More Pinoy Millennials, Gen Zs take on side gigs

B oth Pakistan and India benefited from the lowering to 35 percent of the MFN tariff rates on rice imports.

I n December last year, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. signed Executive Order (EO) 10 extending the validity of reduced tariff rates on various agricultural products to maintain affordable prices, ensure food security and help augment the supply of food items, among others.

T he Department of Agriculture said the local rice supply would remain stable amid growing concerns over rice shortage and price increases because of the El Niño phenomenon.

I n April, the DA said the ending stock of palay stood at about 5.66 million MT in the first quarter of 2023, which is good for 51 days of consumption.

DELOITTE’S 2023 Gen Z and Millennial survey reveals two generational cohorts that may be juggling too many things at the same time and are struggling as a result.

S eventy-one percent of Filipino millennials (compared to 37 percent of global millennials) and 65 percent of Filipino Gen Zs (compared to 46 percent of global Gen Zs) have taken on either a part- or full-time paying job on top of their primary job—an increase from last year’s 61 percent and 64 percent, respectively. When asked why they decided to take on a side gig, 66 percent of millennials and 56 percent of Gen Zs said they need a secondary source of income, while about 40 percent of both generational groups believe their side job helps them develop important skills and relationships.

E isma, now a director of the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP), received the Sustainability Leadership Award from the Mumbai, India-based World CSR Day during its 12th Philippines Leadership Congress and Awards 2023 at Dusit Thani Hotel in Manila last Wednesday, June 7.

T he lawyer, who joined the DBP after leaving the SBMA service in March last year, received her latest honor for excellence in governance and sustainability leadership.

T his was the third time that Eisma was cited by the World CSR Day group for leadership excellence. In 2019, she received the “CSR Leadership Award” and the “Woman Leadership Award” during CSR Day’s World Women Leadership Congress in Manila while she was still SBMA chief.

E isma’s latest recognition came on the heels of her silver award for “Thought Leader of the Year” in this year’s edition of the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards, the only awards program that recognizes innovation in business throughout the entire AsiaPacific region.

S he received the silver Stevie for the proactive measures she instituted as SBMA CEO and for crafting “a roadmap to survival” before and at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, thus saving jobs and investments in the Subic Bay Freeport Zone.

E isma’s survival roadmap for Subic was a series of innovations that included business teleconferencing; disinfection protocols and mass testing; emergency isolation facilities; online bidding for products and services; virtual job fairs; online medical consultation; and a “bubble” concept for sports tournaments, seminars and workshops, and other events to boost local business operations.

I n 2018, a year after becoming SBMA’s first female CEO, Eisma also won a silver Stevie as “Female Executive of the Year for Government or Non-profit” under the individual women awards category.