircraft and anti-tank weapons to Ukraine, as well as equipment and medical supplies.

“There was a clear message from the meeting today that allies should do more, and are ready to do more, to provide more equipment, and they realize and recognize the urgency,” Nato Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said after chairing a meeting of allied foreign ministers in Brussels.

Stoltenberg declined to say which countries were stepping up supplies or what kinds of equipment they might send, but he said: “Rest assured, allies are providing a wide range of different weapons systems, both Soviet-era systems but also modern equipment.”

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the “sickening images and accounts coming out of Bucha and other parts of Ukraine” have strengthened the West’s resolve to punish Russia and step up support for Ukraine.

Blinken said the United States is “looking across the board right now not only at what we provided, and what we

Belgium’s Foreign Minister Sophie Wilmes, center right, greets Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, center left, at the North Atlantic Council roundtable during a meeting of Nato foreign ministers at Nato headquarters in Brussels on Thursday, April 7, 2022. Ukraine on Thursday appealed to Nato for more weapons in its fight against Russia to help prevent further atrocities like those reported in the city of Bucha, and urged Germany to slash red tape so that more supplies can get in. AP continue to provide, but whether there are additional systems that could make a difference.”

One of the drawbacks of sending modern arms is that Ukrainian troops would have to learn how to to use them, but some Nato nations raised the possibility of providing training outside of the war-ravaged country.

Britain was also outspoken about its intentions.

“We’ve agreed to step up support for Ukraine and we’ve also recognized that the conflict has entered a new and different phase with a more concentrated Russian offensive,” British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said.

“There was support for countries to supply new and heavier equipment to Ukraine so that they can respond to these new threats from Russia. We’ve agreed to help Ukrainian forces move from their Soviet-era equipment to Nato-standard equipment on a bilateral basis,” Truss said.

After talks with his Nato counterparts, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said he was cautiously optimistic that some countries would boost weapons supplies to his nation. But he warned that those arms must get to Ukraine quickly, with Russia set to attack more widely in the east.

“Either you help us now—and I’m speaking about days, not weeks—or your

help will come too late,” Kuleba said his message to Nato countries.

Asked what more his country was seeking, Kuleba listed planes, land-based missiles, armored vehicles and air defense systems.

He also criticized some Western countries for failing to impose sanctions quickly enough, or of acting too late, highlighting his point with the reports of war crimes in the northern town of Bucha.

“How many Buchas have to take place for you to impose sanctions? How many children, women, men, have to die,” Kuleba said, “for you to understand that you cannot allow sanctions fatigue, as we cannot allow fighting fatigue?”

Some Nato countries sending weapons have been making a distinction about what kind of support they can provide, saying Ukraine should only receive arms for defensive purposes and not offensive weapons like war planes or tanks.

But Stoltenberg rejected the rhetorical arguments. “Ukraine is fighting a defensive war, so this distinction between offensive and defensive weapons doesn’t actually have any real meaning,” he said.

Stoltenberg said he has “urged allies to provide further support of many different types of systems, both light weapons but also heavier weapons.”

Despite the allegations of Russian war crimes and warnings that more atrocities might emerge, it appears unlikely, at least for now, that the world’s biggest security alliance will agree as an organization to arm Ukraine and help end Europe’s biggest land war since World War II. AP

Nancy Pelosi’s infection brings Covid closer than ever to Biden

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resident Joe Biden spent an hour with Nancy Pelosi in the two days before she tested positive for Covid-19, including an embrace and a kiss on the cheek—yet the White House insisted Thursday he doesn’t qualify as a “close contact” of the House Speaker.

Biden, who just received his second booster dose of the Pfizer Inc.-BioNTech SE vaccine last week, tested negative for the virus Wednesday evening. Because he wasn’t deemed to have spent enough time around Pelosi, he won’t follow Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidance that close contacts wear a mask for 10 days, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said.

Pelosi, 82, tested positive Thursday after testing negative earlier this week, spokesman Drew Hammill said in a tweet.

She is fully vaccinated and boosted and will isolate consistent with CDC guidance, he said.

The House Speaker’s case of Covid-19 is the latest in a series of exposures and infections that has brought the virus ever closer to the President.

Pelosi stood at Biden’s right elbow on Wednesday as he signed a Postal Service bill into law. A day earlier, she attended an event celebrating the Affordable Care Act, joining Biden and former President Barack Obama on stage afterward, where she and Biden exchanged a hug and a peck on the cheek.

The White House said that Biden wasn’t a close contact of Pelosi because he didn’t spend a cumulative 15 minutes within six feet of the speaker over 24 hours. The CDC’s guidance differs, asking people exposed to the virus to consider first whether they

were within six feet of an infected person over the two days prior to symptoms or a positive test, and second if they had spent 15 minutes in the infected person’s presence over the last 24 hours.

“If the answers to the questions above are both yes, the person is a close contact, regardless of whether the person was wearing a mask properly,” the agency says on its web site.

Biden and Pelosi were both without masks at times in each other’s company Tuesday and Wednesday.

CDC spokespeople didn’t immediately respond to inquiries about whether the White House was correct in its interpretation.

Regardless, Biden spent an hour relatively close to Pelosi in the two days before her case—the time period the CDC

advises people use when considering the extent of an exposure.

Vice President Kamala Harris was deemed a close contact after one of her staff tested positive on Wednesday. Under CDC guidelines, she should wear a mask “while around other people,” but took it off Thursday while celebrating the confirmation of Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court. Harris tested negative on Thursday.

Numerous other officials in Washington have tested positive this week in a spate of breakout infections.

They include Attorney General Merrick Garland, Commerce Secretar y Gina Raimondo, Maine Republican SeNator Susan Collins and several House members. Biden’s sister, Valerie Biden Owens, also tested positive this week, according to a statement she issued.

wo died and several were wounded in a Tel Av iv shooting Thursday evening, hospital and emergency officials said. It was the fourth attack on an Israeli city since March 22.

The shooting occurred at a busy bar on Dizengoff Street in the center of the city, and police said the gunman was still at large.

“Stay indoors, do not go out on the porch, do not stick your head out the window,” police instructed civilians. Television footage showed Tel Aviv streets crowded w ith policemen and soldiers, and the police spokesman said hundreds of security personnel were searching for the shooter.

Professor Gi l Fire, deput y director of the Ichilov Medical Center in Tel Aviv, told Army Radio that five people brought to the hospital were undergoing surgery.

The deaths on Thursday bring to 13 the number of people killed so far in the attacks. Concern has been high among Israeli officials that violence would continue to

escalate as Muslims mark the holy month of Ramadan, Jews prepare for Passover, and Christians for Easter.

“I went out with a friend for a beer at the Ilka bar. We were sitting outside and after about 15 minutes a gunman just showed up right in front of me and started shooting,” said Ranan Shimon, a 32-year-old from Ramat Gan who was wounded in the attack. “I dropped to the ground.”

In t he Ga za Str ip, Ha mas leader Mushir al-Masri praised the attack. “This operation in the heart of Tel Aviv proves the resistance’s penetration of the Israeli security system,” he told reporters. “The operation is heroic,” said Hamas spokesman in Gaza Abdelatif al-Qanou.

In the West Bank, masked men handed out sweets to pedestrians and drivers in response to the attack.

Defense Minister Benny Gantz called an urgent meeting with the chief of staff and other top security officials and Prime Minister Naftali Bennett was receiving regular updates. Bloomberg News

UN suspends Moscow from rights panel as dozens of nations abstain

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he United Nations General Assembly voted to suspend Russia from the UN Human Rights Council over its conduct in Ukraine, although dozens of nations abstained despite the Ukrainian ambassador’s pleadings to defend “the innocent lives lost” in the two-month war.

The rare move Thursday to suspend Russia was backed by 93 nations and opposed by 24.

It’s the first time such an action was backed at the UN since Libya was suspended during the final months of Moammar Qaddafi’s rein in 2011.

Yet unlike previous condemn at ion s t h at re ce ive d o ve r whelming support, Thursday’s proposal garnered 58 abstentions as countries, including Brazil, Thailand, India and Mexico said they wanted to see the results of an independent probe of alleged atrocities completed before a decision on Russia’s membership was made.

Ukraine’s UN envoy, Sergiy Kyslytsya, said the vote would be a defining moment for the global organization, which he has criticized for not doing enough to stop Russia’s invasion.

Voting to suspend Moscow “is not an option, it is a duty,” Kyslytsya said. He added that “voting no means pulling a trigger, and means a red dot” on the UN voting screen. “Red as the blood of the innocent lives lost.”

Out rage at t he l a rge nu mbers of casualties in tow ns surrou nd ing Ky iv e x ploded t h is week as Russi a n forces bega n w it hd raw ing , w it h bod ies of civ ilians left in the streets and ent ire neighborhood s bombed into r ubble.

President Joe Biden said in a news statement that the UN action shows how “Putin’s war has made Russia an international pariah” amid “horrifying” signs of “people being raped, tortured, executed—in some cases having their bodies desecrated.”

Russian officials have called the imagery of atrocities fake news and said any war crimes were perpetrated by Ukrainian forces, a view that has garnered little support.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky y has called for Western nations to supply his military with more, and more-

powerful, weaponry, as well as seeking a Nuremberg-style tribunal to investigate and prosecute war crimes.

While nations such as North Korea, Iran, Belarus and Syria predictably spoke up in opposition to the UN measure, the abstentions from dozens of other countries mean the lack of “yes” votes—82—was far higher than prev iou s t a l l ies condemn i ng Moscow’s actions.

Many nations abstaining signaled they thought the vote was a rush to judgment with a probe that started late last month just underway.

Speaking before the vote, Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador criticized the UN, saying it should have served as a peace broker between Russia and Ukraine and calling for greater diplomacy to end the war. Talks between Kyiv and Moscow have so far been inconclusive.

“How will we resolve the conflict of Russia with Ukraine if there is no intermediary?” Lopez Obrador said at a press briefing in a speech from Mexico. “Isn’t that what the UN is for?” he asked.

Saudi Arabia’s envoy to the UN called the suspension escalatory, while Chinese Ambassador Zhang Jun said the move would lead to “politicization or instrumentalization of human rights issues.”

China—which faces international criticism over its policies in Xinjiang and Hong Kong— opposes “the selective and confrontational approaches as well as double standards on human rights issues” and opposes “exerting pressure onto other countries in the name of human rights,” Zhang said.

Thursday’s resolution was initiated by US Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield this week as evidence poured in from the town of Bucha, in the outskirts of Kyiv, of random killing of civilians.

“We cannot let a member state that is subverting every principle we hold dear continue to participate in the Human Rights Council,” Thomas-Greenfield said on Wednesday in a lecture at the National Defense University. “The UN must be central to our efforts in holding Russia accountable and helping those fleeing this senseless violence. AP

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LGUs urged to grant mandated honoraria for elderly leaders

By Nef Luczon

in the region have failed to come up with the needed legislation even as the law was passed 10 years ago, Abarquez said.

“The rates depend mainly on the mayors,” he added.

The Bukidnon Federation of Senior Citizens Association Inc. and OSCA League have raised such concerns as early as 2018 through a resolution.

They urged all city and municipal mayors in the province to “effect the SG-10” honoraria due to the OSCA heads. They also noted that the cities of Malaybalay and Valencia, and the municipalities of Kalilangan and Maramag have complied with the mandated rate.

Espejo said the commission will raise the matter with the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines.

The DILG can exercise its powers to compel LGUs to comply with the honoraria rate based on RA 9994 and its implementing rules and regulations, he said.

Espejo advised the OSCA heads and senior citizens federations to document their concerns and file proper complaints, if necessary.

“Worst case scenario, you can go to the courts like what Mandanas did,” he said.

Espejo was referring to the move of Governors Hermilando Mandanas of Batangas and Enrique Garcia of Bataan seeking a higher LGU share in the computation of the internal revenue allotment.

The Supreme Court ruled in favor of the petitioners in a landmark decision in 2019. PNA

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AGAYAN DE ORO CITY— The National Commission of Senior Citizens (NCSC) is appealing to local government units (LGUs) to grant the honoraria due to the heads of their respective senior citizens’ offices.

In a statement, NCSC Commissioner Edwin Espejo issued the appeal amid concerns from several designated heads of the Office of Senior Citizens Affairs (OSCA) in parts of Northern Mindanao.

The concern stemmed from reports reaching NCSC that some LGUs had not fully complied with the mandated honoraria, which is equivalent to Salary Grade (SG) 10.

Some OSCA heads in the area are reportedly receiving only P2,000 a month from their LGUs as honorarium, way below the P22,190 pay rate.

“That’s a legitimate concern of the OSCAs that needs to be addressed,” Espejo said in a meeting Tuesday with selected OSCA heads and officials of the Department of Social Welfare and Development in Northern Mindanao (DSWD-10).

The honoraria grant equivalent to SG-10 is provided for in Republic Act (RA) 9994 or the “Expanded Senior Citizens Act of 2010,” which mandates local legislative councils to institutionalize the compensation for OSCA heads.

Necitasio Abarquez, OSCA head of Pangantucan town in Bukidnon, noted that LGUs in the area have been implementing different honoraria rates, depending on the budget allotted by the mayors.

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Belmonte urges senior citizens in QC to avail themselves of free medicines Q

By Marita Moaje

UEZON City Mayor Joy Belmonte is inviting all senior citizens who are city residents to avail themselves of free maintenance medicines through the relaunched Senior Citizens Maintenance Medicine Program under City Ordinance 2892-2019.

In a statement on Wednesday, Belmonte said the city government will regularly distribute the free maintenance medicines every first Tuesday of the month, which was designated as Senior Citizen’s Day in the city.

“Iniimbitahan po namin ang ating senior citizens na may high blood, mataas ang cholesterol at may diabetes na magparehistro o irehistro na ng kanilang mga kamag-anak para mabigyan ng libreng gamot tuwing unang Martes ng bawat buwan [We are inviting our senior citizens suffering from high blood, high cholesterol, and diabetes to register, or be registered by their relatives so they can avail themselves of the free medicines every first Tuesday’s of the month],” Belmonte said.

“Mahalaga po na kayo ay masuri ng doktor at regular ang pag-inom ninyo ng gamot para mas humaba ang inyong buhay at makapiling ang inyong pamilya [it is very important that you are checked by a doctor and that you regularly take your prescribed medicines for you to live a long life and be with your loved ones],” she added.

A TOTAL of 1,343 senior citizens avail themselves of the free maintenance medicine program offered by the Quezon City government. Before they were given medicines, the senior citizens were checked by the doctors first and were given the prescription. PHOTO GRABBED FROM QC GOVERNMENT FACEBOOK PAGE

On Tuesday, the city government distributed free maintenance medicines and vitamins to a total of 1,343 elderlies who went to the Toro Hills Health Center in Barangay Bahay Toro to avail themselves of the program.

Among the maintenance medicines that were distributed include Losartan and Amlodipine for hypertension, Metformin for diabetes,

and Simvastatin for people suffering from high cholesterol.

Before they were given the medicines, the senior citizens underwent a check-up by doctors at the site.

They were registered for the program and were given medical prescriptions and free medicines.

The free maintenance medicines are now also available in the city’s 65 health centers and can be claimed by

registered elderlies every first Tuesday of the month.

Senior citizens must register at their nearest health center listed at https://quezoncity.gov.ph/covid19-watch/hospitals-and-healthcenters-directory/ They must also bring with them their senior citizen identification and medical prescriptions when going to the health centers. PNA

Oldest US active park ranger retires at 100

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ICHMOND, California —The United States’ oldest active park ranger is hanging up her Smokey hat at the age of 100.

Betty Reid Soskin retired on March 31 after more than 15 years at the Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historical Park in Richmond, California, the National Park Service announced.

Soskin “spent her last day providing an interpretive program to the public and visiting with coworkers,” a Park Service statement said.

She led tours at the park and museum honoring the women who worked in factories during wartime

and shared her own experience as a Black woman during the conflict. She worked for the US Air Force in 1942 but quit after learning that “she was employed only because her superiors believed she was white,” according to a Park Service biography.

“Being a primary source in the sharing of that history—my history —and giving shape to a new national park has been exciting and fulfilling,” Soskin said in the Park Service statement. “It has proven to bring meaning to my final years.”

Soskin won a temporary Park Service position at the age of 84 and became a permanent Park Service

employee in 2011. She celebrated her 100th birthday last September.

“Betty has made a profound impact on the National Park Service and the way we carry out our mission,” Director Chuck Sams said. “Her efforts remind us that we must seek out and give space for all perspectives so that we can tell a more full and inclusive history of our nation.”

Soskin was born Betty Charbonnet in Detroit in 1921 but recalled surviving the devastating Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 while living with her Creole family in New Orleans, according to the Park Service biography.

Her family then moved to Oakland, California, and Soskin remained in the San Francisco Bay Area, where in 1945 she and her first husband founded one of the first Black-owned record stores in the area, the biography said.

She also was a civil rights activist and took part in meetings to develop a general management plan for the Home Front park. She has received several honors. She was named California Woman of the Year in 1995.

In 2015, Soskin received a presidential coin from President Barack Obama after she lit the National Christmas tree at the White House. AP

The young volunteers are taking ownership of their future

By Nick Tayag

MY SIXTY-ZEN’S WORTH

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HEY are into a social movement that’s both ground breaking and ground swelling. An earthquake and a storm surge in one that is starting to positively impact politics in our country.

They are young. They are all volunteers. They are involved, engaged, and committed.

Involved? They are doing their own thing out of their own volition. In every rally, they improvise their own getups; they buy their own paperboards and pentel pens and improvise their memes or slogans on placards, sometimes on the spot, on pavements or top of dining tables in nearby eateries.

They practice tirelessly and sometimes spontaneously break into dance routines to entertain the crowd.

Engaged? They plan and organize marches and convoys and parades

and rallies by themselves. In scheduled rally after rally, local volunteers spend sleepless nights grooming the venue, finalizing programs, coordinating with performers, and requesting for donations while those at home are preparing food packs and bottled water on the eve of the scheduled rally in their town or city and printing tshirts and collaterals. All to be given away the next day for free to their fellow rally attendees.

Committed? Young office employees take work leaves on the day of the rally. They come early to the rally venue, they stay on for hours under the sweltering heat, never leaving even as the rain pours and until the last speaker and the last band is done with its repertoire. More and more are taking part in house to house campaign sorties, willing to walk through narrow

streets and alleys, talking about their candidate, educating the undecided, giving out collaterals.

Even when these materials are brazenly burned or thrown and discarded in their sight, they don’t give up. They endure the bashing and taunting and insulting from every corner and every platform.

Even from people whom they admire, love, and look up to.

Now here is a campaign that is running on young voters’ enthusiasm and passion.

They are not paid; in fact they are spending from their own pocket. Abonado pa, some angrily answer back to those who accuse them of being bayad.

If their personal money is not enough, donors or fellow believers readily chip in, and these donations are meticulously accounted for with visual evidence of where and how the money was spent.

We are now witnessing the empowering of young voters. They are deviating from their parents’ choices. Thanks to the Internet, they are doing their own fact checking and fact digging. They are deciding for themselves and unlike in the past, it’s the youth

that are now convincing their oldies to switch to their choices. Their argument: your generation failed miserably in making this country better. It’s time we owned our future. And they’re absolutely right.

They are in the real sense stakeholders who are investing in a candidate by giving their time, money and sweat. They are fighting for the future of a country that they all agree is worth fighting for.

This type of electing means there are no political debts to pay.

The power is now being shifted to the people. They are the ones who “pay” the way to winning and now can demand to be heard.

It is organic. It is rising from the bottom up. It is not dictated or orchestrated by a political strategy imposed from above. It is festive and joyous. Everyone seems to want to be part of the next rally.

Rallies have the feel of a music concert; with attendees carrying flashlights used in K-pop concerts.

No wonder it has become addictive because a few tweet that they go to one rally after another, even travelling to far off places, “manifesting” themselves as they call it.

Those taking part have de-

NATIONAL Park Service Ranger Betty Reid Soskin smiles during an interview at Rosie the Riveter World War II Home Front National Historical Park in Richmond, California, on July 12, 2016.

Soskin, the nation’s oldest active park ranger, is hanging up her smokey hat at the age of 100. She retired Thursday, March 31, 2022, after more than 15 years at the park, the National Park Service announced. Soskin “spent her last day providing an interpretive program to the public and visiting with coworkers,” a Park Service statement said. AP PHOTO/BEN MARGOT

veloped a sense of camaraderie and bonding that would hopefully last beyond the elections.

“Lahat ay magkaka jowa” as one placard proclaims.

This is the “politics of joy” a term coined during the 1960s by Senator Hubert Humphrey when he was gunning for the presidency of the US. Joy can’t be compelled and the way this campaign is engaging young citizens in the work of practicing democracy can inspire new creative ways of running field campaigns, with lessons for national, political and civic movements.

Today’s young voters realize what is at stake and are moving heaven and earth to promote who they feel are the right candidates.

It’s not only perplexing the tradpols, it’s probably unnerving them. Hurdles thrown their way, pestered, harassed, booed, their murals sabotaged, they are undeterred and refuse to go away. In fact, they seem to surge in numbers week after week.

This is the subversive aspect of this new kind of political volunteerism. The ground is breaking beneath the feet of politicians who still believe in the old ways.

This is politics not as usual. This is outside their antiquated old style model of how to win.

Admittedly, there is a lot of

money being handed out in many areas, as being reported on social media. The old habits will not go away so easily. In a country as polarized as ours, in a society as profoundly unequal as ours, there are good reasons to remain wary.

But I see a sense of optimism rising in the hands of young Filipinos reaching out to someone who they believe embodies hope and a new future. I pray their wishes and their dreams will not be deferred or frustrated.

Can this groundbreaking phenomenon be sustained? Is it going to be the new game or just a fluke?

I feel it could be the new paradigm for it’s not only bringing out the best from the local people.

It is having a transformative effect on those who are part of it.

Because now the youth know not just what democracy could look like but also what it could feel like, and what it could sound like.

I can only echo the plea of a known political analyst who asks on social media: “No matter what happens in the upcoming ELECTIONS, we need a real MOVEMENT for DEMOCRATIC change & social transformation—for keeps!”

I join him in paying tribute to the young volunteers and voters “for keeping our democracy alive.”

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DepEd, DOH, USAID launch BIDA Kid program for schools’ safe reopening

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HE national BIDA Kid Covid-19 prevention campaign was formally launched on April 5 to support the safe expansion of faceto-face classes nationwide.

T he Depar tment of Education (DepEd), the Department of Health (DOH), and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) kicked off the BIDA Kid national campaign at the SM Mall of Asia Music Hall to encourage learners, teachers, and education stakeholders to keep practicing Covid-19 health and safety guidelines in schools as well as public spaces.

“One of our utmost priorities is the safety of our learners amid the risk of Covid-19,” said Education Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones.

“The BIDA Kid campaign is another whole-of-government initiative to encourage everyone to keep our children protected while we pro-

DOST-ITDI Director Dr. Annabelle Briones (from left), Mayor Jaime Fresnedi, President Dr. Teresita Fortuna of CDM and Vice Mayor Temy Simundac.

SECRETARIES Francisco Duque III and Leonor Magtolis Briones (third and fourth from left), with USAID Philippines Mission Director Ryan Washburn (third from right), as well as partners from DepEd and the DOH. US EMBASSY

gressively reintroduce classroombased learning.”

Hea lth Secretar y Francisco Duque III and USAID Philippines Mission Director Ryan Washburn joined Briones to unveil the official music video and key visual of the campaign, which highlights the “3Bs:” bakuna (vaccination), bayanihan (solidarity), and BIDA behaviors: Best friend natin ang masks, Ingatan at hugasan ang kamay, Dumistansya upang makaiwas sa sakit, Airflow ay panatilihin (wear masks, observe hand washing plus social distancing to avoid getting sick, and maintain room airflow).

Duque reminded education stakeholders to continue observing safety measures in schools and at home despite the improving Covid-19 situation in the country.

“A safe school environment is

crucial for our children’s development both academically and emotionally,” the health secretary said.

“This is only possible if we continue to champion Covid-19 vaccination in our communities, and commit to practicing the minimum publichealth standards everywhere and at all times.”

Washburn was grateful for the strong partnership between USAID and the national government as a whole-of-society approach ensures physical classes can be conducted safely: “Face-to-face classes give students better motivation to study, having the opportunity to interact directly with their teachers and classmates. Classrooms offer a supportive environment for learning as well as social and emotional well-being.”

He added: “As your friend, partner and ally, the US government,

through USAID, will continue to collaborate with our Philippine… counterparts so [that] Filipinos are better able to manage the impacts and bounce back quickly from the… pandemic.”

As of March 28 around 13,692 public and private schools have resumed in-person classes, according to the latest DepEd field report.

The US Embassy said that about 10 million children have been vaccinated against Covid-19 via the “Resbakuna Kids” campaign, as the DOH continues to secure additional vaccine doses for them.

The BIDA Kid campaign, including BIDA kits, the music video, jingle, and key visual will be rolled out to all schools and DepEd offices. Those in the field are urged to display and develop localized materials to further amplify the campaign’s messages.

ITEC Day highlights growing ties between PHL, India in training, skills development

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HE annual Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation reception (ITEC Day) took place on March 29, hosted by the Embassy of India in Manila.

The event was attended by about 100 ITEC alumni from the Philippines, as well as key Philippine government partner-organizations, including Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Secretary-Director General Isidro Lapeña, Labor Department Undersecretary for Employment and General Administration Cluster Renato Ebarle, and the Philippine Navy’s Deputy Chief of Staff for Education, Training, and Doctrine (J-8) Commodore Donn Anthony Luna Miraflor.

Since its independence, India’s foreign policy has been guided by solidarity with other developing nations, based on shared economic and developmental priorities. With this in mind, ITEC—as a comprehensive program—was launched in 1964 to provide assistance in technical and economic sectors to other developing nations.

ITEC has reached over 200,000 participants from 160 partnercountries. Cornerstones are the

short- and long-term training courses conducted in different centers of excellence in India.

Every year, professionals from developing countries attend some 300 different courses in over 80 premier institutions of India.

In addition, ITEC offers exc h a nge of best prac t ices a nd sharing of experience through projects, consultancy, feasibility studies, deputation of Indian experts in partner-countries, study tours and disaster relief. The cooperation is demand-driven, and relies on innovative technological cooperation in line with priorities of partner-countries.

C apac it y-bu i ld i ng cooperation is an important strand of the development-oriented partnership between India and the Philippines, with the latter being an important ITEC partner in the Indo-Pacific. To date over 1,100 Filipinos have participated in a range of training programs in India.

T he Philippine gover nment and other public institutions are free to choose their personnel and courses that are relevant for their development needs. The program is fully funded by the government

of India. In the civilian sector, Filipino government officials have joined training courses of diverse disciplines such as information technology, rural development, parliamentary practices, entrepreneurship, renewable energy, health care, as well as marine and aeronautical engineering, among others.

During the pandemic, India continued to extend training through e-ITEC courses. Since April 2020 over 120 Philippines nationals have participated in the said sessions. In February 2022 a three week-long course on Leadership Management and Good Governance Practices for Sustainable Development for Philippine Government Officials was especially curated in consultation with TESDA, the Department of Finance and Department of Budget and Management. Thirty-three government officials benefited from the said course hosted by the Indian Institute of Public Administration.

Other e-ITEC courses popular in the Philippines are Digital Documentation of Cultural Heritage, which was attended by 10 participants, Disaster Management: Floods and Droughts with 13 par-

ticipants, and on Environment Impact Assessment, where seven participants enlisted. Recently an officer from the Philippine Army joined the prestigious 47-week National Security and Strategic Study course at the National Defense College in New Delhi.

Defense training covers fields such as security and strategic studies, defense management, as well as logistics and management, among others. Over the last few years the number of defense slots offered by India to the Philippines has increased steadily. In the coming year, the Philippines has been offered more than 50 slots—the highest number in Southeast Asia.

Today, defense personnel from India and the Philippines are attending flagship defense-training programs in each other’s country.

The growing partnership between India and the Philippines in capacity-building reflects their shared resolve to harness the greatest assets that both democracies have in abundance: their human resources. It also demonstrates a growing trust in India’s competence as a provider of technical know-how, expertise and training opportunities.

Intake Study World 2022 goes live

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NTAKE Philippines, formerly UKEAS Phils., is celebrating a decade of free application services to Filipino students.

To commemorate the event, INTAKE will hold “Study World Online 2022”—its biggest event yet, with 23 world-renowned universities from the United Kingdom, Ireland, United States and Australia joining the exhibition.

This year’s upcoming Study World is from April 20 to 23, and will consist of webinars and one-on-one consultations. They are free of charge and open to students interested in studying abroad. They can grab this opportunity and register via https:// bit.ly/SWApril2022PR.

DLS-CSB, PAL EXECS GATHER Officials from the De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde paid a visit to the Philippine Airlines office, where they had initial talks for future collaborations. Present were (from left) PAL Public Relations Consultant Charlie T. Yu, Atty. Carlos Luis L. Fernandez, Benilde alumnus and PAL Officer in Charge-President Captain Stanley Ng, and DLS-CSB President Br. Edmundo “Dodo” Fernandez FSC.

DOST, Muntinlupa college partner to promote 3-D printing in academe

By Roderick L. Abad

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HE Department of Science and Technology-Industrial Technology Development Institute (DOST-ITDI) has tied up with Colegio de Muntinlupa (CDM) to promote 3-D printing technology in the academe.

Their joint effort is aimed at facilitating research collaborations on 3-D printing hubs for study, training, innovation, commercialization and industry-based activities.

According to the agreement, the institute will assist CDM with training programs on 3-D printing technology, as well as the implementation of other research and development projects.

Both parties entered into the partnership with the forging of a memorandum of understanding led by Mayor Jaime Fresnedi, Vice Mayor Temy Simundac, CDM College President Dr. Teresita Fortuna and DOST-ITDI Director Dr. A nnabel le Br iones on March 22 in the university’s main building along Posadas Avenue in Barangay Sucat Muntinlupa.

Joining them were other officials from the city government and DOST-ITDI. Fresnedi thanked DOST-ITDI for partner ing w ith the loca l government unit in training the next engineers and architects of the city.

The ceremonial signing event formed part of CDM’s fifth found-

ing anniversary celebration with the theme: “CDM Intensifies Immersive Conduct of Definitive Programs and Innovations serving five pillars: Expansion of Infrastructure Projects, Implement Research Roadmap, Flexible Conduct of Face-to-face Classes, Continuous Program Development, and Produce Licensed Engineers.”

Recently the university announced that it will offer the following new programs: Bachelor of Science in Architecture, BS Construction Engineering and Management, BS Environmental Engineering, BS Industrial Engineering, and BS Robotics Engineering.

They add to the existing engineering courses: BS Civil Engineering, BS Computer Engineering, BS Electrical Engineering, BS Electronics Engineering, and BS Mechanical Engineering.

Fresnedi urged aspiring engineering and architecture students from Muntinlupa and nearby cities to enroll in these programs.

Fortuna, who also serves as CDM College administrator and was former DOST-National Capital Region director, noted that the institution provides top-notch education on science and technology from highly esteemed faculty and integrated training with topof-the-line industrial equipment.

Established in 2018, CDM will hold its first commencement exercise this year for its first batch of graduates.

Sen. Gatchalian: Use Child Find System to hike enrollment of disabled learners

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ENATOR Sherwin T. Gatchalian urged the Department of Education (DepEd) to roll out the Child Find System (CFS) to raise the number of enrolled learners with disabilities.

Gatchalian made this call after the DepEd revealed it is targeting to increase enrollment among learners with disabilities. The chair of the Senate Committee on Basic Education, Arts and Culture has been emphasizing the impact of the pandemic on learners with disabilities, with enrollment numbers this school year still far from prepandemic levels.

There are 93,895 learners with disabilities enrolled for School Year (SY) 2021-2022—74 percent lower than the 360,879 who matriculated in 2019-2020. DepEd also reported a decline in the number of schools where learners with disabilities are enrolled: From 21,270 in SY 2019-2020, the number went down to 13,408.

Child Find was first instituted under DepEd Order 72 s. 2009 to locate children with disabilities.

Under Republic Act (R A) 11650: “Instituting a Policy of Inclusion and Services for Learners with Disabilities in Support of Inclusive Education Act,” the CFS is defined as a system of identification, location and evaluation of all learners with disabilities not receiving basic education services.

The CFS seeks to locate those not more than 24 years old to facilitate their inclusion in the general basic-education system.

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Gatchalian is the sponsor and coauthor of RA 11650, which President Duterte signed last month.

The new law provides that the CFS will be implemented by Inclusive Learning Resource Centers of Learners with Disabilities, which will provide support services for learners with disabilities and implement various inclusive education programs. The law mandates DepEd to coordinate with local government units to initially establish and maintain at least one ILRC in all cities and municipalities.

R A 11650 also provides that all public and private schools shall ensure equitable access to quality education to every learner with disability, such that no learner shall be denied admission on the basis of disability.

Gatchalian advocates the need to intensify the search for children with disabilities, so that they will not be left behind from enjoying a bright future.

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Bellevue Hotels and Resorts:

Moving Forward to the ‘Old’ Pre-Pandemic Normal

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By Tony M. Maghirang

ne of the leading locally-owned hotel groups, The Bellevue Hotels and Resorts (BH&R) targets the ‘old’ normal, not the muchballyhooed new normal, as the Covid-19 pandemic subsides. The old normal, in this case, refers to the progress of the past two decades characterized by property developments that grew by leaps and bounds.

Almost twenty years ago, the first Bellevue Hotel was built in Alabang, presently named Bellevue Manila and in the next five years, it was further developed with the addition of a new ballroom and a new wing. Around 2010, an expansion outside of the original Bellevue was completed with the opening of B Hotel Alabang. In 2012, ten years after Bellevue Manila rose up in the Alabang skyline, the Bellevue Resort was inaugurated. In 2015, the B Hotel QC opened in Quezon City.

The Bellevue Resort in Panglao, Bohol opened in 2013, a luxurious exclusive 5-star island resort that continues to play an active role in promoting sustainability with its eco-friendly practices and energy conservation measures.

Then, in 2020, the pandemic hit and took its heavy toll across the countr y. Ever y thing just about stood still or ‘died,’ as one of Bellevue’s top bosses put it.

Fortunately, BH&R was kept alive by virtue of its being a diversified group involved in hotels, properties, and resorts.

Now, In 2022, with the easing of restrictions, BH&R is ready to move on to the glory days of the ‘old’ normal without compromising on health protocols that must still be adopted even in these less risky post-pandemic times.

The short-term strategy for top management is to reconnect with loyal customers from before the Covid-19 pandemic changed the hotel industry landscape. The long-term strategy is to look at new businesses beyond Bellevue Hotels and Resorts to include new opportunities in property development and commercial spaces, among others.

BusinessMirror sat down with top executives of BH&R, namely, Patrick Chan, director, T he Bellev ue Manila; Dustin Chan, managing director, The

In photo, (from left) Dustin Chan (Managing Director of The Bellevue Resort), Ryan Chan (Managing Director of B Hotels), Johnny Chan (Chairman of The Bellevue Hotels & Resorts), and Patrick Chan (Managing Director of The Bellevue Manila)

The Bellevue Resort is a recipient of the ASEAN Green Hotel Standard for 2018-2020.

Bellevue Resorts; and Ryan Chan, managing Director, B Hotels, to discuss the matter of surviving the pandemic, picking up the pieces and moving on to a better future otherwise called the ‘old’ normal. Excerpts from the conversation:

BusinessM irror (BM): How was the experience in managing your properties as the pandemic surged and waned and surged again?

Dustin Chan (DChan): The re-

Volunteers were able to collect non-biodegradable trash on the coastline.

Licensed divers conduct an underwater cleanup on the Doljo Coast.

sorts were the most hit because as you know their main market is the tourism sector which was virtually non-existent in the past two years. Like most other businesses struggling with the pandemic, our first focus was cash management, looking at your fixed costs and shelling out cash for regular operating expenditures. And also we had to look at workforce reduction. And that’s not all. We also had to find new ways to attract guests.

look forward to our medium- to long-term plans. Importante rin kasi ang mga yun.

BM: In the coming years, government may place stringent measures for businesses like hotels to address the challenges of climate change, for instance, in the near term. How are you responding to problems that are looming right around the bend?

Patrick Chan (PChan): To mini-

mize our expenses, we were able to pivot our strategy to cater to quarantine. We were one of the first hotel groups to be quarantine hotels. We were the early adopters which enabled us to survive. That pulled us through the pandemic.

Now that wala ng quarantine, we are the first to go back to being a hotel again. We are also the first to be a multiple-use hotel.

In 2019, the Bellevue Resort hosted a clean-up drive in Doljo Coast in support of the International Coastal Cleanup worldwide movement.

BM: Now that the pandemic is subsiding, how is the Group responding to the challenges after a pandemic? What is the new battle cry, so to speak?

adopting measures we’ve adopted during the pandemic and lessons we’ve learned that allowed us to move on to more sustainable operations in the future,

PChan: The new challenge is getting back old business. We are practically working towards alert level zero. Our target is the old normal, not the new normal. Our mission/vision now is to go back to the time of the old normal while

BM: Almost everybody in any industry will talk about lessons learned from the pandemic. Let’s start with your unique experiences.

resilient people. The team in Bellevue learned how to do more than what they were used to or expected of them. You know, our managers were serving food, delivering food, cleaning up every day. Having that capability to go beyond their job descriptions was critical for our survival in Bellevue. Hindi lang multi-tasking ang nangyari. Do everything pa nga, eh.

DChan: We are lucky to have

Ryan Chan (RChan): Look, the

pandemic is not over yet. One realization then is, once there’s another surge, mas mabilis na tayong mag-react. Alam na natin ang gagawin.

Another thing that’s also good to share is before, we used to stick to one plan and one budget. But now, we have to look at different cases and scenarios. Also, three months na ang business planning cycle and we reforecast thereafter. Hopefully, we can

Nayong Pilipino to take ethnographic artifacts online with virtual exhibits

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he Nayong Pilipino Foundation’s (NPF) collection of more than 3,000 artifacts documenting the Philippines’s history and culture will be showcased online through the Nayong Pilipino Foundation Virtual Museum Project.

This year, the project will consist of six digital exhibitions which will go beyond the standard f lat images and short captions achieved through multimedia outputs, such as videos and three-di-

mensional imaging.

The first virtual exhibition of the year is entitled “ Tansô.” It intends to show how brass has become widely used in tools, ornamentation, decorations, containers, and utilitarian items in the Philippines and how the traditions of casting and forging this metal developed highly technical processes and have produced the most intricate pieces of work or objects.

The virtual exhibition opened

on April 4 and will run until the 17th on NPF’s Instagram accounts (@AtingNayon and @nayongpilipino.museo) and NPF’s official Facebook page (www.facebook.com/ nayongpilipinoofficial).

NPF intends to use these online platforms to engage the public and start critical dialogues about Philippine history while the agency looks forward to showcasing them in the proposed Cultural Park and Creative Hub in Parañaque City.

The Cultural Park will include a museum that will house the permanent collection of artifacts from the different indigenous peoples of Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao.

The NPF collection is diverse and varied, ranging from intricate beaded jewelr y to striking weaponr y for hunting and warfare to ritualistic artifacts.

It also includes musical instruments, vessels, funerar y objects, and textiles.

PChan: Even prior to the pandemic, our family already made personal commitments to sustainability wherever we can. We have been investing in new technology to reduce our energy utilization and water consumption.

For water, medyo mahal ang water dito, Even here in Filinvest, it’s higher than Maynilad rates.

We’ve always been conscious to address that.

For sustainability practices, we’ve been working towards zero single-use plastics for the longest time. It’s one of the things we have a personal commitment to and since we started the program, we’ve removed plastic water bottles as well as single-use plastic shampoos and conditioners. Our commitment is ongoing and we’ve won awards, particularly Bellevue Bohol as a Green Hotel in the WWF of Nature in 2017. For all that, we’d like to believe our initiative remains a work in progress.

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A non-political look at election automation

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HE other day, our house helper asked me if I was going to vote in the May elections and I said yes. She has not been out of the house since 2020 except for her vaccinations because she has allergic rhinitis and is very afraid to get Covid. I said we could probably rent a car so we could all go together and she replied, “Okay, Ate, mag ambag na lang ako sa bayad [I will contribute to the cost].”

I have no intention of taking any money from Rose but I am amazed at how dedicated she is as a voter. She said hers is only one vote and she will make it count.

First, a disclaimer. There is nothing political about this post. I will not talk about politicians or who I will vote for.

It took a plebiscite in 1937 for women in the Philippines to be allowed to vote. Before that plebiscite, women were considered extensions of their husbands or fathers. Thus, they had no business participating in government affairs.

But a provision was added to the 1935 Constitution stating that women would be allowed to vote if, in a plebiscite, at least 300,000 qualified women shall vote affirmatively on the matter. During the April 30, 1937 plebiscite, 447,725 Filipino women cast their votes in favor of their right to vote.

So, yes, it’s been 85 years since women were allowed to vote in the Philippines and since then, we’ve had two female presidents and a female vice president.

Another change in the Philippine electoral process is automation. The first automated electoral process on a nationwide scale was first enforced in the 2010 elections, which was won by Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III. It’s not a perfect system as there have been malfunctions, glitches and faults in the system.

Automation still hasn’t completely prevented votebuying, intimidation of voters and other irregularities but if I dare say it, the Philippine electoral process has come a long way from 1984 when the data were transmitted by voting precincts to the Commission on Elections via telex (if you remember what this is, you are old).

After this, technicians would tabulate (this was a big word back in the day) the data on their desktop computers. The National Citizens’ Movement for Free Elections was a non-government group accredited to conduct “Operation Quick Count,” a parallel but

unofficial tabulation.

I remember being so fascinated with the Comelec vs Namfrel tabulations aired side by side on TV back in the day.

In 2007, Republic Act No. 9369 amended the 1997 law to implement the use of automated systems in the next election. This gave access to persons with disability and people lacking in literacy to vote.

In 2008, the first region in the Philippines to conduct electronic voting in all of its provinces was the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao.

In 2010, the automation of elections was implemented in the Philippines with OMR technology provided by Smartmatic.

The election management system (EMS), which sets up the automation of the polls and manages election-related data, is what makes the Philippine automated election system work.

What the election management system does is to import pre-election data files, like the number of registered voters and details on candidates. In addition, EMS defines and prepares ballot templates for each town and city nationwide, and creates location-specific configuration files for the voting

machines and canvassing centers. Further, it creates report templates for the election results.

The most popular hardware in the automated election system is the PCOS, or the precinct count optical scan.

In 2016, a breach in the Comelec system was allegedly perpetrated by hackers while another group defaced the Comelec’s web site.

Recently, there were reports of another security breach but the Comelec said this involved election software provider Smartmatic’s internal organization and activities and not voters’ data.

The person responsible for the leak was allegedly a Smartmatic employee, who reportedly downloaded materials and then shared them with individuals who were said to have tried blackmailing the company.

A Smartmatic representative said no information related to the elections was leaked.

The National Bureau of Investigation has launched an investigation on the alleged security breach and Comelec said it was waiting for the report.

As a voter, I will trust the sanctity of the election process and hope for the best, but I will be vigilant in exercising my rights. ■

SEEING that more and more people are now buying online, mobile wallet provider GCash is offering its new digital business solution for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs).

“After reaching acquisition targets, launching new products and growing our presence in the MSME community, it’s imperative to sustain this momentum and leap forward to more growth opportunities,” GCash president and chief executive officer Martha Sazon said.

GCash Pro helps small entrepreneurs future-proof and expand their business amid the recent global pandemic. “We need to be aware of the challenges faced by these entrepreneurs and strengthen our position as a business partner for growth, beyond payments,” she said.

This offering constantly enables business owners to provide seamless service to their customers and also track sales and increase their wallet limit, among others.

Another service that GCash Pro provides is Payment Links, a platform that allows business owners do real-time tracking and safely move their funds from receiving payments to processing refunds and making withdrawals—all through a dashboard.

It gives their customers a convenient and seamless way of paying as they receive the links via messaging apps. They can easily pay the exact amount.

The transaction is safe and secure as payments are only released to the merchant once the customer receives their goods. Business owners can sign up to payment links by registering through www.getpaid. gcash.com. Once verified via e-mail, they can already start generating payment links.

For as low as P99, they can avail of BizStarter99, a monthly subscription-based product that will let them upgrade their business operations. They can also accept more payments from customers with an upgraded wallet limit of P500,000.

Apart from this, the subscription helps them in managing their revenues and expenses as entrepreneurs are given up to five times cashback on bank transfers, giving them up to P75 savings monthly. What’s more, they get free personal insurance coverage up to P50,000.

All business owners have to do is head over to bit.ly/3NSwTM6, click apply, and fill up the form.

Applicants just need to make sure that their GCash account has P99.

GCash had 55 million registered users as of last December, more than double the 20 million users it had in January 2020. It also recorded 17 million peak daily transactions last year, up from only 6 million daily transactions in 2020. Along with this, GCash now caters to about 4.5 million merchants and social sellers.

Forcepoint rolls out cloud-based security platform for traditional and hybrid workforces

BY RIZAL RAOUL S. REYES FORCEPOINT Country Sales Manager Pam Angeles (left) and Asia Pacific sales engineering director Brandon Tan.

GLOBAL security leader Forcepoint described the current cybersecurity environment as perilous, as cybercriminals have upgraded their skills to pursue their criminality. “We are living in dangerous times as cybercriminals are getting more sophisticated,” Brandon Tan, Forcepoint Asia Pacific sales engineering director, told journalists in an online briefing on March 29 during the launch of the cloudbased Forcepoint ONE, the industry’s first “easy button” for securing enterprises with hybrid workforces.

The Forcepoint ONE all-in-one cloud platform simplifies security for both traditional and remote workforces, allowing users to gain safe, controlled access to business information on the web, in the cloud and in private applications.

As organizations prepare for the realities of a post-pandemic world, Tan pointed out that one of the biggest concerns is addressing the cybersecurity concerns of remote work. He noted the shift to work-from-home setups have allowed employees to use their own networks

to complete tasks—and sometimes their own devices. In return, Tan noted the setup could present myriad risks. In the event that they encounter any technical problems, he expressed concern because the IT department can do only so much for them.

Gartner recently surveyed organizations and found that 47 percent would allow employees to work remotely full-time once the pandemic is over. Additionally, 82 percent of organizations said employees could work from home at least once a week.

A study by Velocity Smart Technology Market Research Report 2021 found that 70 percent of remote workers experienced IT problems during the pandemic, and 54 percent waited up to three hours to resolve the issue.

These numbers are only a small part of the total of potential security breaches waiting to happen. In short, he said data security is a critical issue that needs to be addressed now.

“The Philippines continues to rank among the top countries in social media and internet usage, making it an ideal setting for hyperscalers, telecommunications infrastructure and services. Early this year, a

Singapore-based company announced that they will put up the largest hyperscale data center campus in the Philippines to be located in Cainta, Rizal,” said Pam Angeles, Forcepoint country sales manager, in the press briefing.

“Data privacy is becoming more important as the digital landscape evolves. The business

value of data security is seen in many ways, such as reducing sales delays, mitigating losses from data breaches, enabling innovation, increasing efficiency, building trust with customers, and making their company more attractive,” Angeles added.

Angeles urged organizations that offer

remote working opportunities to beef up their data security measures to protect sensitive information. Although organizations may have managed to avoid a data breach, she warned that one mistake can lead to a disastrous cyber attack that can cost millions.

Forcepoint ONE, by leading user and data protection cybersecurity company Forcepoint, offers industry-leading security from a single console. Businesses and government agencies of all sizes find its security features simple and easy to use, beginning with understanding company needs and removing data security complexity so businesses can focus on their success.

Built on a Zero Trust model, Angeles said Forcepoint ONE is verified inside and outside of the perimeter to keep attackers out and sensitive data in.

“We cannot know what the future brings in the current environment, but we do know that employees need to have the ability to work from anywhere, and businesses must continue to implement digital transformation strategies if they are to remain innovative and deliver new services,” Tan explained.

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realme 9 Pro+ �lagship-grade photography, mid-range price ONE of the many fun photography tricks that can be had with the realme 9 Pro+.

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T’S been a year since the announcement of the realme 8 series, so everyone was anticipating the arrival of the successor to realme’s number series. What we didn’t expect was that this time, realme was introducing a Pro+ variant as well.

What does the realme 9 Pro+ bring to the series and do we really need another addition to an otherwise already efficient lineup?

First, let’s look at the differences between the realme 9 Pro and the Pro+. The realme 9 Pro is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 695 chipset, while the Pro+ has a MediaTek Dimensity 920 5G processor, both supporting 5G. For the display, the 9 Pro has a 6.6-inch FHD+ IPS LCD display with a 120Hz refresh rate, while the 9 Pro+ has a slightly smaller 6.4-inch Super AMOLED display and a 90Hz refresh rate.

As for the battery, you get a 5000mAh battery with 33W fast charging on the Pro model, while the Pro+ has a 4500mAh battery that supports 60W fast charging. The Pro+ boasts of a flagship level 50MP Sony IMX766 with OIS, while the Pro has a 64MP triple camera setup. Both are available in either Aurora Green or Sunrise Blue color. As for the price, the realme 9 Pro (8GB+128GB) is available for P16,990, while the realme 9 Pro+ (8GB+256GB) retails for P23,990.

By its name alone, you know that the realme 9 Pro+ is where the company is putting its best foot forward, making it the top-spec variant of the latest iteration of its flagship series.

This is also the first time that the series is breaking the P20K price point, meaning it is now going head-tohead with the top mid-rangers from other brands. I guess being the No. 1 smartphone brand will give you that confidence.

Now, I love the realme 8 Pro and I’ve honestly used it even more than my iPhone most of last year, and I’ve never had any problems with it. It was also a very easy recommendation to friends who were asking for a phone within its price range. With the realme 9 Pro+ asking more, does it also deliver on that price difference?

Starting with the design, I think realme played it safe while trying to come up with a colorway to make it standout, thus the color-changing Sunrise Blue variant. Called Photochromism Design, this Light Shift effect makes the back cover shift from blue to red under direct sunlight exposure, giving the smartphone a premium, modern look. The Aurora Green, which I have, however, is an odd color choice and I would have paid to get a yellow one instead.

Realme also might have ditched that large text

branding on the back, but the glitter effect and vertical reflections are just as garish for me. I went to the mall just to check out all the recently released smartphones, and it would have been better if they stayed with the matte sandblasted-like finish of the previous series.

I do like the build quality though, with the front protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 5, the glass back and plastic frame. Measuring 160.2 x 73.3 x 8mm, and weighing just around 182g it feels comfortable in the hand.

Moving on to the display, that 6.4-inch Super AMOLED panel with a 1080 x 2400 resolution is sharp with accurate colors. It is an AMOLED screen so you can expect a visual treat. You can further choose between vivid and natural display, or opt for pro mode that lets you select from either cinematic or brilliant for the widest color gamut and faithful color reproduction.

The realme 9 Pro+ also packs a pair of stereo speakers which is always good to see—or rather hear—at this price point, and they do sound very good as well. Since I got a free Netflix subscription from my Smart Signature Plan, I’ve been watching movies and TV series on this phone for the past week, and I have to say I’m quite satisfied with the quality and I didn’t even have to look for my earphones.

And so we come to the main course of the realme 9Pro+: the flagship cameras—flagship because it is the same one on the Oppo Find X3 Pro. The realme 9 Pro+ triple camera setup is composed of a Sony IMX766 50MP OIS main, an 8MP ultrawide, and a 2MP macro. For selfies, there’s the 16MP front camera.

I have to say, it definitely lives up to the hype.

Even if you are not a pro, it’s so easy to take awesome photos. Just find a subject, frame it, tap focus, and press the shutter and you’ll get photos with lots of detail, nice colors, and sharpness, especially during daytime. If you are like me and prefer high contrast and saturation, you’ll love the 9 Pro+’s cameras.

Modes include the usual photo, video, night, portrait, pro, pano, ultra macro, film, slo-mo, timelapse, as well as dual-view video, text, starry mode, tilt-shift and the new street photography 2.0.

This improved long exposure mode has four different settings (Neon Trail, Light Trail Portrait, Rush Hour, and Light Painting), as well as a new creative filter called ‘90s Pop. These photography features will help you take professional-grade photos and stretch your artistic prowess when it comes to capturing moments.

It will make you want to take a lot of traffic and street photos.

Zoom is still usable up to 5x although it maxes out at 20x if you really need it. Switch to 50MP mode if you want to capture more details and overall a high-quality photo. The ultrawide camera works well enough for taking wider scenes and you get a similar quality as the main sensor, with very little distortion.

Another mode I had fun using is portrait mode.

Now that live events are back, this is very useful for taking photos of celebrities and guests. The subjectbackground separation is on point and you can even adjust the blur to your preference.

Realme made a fine choice using the 50MP Sony IMX766 OIS main camera because now, even lowlight and night mode photos have improved. Low-light shots using Night mode come out brighter and with

better details. Because of this, I now bring a mini tripod with me everywhere, just in case I find a good spot for those Starry mode photos.

Checking out the front cam, its 16MP front shooter works best under natural lighting, as the skin tone tends to come out a bit cooler. You won’t, however, need other apps as all the beautification adjustments and filters are here.

If you are into creating videos, the realme 9 Pro+ can shoot up to 4K at 30fps videos, and the quality is good enough for your social-media postings and you can edit everything using the preinstalled SoLoop editor. The 2MP macro sensor is just there to pad the spec sheet and not really deserving of much discussion.

The MediaTek Dimensity 920 5G in the Realme 9 Pro+ does an excellent job when it comes to day-to-day performance. I didn’t experience any disappointing slowdowns, or apps suddenly hanging up and closing. I even installed a few games and let my nephew try Genshin Impact and he said it was able to handle all of them smoothly.

Last, the 60W Super DART fast charging can charge the phone in just over 45 minutes, but I really didn’t need to look for the charger as the 4500mAh battery lasted me an entire day of moderate usage.

Final word: The realme 9 Pro+ sets a new standard for mid-range smartphone cameras. It also earns the ‘Plus’ moniker for having an outstanding display, stereo speakers, fast charging and overall dependable performance—all of which you get at a still very competitive price. The name may be quite a mouthful, but it also means you’ll have a lot of good things to say about this smartphone. ■

3 reasons why we are addicted to smartphones WHAT draws people to this shiny new objects we all know as the smartphone? Surely, it is not just the groundbreaking design or the connection with a community. As a minister, psychotherapist and scholar studying our relationship with hand-held devices, I believe there is much more going on.

In fact, I’d argue, as I do in my book Growing Down: Theology and Human Nature in the Virtual Age, the phones tap into our basic yearnings as humans.

Here are my three reasons why we love our phones.

1. PART OF AN EXTENDED SELF. Our sense of self is shaped while we are still in the womb. The development of the self, however, accelerates after birth. A newborn, first and foremost, attaches herself to the primary caregiver and later to things—acquiring what has been called an “extended self.”

The leading 20th-century American psychologist William James was among the first to argue for an extended self. In his Principles of Psychology, James defined the self as “the sum total of all that a man can call his, not only his body and his psychic powers, but his clothes and his house, his wife and children.” Losing any of this extended self, which could include money or another prized object, as he explained,

could lead to a sense of great loss. In early childhood, for example, babies and toddlers cry if they suddenly lose their pacifier or favorite soft toy, objects that become part of their extended selves.

Phones, I argue, play a similar role. It is not uncommon for me to feel a sudden onset of anxiety should I drop my phone or am unable to find it. In my experience, many individuals feel the same way. It is also reflected in how often many of us check our devices.

Psychologist Larry Rosen and his colleagues at California State University found that 51 percent of individuals born in the 1980s and 1990s experienced moderate to high levels of anxiety when they were kept from checking in with their devices for more than 15 minutes. Interestingly, the percentage drops slightly—to 42 percent—for those born between 1965 and 1979.

This is primarily because they came into being during a time where hand-held technologies were only beginning to make their entry. For this group, phones became part of their extended self only as late teens or as young adults.

2. RECALLING CARING RELATIONSHIPS. When we hold

our phones, it reminds us of moments of intimacy—whether from our childhood or from our adult life. The brain chemical dopamine and love hormone oxytocin, which play a role in the addiction “high,” kick in. These chemicals also create a sense of belonging and attachment.

Holding our phone has the same effect as when a parent looks lovingly at her child or when two lovers gaze into each other’s eyes. In the words of Apple executive Philip Schiller: The iPhone X “learns who you are.” Theological reflection also supports what we have learned about dopamine and oxytocin.

The Judeo-Christian tradition, for example, identifies God as an intimate God who seeks face time and creates caring environments. In Bible, Numbers 6:24-26, we read: “The Lord bless you and protect you. The Lord make His face shine on you and be gracious to you. The Lord lift up His face to you and grant you peace.”

3. FULFILLS NEED TO PRODUCE AND REPRODUCE. Anthropologist Michael Taussig reminds us that it is in our “second nature to copy, imitate, make models, [and] explore difference” as we try to become a better or different self.

Phones help us do that. We take pictures, manipulate

images, join discussions, curate a selfie and reach out to others. By texting back and forth, we weave together a conversation. Through searching, we become knowledgeable (even if we lack wisdom). Thus, we join ancestors who painted on cave walls and told stories around fires.

It should not come as a surprise then that smartphones use for internet searches (continues to be) on a rapid rise. We are destined, it seems, to live with our phones in hand.

Having said this, sometimes, however, I would argue, we need to show up in person and make a difference.

We can be disappointed if we limit our spaces and relationships to small screens or to “town squares.” We need intimate relationships where we give and receive touch, where we gaze into someone’s eyes. We also need spaces—some will be online—where deep connections can be made, where we can rest, play and discover. So, as some of us head over to the Town Square to purchase the latest premium smartphone or venture online, it would be best to remember the dictum of historian of technology Melvin Kranzberg: “Technology is neither good nor bad; nor is it neutral.”

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UGUSTA, Georgia—Tiger Woods playing the Masters again, his shirt as pink as the azaleas at Augusta National, would have been enough reason to celebrate Thursday.

It felt that way to him, too.

Woods twirled his club after good shots, and there were enough. He pumped his fist after his longest birdie putt. And then normalcy gave way to reality when he used his wedge as a walking stick for his once-battered and now weary legs for a final climb toward the 18th green.

Another par save for a one-under 71, four shots behind Sungjae Im. But this wasn’t just about a score.

Woods was competing in a major, the first time in 508 days since a car crash some 14 month ago that shattered his right leg. That much was clear when asked if simply being able to play felt like a victory. His answer: “Yes.” “If you would have seen how my leg looked to where it’s at now, the pictures—some of the guys know— they’ve seen the pictures—to see where I’ve been, to get from there to here, it was no easy task,” Woods said.

It doesn’t figure to get any easier the rest of the way.

Still to come is Friday, the first time he will have walked 18 holes at Augusta National on consecutive

days since the accident with what he described as “lots of ice” in between.

Ahead of him are a collection of players who have won majors, who have won at Augusta, and who have spent the last year honing their games instead of figuring out how to get from a hospital bed to finding joy in the simple pleasure of walking.

Im, the 24-year-old South Korean known for rarely missing the center of the club face, ran off three straight birdies at the start, recovered from a pair of bogeys with a 12-foot eagle putt on the 13th and added a late birdie for a five-under 67.

He was one shot ahead of Cameron Smith, playing for the first time since winning The Players Championship a month ago. The Aussie with the mullet had the most dynamic round of the day with his eight birdies, all between a double bogey at the start and the finish.

“To be honest, those couple of double bogeys really didn’t have too bad a shot in them. It’s not like I was scratching it out of the trees,” Smith said. “Just misjudged the wind on both wedges.

Just left myself in a bit of a tough spot.

Other than that, it was just really solid.”

Im’s 67 was the highest score to lead after 18 holes at the Masters since 2014, and that was to be expected. Even

with 2 inches of rain that softened the course, the front that cleared out the clouds brought enough wind to jangle the nerves at every turn.

Dustin Johnson, who held off Im and Smith when he won the Masters in November 2020, was 4 under through 10 holes and poised to present a daunting target with the scoring holes ahead of him. He had to settle for pars, dropped a shot late and was in the large group at 69.

Also at 69 were former Masters champion Danny Willett, world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler and Joaquin Niemann, who holed out for eagle on No. 9 and still didn’t get the biggest roar of the round. He was playing with Woods, who heard them all day.

The crowd was so large that Woods could barely be seen over so many heads as he walked from the clubhouse to the putting green and then to the first tee, big cheers at each station, all the way down to Amen Corner until the end.

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two-shot swing on No. 17 of Luisita to steal the win two weeks ago. Unlike Avaricio, she struggled with her short game, missing a number of chances to settle for another runner-up finish worth P63,750.

Avaricio chopped just one stroke off Superal’s three-shot lead with a 37 start under heavy rains but pulled to within one on a birdie-bogey swing on No. 10.

But the 2019 Ladies Philippine Golf Tour Order of Merit winner, who topped the Sherwood and Eagle Ridge legs last July before skipping the Tour’s third restart last November to campaign abroad, racked up three straight birdies from No. 11 to restore a three-stroke lead.

But a bogey on the 14th enabled Avaricio to stay close despite a run of five pars.

Needing two shots with one hole left to force a playoff, Avaricio made the most of her chances then got a break when Superal wavered and ended up with a bogey on the layout’s last long hole which the latter birdied in the second round.

AT the end of the day, Chanelle Avaricio and the ladies are good friends. NONIE REYES

THE crowd’s so large that Tiger Woods could barely be seen over so many heads as he walks from the clubhouse to the putting green and then to the first tee, big cheers at each station, all the way down to Amen Corner until the end. AP

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AVARICIO WINS VIA SUDDEN-DEATH HANELLE AVARICIO sustained her stirring fightback in regulation and foiled Princess Superal with a par on their return trip to the closing parfive hole to snare the International Container Terminal Services Inc. (ICTSI) Hallow Ridge Ladies Challenge crown in sudden death in San Pedro, Laguna, on Friday.

Avaricio earlier overcame a two-stroke deficit with one hole left, birdying the 18th for a 71 and a crucial two-shot swing that forced a playoff at 216 as Superal blew an overnight threestroke lead and crumbled with a bogey at the finish for a 74.

Back on the 18th, Avaricio reached the green in regulation and two-putted for par while Superal missed it and chipped to 9 feet past the hole. She muffed the putt and Avaricio snatched the victory worth P97,500.

“It all boiled down to execution [of shots] and the putts were also important,” said Avaricio, whose playoff win came after she routed the Superalless field by seven for her breakthrough victory on the Ladies Philippine Golf Tour (LPGT) at Riviera’s Couples course last November.

“I know the course well but it’s challenging every time I play here,” said the former Alabama State U mainstay. “I played steady but I didn’t really hit my shots well and missed a lot of greens. But my short game helped me a lot.”

The Hallow Ridge Filipinas Golf Inc. also awarded Avaricio one-year playing rights as honorary privilege.

“It’s special winning on my home course,” she added.

Superal had also looked poised to mark her return to top podium finish with a wire-to-wire win this week but her last hole mishap in regulation led to another sorry setback following her loss to amateur sensation Rianne Malixi, who also pounced on a crucial

that there was a lot of people, but then I was trying to talk to my caddie, and I couldn’t hear anything that he was saying,” Niemann said.

Overlooked in Woods playing again was the return of the spectators, and it was a beautiful and roaring marriage. There were pockets of cheers from around Augusta National, and endless cheers for Woods.

He missed that. They missed him. And he didn’t waste time giving them reason for hope by making a 10-foot par putt on the first hole.

“The place was electric,” Woods said. “I hadn’t played like this since ’19 when I won because in ’20 we had Covid and we had no one here, and I didn’t play last year. So to have the patrons fully out and to have that type of energy out there was awesome to feel.” AP

AN appeal to reinstate Aldin Ayo as the Growling Tigers’ head coach remains pending with the league board.

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By Joel San Juan

ONTROVERSIAL coach Aldin Ayo expressed optimism that the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) would finally allow him to rejoin his former team, University of Santo Tomas (UST), which is groping for form in the league’s ongoing Season 84.

Ayo’s continued optimism stemmed from the pending appeal of UST’s Institute of Physical Education

and Athletes (IPEA) headed by Rev. Fr. Rodel Cansino to the UAAP Board of Trustees to lift the indefinite ban imposed on him in connection with the controversial “Sorsogon Bubble” training which he led in June 2020 for some of his players.

Ayo was accused of violating health protocols being implemented by the government in allowing his players to travel to Sorsogon and continue their training for the UAAP at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The UST-IPEA cited some “supervening events” that would warrant the lifting of the ban.

The IPEA also admitted that the report it submitted immediately after the “Sorsogon Bubble” controversy erupted was “insufficient” as “it failed to take into consideration the actual situation on the ground where the alleged violation of health protocols happened.”

The UST-IPEA told the UAAP Board that the indefinite suspension could no longer be legally justified in light of the various investigations conducted by government authorities clearing Ayo of any violation of the health protocols being imposed by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) at that time.

It can be recalled that provincial police officers in Sorsogon, Sorsogon local government and the Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group have all ruled that Ayo complied with all the existing health protocols of the IATF when he allowed some members of the Growling Tigers to stay at his residence in Sorsogon to do individual training to harness their skills and to do farming activities at the height of the pandemic.

“Hence, we cannot claim to supersede these proper government agencies,” the UST-IPEA told the Board.

ONE SIGNATURE AWAY?

THE UAAP Board, however, has been sitting on the appeal for eight months now.

According to Ayo, the members of the UAAP Board have in principle agreed to grant UST-IPEA’s appeal on the condition that this will be endorsed and signed by the university’s rector, Father Richard Ang. Speaking to select alumni online, Ayo said he had already written Fr. Ang to apologize and to make amends for all the troubles that the “Sorsogon Bubble” had caused, but the latter has not responded.

“The thing is anytime I can be reinstated once the appeal is endorsed,” Ayo said.

During the virtual meeting, Ayo could no longer hide his tears as he recalled all the efforts and sacrifices as coach to rebuild the Growling Tigers under a six-year program.

He said current UST players have the skills to make it to the Final Four while those in the pipeline are designed to challenge Ateneo’s supremacy in the league. The three-time defending champion Blue Eagles are unbeaten in 32 games since October 2018—they’re 7-0 won-lost this season.

Ayo also disclosed that he has been receiving tempting offers but has yet to consider them as he is still awaiting Father Ang’s decision and coaching UST remains his priority, citing the unconditional support of the Thomasian community to the team.

“To be honest, there are offers which are above what we are getting from UST but for me it’s not important,” he said. “What is important, my priority ever since, is personal growth and compensation is not an issue for me.”

“I think this is where I will grow as a person, in this kind of environment because of the community,” he added.

Marcial ready for 2nd pro fight vs American Hart on Sunday in Vegas

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By Josef Ramos

UMIR FELIX MARCIAL climbs the ring for his second professional fight in 16 months—and first since clinching bronze at the Tokyo Olympics last August—against a taller American Isiah “Murder” Hart on Sunday at the Virgins Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The 5-foot-8 Marcial, 26, squares off with an opponent who’s 4 inches taller and four years older with more pro fight experience, hoping to nail the same or a more impressive result over the unanimous decision win over Andrew Whitfield, also an American, in his pro debut in December 2020 in Los Angeles.

“He’s in shape,” said MP Promotions President Sean Gibbons of the Zamboanga City boxer. “Had he been in this condition, he could have won gold in Tokyo.”

Marcial was lethal in the preliminaries in Tokyo but lost on points to a cyborg of an opponent in the semifinals—5-foot-11 Oleksandr Khyzniak of Ukraine—to settle for the bronze medal. Khyzniak, however, was lucky punched and lost in the gold medal fight to Brazil’s Hebert Souza.

“He is in a better fighting condition, physically and mentally ready for the big fight,” Gibbons added.

But Gibbons reminded Marcial that his opponent from New Jersey is no ordinary boxer.

“He’s coming to win, has a good experience, good jab and general [ringmanship],” Gibbons said of Hart.

“But unfortunately for Hart, Eumir is definitely a better fighter—and he’s hitting like a ramming freak train.”

The fight is set for four rounds— just like in his pro debut—with Gibbons predicting a Marcial victory in the third or a knockout in the fourth round against Hart, who packs a 6-2-1 win-loss-draw record with four knockouts.

“I see Eumir winning by a knockout in his best version of himself,” he said.

Marcial, on the other hand, said he will do everything to win each round.

“I’m not thinking of any knockout,” he said. “I just want to win the fight.”

The Marcial-Hart fight is one of the undercards in the Premier Boxing Champions card that features the main event super welterweight event between Americans Erickson Lubin and Sebastian Fundora for the vacant World Boxing Council interim belt.

The bouts start at 9 a.m.

(Manila time).

MARCIAL

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ESTABLISHMENT / ADDRESS No.

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ESTABLISHMENT / ADDRESS QUALIFICATION AND SALARY RANGE

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A. SORIANO CORPORATION Pacific Star Bldg., Sen Gil J. Puyat Ave. Cor. Makati Ave., Bel-air, City Of Makati

1.

OTTIGER, WILLIAM Corporate Development Officer, Senior Vice President And Treasurer Brief Job Description: General supervision and administration of investments of the Corporation and/or its subsidiaries

Basic Qualification: MBA Emphasis on Finance

HAYASHI, RINA Transaction Processing Analyst 2.

Brief Job Description: Performs accounts payable transactions with medium to high complexity NAKAMURA, SEIYA Transaction Processing Analyst

3.

Brief Job Description: Performs accounts payable transactions with medium to high complexity

NONG KHANH TUNG Customer Support Specialist - Vietnamese Speaking 19.

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

ACCENTURE, INC. 7f, Robinsons Cybergate Tower 1, Pioneer St, City Of Mandaluyong Basic Qualification: Accounting, finance or any business-related course graduates are preferred

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

HE, YAO Chinese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Managing incoming calls and customer service inquires.

LI, WENHUA Chinese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Managing incoming calls and customer service inquires.

LI, YONGHONG Chinese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Managing incoming calls and customer service inquires.

SHAO, WEI Chinese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Managing incoming calls and customer service inquires.

SHU, XIZHAO Chinese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Managing incoming calls and customer service inquires.

TAN, FANGLIANG Chinese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Managing incoming calls and customer service inquires.

YANG, XUGUANG Chinese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Managing incoming calls and customer service inquires.

ZHOU, LIYANG Chinese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Managing incoming calls and customer service inquires.

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

22.

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Brief Job Description: Evaluation of the systems’ problems to recommend enhancements CHOBLEN, WATCHIRA Customer Support Specialist - Thai Speaking

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Brief Job Description: Evaluation of the systems’ problems to recommend enhancements HA MINH DONG Customer Support Specialist - Vietnamese Speaking

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Brief Job Description: Evaluation of the systems’ problems to recommend enhancements LAM THI MY THIEN Customer Support Specialist - Vietnamese Speaking

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

LE HUU KHANG Customer Support Specialist - Vietnamese Speaking 17.

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

NGUYEN VAN KIEN Customer Support Specialist - Vietnamese Speaking 18.

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

Brief Job Description: Evaluation of the systems’ problems to recommend enhancements TRUONG DIEM QUYNH NHU Customer Support Specialist - Vietnamese Speaking

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

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

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

VU NGOC TIN Customer Support Specialist - Vietnamese Speaking

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

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

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

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

Brief Job Description: Evaluation of the systems’ problems to recommend enhancements HERMANTO Customer Support Team Leader - Indonesian Speaking

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

Brief Job Description: Delegate different customer service duties to team members to ensure a faster and smoother flow of operation through division of labor SUKKASEM, NATTAWUT Customer Support Team Leader - Thai Speaking

26.

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

Brief Job Description: Delegate different customer service duties to team members to ensure a faster and smoother flow of operation through division of labor

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

PHAN BAO NHU Technical Support Specialist - Vietnamese Speaking

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

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

Basic Qualification: Experience Using Help Desk Software and Remote Support Tools Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Experience Using Help Desk Software and Remote Support Tools

Brief Job Description: Identifying hardware and software solutions TRAN THI PHUONG DUNG Technical Support Specialist - Vietnamese Speaking Brief Job Description: Identifying hardware and software solutions

31.

CHRISTIN SUSANTI Bahasa Indonesian Language - Officer Customer Service Brief Job Description: Initiate conversation to uncover customer needs.

WEI, YAN Mandarin Language - Officer Customer Service Brief Job Description: Initiate conversation to uncover customer needs.

HO THI THUY VY Vietnamese Language - Officer Customer Service Brief Job Description: Initiate conversation to uncover customer needs.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Experience using help desk software and remote support tools

32.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Experience using help desk software and remote support tools Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

Basic Qualification: Experience using help desk software and remote support tools Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

QUALIFICATION AND SALARY RANGE Basic Qualification: Experience Using Help Desk Software and Remote Support Tools

Brief Job Description: Initiate conversation to uncover customer needs.

BAO, HUAXING Chinese It Support Specialist 33.

Brief Job Description: Shall answer incoming phone calls from Chinese clients and troubleshoot customer technical problems with computer software and hardware.

DENG, JINPING Chinese It Support Specialist

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Brief Job Description: Shall answer incoming phone calls from Chinese clients and troubleshoot customer technical problems with computer software and hardware.

GUO, ZIFENG Chinese It Support Specialist

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Brief Job Description: Shall answer incoming phone calls from Chinese clients and troubleshoot customer technical problems with computer software and hardware.

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

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ANDREWS, BENJAMIN WILLIAM Deputy General Manager 41.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Excellent Communication and Leadership Skills

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

Basic Qualification: Degree holder, must fluently speak and write bahasa indonesian, vietnamese and thai to cater foreign market.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Degree holder, must fluently speak and write bahasa indonesian, vietnamese, thai and mandarin to cater foreign market.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Degree holder, must fluently speak and write bahasa indonesian, vietnamese, thai and mandarin to cater foreign market.

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Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Must be fluent in Chinese language (Writing and Speaking)

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

Basic Qualification: Must be fluent in Chinese language (Writing and Speaking) Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Must be fluent in Chinese language (Writing and Speaking) Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Must be fluent in Chinese language (Writing and Speaking) Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Must be fluent in Chinese language (Writing and Speaking) Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

Basic Qualification: MBA/MS or Bachelor’s Degree with relevant experience; Has had experience handling a team of 200+ member; With 10 years’ experience with a major portion in operations management responsibilities .

Brief Job Description: Responsible for a variety of customer service functions for the company’s Chinese clientele.

Basic Qualification: Must Be Fluent in Mandarin, Cantonese, and Fukien Language Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Must Be Fluent in Mandarin, Cantonese, and Fukien Language Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

CY TECHLABS INC. L2-l5 14th Floor Pse Tower, 5th Avenue Corner 28th Street, Bonifacio Global City, Fort Bonifacio, City Of Taguig

44.

BRYAN FUN KHA CHOONG Product Marketing Manager Brief Job Description: Evaluating and optimizing marketing and pricing strategies

Basic Qualification: Preferably have vast knowledge and experience in related field Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

DATACLICK INTERNATIONAL CORP. E. Rodriguez St., Roxas Blvd. St., Barangay 3, Pasay City

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Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Must be fluent in Chinese language (Writing and Speaking)

Brief Job Description: Responsible for a variety of customer service functions for the company’s Chinese clientele.

XU, NUO Customer Service Representative

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

Basic Qualification: Must be fluent in Chinese language (Writing and Speaking)

Brief Job Description: Makes independent decisions, which have major day-today impact in area of responsibility, and may influence direction of other areas.

QIAO, DAN Customer Service Representative

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Degree holder, must fluently speak and write bahasa indonesian, vietnamese, thai and mandarin to cater foreign market.

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

COLDSTREAM MARKETING SOLUTION INC. 603-4 Eastfield Ctr., Moa Comp. Macapagal Ave., Barangay 76, Pasay City

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Attention to Details and Good Problem Solving

Basic Qualification: Must be fluent in Chinese language (Writing and Speaking)

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

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Attention to Details and Good Problem Solving

Brief Job Description: Shall answer incoming phone calls from Chinese clients and troubleshoot customer technical problems with computer software and hardware.

QUALIFICATION AND SALARY RANGE

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 Communication and Leadership Skills

Brief Job Description: Shall answer incoming phone calls from Chinese clients and troubleshoot customer technical problems with computer software and hardware.

NG SZE HOW It Support Specialist

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Experience Using Help Desk Software and Remote Support Tools

Brief Job Description: Shall answer incoming phone calls from Chinese clients and troubleshoot customer technical problems with computer software and hardware.

LUU THI KIEU It Support Specialist

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Experience using help desk software and remote support tools

Brief Job Description: Shall answer incoming phone calls from Chinese clients and troubleshoot customer technical problems with computer software and hardware.

LOH ENG SENG It Support Specialist

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Experience using help desk software and remote support tools

Brief Job Description: Shall answer incoming phone calls from Chinese clients and troubleshoot customer technical problems with computer software and hardware.

CHIN KWAK YIN It Support Specialist

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Experience using help desk software and remote support tools

NAME OF FOREIGN NATIONAL , POSITION AND BRIEF DESCRIPTION MENG, BAOYU Chinese It Support Specialist

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

CAPSLOCK INC. 7th & 8th Flr. Y Tower Bldg., Coral Way Drive Cor. Macapagal Ave., Barangay 76, Pasay City

Basic Qualification: Experience using help desk software and remote support tools Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

LE VAN PHUOC EM Vietnamese Language - Officer Customer Service

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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.

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

Brief Job Description: Evaluation of the systems’ problems to recommend enhancements TRAN VIET CUONG Customer Support Specialist - Vietnamese Speaking

ANOC99 CORPORATION 5/f To 10/f Ayala Malls Manila Bay Building D., Macapagal Blvd. Cor. Aseana Street, Tambo, City Of Parañaque HE, RUI Chinese Customer Service

Brief Job Description: Evaluation of the systems’ problems to recommend enhancements TRAN PHUOC LOC Customer Support Specialist - Vietnamese Speaking

Basic Qualification: Accounting, finance or any business-related course graduates are preferred Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

Brief Job Description: Evaluation of the systems’ problems to recommend enhancements THAI THANH TUYEN Customer Support Specialist - Vietnamese Speaking

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

NAME OF FOREIGN NATIONAL , POSITION AND BRIEF DESCRIPTION

Saturday, April 9, 2022

52.

BUI THI THANH XUAN Customer Service Officer Brief Job Description: -Converse and interact with the customer.

CHU THI HUE Customer Service Officer Brief Job Description: -Converse and interact with the customer.

DUONG THI HUYEN TRANG Customer Service Officer Brief Job Description: -Converse and interact with the customer.

NGUYEN THI HUYEN Customer Service Officer Brief Job Description: -Converse and interact with the customer.

NGUYEN THI NGOC CHAU Customer Service Officer Brief Job Description: -Converse and interact with the customer.

NGUYEN THI TINH Customer Service Officer Brief Job Description: -Converse and interact with the customer.

NGUYEN THI TRANG NHUNG Customer Service Officer Brief Job Description: -Converse and interact with the customer.

PHAM THI AI VY Customer Service Officer Brief Job Description: -Converse and interact with the customer.

Basic Qualification: -Fluent in chinese writing and speaking language.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: -Fluent in chinese writing and speaking language.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: -Fluent in chinese writing and speaking language.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: -Fluent in chinese writing and speaking language.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: -Fluent in chinese writing and speaking language.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: -Fluent in chinese writing and speaking language.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: -Fluent in chinese writing and speaking language.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: -Fluent in chinese writing and speaking language.

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

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ESTABLISHMENT / ADDRESS No.

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NAME OF FOREIGN NATIONAL , POSITION AND BRIEF DESCRIPTION VY THI HUE Customer Service Officer Brief Job Description: -Converse and interact with the customer.

ESTABLISHMENT / ADDRESS QUALIFICATION AND SALARY RANGE

No.

Basic Qualification: -Fluent in chinese writing and speaking language.

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

NGUYEN VAN DUNG Customer Service Representative Mandarin Speaking 72.

DAXIFA CORPORATION Mpire Center 93 West Avenue, Project 7, 1, Bungad, Quezon City KIM, CHUNGHYUN Mandarin Speaking Customer Service Representative 54.

Brief Job Description: Addressing customer concerns and issues thru phone call and email LI, NING Mandarin Speaking Customer Service Representative

55.

Brief Job Description: Addressing customer concerns and issues thru phone call and email MAENG, JI YOUNG Mandarin Speaking Customer Service Representative

56.

Brief Job Description: Addressing customer concerns and issues thru phone call and email MAO, XUEYONG Mandarin Speaking Customer Service Representative

57.

Brief Job Description: Addressing customer concerns and issues thru phone call and email OH, SEUNGHUN Mandarin Speaking Customer Service Representative

58.

Brief Job Description: Addressing customer concerns and issues thru phone call and email PARK, CHUNGWON Mandarin Speaking Customer Service Representative

59.

Brief Job Description: Addressing customer concerns and issues thru phone call and email RAO, WEIQUAN Mandarin Speaking Customer Service Representative

60.

Brief Job Description: Addressing customer concerns and issues thru phone call and email WEN, YANGFEI Mandarin Speaking Customer Service Representative

61.

Brief Job Description: Addressing customer concerns and issues thru phone call and email WU, ZHIHAO Mandarin Speaking Customer Service Representative

62.

Brief Job Description: Addressing customer concerns and issues thru phone call and email ZOU, YOUYUAN Mandarin Speaking Customer Service Representative

63.

Brief Job Description: Addressing customer concerns and issues thru phone call and email

Basic Qualification: Mandarin speaking customer service representative Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

64.

Brief Job Description: Immediately escalating serious complaints or issues that you are not equipped to deal with.

TRAN THI PHUONG XUAN Vietnamese Speaking Customer Service Representative

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Brief Job Description: Immediately escalating serious complaints or issues that you are not equipped to deal with

74.

Basic Qualification: Mandarin speaking customer service representative

Basic Qualification: Mandarin speaking customer service representative Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

75.

Basic Qualification: Mandarin Speaking customer service representative Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Mandarin Speaking customer service representative Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

LI, HUI President And Mandarin Country Manager 76.

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WANG, YULONG Marketing And Sales Agent 66.

Brief Job Description: Researches and develops various marketing strategies for products and services and implements marketing plans and works to meet sales quotas

ZHANG, MINMIN Marketing And Sales Agent 67.

Brief Job Description: Researches and develops various marketing strategies for products and services and implements marketing plans and works to meet sales quotas.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Can contributes information, ideas and researches to help develop marketing strategies; Can help to detail, design and implement marketing plans for each product or service being offered.

CHEN, YIMEI Customer Service Representative Mandarin Speaking 68.

Brief Job Description: Build sustainable relationship of trust through open and interactive communication in Mandarin Speaking

CHEN, ZHEN Customer Service Representative Mandarin Speaking 69.

Brief Job Description: Build sustainable relationship of trust through open and interactive communication in Mandarin Speaking

MEI, JIE Customer Service Representative Mandarin Speaking 70.

Brief Job Description: Build sustainable relationship of trust through open and interactive communication in Mandarin Speaking

NGUYEN MANH HUNG Customer Service Representative Mandarin Speaking 71.

Brief Job Description: Build sustainable relationship of trust through open and interactive communication in Mandarin Speaking

Basic Qualification: Knows how to recommend potential products or services to management by collecting customer information and analyzing customer needs

78.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Knows how to recommend potential products or services to management by collecting customer information and analyzing customer needs Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Knows how to recommend potential products or services to management by collecting customer information and analyzing customer needs Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

Basic Qualification: Knows how to recommend potential products or services to management by collecting customer information and analyzing customer needs Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Knows how to recommend potential products or services to management by collecting customer information and analyzing customer needs Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Knows how to recommend potential products or services to management by collecting customer information and analyzing customer needs Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

Basic Qualification: Proven experience as President and Mandarin Country Manager, familiarity, knowledge and awareness on machinery and heavy equipment use by company.

Demonstrable experience in developing strategic business plan.

Basic Qualification: Accuracy ability to perform work accurately and thoroughly Salary Range: Php 60,000 - Php 89,999

Brief Job Description: Drafting and negotiation of various agreements and other duties as necessary. Communication with inhouse counsel and other legal department stakeholders.

Review contract requests in details for completeness and accuracy.

Basic Qualification: Required Mandarin language.

Must be able to multitask, organize, plan and prioritize work and activity as well as monitor production, processes, and related materials. Must be detailedoriented, able to quickly and accurately process and analyze information and be able to make appropriate decision and solve problems.

ITECHNO SPECIALIST INC. 9/f 100 West Building, Sen. Gil Puyat Ave., Pio Del Pilar, City Of Makati FU, LEI Chinese It Support Specialist 79.

Brief Job Description: Responsible for providing quality IT support of enterprise systems throughout the Chinese clientele.

ZHANG, XINMING Chinese It Support Specialist

80.

Brief Job Description: Responsible for providing quality it support of enterprise systems throughout the chinese clientele.

CHINH TIEU LINH It Support Specialist

81.

Brief Job Description: Responsible for providing quality it support of enterprise systems throughout the Chinese clientele.

DINH HUU THANH It Support Specialist

82.

Brief Job Description: Responsible for providing quality it support of enterprise systems throughout the Chinese clientele.

DO LE QUYNH GIANG It Support Specialist

83.

Brief Job Description: Responsible for providing quality it support of enterprise systems throughout the Chinese clientele.

DUONG THI NHUNG It Support Specialist

84.

Brief Job Description: Responsible for providing quality it support of enterprise systems throughout the Chinese clientele.

HO CONG DENH It Support Specialist

85.

Brief Job Description: Responsible for providing quality it support of enterprise systems throughout the Chinese clientele.

HUYNH YEN MY It Support Specialist

86.

Brief Job Description: Responsible for providing quality it support of enterprise systems throughout the Chinese clientele..

MAC NGUYET ANH It Support Specialist

87.

Brief Job Description: Responsible for providing quality IT support of enterprise systems throughout the Chinese clientele.

NGUYEN THI HOAN It Support Specialist 88.

Brief Job Description: Responsible for providing quality IT support of enterprise systems throughout the Chinese clientele.

Basic Qualification: A Chinese and Fluent in Chinese Writing and Speaking Language Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Fluent in chinese writing and speaking language.

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90.

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Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Can speak and read Cantonese, Mandarin, and Fukien language

92.

MICHAEL STEVEN Indonesian Customer Service Representative 93.

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

95.

Basic Qualification: Can Speak and Read Cantonese, Mandarin, and Fukien Language Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

Basic Qualification: Can speak and read Cantonese, Mandarin, and Fukien language Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Can speak and read Cantonese, Mandarin, and Fukien language.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Can speak and read Cantonese, Mandarin, and Fukien language Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Can speak and read Cantonese, Mandarin, and Fukien language Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

CHOI, JONG KOOK Korean Customer Service Representative Brief Job Description: Managing incoming calls and customer service inquires

Brief Job Description: Track main industry trends in Korea through blogs, micro blogs and forums

Basic Qualification: Graduate of 4 Years Bachelor Degree with Critical Thinking and Problem Solving Skills Salary Range: Php 60,000 - Php 89,999 Basic Qualification: College Graduate, Speaks and Write Fluently (Korean and English) Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: College Graduate, Speaks and Write Fluently (Korean and English) Salary Range: Php 60,000 - Php 89,999

JIANG NAN SHI FU FOOD CORP. 223 Nicanor, Garcia St., Bel-air, City Of Makati CHEN, JIDONG Chinese Chef 96.

Brief Job Description: As a Chinese cook must be deep knowledge in every aspect of Chinese dishes

Basic Qualification: Can speak and write fluently in Chinese Mandarin speaking and at least 6 months experience as a cook specialized in Fujian cuisine Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

JQ INTERNATIONAL CONSTRUCTION INC. Unit 9 & 10, 2f Bttc Centre,, 288 Ortigas Ave., Greenhills, City Of San Juan HU, LINGLING Finance Supervisor - Mandarin Speaking 97.

Brief Job Description: Supervise financial and accounting process and ensure adherence to company.

ZHANG, QIKUN Purchasing Coordinator - Mandarin Speaking

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Brief Job Description: Perform research activities to determine a list of possible suppliers

Basic Qualification: Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Strong analytical, decisionmaking and negotiation skills.

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

KINGKROSS GLOBAL CO. LTD. Unit 2810 One Corporate Center, Meralco Ave. Cor. Julia Vargas, Ortigas Center, San Antonio, City Of Pasig CHEW BERT ZGI Operations Manager (malaysian Account) 99.

Brief Job Description: Implements business strategies to ensure company productivity and efficiency

Basic Qualification: Fluent in Mandarin, Melayu and English language Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

MAERSK GLOBAL SERVICE CENTRES (PHILIPPINES) LTD. Levels 6-8 North Wing, Estancia Offices, Capitol Commons, Meralco Ave., Oranbo, City Of Pasig

NHIME, EDILSON FERNANDO MARIO Collector

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Brief Job Description: Initiates and receives business to business collection calls.

• Reviews open invoices to understand why they are not yet paid and do necessary steps in order to be settle at the earliest possible. • Advise customers of necessary actions and strategies for debt repayment. • Locate and monitor overdue accounts, using computers and a variety of automated systems.

Basic Qualification: • Bachelor’s degree in any business-related courses . At least 2 years’ experience in direct contact with customer (C. Service or Collections) • With excellent negotiation skills and a win-win attitude. Highly developed communication skills both verbal and written (English & Portuguese) • Capability to work on cross functional objectives Salary Range: Php 90,000 - Php 149,999

MARKETROLE ASIA PACIFIC SERVICES, INC. 26/f, 27/f, 28/f The Enterprise Center Tower 1, 6766 Ayala Ave. Cor. Paseo De Roxas, San Lorenzo, City Of Makati

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Basic Qualification: Can Speak and Read Cantonese, Mandarin, and Fukien Language Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

Brief Job Description: Provide product/services, information, answer questions and resolve emerging problems

LEE, SEUNGIL Korean Customer Service Representative

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Can speak and read Cantonese, Mandarin, and Fukien language

Brief Job Description: Responsible for providing quality it support of enterprise systems throughout the Chinese clientele..

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J-NA ALLOUT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORP. 3/f Lipams Bldg., #48 President Avenue, B. F. Homes, City Of Parañaque

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Can speak and read Cantonese, Mandarin, and Fukien language.

Brief Job Description: Responsible for providing quality it support of enterprise systems throughout the Chinese clientele.

TRAN THI MINH TRANG It Support Specialist

Basic Qualification: Can speak and read Cantonese, Mandarin, and Fukien language.

Basic Qualification: Can speak and read Cantonese, Mandarin, and Fukien language

Brief Job Description: Responsible for providing quality it support of enterprise systems throughout the Chinese clientele.

NGUYEN TUAN ANH It Support Specialist

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

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

Brief Job Description: Responsible for providing quality it support of enterprise systems throughout the Chinese clientele.

NGUYEN TRUNG LUC It Support Specialist

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Can speak and read Cantonese, Mandarin, and Fukien language

NAME OF FOREIGN NATIONAL , POSITION AND BRIEF DESCRIPTION NGUYEN THI HONG TRAM It Support Specialist

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

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

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Knows how to recommend potential products or services to management by collecting customer information and analyzing customer needs

Brief Job Description: Conduct survey and collect data with emphasis new market data

CHAI WEN CONG TEDRIC Associate L2

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

GLOBALLGA BUSINESS PROCESS OUTSOURCING Ground Level, Level 2-5 Floor, Silver City 4, Ortigas East, Ugong, City Of Pasig

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INTEGREON MANAGED SOLUTIONS (PHILIPPINES), INC. 9/f 6750 Bldg., 6750 Ayala Avenue, San Lorenzo, City Of Makati

EASTERN GOLD CORPORATION 503, Nueva St., Barangay 289, Binondo, City Of Manila Basic Qualification: Can contributes information, ideas, and research to help develop marketing strategies; can help to detail, design, and implement marketing plans for each product or service being offered.

Brief Job Description: The President and Mandarin Country 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.

DOS SANTOS, ELIZARIO Researcher Specialists

Basic Qualification: Proficient in speaking, reading and writing in Vietnamese

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

Basic Qualification: Knows how to recommend potential products or services to management by collecting customer information and analyzing customer needs

INDUSTRIAL INFORMATION RESOURCES, INC. Unit 2401 & 2402, 24th Floor Exquadra Tower, Jade Drive, Ortigas Center, San Antonio, City Of Pasig

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

Basic Qualification: Proficient in speaking, reading and writing in Vietnamese

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

Basic Qualification: Mandarin Speaking customer service representative

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

Brief Job Description: Build sustainable relationship of trust through open and interactive communication in Mandarin Speaking

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HIRON COLD CHAIN (PHILIPPINES) INC. U-a&b 20f Rufino Pacific Tower, 6784 Ayala Ave. Cor. V.a. Rufino St., San Lorenzo, City Of Makati

Basic Qualification: Mandarin Speaking customer service representative Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

Brief Job Description: Build sustainable relationship of trust through open and interactive communication in Mandarin Speaking

ZHANG, WENKAN Customer Service Representative Mandarin Speaking

Basic Qualification: Mandarin speaking customer service representative Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

Brief Job Description: Build sustainable relationship of trust through open and interactive communication in Mandarin Speaking

TRAN VAN CAU Customer Service Representative Mandarin Speaking

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

DIGICHROM INC. Unit 2602 & 2603 26/f Pbcom Tower, 6795 Ayala Ave., Bel-air, City Of Makati TRAN THI HOA Vietnamese Speaking Customer Service Representative

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

Brief Job Description: Build sustainable relationship of trust through open and interactive communication in Mandarin Speaking

QIN, FEIJUN Customer Service Representative Mandarin Speaking

Basic Qualification: Mandarin speaking customer service representative

Basic Qualification: Mandarin speaking customer service representative

NAME OF FOREIGN NATIONAL , POSITION AND BRIEF DESCRIPTION

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ARR PHONE @ SABAL Chinese Speaking Customer Service Staff Brief Job Description: Provide outstanding and exceptional customer service JULIANTI Chinese Speaking Customer Service Staff Brief Job Description: Provide outstanding and exceptional customer service NANG MWE PHUONG KHAN Chinese Speaking Customer Service Staff Brief Job Description: Provide outstanding and exceptional customer service ROSINA Chinese Speaking Customer Service Staff Brief Job Description: Provide outstanding and exceptional customer service SAM SAY CUONG Chinese Speaking Customer Service Staff Brief Job Description: Provide outstanding and exceptional customer service UNG KIM THU Chinese Speaking Customer Service Staff Brief Job Description: Provide outstanding and exceptional customer service UNG MY TRINH Chinese Speaking Customer Service Staff Brief Job Description: Provide outstanding and exceptional customer service

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

Basic Qualification: Can speak Chinese/Mandarin fluently Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Can speak Chinese/Mandarin fluently Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Can speak Chinese / Mandarin fluently Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Can speak Chinese / Mandarin fluently Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Can speak Chinese/Mandarin fluently Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Can speak Chinese/Mandarin fluently Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Can speak Chinese/Mandarin fluently Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

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NAME OF FOREIGN NATIONAL , POSITION AND BRIEF DESCRIPTION AUNG SAN MYINT Chinese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Managing incoming calls and customer service inquires KYI PHYAR PHYO Chinese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Managing incoming calls and customer service inquires LI, SHIYONG Chinese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Managing incoming calls and customer service inquires NENH MY LINH Chinese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Managing incoming calls and customer service inquiries NG WEI HONG Chinese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Managing incoming calls and customer service inquiries ONG SIEW HOONG Chinese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Managing incoming calls and customer service inquires

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Basic Qualification: Able to Speak, Read, and Write Chinese Language Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

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Basic Qualification: Able to Speak, Read, and Write Chinese Language Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

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NEW ORIENTAL CLUB88 CORPORATION 1331 Pearl Plaza Bldg., Quirino Ave., Tambo, City Of Parañaque

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BAI, YUNHAO Chinese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services

GAN, LISHUANG Chinese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer Support and Data Base Services

HE, YUPING Chinese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services

HU, MENGNAN Chinese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services

HU, YI Chinese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services

LI, LIN Chinese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services

LIU, HUADONG Chinese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services

LUO, HAINING Chinese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services

MA, SHIJIAN Chinese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services

QIN, YUELIN Chinese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services

SUN, BAOWANG Chinese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services

SUN, JIANYU Chinese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Managing Incoming Calls and Customer Service Inquiries

WANG, GUILI Chinese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services

WANG, SHENG Chinese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services

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Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Knowledgeable in computer application with good oral and written communication skills

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Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Able to Speak, Read and Write Chinese Language

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NAME OF FOREIGN NATIONAL , POSITION AND BRIEF DESCRIPTION XIANG, JUN Chinese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services

ZHANG, XU Chinese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services

ZHENG, GUANNING Chinese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services

DHARMAWAN YULIANTO CHUAPRATAMA Indonesian Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services

HELLEND Indonesian Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services

HERMANTO WIJAYA Indonesian Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services

IRVINDI Indonesian Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services

KHEVIN Indonesian Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services

METTADEVI SABRINA CHUA PRATIWI Indonesian Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services

OLLIVIA Indonesian Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services

RUSLIANTON Indonesian Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services

SURIANTI Indonesian Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services

TRI WANTO Indonesian Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services

WENSEN Indonesian Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services

AN, HYUNCHEA Korean Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and database services

CHIA SHUK TENG Malaysian Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services

LIM KAH KEONG Malaysian Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services

TEH SUK KEI Malaysian Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services

WONG KAI MENG Malaysian Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services

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NAME OF FOREIGN NATIONAL , POSITION AND BRIEF DESCRIPTION KHANT ZAW Myanmari Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services

NANG MAY MAY KHAING Myanmari Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services NANN LIN HTET HTET NGE Myanmari Customer Service Brief Job Description: Managing Incoming Calls and Customer Service Inquiries NAY TUN LIN Myanmari Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services

NWE NI SHWE Myanmari Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services

PAN CHERRY Myanmari Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services

SAI OHM MAUNG Myanmari Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services

THI THI PHYOE Myanmari Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services

YAN NAING AUNG Myanmari Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services

MOKAPAN, SUNITRA Thai Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services

BAN QUOC DU Vietnamese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services

BUI XUAN QUYEN Vietnamese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services

BUI XUAN THANG Vietnamese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services

CHIENG CHAN SINH Vietnamese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Knowledgeable in computer applications with good oral and written communications skills

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DANG THI THUY LINH Vietnamese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Knowledgeable in computer application with good oral and written communication skills

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DAU MANH HUNG Vietnamese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Knowledgeable in computer applications with good oral and written communication skills

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DIEP THI NGOC ANH Vietnamese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services

HOANG THI HOA Vietnamese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer Support and Data Base Services

HOANG THI THIET Vietnamese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services

QUALIFICATION AND SALARY RANGE Basic Qualification: Knowledgeable in computer application with good oral and written communication skills Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Knowledgeable in computer application with good oral and written communication skills 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: Knowledgeable in computer application with good oral and written communication skills Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Knowledgeable in computer application with good oral and written communication skills Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Knowledgeable in computer application with good oral and written communication skills Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Knowledgeable in computer application with good oral and written communication skills Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Knowledgeable in computer application with good oral and written communication skills Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Knowledgeable in computer application with good oral and written communication skills Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Knowledgeable in computer applications with good oral and written communication skills Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Knowledgeable in computer application with good oral and written communication skills Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Knowledgeable in computer application with good oral and written communication skills Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Knowledgeable in computer application with good oral and written communication skills Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Knowledgeable in computer application with good oral and written communication skills Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Knowledgeable in computer application with good oral and written communication skills Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Knowledgeable in computer application with good oral and written communication skills Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Knowledgeable in computer applications with good oral and written communication skills Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Knowledge in Computer Applications with Good Oral and Written Communication Skills Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Knowledgeable in computer application with good oral and written communication skills Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

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NAME OF FOREIGN NATIONAL , POSITION AND BRIEF DESCRIPTION HOANG VAN AN Vietnamese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services

HOANG VAN CHUC Vietnamese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services

HY NGOC BINH Vietnamese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer Support and Data Base Services

LAM THANG Vietnamese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services

LAM VAN KIEN Vietnamese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services

LE THI HUONG ANH Vietnamese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services

LE THI PHUONG HOA Vietnamese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer Support and Data Base Services

LE THI THU HA Vietnamese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services

LE THI THU THUY Vietnamese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services

LOC KIM LIEN Vietnamese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer Support and Data Base Services

LOC VAN THAM Vietnamese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services

LUONG THI XANH Vietnamese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services

LUONG VAN CANH Vietnamese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and database services

LUU VAN HIEU Vietnamese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services

LY CUN PHUNG Vietnamese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer Support and Data Base Services

LY MAN VAN Vietnamese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer Support and Data Base Services

LY VAN LUYEN Vietnamese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services

LY VAN NANG Vietnamese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services

LY VAN VUONG Vietnamese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services

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NAME OF FOREIGN NATIONAL , POSITION AND BRIEF DESCRIPTION MAC VAN DIEN Vietnamese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services

NGO NGOC DUC Vietnamese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services

NGO VAN HIEU Vietnamese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and database services

NGO VAN TIEP Vietnamese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services

NGUYEN VAN SON Vietnamese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services

NGUYEN ANH TUAN Vietnamese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services

NGUYEN DANG BAO TRUNG Vietnamese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services

NGUYEN DUC CUONG Vietnamese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services

NGUYEN DUC DUONG Vietnamese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services

NGUYEN DUC TUAN Vietnamese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services

NGUYEN HUU DUC Vietnamese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services

NGUYEN PHI TUAN Vietnamese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services

NGUYEN SY MANH Vietnamese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services

NGUYEN THI PHUONG Vietnamese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services

NGUYEN THUY DUNG Vietnamese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services

NGUYEN TIEN ANH Vietnamese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services

NGUYEN TIEN VU Vietnamese Customer Service

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

Brief Job Description: Managing Incoming Calls and Customer Service Inquiries

Basic Qualification: Knowledgeable in computer application with good oral and written communication skills

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NAME OF FOREIGN NATIONAL , POSITION AND BRIEF DESCRIPTION NHU DINH TUAN Vietnamese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services

PHAM THI QUA Vietnamese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services

PHAM THI THU TRANG Vietnamese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and database services

PHAM THI THU TRANG Vietnamese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services

PHAM TU LINH Vietnamese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services

PHAM VAN HIEN Vietnamese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services

PHAM VAN HOI Vietnamese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer Support and Data Base Services

PHAM VAN HUNG Vietnamese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services

PHAN QUOC VIET Vietnamese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services

PHAN THI THANH HUYEN Vietnamese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services

PHAN THI VAN Vietnamese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services

SUNG THIN SAI Vietnamese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services

TA MINH THONG Vietnamese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services

THANG THI QUYNH Vietnamese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services

THONG THU LIEN Vietnamese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer Support and Data Base Services

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Knowledgeable in computer applications with good oral and written communication skills

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TONG THI HONG GAM Vietnamese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and database services

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Able to Speak, Read and Write Chinese Language

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Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Knowledgeable in computer application with good oral and written communication skills

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Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Knowledgeable in computer application with good oral and written communication skills Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

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TRAN ANH NHOC Vietnamese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services

TRAN DINH HAI Vietnamese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services

TRAN DINH HOANG Vietnamese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and database services

QUALIFICATION AND SALARY RANGE Basic Qualification: Knowledgeable in computer application with good oral and written communication skills Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Knowledgeable in computer applications with good oral and written communication skills Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Knowledgeable in computer applications with good oral and written communication skills Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Knowledgeable in computer applications with good oral and written communication skills Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Knowledgeable in computer application with good oral and written communication skills Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Knowledgeable in computer application with good oral and written communication skills Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Knowledge in Computer Applications with Good Oral and Written Communication Skills Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Knowledgeable in computer applications with good oral and written communication skills Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Knowledgeable in computer applications with good oral and written communication skills Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Knowledgeable in computer applications with good oral and written communication skills Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Knowledgeable in computer application with good oral and written communication skills Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Knowledgeable in computer application with good oral and written communication skills Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Knowledgeable in computer application with good oral and written communication skills Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Knowledgeable in computer application with good oral and written communication skills Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Knowledge in Computer Applications with Good Oral and Written Communication Skills Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Knowledgeable in computer applications with good oral and written communication skills Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Knowledgeable in computer application with good oral and written communication skills Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Knowledgeable in computer application with good oral and written communication skills Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Knowledgeable in computer applications with good oral and written communication skills Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

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NAME OF FOREIGN NATIONAL , POSITION AND BRIEF DESCRIPTION TRAN DUC CUONG Vietnamese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services

TRAN MY UYEN Vietnamese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer Support and Data Base Services

TRAN PHUOC LOC Vietnamese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services TRAN QUANG MINH Vietnamese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Managing Incoming Calls and Customer Service Inquiries TRAN THI HOAI Vietnamese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services TRAN THI MAI Vietnamese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Managing Incoming Calls and Customer Service Inquiries TRAN THI PHUONG QUYEN Vietnamese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services

TRAN VAN HAI Vietnamese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services

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TRAN VAN TAM Vietnamese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services

TRAN VAN TO Vietnamese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services

VI THI SEN Vietnamese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services

VI VAN HIEU Vietnamese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services

VO QUOC TUAN Vietnamese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services VO THI ANH TUYET Vietnamese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services VO THI PHUONG Vietnamese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services VO THI THAO Vietnamese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services VOONG VINH HUNG Vietnamese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services VY VAN NGHI Vietnamese Customer Service Brief Job Description: Customer support and data base services

NEWSTAR SHOPPING MART INC. Unit Ii 3rd Floor Silpmpc Bldg., Km. 14, Malinta, City Of Valenzuela

ESTABLISHMENT / ADDRESS QUALIFICATION AND SALARY RANGE Basic Qualification: Knowledgeable in computer application with good oral and written communication skills

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ZHENG, WENSONG Manager Mandarin Speaking 243.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Knowledge in Computer Applications with Good Oral and Written Communication Skills Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Knowledgeable in computer application with good oral and written communication skills Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Able to Speak, Read and Write Chinese Language

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Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Knowledgeable in computer application with good oral and written communication skills Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Knowledgeable in computer applications with good oral and written communication skills Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Knowledgeable in computer application with good oral and written communication skills

Brief Job Description: Meeting with vendors and client to negotiate the best contracts.

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

Brief Job Description: Ensure to communicate claims report across internal and external stakeholders on a daily and weekly basis through the use Mandarin native language, to senior procurement specialist professionals in China, Taiwan and other Mandarin speaking counterpart and clients.

Brief Job Description: Developing and sustaining solid relationships with key clients that bring in the most income for the company though the use Mandarin native language, acting as the main point of contact between key client and internal teams professionals in China, Taiwan and other Mandarin speaking counterpart and clients.

LEE CHUE YEE Finance Director 248.

Brief Job Description: directing financial planning, analyzing and reporting on financial performance

HE, LIANFA Mandarin Quality Control Officer 250.

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Brief Job Description: The Mandarin Quality Control Officer ensures that the quality of product from plans to actual construction is strictly implemented.

LIU, SUIBO Mandarin Quality Control Officer 253.

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

Brief Job Description: The Mandarin Quality Control Officer ensures that the quality of product from plans to actual construction is strictly implemented.

LIU, YANG Mandarin Quality Control Officer 254.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Knowledgeable in computer application with good oral and written communication skills

Basic Qualification: Knowledgeable in computer application with good oral and written communication skills

Brief Job Description: The Mandarin Quality Control Officer ensures that the quality of product from plans to actual construction is strictly implemented.

LI, MAOJUN Mandarin Quality Control Officer

Basic Qualification: Knowledgeable in computer application with good oral and written communication skills

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

Brief Job Description: The Mandarin Quality Control Officer ensures that the quality of product from plans to actual construction is strictly implemented.

LI, DAZHI Mandarin Quality Control Officer

Basic Qualification: Knowledgeable in computer applications with good oral and written communication skills

Basic Qualification: Knowledgeable in computer application with good oral and written communication skills

Brief Job Description: The Mandarin Quality Control Officer ensures that the quality of product from plans to actual construction is strictly implemented.

MEI, FULIN Mandarin Quality Control Officer 255.

Brief Job Description: The Mandarin Quality Control Officer ensures that the quality of product from plans to actual construction is strictly implemented.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Knowledgeable in computer application with good oral and written communication skills

WANG, SHUAI Mandarin Quality Control Officer 256.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Knowledgeable in computer application with good oral and written communication skills Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

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

Basic Qualification: Bachelor degree in Accounting Management, Mandarin Speaking.

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Brief Job Description: The Mandarin Quality Control Officer ensures that the quality of product from plans to actual construction is strictly implemented.

Basic Qualification: College graduate, fluent in mandarin and English, preferably 6 mos to 1 year experience to the same field.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Must be knowledgeable in developing and reviewing project quality plans, contract documents and project specifications. Must have Knowledge to a wide range of construction materials, methods, and techniques.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Must be knowledgeable in developing and reviewing project quality plans, contract documents and project specifications. Must have Knowledge to a wide range of construction materials, methods, and techniques.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Must be knowledgeable in developing and reviewing project quality plans, contract documents and project specifications. Must have Knowledge to a wide range of construction materials, methods, and techniques.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Must be knowledgeable in developing and reviewing project quality plans, contract documents and project specifications. Must have Knowledge to a wide range of construction materials, methods, and techniques.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Must be knowledgeable in developing and reviewing project quality plans, contract documents and project specifications. Must have Knowledge to a wide range of construction materials, methods, and techniques.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Must be knowledgeable in developing and reviewing project quality plans, contract documents and project specifications. Must have Knowledge to a wide range of construction materials, methods, and techniques.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Must be knowledgeable in developing and reviewing project quality plans, contract documents and project specifications. Must have Knowledge to a wide range of construction materials, methods, and techniques.

RJ GLOBUS SOLUTIONS INC. Units 304, 305, & 306 3/f, Rockwell Business Tower, Tower 1, Meralco Ave., Ugong, City Of Pasig

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Brief Job Description: Assist Mandarin and English candidates/ first point of contract

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

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

DENG, JIXIANG Mandarin-techical Support / Remote Proctor

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

POWERCHINA PHILIPPINES CORPORATION Unit 2101 21/f Bdo Equitable Tower, 8751 Paseo De Roxas, Bel-air, City Of Makati Basic Qualification: l In-depth understanding of construction procedures, ZHANG, JUNJIAN materials and project Mandarin Project Planner management principles.

Must have understanding in Brief Job Description: cost planning and contracts 249.

The Mandarin Project Planner is responsible for planning administration. Familiarity and scheduling various workloads. Gathers and analyzes with construction/project information to prepare status report.Evaluate current management in Mainland procedures and recommends changes to improve the China and the Philippines. efficiency of planning and scheduling of projects.

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

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

Basic Qualification: Bachelor degree in Accounting Management, Mandarin Speaking.

PHIL-TOWER CONSORTIUM INC. Unit S-08 Eco Tower Bldg., 32nd St. Cor. 9th Ave., Bgc, Fort Bonifacio, City Of Taguig

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Knowledgeable in computer application with good oral and written communication skills

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

Basic Qualification: Must know to speak, read and write Mandarin language Salary Range: Php 90,000 - Php 149,999

NAME OF FOREIGN NATIONAL , POSITION AND BRIEF DESCRIPTION

QUALIFICATION AND SALARY RANGE

SA RIVENDELL GLOBAL SUPPORT, INC. 9-11 Flr., The Biopolis Bldg., Macapagal Blvd., Barangay 76, Pasay City

Basic Qualification: Bachelor degree graduate.

Brief Job Description: Liaising with companies overseas for offshore partnership

CHEN, CAI Mandarin Key Account Supervisor

Basic Qualification: Knowledgeable in computer application with good oral and written communication skills

Basic Qualification: Knowledgeable in computer application with good oral and written communication skills

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

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PH GLOBAL JET EXPRESS INC. 11th Floor, The Marajo Tower, 26th Street Cor. 4th Avenue Bgc, Fort Bonifacio, City Of Taguig

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

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

Basic Qualification: Work experience in similar business.

Basic Qualification: NVQ Business Administration

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Knowledgeable in computer application with good oral and written communication skills

QUALIFICATION AND SALARY RANGE

MURRAY, STEPHEN DEAN Sales Director

YANG, CHENGYUAN Mandarin Claim Arbitration Supervisor

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OUTSOURCED QUALITY ASSURED SERVICES INC. 18f, Citibank Square Bldg., Eastwood City, Cyperpark, Bagumbayan, Quezon City

Basic Qualification: Knowledgeable in computer applications with good oral and written communication skills

Basic Qualification: Able to Speak, Read and Write Chinese Language

Brief Job Description: Review staff performances and offer constructive feedback.

LU, QINGSONG Purchaser

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

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

NAME OF FOREIGN NATIONAL , POSITION AND BRIEF DESCRIPTION

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Basic Qualification: Has Knowledge in Computer Applications

HEO, EUGENE Customer Service Representative Brief Job Description: Customer Support and Database Services

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Has knowledge in computer applications

HSIEH, MING-CHENG Customer Service Representative Brief Job Description: Customer support and database services

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Has knowledge in computer applications

LIAN, HUAGANG Customer Service Representative Brief Job Description: Customer support and database services

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Has knowledge in computer applications

LIAO, FUJIANG Customer Service Representative Brief Job Description: Customer support and database services

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Has knowledge in computer applications

NGUYEN THI HUYEN TRANG Customer Service Representative Brief Job Description: Customer support and database services

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Has knowledge in computer applications

O THI MY HANG Customer Service Representative Brief Job Description: Customer support and database services

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Has knowledge in computer applications

OH, CHIA-JEN Customer Service Representative Brief Job Description: Customer support and database services

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Has knowledge in computer applications

YEH, TZU-CHI Customer Service Representative Brief Job Description: Customer support and database services

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Has knowledge in computer applications

ZHAO, PENGFEI Customer Service Representative Brief Job Description: Customer support and database services

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

SABIA BRANDED OVERRUNS INC. Unit No. 3f-5d Two Shopping Center Bldg., Taft Ave. Cor. Cuneta St., Zone 10 District 1, Barangay 78, Pasay City MOHAMMAD RUHUL, AMIN Inventory Specialist 267.

Brief Job Description: Notify store management of shortages or other problems that could impact product availability

Basic Qualification: Conduct cycle count Inventory process to ensure accuracy and timely execution Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

SIEMENS, INC. 15/f Nex Tower, 6786 Ayala Ave, San Lorenzo, City Of Makati Basic Qualification: More than 5 years experience in Electrical Specialist in Low Voltage & related management experience.

Expertise in LV Motor Starter for industry.

KHEMKLAD, TEERAWAT Commissioning Specialist 268.

Brief Job Description: Prepare & ensure electrical equipment is ready for electrical commissioning. Carry out testing & commissioning electrical power distribution system

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

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 NGUYEN ANH PHUONG Vietnamese Customer Service Representative 269.

Basic Qualification: Fluent in Vietnamese (Verbal and Written Skills)

Brief Job Description: Attracts Potential customers by asnwering product and Service Questions Suggesting Information about Products and Services

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

THERMA LUZON INC. 14/f Nac Tower, 32nd Street, Bonifacio Global City, Fort Bonifacio, City Of Taguig Basic Qualification: Experience in analyzing training needs and requirements of the operations personnel.

RAMAN, GANESHBABU Technical Training Specialist - Operations 270.

Brief Job Description: Supervise and manage trainees to ensure that plant training target are achieved.

Salary Range: Php 500,000 and above

VICCI BUSINESS CONSULTANCY CORP. 10/f Liberty Plaza, 102 H.v. Dela Costa St., Bel-air, City Of Makati KOK YEW SHEN Customer Relation Representative (mandarin Translation) 271.

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

WANG, DI-LUN Customer Relation Representative (mandarin Translation) 272.

Brief Job Description: Handle service support calls, emails and chats related to inquiry from clients and/or customers through mandarin to English translation.

KOGA, YU Senior Japanese Speaking Customer Support

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Brief Job Description: Performing customer oriented telephone activities and various background operations duties

Basic Qualification: Through, extensive and fluency in mandarin language and characters.

Basic Qualification: Through, extensive and fluency in mandarin language and characters.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Expert with regards to Japanese software Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

VSL CIVIL WORKS PHILIPPINE BRANCH # 162, 2/f, Unit 201 D Paragon Plaza, Highway Hills, City Of Mandaluyong PANDIAN, SENTHILKUMARAN Senior Erection Supervisor 274.

Brief Job Description: organize equipment and operatives to safely and efficiently operate a launching gantry

Basic Qualification: Minimum 15 years of experience on bridge construction project.

Knowledgeable with the operation of a launching gantry Salary Range: Php 150,000 - Php 499,999 *Date Generated: Apr 8, 2022

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