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HINA’S “physical occupation” of the West Philippine Sea (WPS), whose immense marine resources it is illegally scooping, is reinforcing its unflattering tag as the world’s foremost promoter of illegal fishing.

The communist state maintains a swarming number of maritime militia vessels in the Kala­yaan Island Group and WPS, and these ships are engaged in illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, while at the same time serving their purpose as coercive tools for Beijing’ expansionist claims.

This week, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) protested the continued presence and the IUU fishing activities of the Chinese paramilitary ships in those Philippine waters as the Duterte administration begins to raise the economic impact and violations associated with those activities.

During a forum on the WPS in August this year, the Department of Agriculture (DA), where the BFAR is attached, urged President Duterte to “denounce” Beijing’s IUU fishing in the country’s territory, while pushing for steps to mitigate the effects of the sustained, deliberate and coordinated poaching by the Chinese government.

“To protect West Philippine Sea, we have to stop IUU fishing as well,” said DA Undersecretary

DAVID FEITH, US Department of State Deputy Assistant Secretary for Regional and Security Policy and Multilateral Affairs: “This, unfortunately, fits a pattern that we see from China. From illegal fishing in the oceans to maritime, to marine environmental destruction in the South China Sea, to choking off water flows down the Mekong River.”

Cheryl Marie Natividad-Caballero.

“We have asked President Duterte to denounce IUU fishing in the country’s maritime waters.”

World’s No. 1 offender

THE Global Initiative Against Transnational Crime has ranked China, which has the largest distant-water fishing fleet, as the “worst IUU fishing offender” in

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the world, with the Pew Charitable Trusts ranking Chinese ports as the “most likely to process IUUcaught fish.”

The fleet, subsidized by the Chinese Communist Party, is illegally fishing in the exclusive economic zones of coastal states around the globe, from the Western and Central Pacific, to the coasts of Africa and South America, according to US Department of State Deputy Assistant Secretary for Regional and Security Policy and Multilateral Affairs David Feith.

Feith said China’s maritime militia, estimated to number more than 3,000 vessels, actively carry out aggressive behavior on the high seas and in sovereign waters of other countries “to coerce and intimidate legitimate fishers in support of the Chinese Communist Party’s long-term maritime strategic goals.”

“This, unfortunately, fits a pattern that we see from China. From illegal fishing in the oceans to maritime, to marine environmental destruction in the South China Sea, to choking off water flows down the Mekong River,” Feith said during a virtual news briefing with Asian journalists late last year.

“All of these fit a clear pattern of Chinese Communist Party behavior, characterized by bullying, disrespect for international laws and environmental destruction.”

New mode of ‘piracy’

THE Hawaii-based East-West Center (EWC), citing discussions during the recently held Indo-Pacific Maritime Security Exchange conference, said that researchers have suggested, “one in five fish is caught

and sold illegally worldwide.”

It said officials have declared that IUU fishing is replacing piracy as the world’s top maritime security threat, partly because “low levels of enforcement provides an entry point for maritime crime such as arms smuggling, drug running and human trafficking.”

Economically and environmentally, IUU fishing—which includes fishing without a license, failing to report catches, keeping fish that are protected by maritime regulations, fishing in closed areas and unauthorized transshipment of fish—threatens the world’s ocean ecosystems and places lawabiding fishers at a disadvantage.

During the conference, officials declared that 25 million tons of fish worth $23.5 billion are estimated being lost globally to IUU every year.

Other than its economic impact, the EWC said, “weak enforcement against IUU fishing can potentially result in national security breaches.”

US Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Karl Schultz agreed with the declaration during a virtual news briefing held three months ago wherein illegal fishing, he said, has already turned into a national security concern.

“For us, the Coast Guard, we see IUU fishing as really a global threat.

Fish is an essential protein source for about 40 percent of the global population. And if you look across all of the fish stocks, about 93 percent are really showing signs of depletion.

They’re over-fished,” Schultz said.

“So this is a burgeoning problem set…it’s ecological, it’s food sustainment, it’s really national security,” he added.

A description that befits

THE evil that is the IUU and its negative side befits China’s description in the WPS where Beijing is considered as a national security threat, an economic bane and an ecological destroyer by the Philippines.

While its waters have been a great source of pelagic fish, especially tuna, cod and mackerel, fish catch and maritime harvests in the WPS have been cornered by Chinese vessels that take this bounty from the sea to Beijing.

Chinese paramilitary forces masquerading as fishermen also wantonly harvest endangered giant clams, locally known as taklobo, and ship them back home.

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US State Department executive notes China’s pattern of fishing ‘piracy’ in South China Sea, other oceans across the globe

Caballero said the country is not only dealing with IUU and its effects in the WPS, but even the environmental degradation brought

by China and its activities in the territory.

“From 350 hectares in 2015, it is already 1,850 hectares in 2020,” the DA undersecretary said, referring to the artificial man-made islands that China built in the area where reefs and corals are damaged and destroyed.

She said that the Philippines sustains an almost unquantifiable ecological damage annually out of the Chinese government’s “rape” of Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal and Kalayaan Island Group.

n JAPAN 0.4458 n UK 70.1095 n HK 6.5357 n CHINA 7.9498 n SINGAPORE 37.7245 n AUSTRALIA 37.9436 n EU 59.0877 n SAUDI ARABIA 13.5481

Source: BSP (October 22, 2021)

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Biden tackles supply-chain crisis with few tools, clock ticking

By Josh Wingrove, Jill R. Shah & Brendan Case

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S ports are full of goods, US yards and warehouses are full of goods, but hardly anyone wants to drive a truck to pick up and deliver those goods, and those who do sit waiting in lines, often unpaid.

And Americans continue to buy more stuff from abroad than ever.

A supply-chain crunch that stretches from overseas manufacturers into American ports and retail stores threatens the US holiday shopping season. President Joe Biden and his administration have been working for months to smooth out bottlenecks, but his power to influence what is almost entirely a private-sector problem is limited.

While Republicans point to the supply chain as further evidence the President is mismanaging the economy, the issues are deep-rooted. Overwhelming volume generated by record, pandemic-induced consumer demand is swamping a system that was already creaking under the weight of high demand, low investment, labor shortages and regulatory battles.

It now costs as much as $25,000 to import a 40-foot container from Asia, up from less than $2,000 two years ago. Here’s where the supply chain is under stress in the US, what its executives, workers and experts say Biden could do about it, and what he’s actually doing.

Ports

AMERICA’S ports face a crush of deliveries, forcing ships to wait offshore at length to unload. The Port of Los Angeles, which together with the nearby Port of Long Beach is the busiest in the US, says volume is up 26 percent this year over 2020.

This first, crucial step in the domestic supply chain has been a focus of the Biden administration.

Last week, the President announced an agreement between the Port of Los Angeles and one of its unions to begin operating around the clock to ease congestion, following the Port of Long Beach.

Union Pacific Corp. began receiving trucks from the port around the clock shortly after Biden’s announcement. The port’s executive director, Gene Seroka, said on CNN October 18 that its backlog had begun to ease.

Recent congestion at the Port of Savannah, Georgia, has prompted some shippers to divert cargo to the nearby Port of Charleston. That can relieve ports, but creates new stress on local trucks and warehouses if they aren’t prepared for

CONTAINER cargo ships sit offshore from the Long Beach/Los Angeles port complex in Long Beach, California. MEDIANEWS GROUP/ORANGE COUNTY RE/GETTY IMAGES

the increase in volume.

Biden has encouraged ports to seek federal grants to improve transportation links between different parts of the chain, like ships and trucks. Nathan Strang, director of ocean trade lane management at Flexport, said the administration could make longer-term improvements by expanding barge or rail service between nearby ports, allowing them “to operate as one large port group.”

Port drivers

TRUCKING is an industry long beset by grueling hours and declining pay. Few know those hardships

better than port truck drivers.

Port truckers are typically independent contractors, without the benefits and protections of unionized transport sectors or even major companies with shipping divisions, like Amazon.com Inc. Their jobs require them to line up for hours to pick up cargo, and they’re paid only when they move it.

“The port truck driver, for decades now, has basically been the slack adjuster in the whole system,” said Steve Viscelli, an economic sociologist with the University of Pennsylvania who studies labor markets and supply chains.

The entire system, he said, is built around free labor from truck drivers as they wait for containers.

The Teamsters union says Biden should try to encourage organization of port drivers so that they can bargain for better pay and benefits.

But the President has instead focused on trying to produce new drivers by streamlining licensing.

The White House says an average of 50,000 commercial drivers licenses and learners permits have been issued each month this year, 14 percent above 2019 and far above 2020 levels, when the pandemic shuttered training programs.

Trucking

THE freight surge is greatly benefiting trucking companies and their shareholders. Third-quarter sales at JB Hunt Transport Services Inc., the nation’s largest longhaul trucker, jumped 27 percent from a year ago and operating income soared 56 percent, driving shares to record highs this month.

But a shortage of workers has jammed up rail yards and kept shippers from unloading in a timely manner at their warehouses, increasing gridlock. There is no sign of those bottlenecks improving, as employers everywhere compete for scarce labor.

“We believe the bottlenecks on the West Coast are going to compact and even intensify further peak-season capacity needs into November and December,” Shelley Simpson, chief commercial officer for Lowell, Arkansas-based JB Hunt, said in an earnings call.

Trucking companies say that the Biden administration’s impending requirement that most employers mandate Covid-19 vaccinations will further hurt their hiring efforts, but the president has shown no indication he’ll retreat or soften the rule for firms in the supply chain.

Containers

EMPTY shipping containers have piled up at trucking companies in Southern California because of restrictions on when and where they can be returned to ports, said Matt Schrap, chief executive officer of Harbor Trucking Association, a coalition for carriers that serves ports on the West Coast. In the short term, freeing up space for empty containers would free up crucial transportation equipment such as chassis, which are hooked to trucks to move loaded containers at ports.

“We are running out of space,” said Schrap. “These containers are just being stacked on top of each other.”

California Governor Gavin Newsom ordered state agencies on Wednesday to find sites suitable for short-term storage of container cargo and to identify “priority freight routes” for trucks to move goods more quickly from ports.

Chassis are their own wrinkle in the supply chain. Many of them are stuck under empty shipping containers, while government regulations have made it more difficult to import new chassis from overseas, said Weston LaBar, head of strategy at Cargomatic Inc., a digital freight brokerage company.

Tariffs on imported chassis from China have protected American manufacturers but at the same time “hindered every single American company’s supply chain,” LaBar said.

The Coalition of American Chassis Manufacturers called the removal of the tariffs to alleviate supply-chain bottlenecks “misguided” in a letter to the Biden administration last week.

Exporters

US exports have also become backlogged as some ships whisk empty containers straight back to Asia, seeking to reload them with more profitable imports as fast as possible. The Biden administration has pushed back against suggestions that the government require a minimum proportion of containers to be returned full.

Exports in September at the Port of Los Angeles were down more than 40 percent from the same time last year and the lowest since 2002, according to port data.

“If we don’t deliver dependably, affordably, our foreign customers have plenty of options and will go to those other countries and that’s happening now,” said Peter Friedmann, executive director of the Agriculture Transportation Coalition, a trade association for agricultural exporters.

Shippers and transportation companies are, meanwhile, in a lobbying fight in Washington over fees carriers charge for containers held at ports and warehouses.

Friedmann’s group wants the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) to enforce guidelines related to the fees, called demurrage and detention. Last week, the FMC issued a letter urging ocean carriers to adopt best practices around the fees to promote clarity. The commission’s audit team is engaging carriers and “pursuing other actions” to achieve compliance, according to the letter.

Storage, railroads

THE Association of American Railroads has pushed to be able to charge progressively higher storage fees for freight that languishes in rail yards, to make sure shippers pick it up quickly. Shippers say they shouldn’t be penalized when they aren’t able to obtain transportation for their goods.

Meanwhile, warehouse space is at an all-time low. Building new

warehouses takes a minimum of two years and as many as nine in parts of California, where the industry says regulations are more strict.

“Many of our warehouses report that even their docks are full due to no availability of containers or carriers for outbound shipments,” the International Warehouse Logistics Association wrote in a submission to the Department of Transportation.

“US importers and exporters are paying the highest ocean shipping rates ever recorded for the worst service levels ever experienced,” the trade association said.

The group has also cited “overordering, hoarding and stockpiling” by smaller retailers who worry they’ll suffer shortages as a phenomenon further constraining warehouse space.

The AAR has said US rail terminal capacity and staffing is sufficient—a statement disputed by other industries in the supply chain—so long as shippers quickly pick up their containers. BNSF Railway Co. has created an incentive program for weekend off-loading of trains and has added workers at what are called “intermodal facilities”—the joints of the supply chain, where goods are transferred from train to truck or other transport.

The industry has called on the entire supply chain to adopt around-the-clock operations.

The Federal Railroad Association is issuing regulatory Covid-19 waivers to allow railroads more flexibility and discussing with the industry other measures.

Retailers, consumers

RETAILERS, the last leg of the chain before consumers buy goods, are working to bypass transportation bottlenecks to ensure the holiday shopping season isn’t disrupted. Target Corp., Costco Wholesale Corp. and Best Buy Co. have all chartered cargo ships in a bid to speed goods across the Pacific.

So has Walmart Inc., which is also routing shipments through less congested ports, expanding its storage and relying on stores to fulfill some online orders, according to a company statement earlier this month.

Target offered discounts on thousands of items this month, from video games to kitchen appliances.

Best Buy said “Black Friday” deals would start October 19, promoting bargains on television sets, laptop computers and headphones. “Hint: Start your shopping now,” Best Buy said in a statement October 14.

Driving it all is pent-up demand from US consumers and shifts in their behavior. Hunkered down during the pandemic, Americans have spent more on material goods and less on leisure and experiences.

“With its increased volumes and different buying patterns, it laid bare a system that really needs to be modified,” John Porcari, Biden’s port envoy, said in a news conference last week. “This is not your grandfather’s goods movement chain; it is, however, in many cases your grandfather’s infrastructure that we’re working with.”

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‘GINTONG PARANGAL PARA SA EDUKASYON’

Fortune Life, DepEd, Marylindbert Intl laud educators embodying ‘golden’ values of hard work and discipline

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N the occasion of the recent World Teachers’ Day, Fortune Life Insurance Co., Inc. relived the 10th year of “The Value of Hard work and Discipline”— an advocacy program in partnership with the Department of Education (DepEd) and Marylindbert International.

The program’s positive effects were evident during the virtual awarding ceremony of the “Amb. Antonio L. Cabangon Chua Gintong Parangal para sa Edukasyon” for 13 outstanding educators, with Education Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones as guest of honor and keynote speaker.

For the past decade, the “Gintong Parangal” has been honoring and rewarding teachers and leaders who embody and promote the values of Amb. Cabangon Chua. It consists of two categories: Gintong Parangal para sa Guro for teachers, and Gintong Parangal para sa Pamumuno for administrators.

Meanwhile, Fortune Life’s Values Advocacy Program (VAP) has been actively promoting the core values of hard work and discipline to public-school students. The insurance company provides workbooks with lessons inspired by the life story of its founder—the late Amb. Antonio L. Cabangon Chua—who achieved success despite adversities by embracing such values.

Now on its ninth year, the awarding event of Gintong Parangal para sa Guro recognizes teachers, division supervisors and principals who assiduously promote the program’s advocacies.

Awardees for this category were Grace B. Mosqueda (Bayugan City, Agusan del Sur); Rainelda Blanco, PhD (Bulacan); Garry L. Pangan, PhD (Pampanga); Ar-

nel M. Batalla, PhD (Nueva Vizcaya); and Jennifer H. Moro (Batanes). Honorable mentions were Mario B. Paneda, EdD and Cherry Belle F. del Rosario (La Union); as well as Johnny T. Samino, PhD (Naga City, Camarines Sur).

On the other hand, Gintong Parangal para sa Pamumuno, currently in its fourth year, highlights the exemplary work and leadership skills of highschool officials from different school divisions and district offices. Awardees for this category were Rosemarie D. Torres, EdD, CESO V (Imus City, Cavite); Flordeliza C. Gecobe, PhD, CESO V (Quirino); Dominico C. Idanan, EdD, CESO V (Muntinlupa City, Metro Manila); Roger F. Capa, CESO VI (Occidental Mindoro); and Romelito G. Flores, CESO V (General Santos City).

Fortune Life EVP and General Manager Emma M. Abad said, “We at Fortune Life are truly delighted and grateful to God for allowing us to be an instrument in touching the lives of... pupils as well as...teachers.”

Abad assured educators that even during the pandemic, Fortune Life will actively remain a key partner and leader in supporting DepEd’s blended learning program.

Milestone

FORTUNE Life President D. Arnold A. Cabangon proudly declared that the

FORTUNE Life’s Consulting Actuary Evelyn T. Carada (from left), Special Assistant to the President D. Cecilia A. Cabangon, Executive Vice President and General Manager Emma M. Abad, President D. Arnold A. Cabangon, Education Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones, ALC Group of Companies Chairman D. Edgard A. Cabangon, Marylindbert International President and CEO Linda S. Legaspi, and Executive Vice President Albert Rosal launch the Big Book of Ambassador Antonio L. Cabangon Chua: A 21st Century Hero.

event “was a significant milestone for the company, as it represents a decade of giving honor and recognition to our dear teachers.”

In the span of 10 years, Fortune Life has recognized a total of 89 “Gintong Parangal” awardees, 66 of whom received the Gintong Parangal Para sa Guro, while 23 were honored with the Gintong Parangal Para sa Pamumuno.

Cabangon remarked that a 2017 “Gintong Parangal” awardee, Windel Alvarez, who is an alternative learning system teacher from Caramoan in Camarines Sur, was even distinguished as one of the “50 Best Teachers of the World in 2020.”

“This proves that all nominees’ applications undergo thorough evaluation. The chosen winners are genuinely exceptional,” the Fortune Life president noted. “The continuing immense success of our VAP is because of our dear awardees and the

inspiration they echo year-by-year.”

In her speech, Briones expressed her utmost appreciation for Fortune Life, and how the VAP has helped students. She shared that “at a time like this, to remind them that hard work and discipline are very important to the development of the learner, is crucial. Thank you very much for this.”

The education secretary also emphasized that “the life of Amb. Antonio L. Cabangon Chua has shown us that victory cannot be achieved without hard work [and discipline, and these are] even more important at this time of pandemic.”

Appreciation, tribute

AS a token of appreciation, the Fortune Life president, together with ALC Group of Companies Chairman D. Edgard A. Cabangon and D. Cecilia A. Cabangon, presented a digitized compilation of Brio-

“GINTONG Parangal” awardees

nes’ column pieces published in the BusinessMirror entitled “Boiled Green Bananas.”

A lso in the virtual event streamed live via Facebook on May 28, Fortune Life’s Consulting Actuary Evelyn T. Carada, introduced the Big Book of Ambassador Antonio L. Cabangon Chua: A 21st Century Hero. It consists of inspirational stories for kindergarten as well as Grades 1 and 2 pupils, and is based on the early years of the Fortune Life founder. The book, with its two parts:

“Si Tony: Ang Limpya Bota” (Tony and the Shoeshine), and “Si Tony: Ang Batang Negosyante” (Tony, the Young Businessman) reflects the sincere love of a child for his mother, and how he overcame poverty through hard work.

With the special book, Fortune Life aims to inspire young people to pursue their dreams despite the lack of resources and hardships.

The virtual event was posted earlier this month on Fortune Life’s Facebook page (@FortuneLifePH) and YouTube channel.

USAID, DepEd to produce gender-responsive, Mandaluyong City Jail partners with LSGH for learning project socially inclusive TV episodes for all grade levels

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EDUCATION Undersecretary Alain Del Pascua (top right) and USAID Director Dr. Thomas LeBlanc (bottom right) lead the milestone celebration.

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HE United States Agency for Inter n at ion a l Development (USAID) and the Department of Education celebrated the International Day of the Girl Child on October 14 by deepening their commitment to produce gender-responsive and socially inclusive DepEd TV episodes.

In line with the celebration’s theme: “Digital generation, Our generation,” which calls for increased access to digital technology, as well as improved digital learning and literacy, USAID is partnering with the Education Department to train more than 500 TV script writers and teacher-broadcasters in creating genderfair and inclusive educational TV episodes across all grade levels and subject areas.

USAID will also support the addition of Filipino Sign Language insets and subtitles to 200 episodes, conversion of another 200 episodes to radio-based instruction, translation of 50 episodes to mothertongue languages, and production of 16 new DepEd TV episodes in English and Filipino subjects. These efforts will help more than 25 million Filipino learners, according to the US Embassy.

USAID Philippines’s Office of Education Director Dr. Thomas LeBlanc emphasized the importance of digital inclusion as a critical element to children’s well-being and to ensure the success of learners,

especially girls in the most difficult and vulnerable conditions: to learn, to earn, and to have their voices heard.

“The partnership between USAID and DepEd is one step to promoting digital inclusion, especially among young children—girls and boys, of all abilities— wherever they are in the Philippines,” LeBlanc said.

“With support from USAID, we are using technology to ensure inclusive education for all, especially during this pandemic,” Education Undersecretary Alain Del Pascua emphasized. “All children, regardless of their gender, race, beliefs, and social status must be assured of quality education—may it be in traditional classrooms or through a digital approach of learning.”

Del Pascua added, “As Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones always says: ‘Walang batang maiiwan.’ [No child will be left behind].”

The assistance is part of USAID’s “All Children Reading Philippines:” a fouryear, P253.67-million ($5 million) project which supports DepEd in improving reading outcomes for early-grade learners.

For the past 60 years, USAID has worked with the Philippine government and local organizations to achieve shared development goals, investing more than P258.75 billion ($5.1 billion) to support the country since 1961.

HE Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) of Mandaluyong City Jail has partnered with the Department of Alternative Education of La Salle Green Hills (LSGH) for “Liwanag Project,” a program that provides basic education and technical-vocational (techvoc) classes to persons deprived of liberty (PDLs).

The initiative benefits 57 students in elementary and 135 in junior high school this academic year. There are also more than 50 participants for the tech-voc hairdressing courses.

The monthly values-formation seminars accommodate approximately 700 inmates. In 2019 the venture commenced as a series of formation sessions when Br. Vincent Fernandez FSC, the current chairman of the Commission on Alternative Education of the De La Salle Philippines, together with Br. Ruben Caluyong FSC, who is now based at the Jaime Hilario Integrated School-De La Salle Bataan, started to conduct recollections for the PDLs of Mandaluyong City Jail.

PERSONS deprived of liberty in a learning session.

At the onset of the pandemic, the PDLs expressed their interest to further their education. This inspired the Lasallian Brothers and the volunteerteachers of LSGH to collaborate and elevate the sessions into full-fledged online classes for basic education and tech-voc training sessions.

The Liwanag Project, which follows the school calendar of the De-

partment of Education, has since produced a good number of graduates: 14 for basic education, 49 for junior high school, 20 for tech-voc hairdressing, and eight for food and beverage classes.

“The project was established to fulfill the call to mission of our founder St. John Baptist De La Salle, and we have always been

convinced that it will continue for as long as we are needed,” stated LSGH Alternative Learning System (ALS) Team Leader Catherine Laguitan. “We are always open to [welcoming everyone], because education is for all.”

Their department likewise keeps in touch with PDLs even after their graduation or release from jail, so they can continue their education and participate in reunions.

The Liwanag Project recently extended its efforts to San Juan City Jail for the ALS and valuesformation classes. It likewise facilitated recollections to personnel and PDLs of Valenzuela City Jail.

LSGH Department of Alternative Education conducts diverse programs for community learners, such as out-of-school youth and adults, students with special needs, as well as workers and domestic helpers. For more information about its advocacy, visit the official Facebook page: https:// www.facebook.com/ALS.LSGH/.

Group rejects plans to hold F2F classes in low-risk, high vaccination rates areas

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GROUP has aired its objection to the Commission on Higher Education’s (CHED) plans of allowing schools to conduct limited face-to-face classes for all degree programs in certain areas that pose a low risk for coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases, even if they have high vaccination rates.

Take Up Space Movement (TUSM) has thumbed down the idea, despite approvals of having restricted faceto-face learning for specific degree programs.

“These may be necessary conditions, but CHED again obviously failed to consider other factors that affect the quality of education that...students are

receiving during distance learning, its shift, and flexible learning,” TUSM said. Funding and the retrofitting of school facilities, as well as its nearby areas, are hard conditions that need to be met, according to the movement.

Thus, students and teachers are left anew to shoulder the needs for shifting to face-to-face classes.

This was akin, it said, to the reason many students dropped out from schools during the abrupt transition to distance learning.

“It seems…CHED is again null at providing the needs for dropped students to [return…to] the system after a year of distance learning,” the group noted. “Costs [entailed] with

transitioning to flexible learning shouldn’t be shouldered by students, or their families themselves.”

The renovation of school facilities and their surrounding environment should have also been considered to ensure a legitimately safe return to the physical conduct of classes, TUSM emphasized.

It likewise explained that students, teachers, and school employees come from different places and cities, and interact within cramped facilities. This increases the risks of contracting and spreading Covid-19.

“We have suffered long enough.

The quality of education that we

receive has long been neglected and compromised due to CHED’s incompetence and lack of urgency for their academic needs,” TUSM pointed out.

Returning to face-to-face classes must be postponed until the pandemic is contained, it said, which will make it safe for the public, while ensuring the needs of students, teachers, and school employees are met.

“If CHED does not take up the necessities that should be done beforehand, then the conduct of limited face-to-face classes by geographic areas are again doomed to fail,” the group stressed. Roderick L. Abad

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Call for temporary freeze of fuel excise tax escalates

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alacañang was asked on Friday to “temporarily suspend” the imposition of higher excise tax on gasoline and diesel amid rising oil prices

seen to slam a double whammy on consumers and commuters, as well as provincial farmers delivering harvests to the market.

Senator Grace Poe recalled that the 2017 Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) law

started imposing a series of higher excise tax adjustments on petroleum products beginning 2018, with the excise tax on diesel that started at P2.50 per liter in January 2018, increasing to P4.50 the following year effective January 1,

2019, noting that it was raised anew to P6 per liter in January 1, 2020 with gasoline excise tax.

Bloomberg News, meanwhile, reported that some presidential aspirants are looking at either cutting or suspending taxes on oil, as

fuel prices rise ahead of elections in May of next year.

Manila Mayor Isko Moreno on Thursday said he plans to cut taxes on oil and power by as much as 50 percent. Senator Panfilo Lacson called on the government to suspend excise taxes on oil, while former Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. asked for the same after a meeting with transport groups.

Poe said for gasoline, the excise tax, which was set at P8 per liter in January 2018, went up to P9 in January 2019 and to P10 per liter in January 2020.

The lawmaker lamented, “Domestic oil prices have been increasing for eight consecutive weeks,” stressing that the Duterte administration “can alleviate this heavy burden by suspending the collection of the excise tax for now.”

In a news statement issued on Friday, Poe reminded that while the government lowered tariffs on pork and rice this year, “It should also move for the suspension of excise tax on fuels in looking after the most vulnerable.”

At the same time, Poe reminded concerned authorities that “food and transportation account for a big chunk of spending by majority of Filipinos. She added “suspending the excise tax on fuel in the meantime will help stave off hunger, assist PUV [public utility vehicle] drivers and delivery riders, and bring down the cost of transporting goods.”

Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi, in an interview with ABS-CBN News this week,

said he raised with the Department of Finance the possibility of suspending excise taxes on oil. Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez has yet to comment on the proposal, while the central bank has said the nation can accommodate oil price hikes w ithout breaching its 2-percent to 4 -percent inf lation target next year.

Oil companies in the Philippines—a net energy importer—raised prices this week, resulting in net increases year-to-date of domestic gasoline and diesel costs. Supply-side issues, mainly from food, have kept annual inflation above the central bank’s goal this year, adding pressure to households amid a slow economic recovery.

“Ever y major candidate has a populist agenda,” said Michael Ricafort, chief economist at Rizal Commercial Banking Cor p. in Manila, adding that inf lation can be a major campaign issue. “But even w ithout the elections, that would be requested. It’s something called for by the situation.”

Citing budget documents, Poe pointed out that excise tax collection from fuels and oils amounted to P42.7 billion in 2019 and was programmed to amount to P41.6 billion in 2020, noting it is projected to add up to P47.9 billion this year.

She recalled that in 2019, income tax collection from companies and enterprises amounted to P586.16 billion and was programmed at P329.89 billion in 2020, adding that it was projected to amount to P304.83 billion this year. With Bloomberg News

DA chief reports significant decline in active ASF cases

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enators were informed Friday only five provinces in three regions still have active cases of the deadly African swine fever (ASF).

Agriculture Secretary William Dar disclosed this at a Senate committee hearing on the proposed annual budget of the Department of Agriculture (DA) for 2022.

Dar, however, did not name the affected areas, but indicated that the ASF-hit areas include 83 barangays in 20 towns and cities.

Instead, he told senators that at the peak of the ASF contagion, they traced the deadly virus infecting 3,383 barangays in 624 cities and towns in the 12 regions.

The agriculture chief added that just

like the Covid-19 infections, ASF could still spread anew if all health and quarantine protocols are not followed.

At the same time, senators observed, however, that pork and meat prices remained high even as recorded ASF cases have gone down.

In reply, Dar explained one probable reason could be that hog raising is confined in a so-called green zone, or areas declared to be ASF free. Moreover, he added that hog raisers in other areas are not rushing to resume, opting to wait and see.

It will be recalled that the Philippines was placed under a state of calamity until December due to the outbreak of ASF.

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Davao cops nab suspected head of investment scheme

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By Manuel T. Cayon

AVAO CITY—Police from Carmen municipality of Davao del Norte arrested on Thursday the head of an investment scheme, which the Securities and Exchange Commission has flagged down as illegal.

On Thursday, Col. Frederick Deles led a team from Carmen police in arresting Arnel T. Aratia in RPJ Village, Feeder Road 3, Tibal-og, Sto. Tomas. The SEC identified Aratia as allegedly behind the Achievers Golden Marketing and Consulting (AGMC).

The SEC office here said the arrest came about after Judge Vernard Quijano of the Regional Trial Court Branch 153 in Biñan City, Laguna issued a warrant for a syndicated estafa case with no bail, and two counts of violation of Sections 8 and 28 of Republic 8799 or the Securities Regulation Code (SRC) which carry a bail of P126,000 for each count against Aratia, a resident of San Francisco, Agusan del Sur.

On September 15 last year, the SEC issued an advisory against AGMC and Achievers Golden Holdings Inc. (AGHI) for soliciting investments from the public without a secondary license as prescribed under Section 8 of the SRC. AGMC holds office at the 2nd Floor Room 2 Valencia Corporate Center Arellano Street, Davao City. The SEC said the AGMC offered a cash back program “where one can invest between P5,000 to as high as P1 million with the promise of a return between 1 percent and 30 percent depending on the amount on a monthly basis for three months.”

T he SEC–Dav ao E x tension O f f ice has commended the Sto. Tomas Police Office over the arrest of A ratia “ for illegally taking in investments without a secondar y license.” “ We hope more fraudulent investment entities are stopped w ith the help of our hard working police officers,” the SEC office here said.

DOH outlines ‘strategic plans’ to stem migration of HCWs

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he Department of Health (DOH) announced it has drawn up strategic plans to address its Human Resource for Health (HRH) issues following reports that some nurses are resigning to work abroad in search for better economic opportunities.

“We value the role of nurses in this fight against Covid-19, and in the realization of the Universal Healthcare Act. In line with this, the DOH fought together with other government agencies towards the proper implementation of the Nursing Act,” Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said.

The DOH, Vergeire said, has also proposed a revised hospital staffing pattern to the DBM to improve patient to HRH ratio in government hospitals.

“We also ensured provision of healthcare worker benefits under the Bayanihan laws, totaling to P16.759 billion as of September 30, 2021, or around 9 percent to 10 percent of DOH’s Covid-19 funds per annum,” Vergeire added.

She stressed that the migration of health-care workers such as nurses to more developed countries for better career opportunities is not exclusive to the Philippines but is common to many developing nations. “ The department respects the indiv idual ’s freedom and choices of health workers in the pursuit of better career opportunities,” she said.

However, Vergeire added, in recognition of the important role of health workers in health systems, the DOH has come up with strategic plans to address the HRH out of the migration problem.

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SC upholds CA ruling on ₧14-B reclamation project in Manila Bay

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By Joel R. San Juan

HE Supreme Court has given its go-signal to a P14billion reclamation project along the coastline of Manila Bay that is being opposed by Sen. Cynthia Villar and more than 300,000 residents of Las Piñas City.

In a 33-page decision penned by Associate Justice Rosmari Carandang, the Court en banc, voting 112, affirmed the decision issued by the Court of Appeals (CA) in 2012, which denied Villar’s petition for the issuance of a Writ of Kalikasan and a temporary protection order (TEPO) enjoining the government and the project proponent Alltech Contractors from proceeding with the project covering 635 hectares of submerged land.

A Writ of Kalikasan is a legal remedy for the protection of one’s right to “a balanced and healthful ecology in accord with the rhythm and harmony of nature,” under Section 16, Article II of the Constitution.

The Court did not give credence to the claim of the senator that the issuance of the environmental certificate compliance (ECC) by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) was marred with irregularities such as the use of improper form of assessment study, lack of public hearing and consultation and absence of a project alternative.

“Unfortunately, while petitioner raised alleged irregularities in the issuance of the ECC, these are not material and necessary due to the nature of the proposed project. Therefore, no compelling reason was presented to warrant the intervention of the Court,” the SC ruled.

Contrary to Villar’s claim, the Court said Alltech submitted the proper form of study required for the proposed project.

It explained that there was no grave abuse of discretion on the part of the DENR in requiring Alltech to file an Environmental Performance and Management Plan (EPRMP), which sufficiently addressed environmental concerns of the government.

“It is within the sphere of the technical knowledge and expertise of the Environmental Management Bureau [EMB], an attached office of DENR, and not the Court nor the project proponent to determine the appropriate EIA [Environmental Impact Assessment] report to submit for a particular project,” the SC pointed out.

Likewise, the SC belied the petitioners’ claim that no public hearing was conducted for the proposed project.

Although not being mandated to conduct public hearing based on the records, the Court noted that Alltech held a consultation on November 25, 2010, with representatives of concerned sectors such as the cities of Parañaque and Las Piñas, Philippine Reclamation Authority (PRA), the EIA consultants, case handler and review committee.

Identified stakeholders in the direct and indirect impact areas of the proposed project such as the Department of Tourism, the Partnerships for the Environmental Management of the Sea of Asia, and the United Cooperative Association of the Bulungan Fish Landing Site/Fisherman’s Wharf likewise participated during the public consultation.

Villar filed the petition while she was then a member of the House of Representatives, fearing that the proposed project will impede the flow of rivers of Las Piñas-Zapote and Parañaque, which may expose several adjacent barangays to flooding and endanger its residents.

She conducted an information drive regarding the proposed project and gathered 315,849 signatures of Las Piñas residents opposing the proposed project.

On March 16, 2012, Villar, representing the 315,849 Las Piñas residents opposing the proposed project, filed a petition for the issuance of a Writ of K alikasan before the Court.

In asking the Court to enjoin the implementation of the proposed project, Villar invoked her constituents’ right to a balanced and healthful ecology.

She noted that the reclamation project impinges on the viability and sustainability of Las Piñas-Parañaque Critical Habitat and Ecotourism Area (LPPCHEA).

LPPCHEA, a 175-hectare mangrove forest and marine habitat in Las Piñas and Parañaque, serves as sanctuary for dozens of bird species, including migratory birds from as far as Siberia. It is also a resting area for the globally threatened Philippine duck and Chinese egret.

However, the SC held that Alltech was able to present sufficient basis to prove that the project will not aggravate flooding.

The SC noted that flood risk assessments made by the firms tapped by Alltech were simulated using projected worst-case scenarios.

“While Villar’s intention in taking a proactive role in advancing her constituents right to a balanced and healthful ecology is laudable, the Court cannot simply apply the extraordinary remedy of a Writ of Kalikasan to all environmental issues elevated to us,” the SC said.

“The Writ of Kalikasan is not a remedy that may be availed of when there is no actual threat or when the imminence of danger is not apparent to justify judicial intervention,” it added.

Likewise, the SC held that is no sufficient basis to hold that the proposed project will impinge on the viability and sustainability of LPPCHEA. “Even assuming that the 4.3 hectares of the critical habitat will be utilized, reclamation activities within or alongside a critical habitat is not prohibited under the NIPAS [National Integrated Protected Areas System] and ENIPAS [Expanded National Integrated Protected Areas System].

Therefore, the perceived negative impact of the proposed project to LPPCHEA’s viability and sustainability remains unsubstantiated,” the SC, declared.

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EIJING—China on Friday said there is “no room” for compromise or concessions over the issue of Taiwan, following a comment by US President Joe Biden that the US is committed to defending the island if it is attacked.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin reasserted China’s longstanding claim that the island is its territory at a daily briefing after Biden made his comment a day before at a forum hosted by CNN. China has recently upped its threat to bring Taiwan under its control by force if necessary by flying warplanes near the island and rehearsing beach landings.

“When it comes to issues related to China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity and other core interests, there is no room for China to compromise or make concessions, and no one should underestimate the strong determination, firm will and strong ability of the Chinese people to

defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity,” Wang said.

“Taiwan is an inalienable part of China’s territory. The Taiwan issue is purely an internal affair of China that allows no foreign intervention,” Wang said.

Biden’s comments on Thursday were viewed as stretching the “strategic ambiguity” Washington has maintained over how it would respond to an assault on the self-governing island republic.

The US should “be cautious with its words and actions on the Taiwan issue, and not send any wrong signals to the separatist forces of Taiwan independence, so as not to seriously damage China-US relations and peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait,” Wang said.

China and Taiwan split during a civil war in 1949. The US cut formal diplomatic relations with Taipei in 1979 in order to recognize Beijing. The US does not openly

DepEd chief reminds teachers: Shun partisan political activity

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ducation Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones reminded teachers on Thursday that they should remain apolitical at all times and that lending their support for a political candidate is prohibited.

“No. It is forbidden,” Briones emphatically said in an interview when asked if teachers can endorse or support the political candidates of their choice.

“That is the bureaucracy sa [in the] government-neutrality. They are supposed to be neutral. We are expected to be neutral...we have several issuances on that,” Briones told the BusinessMirror. She was referring to Department Education (DepEd) Order (DO) 048, S. of 2018 or the “Prohibition on Electioneering and Partisan Political Activity” and DO 031, S.2019 Prohibiting Activities that Constitute Electioneering and Partisan Political Activity during the campaign period.

When asked again if teachers are allowed to share their political views on social media, Briones replied, “No.” “Share their political views on [social] media? No, because they are government employees. Kung mag-ano [if they post anything] they should not identify themselves as teachers for they are not expected to do that for bureaucratic neutrality is the major principle,” Briones stressed.

She added: “[If] all people of the government will be campaigning against the President or for the President or whoever... Magkakagulogulo ‘yung gobyerno [The government would be in a mess].”

The DepEd chief reiterated that teachers are not supposed to participate or engage in the political campaign.

She also warned that if they do so, they become “vulnerable to complaints and cases.”

Under DO 048, the DepEd reminded its officials, teaching and nonteaching personnel on the constitutional prohibition against electioneering and conduct of partisan political activity, citing that it is against Article IX-B, Section 2(b), Paragraph 4 of the 1987 Constitution, Omnibus Election Code, advisory on Electioneering and Partisan Political Activity issued through Civil Service Commission (CSC) Resolution 1600298.

contest China’s claim to Taiwan, but is committed by law to ensure the island can defend itself and to treat all threats toward it as matters of “grave concern.”

Under President Xi Jinping, who is also Communist Party leader and head of the armed forces, China has been stepping up military, diplomatic and economic pressure on Taiwan. Over its National Day weekend at the beginning of the month, China sent a record 149 military aircraft southwest of Taiwan in strike group formations, prompting Taiwan to scramble aircraft and activate its air defense missile systems.

China has also recently held beach landing exercises on its side of the roughly 160-kilometer-wide Taiwan Strait that, like the aircraft incursions, it described as a warning to the administration of Taiwan’s independence-minded President Tsai Ing-wen.

The US has reinforced its support for Taiwan with military sales. State Department spokesman Ned Price said this month that American support for Taiwan is “rock solid.” The US has “also been very clear that we are committed to deepening our ties with Taiwan,” Price said.

On Wednesday, Biden’s pick for ambassador to Beijing, Nicholas Burns, told lawmakers considering his nomination that Americans should “have confidence in our strength” when dealing with the rise of China, a nation he said the US and its allies could manage.

Burns echoed the Biden administration’s stand on cooperating with China where possible but condemning many of its actions, including its policies toward Taiwan and the semi-autonomous territory of Hong Kong, where it has virtually eliminated dissident voices through stiff legislation and arrests. AP

Davao City struggles to cope with Covid vaccine hesitancy

By Manuel T. Cayon

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AVAO CITY—This city continues to struggle in trying to convince more residents to get their Covid-19 jabs as some appeared to have lost their interest on the promise of a more open economy if the city achieves at least the herd immunity number of vaccinated individuals.

The city though was able to vaccinate 127,012 more individuals from the priority sectors three weeks after Mayor Sara DuterteCarpio disclosed that 400,000 residents from these sectors have either refused to get vaccinated, or were unable to avail of it because of work.

This number of unvaccinated residents is deemed crucial to attain the herd protection target of 1.2 million residents, where the number of those who got their first dose currently stood at 843,805 as of October 20.

The bulk of the herd immunity was targeted from the number individuals belonging to the priority sectors.

The number of fully vaccinated residents was already catching up with those getting the

first dose, and now stood at 727,946. This is 115,859 short of having all those getting the first dose to be fully vaccinated.

The city has already dangled raffle items that included gift certificates at a vaccination site devoted to those who were available only for Covid-19 injections after their work hours.

This is offered at the Bakuna Nights at the San Roque Central Elementary School in Barrio Obrero. Four other sites have been opened for special vaccination, such as those who would enter the sites as walk-ins.

The city also allowed seven of its vaccination sites in the first district, four in the second district and seven in the third district to accept walk in vaccines.

The City Council also created its mobile vaccination teams, which have vaccinated 87,874 persons, including inmates. This program was coordinated with the Liga ng mga Barangay and the Barangay Senior Citizens’ Associations.

The City Task Force on Covid-19 has urged unvaccinated residents to avail of the doses and help the local economy open up to more employ ment and more business activities.

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Rice set to climb as fertilizer rally drives up farm costs

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he massive rally in fertilizers is coming for rice, a staple food for half of the world’s population, with farmers in one of the top exporters bracing for exorbitant prices of crop nutrients in the coming planting season.

The cost of fertilizer in Thailand is on track to double from 2020, with prices now at 16,000 baht ($480) per ton compared with an average 10,000 baht last year, according to Pramote Charoensilp, president of the Thai Agriculturist Association, which represents rice farmers in the world’s third-biggest shipper.

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energy crunch are set to raise costs for many farmers in the region. In some countries, that may lead to governments having to step in to boost farmer subsidies in order to ensure essential supplies.

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farmers in coming months. Many of them have already harvested last season’s rice and are getting ready for planting so they’ll need fertilizer,” Pramote said in an interview on Tuesday. “A ton of fertilizer is now more expensive than a ton of rice.”

Rice is a food staple in many countries in Asia and surging fertilizer prices because of a global

Like many other rice-producing nations, Thailand buys almost all of its urea, phosphate and potassium from abroad, including from China. That makes the country more vulnerable to changes in Chinese export policies, and the woes are exacerbated by rising logistic costs.

China is stepping up inspection of fertilizer exports amid concern over the impact of rising prices on domestic food security, according to a customs notice dated October 11. China is a key supplier of urea and phosphate to the global market, including to India, Pakistan and Southeast Asian countries.

While floods spared most of Thailand’s rice fields and exporters still have a shipment target of 6 million tons this year, fertilizer costs will become a “big issue” for farmers already struggling with low prices, Pramote said. “The government should intervene.”

Prices of Thai white rice 5 percent broken, a benchmark grade, have tumbled about 30 percent from a February high.

Fertilizer costs are having an impact elsewhere in Asia. Vietnam’s plant production department is encouraging rice farmers to cut fertilizer use by as much as half. Meanwhile, in the Philippines, Wilfredo Roldan, administrator of the Fertilizer and Pesticide Authority, expects local rice and corn prices to rise as fertilizer accounts for as much as 70 percent of the production cost.

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More threats and more desperate refugees as climate warms–US

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A SHINGTON— The Earth’s warming and resulting natural disasters are creating a more dangerous world of desperate leaders a nd peoples, the Biden administration said Thursday in the federal government’s starkest assessments yet of security and migration challenges facing the United States as the climate worsens.

T he Defense Depar tment for years has called climate change a threat to US national security. But Thursday’s reports by the departments of Defense and Homeland Security, National Security Council and Director of National Intelligence provide one of the government’s deepest looks yet at the vast rippling effects on the world’s stability and resulting heightened threats to US security, as well as its impact on migration.

T hey inc lude t he f irst assessment by intelligence agencies on the impact of climate change, identifying 11 countries of greatest concern from Haiti to Afghanistan.

Another report, the first by the government focusing at length on climate and migration, recommends a number of steps, including monitoring the flows of people forced to leave their homes because of natural disasters, and working with Congress on a groundbreaking plan that would add droughts, floods and wildfires and other climate-related reasons to be considered in granting refugee status.

The climate migration assessments urge the creation of a task force to coordinate US management of climate change and migration across government, from climate

scientists to aid and security officials.

Each year, stor ms, the failure of seasonal rains and other sudden natural disasters force an average of 21.5 million people from their homes around the world, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees says. Worsening climate from the burning of coal and gas already is intensifying a range of disasters, from wildfires overrunning towns in California, rising seas overtaking island nations and drought-aggravated conflict in some parts of the world.

“Policy and programming efforts made today and in coming years w ill impact estimates of people moving due to climate-related factors,” said the report, one of dozens of climate change assessments President Joe Biden ordered from federal agencies. “Tens of millions of people, however, are likely to be displaced over the next two to three decades due in large measure to climate change impacts.”

T he Biden administration is eager to show itself confronting the impacts of climate change ahead of a crucial UN climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland, that starts late this month.

That’s especially so as Biden struggles to get lawmakers to agree to multibillion-dollar measures to slow climate change, a key part of his domestic agenda.

As part of its push Thursd ay, t he a d m i n i s t r at ion released the first-ever national intelligence estimate on climate change, a document intended to signal the importance placed on the issue. National intelligence estimates are benchmark

documents created by US intelligence agencies that are intended to inform decisionmaking and analysis across the government.

Notably, US intelligence agencies concluded it was probably already too late to keep the warming of the planet at or below the level laid out in the 2015 UN Paris climate accord. While that level remains the official goal for the United States and United Nations, many scientists have concluded the Earth’s temperature will rise at least several more tenths of a degree, a level of warming that brings even more damage and threatens some nations’ existence.

“Given current government policies and trends in tec hnolog y development, we judge that collectively countr ies are unlikely to meet the Paris goals because h i g h - e m it t i n g c ou nt r i e s would have to make rapid progress toward decarbonizing their energy systems by transitioning away from fossil fuels within the next decade, whereas developing countries would need to rely on low-carbon energy sources for their economic development,” the intelligence report said.

No nation offers asylum or other legal protections to people displaced specifically because of climate change.

The United States has the opportunity to change that, which could prompt others to follow suit, refugee advocates said.

The administration said it is not seeking to change inter nationa l ag reements on refugees but rather create US laws that would allow climate change effects to be part of a valid claim

for refugee status.

It noted that activists persecuted for speaking out against government inaction on climate change may also have plausible claims to refugee status.

Ama Francis, who has been helping the International Refugee Assistance Project find ways to protect climate refugees, applauded the administration’s recognition that global warming should be taken into account.

“That’s a huge signal from the US government that our refugee and asylum system can protect people right now, which is important because there are thousands of climate displaced people already on the move, including those showing up at the US border,” Francis said.

It’s imperative the report turn into legislation that allows climate refugees the ability to resettle in the United States, and not just result in another task force, others said.

Krish O’Mara Vignarajah, president of the Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service, one of nine US agencies working to resettle refugees, said action is needed because the current US humanitarian protection system “wasn’t engineered for cascading natural disasters, mass aridification or large swath of lands consumed by rising seas.”

According to the separate intelligence assessment, a warming planet could increase geopolitical tensions particularly as poorer countries grapple with droughts, rising seas and other effects, while they wait for richer, higher-polluting countries to change their behavior. Climate change will “increasingly exacerbate risks to US national security interests,” according to the estimate.

The estimate identifies 11 countries of particular concern: Afghanistan, Colombia, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Iraq, Myanmar, Nicaragua, North Korea and Pakistan. It also lists two regions of concern: Central Africa and small island states in the Pacific Ocean.

Strains on land and water could push countries further toward conflict. In South Asia, much of Pakistan relies on surface water from rivers originating in India. The two countries are nuclear-armed rivals that have fought several wars since their founding in 1947. On India’s other side, about 10 percent of Bangladesh’s 160 million people already live in coastal areas vulnerable to rising seas and saltwater intrusion.

Intelligence officials who spoke on condition of anonymity under agency rules said climate change could indirectly affect counterterrorism by pushing people seeking food and shelter to violent groups.

The intelligence community needs more scientific expertise and to integrate climate change into its analysis of other countries, the officials said.

Rising temperatures could force almost 3 percent of the populations of Latin America, South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa—more than 143 million people—to move within their countries in the next 30 years, according to one forecast cited in the report. AP

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China must secure energy need in ‘its own hands’–Xi

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resident Xi Jinping told oil workers that China must secure its own energy supply, signaling a continued role for fossil fuels in the nation’s efforts to meet power demands.

Xi made the remarks during a visit Thursday to the Shengli oilfield in the eastern province of Shandong, according to the People’s Daily newspaper. The oilfield is the largest operated

by China Petroleum & Chemical Corp., or Sinopec.

“Oil energy construction is very significant to our country,” Xi said. “As a major manufacturing power, China has to secure its energy supply in its own hands.”

Xi’s comments suggest that fossil fuels—and crude in particular—remain central to China’s efforts to ensure energy security, irrespective of the government’s parallel commitment to capping greenhouse gas emissions. The

Chinese President similarly inspected a coal-to-chemicals plant while touring Shaanxi province last month.

Sinopec has also positioned itself as a national leader in developing hydrogen as a clean energy source. The nation’s three biggest oil companies report third quarter earnings next week, where the usual attention to their spending plans will take on particular significance in light of the energy crisis that has wracked the world’s No. 2 economy.

Chinese leaders have been seek ing to minimize d isr uptions as the energ y crunch roils t he world ’s most i mpor t a nt manufacturing hubs. Last week, Premier Li Keqiang vowed to ensure power supplies to factories, after saying a path to a greener economy needs to be under pinned by a stable supply of energ y. Bloomberg News

As virus cases rise, so do pleas for Russians to get Covid shots

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I Z H N Y N OVG O R O D, Russia—A s she stood in the courtyard of the morgue holding the body of her grandmother who died of Covid-19, Ramilya Shigalturina had a message for anyone still resisting vaccinations.

“I’m beg g ing a l l Russians: Please get vaccinated, because it’s really dreadful and dangerous,” said the resident of Nizhny Novgorod, the country’s fifthlargest city.

Shigalturina said her 83-yearold grandmother “died right away after catching it. She wasn’t vaccinated.”

When Russia last year became the first country to launch a coronavirus vaccine, called Sputnik V, it was hailed as a matter of national pride and a sign of its scientific know-how. But since the free immunization program began in December 2020, only about a third of the country’s 146 million people have gotten fully vaccinated.

The low vaccine acceptance is of increasing concern as Russia suffers a sharp rise in cases, setting records for infections and deaths nearly ever y day this month. On Thursday, the national coronavirus task force reported 1,036 deaths and more than 36,000 new infections over the past 24 hours.

“I can’t understand what’s going on,” President Vladimir Putin said, a rare admission of bewilderment from the steely leader.

“We have a reliable and efficient vaccine.

The vaccine really reduces the risks of illness, grave complications and death.”

At Nizhny Novgorod’s Infectious Hospital No. 23, where the seriously ill patients lie in wards with little space between their beds, Dr. Natalia Soloshenko is battered by the onslaught.

“I can tell you that out of every 50 admitted, only one or two of them are vaccinated,” the chief doctor told The Associated Press.

“The whole ICU is full of highly critical patients; all of those patients are unvaccinated.”

“To be honest, we’re not even outraged anymore; we just feel sorry for these people,” she said.

Nina Pugacheva is still in the hospital, but is one of the lucky ones—she is recovering.

“Tell everyone to get vaccinated,” she said.

Soloshenko said widespread misinformation appears to be driving the vaccine hesitancy.

“It’s a very sensitive issue, a

burning issue for all health-care workers. We read what’s on social media and see the most negative information coming from the citizens of our country regarding vaccination,” she said.

Many Russians are suspicious of vaccines as a whole because of a distrust of authorities dating to the Soviet era. With Sputnik V, there was widespread concern that it was approved for use before the completion of full clinical trials.

Some critics also have blamed conflicting signals from authorities. While extolling Sputnik V and three other domestic vaccines, state-controlled media often criticized Western-made shots, a message that many saw as feeding doubts about vaccines in general.

The vaccination rate in the Nizhny Novgorod region, about 400 kilometers east of Moscow, is 44 percent higher than the national average, but it is seeing a high death rate. The coronavirus task force reported 40 new deaths in the past day—about twice the death rate recorded in Moscow.

As deaths spiked, regional Gov. Gleb Nikitin said new measures would be taken to curb the spread of the infections, but they haven’t been announced yet.

Putin on Wednesday ordered Russians to stay away from work from October 30 to November 7, a period that includes a four-day national holiday.

Moscow and St. Petersburg, the two most populous Russian cities and the country’s key political, business and cultural centers, have gone further, announcing new restrictions following months of inaction.

In Moscow, gyms, cinemas, entertainment venues and most stores are to be closed from October 28 to November 7; and restaurants will be open only for takeout or delivery.

The authorities in St. Petersburg on Monday introduced digital codes for proving vaccination that must be shown beginning Nov. 1 to enter conferences and sports events. Starting on Nov. 15, those codes will be required at movies, theaters, museums and gyms, and on December 1 they will be mandatory at restaurants, cafes and some stores.

A similar code system was tried in Moscow over the summer but was abandoned after a few weeks amid complaints from restaurant owners about tanking revenue. AP

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Nanay Wennie champions volunteerism to effect change

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EBU CITY—Poverty alleviation program beneficiaries in a small community in San Remigio, a third-class municipality in northern Cebu province, draw their inspiration from a septuagenarian who is a former school teacher who now spends her life as a volunteer.

With the many challenges in implementing projects under the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa KahirapanComprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (KALAHICIDSS) through the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) 7 (Central Visayas), beneficiaries and program implementers encounter some setbacks.

But the small barangay of Canagahan in San Remigio has found an ally in Wenina Rosellosa, 75, who is known to the community as “Nanay Wennie,” an elderly community volunteer, helping out in the KALAHICIDSS projects.

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WENINA ROSELLOSA, 75, known by many in her community as “Nanay Wennie,” inspires other volunteers and beneficiaries of the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (KALAHI-CIDSS) program to work with the government for the progress of their community. The KALAHI-CIDSS is one of the poverty alleviation programs of the national government being implemented by the Department of Social Welfare and Development.

HI-CIDSS out of her desire to help fill in some gaps that have prevented her community’s progress.

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national government being implemented by the DSWD that uses the community-driven development approach, a globally recognized strategy for achieving service delivery,

poverty reduction, and good governance outcomes.

Using her prowess in public speaking, Nanay Wennie advocates volunteerism through which the development that a community dreams of becomes possible.

She narrated that her decision to join the KALAHI-CIDSS brings her memory back to her younger years as a public-school teacher.

Nanay Wennie recalled that it was in 2019 when she began to actively participate in various activities that made her confident that her voice would be heard in assemblies, allowing her to speak to a more focused audience.

She said she knew that the efforts of DSWD workers would result in progress and this motivated her to volunteer.

“I chose to become a volunteer without hesitation and I am not mistaken in accepting the challenge,” she said in the vernacular.

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BECAUSE of her high sense of volun-

teerism, Nanay Wennie became a light to other volunteers and the beneficiariesforthemtobelieveintherealization of the projects being offered to them.

She became an inspiration to other members of the volunteer group to see the goodness and benefits of the KALAHI-CIDSS. “I feel alive every time I discuss about the KALAHI-CIDSS to every purok in our community. I looked at the bigger picture of the possibility that a small community like ours can become progressive if people are empowered to participate and work together,” she said.

The former teacher recalled her experience when she forced herself to walk on a rocky road in going to school during her younger years as the main influence why she joined the program, seeing the lack of access roads in Barangay Canagahan as a big challenge not only to students and educators but also to the farmers who found it difficult to deliver their products to the market.

The DSWD-7 said in the statement that although volunteers in

Canagahan are few, Nanay Wennie continued sharing information about the program.

Farm-to-market road

AFTER a year of project implementation, Canagahan received its 0.650km farm-to-market road in Purok Bayabas with the village folk, especially the farmers, gladly welcoming it as a big help to their livelihood.

As the community considered her as a strong-willed person and a heroine for pushing change in their community, Nanay Wennie’s vision for development as a way of life became a reality that helped students go to school and farmers deliver their products to the market with ease.

“There are so much to be done but the progress I see now in our community makes me feel I have achieved something good in my life,” she said.

The completed farm-to-market road made the residents of Canagahan realize that through the KALAHICIDSS, the government is indeed looking after the welfare of the people. PNA

In quiet debut, Alzheimer’s drug finds questions, skepticism

By Tom Murphy

“The drug won’t be for everybody, even with access,” said Salim Syed, an analyst who covers Biogen for Mizuho Securities USA. Syed estimates that only around one-tenth of the people diagnosed with early-stage Alzheimer’s may wind up taking Aduhelm chronically, especially if regulators approve similar treatments from Biogen’s competitors.

Biogen is not saying how many people have received the drug since it was approved on June 7. A company executive said last month that Biogen was aware of about 50 sites infusing Aduhelm, far fewer than the 900 the company had said it expected to be ready shortly after regulators approved the drug.

Aduhelm is the first in a line of new drugs that promise to do what no other Alzheimer’s treatment has managed: slow the progress of the fatal brain-destroying disease instead of just managing its symptoms.

“It’s like a breath of fresh air,” said Dr. Stephen Salloway, a Rhode Island neurologist and Biogen consultant

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HE first new Alzheimer’s treatment in more than 20 years was hailed as a breakthrough when regulators approved it more than four months ago, but its rollout has been slowed by questions about its price and how well it works.

Several major medical centers remain undecided on whether to use Biogen’s Aduhelm, which is recommended for early stages of the disease. Big names like the Cleveland Clinic and Mass General Brigham in Boston say they’ll pass on it for now.

One neurology practice has even banned the company’s sales reps from its offices, citing concerns about the drug and its price, which can climb past $50,000 annually.

Many doctors say they need to learn more about how Aduhelm works and what will be covered before they decide whether to offer it. That might take several months to sort out. Even then, questions may linger.

who is prescribing the drug. People with Alzheimer’s “know what’s coming, and they want to do whatever they can to stay in the milder stage.”

The US Food and Drug Administration approved Aduhelm despite objections from its own independent advisers, several of whom resigned. The agency later said the drug was appropriate for patients with mild symptoms or early-stage Alzheimer’s.

Aduhelm clears brain plaque thought to play a role in Alzheimer’s disease, and regulators made the call based on study results showing the drug seemed likely to benefit patients.

Biogen, which developed Aduhelm with Japan’s Eisai Co., had halted two studies on the drug due to disappointing results. It later said further analysis showed the treatment was effective at higher doses.

The FDA is requiring Biogen to conduct a follow-up study.

The research Biogen submitted so far doesn’t give doctors as much insight as they would normally have

The doubt of the benefits

By Nick Tayag

MY SIXTY-ZEN’S WORTH

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CCORDING to psychotherapist and author David Richo, trust, which he calls “a reliance on reliability,” lies at the heart of all relationships, be it personal, professional or otherwise.

This, however, is undermined when someone deceives us, cheats us, lies to us, disappoints us, or doesn’t come through for us. As one meme puts it, the smallest lie can break the biggest trust.

Yet , bec au se we h ave been brought up on the dictum that to err is human and to forgive is divine, we give the offending party what we call the benefit of the doubt. I, for one, am a softie at heart, pusong mamon as we say. I am inclined to give a person a second chance, going along with his assertions of goodness and sincerity until he proves otherwise. In a cynical way, it is also my way of giving him enough rope to hang himself.

However, when it comes to politicians who seek my vote, I reverse gear.

My instinct is to give them the doubt

of the benefit. I recoil, I become reflexively skeptical. I initially regard them as guilty before proving themselves to be otherwise.

Guilty of what? Guilty of conning the voters with their bright promises, which colloquially we call budolbudol. Since only a handful of their promises are proven to be true, the prudent thing to do is to doubt their ability to deliver. Your mantra should be don’t me.

Young voters, don’t waste this opportunity. Now is your chance to clean up the mess that my generation of baby boomers has brought upon this blighted nation. We’ve had our turn, now it’s your turn. Make your votes count by ushering the right kind of leaders this time.

As a voter for the past 50 years, here are my red flags.

Does the candidate have a familiar name, one that he or she now brandishes and exploits to the hilt, even to the point of dropping the unfamiliar surname of a spouse?

Does he or she come from a politi-

cal family that has dominated the political landscape in your place for the longest time? In short, a family that has made politics a livelihood, a continuous source of income and power?

Many candidates are new generation wanna be’s, out to take the reins from their oldies.

Don’t me. They may be young and fresh, appearing to be idealistic, but bear in mind that the milk they imbibed while growing to full adulthood comes from the same polluted source.

Does he have a track record to speak of, not as a politician, but as a leader, organizer, or a public servant? What has he demonstrated in terms of helping those who have less in society?

What are his statements and his actions that reflect his beliefs?

Or is he like the blower fish, who puffs up himself with air to seem grander than he is but is really toxic? Don’t me. He’s most probably just another ampaw, as we say in our lingo.

Lately, a growing number of candidates has been dropping bible excerpts at every opportunity. That to me is a big don’t me.

The old book is often mis-used and abused to cover a multitude of sins. Frequent bible quoting is, to me, a symptom of a malignant hypocrisy from within, a veneer that is designed to hide something beneath. I also find it unnecessary or distasteful to

into a drug, said Dr. Brendan Kelley, a neurologist at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. Its experts are still reviewing Aduhelm.

“Biogen went to the FDA with preliminary data, so it makes it really challenging to know how to navigate,” he said. More complete research would give doctors a better idea for how the drug will work in a broader patient population, Kelley said.

Cost is another concern

THIS image provided by Biogen on June 7, 2021, shows a vial and packaging for the drug Aduhelm.

The first new Alzheimer’s treatment in more than 20 years was hailed as a breakthrough when regulators approved it in June 2021, but its rollout has been slowed by questions about its price and how well it works. BIOGEN VIA AP

mix religious beliefs with one’s politics. For a true Christian walks the talk or rather walks more than he talks.

If we are dismayed by the choices we’ve made in the past, that’s probably because many voters don’t really think seriously about their choices. They are easily swayed by what their family, friends, peers say and what they read and hear. How many times have people ask me whom to vote because they have no real opinions about the candidates? Worse, they tend to dismiss the value of elections with utterances like “they’re all the same after all.”

It’s time to own your vote. Refuse to blindly follow the popular choices of the day. Take your own path in deciding what to believe.

Be an independent spirit.

How? By cultivating a sense of healthy skepticism. Not doubting just for the sake of doubting but questioning things to discover a truth that will help you arrive at an honest decision.

In this age of so-called posttruth, fake news, manufactured infor mat ion, t he more you doubt, the better. Learn more about your candidates from many sources. Go outside your social-media circle.

Remember the time you received that e-mail indicating that a friend has lost all his money somewhere and needs your financial assistance? Or you just

won a cash prize in a contest and you need to give some details so you can get it from a designated bank? You may have doubts when a viral ad that claims to be the “wonder cure” for that recent malady that you think you have.

You most likely have suspicions when someone knocks on your door at 3:00 in the afternoon on the weekend and claims to be delivering a package for you?

In all of these instances, you’re employing a questioning attitude that casts doubt on information or claims presented.

Experts in anthropology and human psychology say that we carry very sophisticated communication equipment in our skulls. We are wired to be skeptical. Our brain is skilled at detecting sources of pollution and poison in our environment. We experience strong feelings of disgust at the smell of rotting things such as when someone is bullshitting us.

If this is so, then sharpen that built-in ability to detect deception and rottenness. Harness that powerful intuition to help you in challenging anyone’s claim of truth. Don’t accept everything at face value. Look beyond powerful emotional appeals. Always question campaign materials that present the candidates in the best possible light. Sometimes what is left unsaid about him is more

BIOGEN’S pricing for Aduhelm is “irresponsible and unconscionable,” according to signs posted on office doors for The Neurology Center, a Washington, D.C.-area practice. The signs also refer to Aduhelm as a medication “of dubious effectiveness” and tell Biogen sales reps they are no longer welcomed in the center’s offices.

“As physicians we feel compelled to speak out and protest Biogen’s actions,” one of the signs reads.

Neurology Center CEO Wendy Van Fossen said the signs went up in July, but she declined to elaborate on why they were posted. important.

Use a doubting, probing mind as tool to unmask the real person behind a candidate. For in the end, doubting can prove to be of benefit to the electorate.

But where should this questioning mind be anchored on? As Nobel prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman warns us: “The first principle is that you must not fool yourself—and you are the easiest person to fool.”

You need to root your decision on a deeper level. As Shakespeare puts it: To thine own self be true.

Interrogate your inner self and re-encounter your core values, the things you stand for, values that will ground your heart, and reinvigorate your hopes.

What change would you like to see in the future for your family, community, and our country? Who among the candidates, flawed as they may be, can best deliver the change you want to see?

Once you know what you sincerely want, then no one can take away your choice, not money, not the arguments of other people, not the false promises of the candidates.

By taking the don’t me attitude of giving the doubt of the benefit, we take ownership of our vote. The benefit is all ours.

Even if our choices might not win in the final count, you can honestly say: akin ang boto ko, walang sisihan.

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NITED NATIONS—The UN special envoy for Myanmar warned Thursday that the country already faces “an internal armed conflict” and if power isn’t returned to the people in a democratic way “we will go in the direction of a failed state.”

Christine Schraner Burgener told a UN news conference that the conflict between the military, which took power on February 1 and civilians and ethnic minorities is intensifying in many parts of the country.

“The repression of the military has led to more than 1,180 deaths,” she said. “The army uses a range of tactics against civilian

populations, including burning villages, looting properties, mass arrests, torture and execution of prisoners, gender-based violence and random artillery fire into residential areas.”

Schraner Burgener said the military is conducting clearing operations in Chin and several other states and there is continued fighting in Kachin and Shan states

“so all over the country we have a huge scale of violence.”

She said the situation is reminiscent of the pattern of operations that the military, known as the Tatmadaw, used against Rohingya Muslims in northern Rakhine state in 1997.

Schraner Burgener said the anti-militar y movement is now “increasingly militarized,” with the so-ca l led Nationa l Unit y Gover nment for med by sup por ters of the ousted demo cratic government led by Aung San Suu Kyi seeking to mobilize a greater number of Peoples Defense Forces and calling for “a people’s defense war.”

“Clearly, in the absence of international action, violence has been justified as the last resort,” she said.

Myanmar for five decades had languished under strict military rule that led to international

isolation and sanctions. As the generals loosened their gr ip, culminating in Suu Kyi ’s rise to leadership in 2015 elections, the international communit y responded by lifting most sanctions and pouring investment into the country.

The February 1 coup followed November elections, which Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy party won overwhelmingly and the military contests as fraudulent.

Schraner Burgener said “the overall situation in Myanmar continues to deteriorate sharply” and at the moment there is violence and no stability.

She said the conflict must be solved, and “the power must be returned to the people in a democratic way,” but the military did not respond to her proposal for a national dialogue and appears intent on continuing its operations. AP

Torrential rains kill 180 people in Nepal and India

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AT H M A N DU, Ne p a l — F lood s a nd l a nd sl ides triggered by days of torrential rains have killed at least 99 people in Nepal since Monday, officials said.

In neighboring India, heavy downpours this week have also

wreaked havoc, killing at least 88 people, while flooding roads, destroying bridges and causing landslides that washed away several homes.

Police in Nepal said rescuers were looking for at least 40 people who have been reported as miss-

ing, sparking fears that the death toll could rise.

A major it y of t he deat hs occurred in the countr y’s easter n a nd wester n re g ion s, wh ic h saw heav y rains this week, said pol ice spokespersson Basa nt a Ba hadu r Ku nwa r. “ T he search and rescue team h ave been re loc at i ng people to sa fer locat ions a nd t a k ing t he inju red to t he hospit a ls,” he sa id.

At least 35 injured in the rains have been rescued and are in the hospital.

“Crops and homes have been w iped out, wh ic h is a se vere blow to fa m i l ies a l ready g rappl ing w it h t he devast ati n g f a l lout of t he C o v id -19 pa ndem ic ,” s a id A z m at U l l a of t he Inter nat iona l Federat ion of Red Crescent Soc ieties in Nepa l. Red Cross tea ms a re a id ing evac u at ion ef for ts in bot h cou nt r ies. “ T he people of Nepa l a nd India are sandwiched between the pandemic and worsening climate disasters, heavily impacting millions of lives and livelihoods,” he added.

On Thursday, Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba visited

the flood-affected areas in the western region and directed authorities to focus on the speedy rescue, relief and rehabilitation of those vulnerable.

Authorities are still trying to ascertain the number of displaced households and the full extent of damages caused by the disasters.

Forecasters in Nepal are anticipating moderate rainfall later on Thursday but expect the weather to improve by the end of the week.

Ind i a has seen wor r isome rains across several regions this week. Flooding and landslides caused by downpours over the week have k il led at least 46 people in the northern state of Uttarakhand and 42 people in the southern state of Kerala, which is on alert for more rains in the coming days.

Landslides and floods are common in India’s Himalayan north.

Scientists say they are becoming more frequent as global warming contributes to the melting of glaciers there.

In February, flash floods killed nearly 200 people and washed away houses in Uttarakhand. In 2013, thousands of people were killed in floods there. AP

What is the ‘Delta plus’ variant of the novel coronavirus 2019 ?

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hat is the “Delta plus” variant?

It’s a relative of the Delta variant, identified by British scientists last month.

Because it isn’t a variant of interest or concern, it has not yet been officially named after a letter of the Greek alphabet, like the other worrisome variants.

Scientists are monitoring the Delta-related variant—known as AY.4.2. —to see if it might spread more easily or be more deadly than previous versions of the coronavirus. In a recent report, UK officials said this variant makes up 6 percent of all analyzed Covid-19 cases in the country and is “on an increasing trajectory.”

The variant has two mutations in the spike protein, which helps the coronavirus invade the body’s cells. These changes have also been seen in other versions of the virus since the pandemic started, but haven’t gone very far,

Francois Balloux, director of the Genetics Institute at University College London.

The Delta variant remains “by far the most dominant variant in terms of global circulation” said Maria Van Kerkhove, the World Health Organization’s technical lead on COVID-19, at a public session this week.

“Delta is dominant, but delta is evolving,” she said, adding that the more the virus circulates, the greater chances it has to mutate.

The UN health agency is currently tracking 20 variations of the Delta variant. The AY.4.2 is “one to watch because we have to continuously keep an eye on how this virus is changing,” said Van Kerkhove.

In the US, the Delta variant accounts for nearly all Covid-19 cases. The newer “delta plus” variant has been spotted “on occasion,” but it’s not yet a concern, health officials said. AP

AN JUAN, Puerto Rico— A police superintendent in Jamaica told The Associated Press on Thursday that authorities have arrested a Colombian man they believe is a suspect in the July 7 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse.

Officials were still making calls to different embassies and ministers of foreign affairs to confirm details, Superintendent Stephanie Lindsay said.

She said police would release more information soon.

More than 40 suspects have been arrested so far in the presidential slaying, including 18 former Colombi a n sold iers a nd several Haitian police officers.

C olom bi a n aut hor it ie s h ave sa id t he major it y of sold iers d id not k now t he t r ue nat u re of t he operat ion.

Haitian authorities have said the mastermind behind the killing and the person or persons who financed it are still at large.

Police say they also are looking for other people accused of involvement in the killing, including a former Haitian senator and Joseph Badio, who once worked for Haiti’s Ministry of Justice and at the government’s anticorruption unit until he was fired

in May amid accusations of violating unspecified ethical rules.

Moïse was fatally shot at his private home in a pre-dawn attack in which his wife, Martine Moïse, was wounded.

T he investigation into the killing has faced multiple obstacles and led to the dismissal of a justice minister and the chief prosecutor for the capital of Port-au-Prince. The first judge assigned to oversee the investigation stepped down in August citing personal reasons. He left after one of his assistants died in unclear circumstances.

Court clerks who were helping investigate the killing also have gone into hiding after receiving death threats if they d idn’t change cer ta in names and statements in their reports.

T he president i a l k i l l ing shoc ked t he n at ion of more than 11 million people and has deepened the country’s political instability, with protesters on Thursday calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henr y as they decried a spike in crime and demanded better living conditions.

Henry recently told AP that he expects to hold presidential and legislative elections next year. AP

Actor Alec Baldwin fired shot on movie set that killed woman

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ANTA FE, New Mexico—A prop firearm discharged by veteran actor Alec Baldwin, who is producing and starring in a Western movie, killed his director of photography and injured the director Thursday at the movie set outside Santa Fe, authorities said.

Santa Fe County Sheriff ’s officials said Halyna Hutchins, director of photography for the movie Rust, and director Joel Souza were shot.

Hutchins, 42, was airlifted to University of New Mexico Hospital, where she was pronounced dead by medical personnel, authorities said.

Souza, 48, was taken by ambulance to Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center, where he’s undergoing treatment for his injuries.

Production has been halted on the film.

A spokesman for Baldwin said there was an accident on the set involving the misfire of a prop gun with blanks.

The Santa Fe New Mexican reported the 63-year-old Baldwin was seen Thursday outside the sheriff ’s office in tears, but attempts to get comment from him were unsuccessful.

The International Cinematographers Guild confirmed that the woman fatally shot was Hutchins, a cinematographer. “ The details are unclear at this moment, but we are working to learn more, and we support a full investigation into this tragic event,” Guild President John Lindley and Executive Director Rebecca Rhine said in a statement.

Hutchins, 42, was director of photography on the 2020 action film Archenemy, starring Joe Manganiello. A 2015 graduate of the American Film Institute, she was named a “rising star” by American Cinematographer in 2019.

“I’m so sad about losing Halyna.

And so infuriated that this could happen on a set,” said Archenemy Director Adam Egypt Mortimer on Twitter. “She was a brilliant talent who was absolutely committed to art and to film.”

Actor Joe Manganiello, who starred in Archenemy, called her “an incredible talent” and “a great person” on his Instagram account. He said he was lucky to have Hutchins as director of photography on the

film.

Baldwin was a producer on Souza’s 2019 film, Crown Vic, which starred Thomas Jane as a veteran Los Angeles police officer on a manhunt for two violent bank robbers. His first credited film, 2010’s Hanna’s Gold, was a treasure hunt adventure featuring Luke Perry.

Deputies responded about 2 p.m. to the movie set at the Bonanza Creek Ranch after 911 calls came in of a person being shot on set, sheriff ’s spokesman Juan Rios said.

The ranch has been used in dozens of films, including the recent Tom Hanks Western News of the World.

He said detectives were investigating how and what type of projectile was discharged.

“This investigation remains open and active,” Rios said in a statement. “No charges have been filed in regard to this incident. Witnesses continue to be interviewed by detectives.”

Filming for Rust was set to continue into early November, according to a news release from the New Mexico Film Office.

The movie is about a 13-yearold boy who is left to fend for himself and his younger brother following the death of their parents in 1880s Kansas, according to the Internet Movie Database web site. The teen goes on the run with his long-estranged grandfather (played by Baldwin) after the boy is sentenced to hang for the accidental killing of a local rancher.

In 1993, Brandon Lee, 28, son of the late martial-arts star Bruce Lee, died after being hit by a .44-caliber slug while filming a death scene for the movie The Crow.

The gun was supposed to have fired a blank, but an autopsy turned up a bullet lodged near his spine.

A Twitter account run by Lee’s sister Shannon said: “Our hearts go out to the family of Halyna Hutchins and to Joel Souza and all involved in the incident on ‘Rust.’

No one should ever be killed by a gun on a film set. Period.”

In 1984, actor Jon-Erik Hexum died after shooting himself in the head with a prop gun blank while pretending to play Russian roulette with a .44 Magnum on the set of the television series “Cover Up.” AP

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Inside the Beatles’ Ashram in Rishikesh

In 1968, the Beatles came to Rishikesh to study Transcendental Meditation with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (middle).

The former dorms where meditational students used to stay

Story & photos by Marky Ramone Go

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WOKE up to the cold January weather of Rishikesh and was caught in between wanting to stay snuggled under my blanket, or start my exploration early.

Half-dazed, I forced myself to saunter from across the room to the icy bathroom floor and find comfort from a quick, hot shower.

Fully awake now, I plotted my day thinking about a myriad of things I could do: try a new dish, go temple hopping, feed some monkeys, hang out by the Ganges, find a charming café, or rent a motorbike.

However, the lure of laying eyes on a place that has caught my fascination ever since I started reading about the Beatles reigned over me.

First things first, I told myself. I kickstart my almost weeklong stay in Rishikesh by visiting what remains of the ashram that embellished Paul, John, Ringo and George mystical motivation to achieve creative, high penning of staggering 48 songs, most of which ended up on their double album “White Album.”

All things must pass

None of life’s strings can last. None can be truer than the state of the Beatles’ ashram that was founded by Indian guru Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. Known then as the International Academy of Meditation, the ashram today is a picture of scattered ruins of mural-painted walls overrun by overgrown bush.

Maharishi, who first met the Beatles in

Author sits beside Pop art, graffiti, and murals that can be seen around Rishikesh, the world-renowned yoga center.

1967 and later became their spiritual advisor, invited the group in the winter of ‘68 to study his devised Transcendental Meditation technique. The Beatles joined by their respective wives, along with Scottish singer Donovan, actress Mia Farrow, her sister and Beach Boys’ Mike Love, studied the guru’s meditation method from February until a falling out with Maharishi (which includes allegations of Maharishi’s sexual impropriety towards Mia Farrow) among the circle culminated in the group’s series of departures from India in April— with John Lennon and George Harrison being the last two to leave.

The band’s brief stay at the ashram provided the group with a creative rejuvenation delivering them their most productive period of songwriting. Lennon credited his experience in Rishikesh for writing some of his most miserable and best songs. “We wrote about 30 new songs between us,” Lennon said. “Paul must have

done about a dozen. George says he’s got six, and I wrote 15. And look what meditation did for Ringo­— after all this time he wrote his first song.”

As fleeting as it was the Beatles’ time in Rishikesh, it remains as one of the most talked-about and integral part of the band’s story analogous to their foremost overseas trip to Hamburg, Germany, in 1960 and their first visit to America in 1964.

The trip to India and the band’s episode in Rishikesh is also seen as a symbolic curtain drop on the group’s monumental history as this was the last time the fabulous four musicians traveled together. After the Maharishi stopped operating the ashram in the 1970s and the lease on the land expired in 1981, it has undergone years of neglect letting mother nature take over.

In 2015, the ashram was reopened to the public as part of the Rishikesh heritage structures trail.

The Beatles’ Ashram today

Dressed-up aptly for a beautiful 14°C morning, I stepped out to the streets of Rishikesh among yogis, backpackers, locals on tuk-tuks, sadhus adorned in saffron robes, moseying cows and—upon crossing Lakshman Jhula bridge—mischievous monkeys.

Walking over footpaths parallel to the sacred Ganges River, I consulted my Google Map and upon thinking that the ashram doesn’t look too far away—a miscalculation that had me walking at least 11 kilometers—I decided to just keep on walking.

I passed by temples filled with morning worshippers chanting and Ghats dotted with religious bathers and, on occasion, a red and blue kayak filled with tourists on their river tour slicing through the Ganges.

Through small alleys flanked by bazaar booths on both sides, I resisted stopping

by a quaint cafe or food joint serving Thali meals as I really want to start my day in search of Zen inside the Beatles’ ashram. Despite my slow walk, I reached the gates of the ashram half an hour before it opens. The guard tells me “You are too early my friend, you can sit first and wait for opening.”

Today, the ashram is where you can find a riot of arresting street art dominating its peeled-off walls. This was part of the mural essays created by street artists under the “Beatles Ashram Mural Project” which was founded in 2012. Aside from the mural paintings, lyrical lines such as “with every mistake, we must surely be learning” from a George Harrison-penned song, can be read scribbled on random walls.

Spread over 14 acres of forested land now concealing a legacy of 1960s transcendental meditation and spiritual counterculture, the ashram reveals a once fabled place where a community once thrived all in search of nirvana on Earth.

When the gates finally opened, I was the first guest to be let inside. It would take another half an hour before I saw other guests trickled in. By that time, I had made my way through the grounds of the ashram. After another hour, I sat on the front steps of the Beatles’ old dormitory with weary feet, where George used to practice his sitar every morning. With my sense of wonder satisfied, I hummed to myself, “And when the broken hearted people living in the world agree, there will be an answer, let it be.”

El Nido Resorts named as among Asia’s best

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l Nido Resorts, one of the country’s leading eco-luxury chain located in northern Palawan, was recently voted as among the top resort destinations in Asia for 2021 at the annual Readers’ Choice Awards of the prestigious Condé Nast Traveler media group.

Consisting of Apulit, Lagen, Miniloc, and Pangulasian Island Resorts, El Nido Resorts is the only Philippine property that landed in the elite Top 10 list.

Pangulasian Island Resort, known for its eco-luxe villas inspired by contemporary Filipino architecture and unspoiled marine sanctuary, is a sixtime Reader’s Choice Awardee, and a Gold List favorite in 2018.

Last year, Lagen and Pangulasian, and Apulit Island Resort in Taytay town also bagged the 2020 Readers’ Choice

Pangulasian Island Resort Miniloc Island resort

Awards for Best Resorts in Asia.

More than 800,000 Condé Nast Traveler readers voted and rated their travel experiences across the globe, citing places they can’t wait to visit again.

The Readers’ Choice Awards are the longest-running and most prestigious recognition of excellence in the travel industry.

The 2021 Readers’ Choice Awards

are published on Condé Nast Traveler’s web site at www.cntraveler.com and celebrated in the November issue of its US and UK magazine editions.

Condé Nast Traveler is the world ’s most distinguished travel title pro-

viding inspiration and advice for discerning travelers. Authoritative and inf luential, it is a multi-platform, t ra nsat l a nt ic bra nd wh ic h of fers award-winning expertise in luxury travel from around the world.

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ASEAN, BAGUIO CITY TAP TECH SOLUTION TO PROMOTE TOURISM

VIA the Aspire Vero laptop, Acer aims to reduce waste by including ecofriendly packaging and components made from recyclable plastics.

BY RIZAL RAOUL S. REYES

Taiwanese tech giant bares extension to eco-friendly line T

HE eco-friendly Aspire Vero is one of the products launched as part of Acer’s extension of its line of green PCs and accessories. Made from post-consumer recycled (PCR) plastic, this sustainable laptop is easy to repair, upgrade and recycle on your own. But that’s getting ahead of the story.

The Acer Aspire Vero’s chassis is made of 30 percent PCR plastic while the keycaps are at 50 percent, with the packaging made from 100 percent recyclable materials and is repurposable as a DIY laptop stand. The device is now powered by up to 11th Gen Intel Core i7 CPU with Xe Graphics, a maximum of 16GB RAM, and 1TB SSD with Wi-Fi 6 support, plus a combination of USB-A and USB-C ports.

During its “Next@Acer” launch, dubbed “Made for Humanity,” Acer also revealed the TravelMate Vero, a business laptop which combines the eco-friendly Vero design with 11th Gen Intel Core i7 processors.

Also included in the Acer Vero expansion are the Acer Veriton Vero, a mini and modern desktop PC designed to provide commercial-grade performance

in a compact package that can be extensively customized; the Acer Vero BR277, an FHD monitor boasting green certifications from Energy Star, TCO and EPEAT; and a series of Vero accessories such as mice, mousepads and laptop sleeves were also announced.

Acer Vero products have also been designed to be easy to disassemble so getting repairs and upgrades are simplified and the lifespans of devices are increased.

One of the biggest impacts of Acer and its sustainability efforts is to make being eco-friendly and green more palatable to consumers.

“What we have also done is provide consumers who are looking for eco-friendly options with products that are not only sustainable but also perform well and are efficient. Product quality and performance are also important,” said Tiffany Huang, co-COO and president of corporate marketing, business, and planning operations of Acer Inc. The Aspire Vero eco-friendly laptop’s green packaging design earned a 2021 Red Dot Award for Brand & Communication Design in the “Packaging Design” category.

Several Acer products also earned 2021 Good Design Awards of Japan, including the Acer Aspire Vero notebook.

“We are not telling consumers, ‘Hey, you need to buy a PC’ even when they don’t need to. What we’re doing is offering them great products which perform well at good prices and these products are green and sustainable,” said Huang.

Meanwhile, Warner Music Philippines has launched GLOPM, or Global Pinoy Music, a

collaboration which strengthens the label’s effort to promote Filipino music in the global arena.

Under GLOPM, Warner is pairing local talents with Filipino producers who are popular internationally. The initiative aims to be a leading source of original and diverse Filipino music, with tracks that reflect the culture and shared experiences of every Filipino.

Indie-pop duo Leanne & Naara collaborated with internationally acclaimed producer August Rigo, who is known for his work with Justin Bieber, Chris Brown, Sean Kingston and BTS, among many others, for the single “Anticipation.”

Reon, on the other hand, recorded “Back To The Times” with Grammy-nominated record producer Xerxes Bakker who has worked with Maroon 5, Snoop Dogg, Imagine Dragons, Cee-Lo Green, Ella Eyre, Tungevaag and Quintino.

“Good Old Days” by Quest is recorded with award-winning production duo Kuya Productions, who gained massive mainstream popularity for collaborations with Christina Aguilera, Jesse McCartney, Alessia Cara and Jordin Sparks.

Warner Music Philippines also welcomes Catriona Gray, who wrote a song, titled “Love Language,” which was recorded in collaboration with prominent Australian producer Cabu.

“We are very proud to launch GLOPM as a movement that amplifies and elevates Filipino talent to the global community. I believe in the immense talent of Filipino artists and GLOPM is the perfect platform for us to do just that. They deserve global recognition,” said Warner Music Philippines managing director Sarah Ismail. ■

New telco enables seamless gaming with partnership DITO Telecommunity, the country’s newest telco player, continuously accelerates its service to provide stronger connectivity to various communities nationwide. As part of its mission to enrich Filipino lives through digital innovations, DITO agreed to provide an easy gaming experience with UniPin. The partnership kicked off on October 11.

The partnership between DITO and UniPin will enable DITO users to purchase game vouchers directly through UniPin, a leading digital entertainment enabler with more than 10 years of experience in providing reliable game vouchers from the most favorite game publishers around the world. This will ensure easy and safe gaming top-up wherever and whenever.

As the payment option to gaming vouchers becomes available, it can be selected in each transaction under the SMS Mobile Payment (DCB) upon web checkout on the UniPin web site. The amount of purchase will be deducted from DITO phone balance. Some popular game vouchers that can

be purchased are Call of Duty: Mobile, PUBG Mobile, and Nintendo eShop.

Jasper Evangelista, DITO brand and marketing director, explains the partnership as an embodiment for both company’s vision. “DITO and UniPin share the same vision, which is to provide the best digital services to every Filipino in the country. As we believe that the gaming community in the country has been growing steadily, we want to support them with the best access to the gaming experience possible through the partnership,” said Evangelista.

Ashadi Ang, UniPin’s CEO, mentioned that DITO’s high-speed data service and value to community are matched to UniPin’s goals for the gaming community. “As a part of the gaming community, our audience truly appreciates the speedy data service and DITO’s support to esports in general. UniPin is optimistic that the partnership will benefit gamers in the Philippines and grow the country’s esports scene,” said Ang. More information on the partnership can be found at www.unipin.com or www.dito.ph.

DIGITAL technology will be the key tool to boost tourism both in the Association of Southeast Nations (Asean) region and Baguio City, the Philippines’s summer capital.

The Asean Tourism Association (Aseanta) tapped leading artificial intelligence and Big Data technology provider Fusionex to introduce Aseanta Travel Exchange (ATEX), a comprehensive virtual exhibition and engagement platform, to help facilitate an inclusive business environment and provide greater access to new markets.

“This collaboration between Aseanta and Fusionex is a historical event—a true Asean partnership bringing together the combined resources of Asean member-states, in both the the public and private sector, to take tourism in the region to new levels, and to firmly establish Asean as one of the most viable and attractive tourist destinations in the world,” said Eddy Krismeidi Soemawilaga, president of Aseanta, in a recent online press briefing.

Soemawilaga stressed that the Covid-19 pandemic has wrought a huge disruption in the travel and tourism sector as borders have been closed and large gatherings discouraged. He expressed optimism in Aseanta’s transition from physical to virtual, seamlessly improving accessibility, connection and engagement while removing the restrictions of time and space through virtual exhibitions, webinars, digital marketing campaigns, and more.

With ATEX’s suite of innovative solutions, he said this will empower Aseanta in organizing virtual events while driving meaningful and measurable online interactions. It also offers a platform that offers an intelligent business-tobusiness (B2B) matchmaking feature that connects local enterprises with global businesses to enable market expansion.

By embracing digitalization, Fusionex Group CEO Dato’ Seri Ivan Teh said Aseanta is ready to embrace the new normal for the future of travel, hospitality, and tourism, and help enterprises to cope with the pandemic and the new norm for continued sustainability. He pointed out that travel and tourism players can also harness the platform’s global distribution system to conduct secured uninterrupted business transactions, virtual marketing, livestreaming of pitching sessions, real-time reporting capabilities, monitoring, and measurement features, and capitalizing on powerful artificial (AI)-powered digital marketing tools for specific campaigns.

On the local front, the City Government of Baguio has chosen Oracle Cloud to help manage the interstate visitor traffic application process to support the city’s cautious reopening of tourism activities and boost the local economy. Powered by Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, the Baguio Visitors Information and Travel Assistance (VISITA) online registration system and mobile application enable the City of Pines to register and trace visitors more accurately which ensures the safety of almost 360,000 residents and interstate tourists. The deployment of Oracle Cloud has also delivered 55 percent cost savings as compared to running the system on-premises.

“As with many places around the world, seeing the city devoid of tourists was very hard. Wanting to welcome them back and protect our residents at the same time, we turned to technology for the answer as we recognized the efficiencies it could bring. We selected Oracle Cloud for the Baguio VISITA program due to its enterprise-grade performance, rapid scalability, and simplicity of integration which enabled the system to go live in just one week. Since moving to the cloud, we have seen significant cost savings,” said Alec Mapalo, division head, City Tourism and Special Events Office, City of Baguio, said in a separate online webinar.

The city government decided to develop an integrated visitor management system to track the visitors’ movements and impose local health and safety protocols. Pre-Covid, Baguio City attracted more than a million visitors each year. Moreover, the web site registered more than 13 million hits.

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BY RODERICK L. ABAD Contributor BEGINNING this month, digital expert 8Ventures chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) Jay Ricky Villarante is one of the top investor-judges of CNN Philippines’s The Final Pitch, the country’s first and only business reality TV show which brings together enterprise owners and investors.

“We bring innovation into Philippine industries that will improve the quality of products and services that businesses are developing, which in turn will elevate the quality of life of the public. It is our mission to grow organizations that create and use new technologies to develop profitable businesses around game-changing systems, products and services,” he said.

The rise of fintech such as cryptocurrency has been embraced well in the Philippines, and builds up the development of more and similar business and technology solutions within the entrepreneurial and start-up sectors. Identifying, investing and sharpening Filipino talent and groundbreaking concepts with immense business potential growth is important for teching up the local economy.

“As an innovator that is effective with out-ofthe-box solutions to sectors like cryptocurrency and cybersecurity, 8Ventures is well-aware of the emerging challenges that face start-up companies and developing investors in these sectors,” said Villarante.

“Supporting the next generation of innovators and emerging businesses requires a good amount of technical guidance, development of their business models, and funding for them to be successful. With our in-depth knowledge, business savvy and corporate experience, 8Ventures’ cutting-edge agility can seek, assess and reward promising start-up founders to make significant progress in the Philippines,” added the CEO added.

Amid the glut, Villarante believes that there is still a lot of room for growth for technology products and services market. Honing the visionaries and leaders on top of producing postpandemic business solutions in the new normal increases the chance to make a change and develop further is vital to address the increasing future need of the industries for nation rebuilding.

Another growth factor is cybersecurity, which will protect users’ confidential information while neutralizing the attacks of digital criminals.

In the show’s seventh season, dubbed the “Virtual Edition,” aspiring entrepreneurs and start-up owners can to pitch their ideas to the investor-judges about their respective businesses and/or entrepreneurial ideas on-location at The Final Pitch’s studios.

Catch the show on The Final Pitch YouTube channel with new uploads every Wednesday and Friday, at 5 pm. Other investor-judges for the show are Dave Almirol Jr., founder and CEO of Multisys Technologies Corp.; Bernard Dy, mayor of Cauayan City, Isabela; Rosemarie Bosch-Ong, senior executive vice president-chief operating officer of Wilcon Depot; and Dennis Uy, founder, and CEO of Converge ICT Solutions Inc.

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The smarter way to own an iPhone 13

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NOTHER year, another iPhone, followed by another “which organ should I sell this time?” joke.

Every year, people moan about how expensive the iPhone has become, yet as soon as a new model gets released, they can’t stop themselves from getting one anyway.

“Too expensive” is actually becoming subjective, because for the more than a billion iPhone worldwide, there is no other product launch more anticipated than Apple’s annual reveal of its latest iPhone series.

For many, it’s not a question of “should I get an iPhone?” but rather “which iPhone should I get?” and with four new iPhone 13 models, and up to four storage options, you have a lot of choices depending on the size of your budget—and your pockets.

After last year’s big 5G upgrade, the improvements this year might seem incremental and offer little incentive to upgrade—that is, if you already have an iPhone 12, but if you are still using the iPhone X or older, then the iPhone 13 brings a lot of enticing new features such as a faster processor, nicer display, better cameras and longer battery life.

As far as looks go, the iPhone 13 shares a similar design to 2020’s models, with the smaller notch possibly the most noticeable change. The iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 mini comes in five gorgeous new colors—pink, blue, midnight, starlight and red.

Equipped with the Apple-designed A15 Bionic, the iPhone 13 series offer super-fast performance and power efficiency, longer battery life, and a brighter Super Retina XDR display that brings content to life. Apple also continues the Ceramic Shield front cover for protection, while doubling the entry-level storage at 128GB, plus IP68 rating for dust and water resistance, and 5G capabilities.

The iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max, on the other hand, are available in four finishes — graphite, gold, silver, and the all-new sierra blue. The Super Retina XDR display also has Pro Motion featuring an adaptive refresh rate up to 120Hz. All models feature major innovations in the camera including a new Wide camera with bigger pixels and sensor-shift optical image stabilization offering improvements in low light photos and videos. There’s also a new way to personalize the camera with Photographic Styles, and the Cinematic mode that brings a new dimension to video storytelling.

Content creators will love the improvements in video like Cinematic mode for beautiful depth-offield transitions, macro video, Time-lapse and Slo-mo, and even better low-light performance. And if you

want the longest battery life in an iPhone, then go for the Pro Max.

CASH, INSTALLMENT OR VIA POSTPAID PLAN?

OWNING an iPhone, however, is just part of the experience. The other half is, of course, getting to enjoy all those features with the fastest mobile connection.

The iPhone 13 presents an advanced 5G experience with more 5G bands, and works in more places on 5G for greater coverage and performance. According to Ookla’s analysis of Speedtest Intelligence data for Q2 2021, Apple devices perform faster on the Smart 5G network, with a median download speed of 208.76 Mbps and median upload speed of 20.25 Mbps.

Coinciding with the start of preorders, Smart Communications (Smart) announced the pricing of its Signature plans for the iPhone 13 series. With Signature Plan L starting at P1,999 monthly (plus a one-time cash-out depending on the model), for example, you get unlimited All Net Calls and Texts, plus 150 minutes PLDT Calls, and 15 GB open-access data monthly with a Data Rollover feature. This means all unused data allocation from the previous month will be carried over to the next month.

If you are a heavy user, personally I think getting a postpaid plan with your iPhone is more practical since you can pay in installments with a smaller

cashout plus you get large data allocation and all those call/text freebies. I got my first iPhone (iPhone 7Plus) years ago with a postpaid plan and the same with the iPhone 11 Pro Max, and its way more convenient than having to worry about running out of load and not having data when you need it, especially now that I’ve been using PayMaya for most payment transactions.

Recontracting Smart subscribers also have the option to do full monthly amortization without the cashout.

Smart Signature subscribers will also receive a free Apple Music subscription for six months, which they can activate via Smart’s GigaLife App, while existing and renewing subs can get the Apple AirPods (2nd Generation) as an add-on purchase.

Now, if you’re worried about losing your mobile number from another telco, you can make the switch and retain your old number with Mobile Number Portability (MNP) via x.smart/switch or visiting the nearest Smart Store. The best things in life are free, it has been said. The second best? Unli.

Now you can add 5G data to the list of Unli offerings as Smart has also announced its postpaid plans with Unli 5G data. Smart’s new Signature Plans+ will include Unli5G access, UnliCalls and Texts to All Networks including landline numbers, plus a 12-month Netflix Mobile Plan subscription for unlimited shows, series and movies. Soon, you can pair these Signature Plans+ with 5G devices through its partnerships with leading smartphone makers. ■

Hearing it from social: Online personalities speak up INFLUENCER Dr. Kilimanguru, ABS-CBN talent and host DJ Jhai Ho, and actress and online personality Kiray Celis are just three of the social-media sensations that have shared how Globe has helped them throughout the years.

Dr. Kilimanguru, who goes by Winston Tiwaquen in real life, is a licensed physician known for sharing evidence-based health information and advice with a twist of “char.”

He says Globe has been very instrumental in keeping him updated and connected with his patients, loved ones, friends, plus his fans.

“Best time with Globe is all the time.

Very convenient ang Globe because I get to upload my educational videos. ’Pag wala akong access sa Internet, Globe data is enough. Most importantly, I get updates from my patients regarding their lab results, kaya nakakapagadvise ako agad kung ano ang next steps na gagawin nila,” said Dr. Kilimanguru.

Dr. Kilimanguru, who has at least 5.2 million followers across TikTok and Facebook, adds that Globe has also been very instrumental in helping him and his family cushion the impact of the restrictions brought upon by the pandemic.

“Kahit limited ang interactions natin ngayon, Globe has always kept me in touch with my family and friends. Kahit hindi kami nakakapaginteract face-to-face, constant communication with them through Globe helps maintain the foundation of our relationships,” he explained.

Celis, on the other hand, says she practically grew up with company. But what makes her relationship with Globe very meaningful were the services that allowed her to make the most out of her everyday experiences.

“Globe ang may pinakamalakas na signal kahit saan ako magpunta sa Pilipinas. Laking tulong nito dahil mabilis kong ma-contact ang pamilya

ko. Kamustahan man o emergency, perfect ang Globe signal. Isa sa mga improvements na nakita ko ay ang pagbilis ng mobile data na common na ginagamit ko sa pag-update sa aking social media.

Ang feature na gusto ko ay ang Globe Rewards.

Basta mapa-prepaid load or postpaid user, lahat may points na magagamit pang-redeem ng products and promos,” said Celis.

Aside from its existing deals and promos, Globe has several perks and rewards such as device deals, plan discounts, and SIM samplers.

Customers can also take advantage of the digital platforms under the Globe Group, which includes the country’s leading e-wallet service GCash and healthtech services KonsultaMD and HealthNow. They can enjoy the flexibility of Globe Postpaid with the all-new GPlan that’s packed with life’s essentials.

More information can be found at www.globe. com.ph.

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THANYA DE LA CRUZ swims her way to a new standard in women’s 50-meter breaststroke.

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NBA PICKS

TOP 75+1

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OR the National Basketball Association’s (NBA) 75th anniversary team, 75 players weren’t enough.

The league needed 76 instead.

The top 75 players in NBA history—and one more because of a tie in the voting—have been revealed, a group that has combined to win 158 NBA championships, earn 730 NBA AllStar selections and score more than 1.5 million points.

The players were not ranked in order, and were announced over a three-day span randomly. And the league didn’t say which players wound up in that tie to determine the final spot.

All 50 of the Top 50 players— chosen 25 years ago, during the NBA’s 50th anniversary celebration—made the Top 75 list as well, a clear indicator that the voters for this team respected the intentions of the selectors a quarter-century ago.

Of the new names on the list, nine were announced during the first two rounds of unveilings Tuesday and Wednesday: Giannis Antetokounmpo, Tim Duncan, Kevin Durant, Kevin Garnett, James Harden, Allen Iverson, Steve Nash, Dirk Nowitzki and Chris Paul.

The other newcomers were all announced Thursday, with a few obvious picks coming along with a few surprises. Dominique Wilkins was a notable omission from the 50th anniversary team but made the 75th anniversary team.

“It took me a while to get over it,” Wilkins said of the snub a quarter-century ago.

He doesn’t have to worry about it anymore.

Nor does Bob McAdoo, another player who didn’t make the Top 50 list 25 years ago but got enough votes to make the Top 75.

“A legend on and off the court,” read a statement from the Miami Heat, commemorating McAdoo’s selection.

The other newcomers to the list, all announced Thursday: Dennis Rodman, Ray Allen, Dwyane Wade, Jason Kidd, Kobe Bryant, Gary Payton, Paul Pierce, Stephen Curry, Reggie Miller, Kawhi Leonard, Damian Lillard, LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, Anthony Davis and Russell Westbrook.

“I just got chills. I don’t want to be cool and act like this doesn’t mean anything....It’s surreal,” Wade said on the Turner Sports telecast of Thursday’s announcement. “It doesn’t even feel real to look at yourself and say ‘I’m one of the best 75 players ever to play this game.’”

Kidd had a similar reaction, after being told in a pregame interview before the team he now coaches—the Dallas Mavericks— opened their season against the Atlanta Hawks.

“One, I’m surprised,” Kidd said.

“Two, it’s a surreal moment, right?

Seventy-five years, to be mentioned with that list, there’s a lot of great names. I’m just happy they found a way to put my name on that list.”

The NBA’s 75th anniversary team (in alphabetical order): Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Ray Allen, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Carmelo Anthony, Nate Archibald, Paul Arizin, Charles Barkley, Rick Barry, Elgin Baylor, Dave Bing, Larry Bird, Kobe Bryant, Wilt Chamberlain, Bob Cousy, Dave Cowens, Billy Cunningham, Stephen Curry, Anthony Davis, Dave DeBusschere, Clyde Drexler, Tim Duncan, Kevin Durant, Julius Erving, Patrick Ewing,Walt Frazier, Kevin Garnett, George Gervin, Hal Greer, James Harden, John Havlicek, Elvin Hayes, Allen Iverson, LeBron James, Magic Johnson, Sam Jones, Michael Jordan, Jason Kidd, Kawhi Leonard, Damian Lillard, Jerry Lucas, Karl Malone, Moses Malone, Pete Maravich, Bob McAdoo, Kevin McHale, George Mikan, Reggie Miller, Earl Monroe, Steve Nash, Dirk Nowitzki, Hakeem Olajuwon, Shaquille O’Neal, Robert Parish, Chris Paul, Gary Payton, Bob Pettit, Paul Pierce, Scottie Pippen, Willis Reed, Oscar Robertson, David Robinson, Dennis Rodman, Bill Russell, Dolph Schayes, Bill Sharman, John Stockton, Isiah Thomas, Nate Thurmond, Wes Unseld, Dwyane Wade, Bill Walton, Jerry West, Russell Westbrook, Lenny Wilkens, Dominique Wilkins and James Worthy. AP

JASON KIDD is a surprised member of the league’s top 75 players. AP

U23 football squad polish skills in Lipa

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HE national men’s under-23 team has made the Aboitiz Pitch in Lipa City as its training camp in preparation for the Asian Football Confederation Under-23 Cup 2022 Qualifiers in Singapore.

The Singapore tournament will start on Monday.

The Philippine Football Federation and other football clubs have included the Aboitiz Pitch as one of their preferred training and competition venues.

The pitch is located inside the LIMA Estate, a 794-hectare industrial-anchored township located in Lipa City and Malvar in Batangas. It is considered as the largest and best-selling privately-owned industrial estate in the Philippines and has its own central business district and world-class sports facilities.

The Aboitiz Pitch is one of the largest artificial turfs in Luzon and could be utilized for

multiple sports.

To ensure safety, players, coaching staff and team officials undergo RT-PCR testing before entry to the facility and routine testing during training. They are all required to wear face masks and shields at all times, except during training or competition.

The Aboitiz Pitch hosted a number of games of the Philippine Football League and the Youth Football League before the pandemic and the training of the Kaya Football Club Iloilo during the pandemic.

“We are honored to be hosting the Philippine Football Federation and its member clubs in LIMA and at the Aboitiz Pitch,” Rob del Rosario, Luzon Operations Head of Aboitiz InfraCapital’s Commercial Business Unit, said.

“It ensures that our athletes can continue their training and development programs in a safe and conducive environment.”

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By Josef Ramos

ARLOS YULO will be the man to watch in the 50th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships which stake apparatus and floor exercise titles at the General Gymnasium in Kitakyushu, Japan, on Saturday.

“Everybody’s afraid of him. When he walks around, everybody knows who he is and everybody remembers him [after his performance in the qualification],” Gymnastic Association of the Philippines President Cynthia Carrion-Norton told BusinessMirror on Friday.

Yulo goes for the gold medals in the floor exercise and parallel bar, both of which he topped in the qualifiers, and in the vault, where he was third, this weekend.

The 21-yearold Yulo is defending his floor

exercise gold in the final starting at 3:10 p.m. on Saturday and will shoot for the vault title at 3:25 p.m. and the parallel bars finals at 5 p.m. on Sunday, all Manila time.

There’s no day off for Yulo.

“He is still training like the other eight finalists who wanted to get the gold,” Carrion-Norton said.

The world championships offer another opportunity for Yulo to shine—especially in the floor exercise which he ruled two years ago in Stuttgart, Germany—in the absence of Tokyo Olympics gold medalist Artem Dolgopyat of Israel, silver medalist Rayderley Zapata of Spain and bronze medalist Xiao Ruoteng of China.

“Officials from the gymnastics federation of Israel told me that he [Dolgopyat] had to stop training due to all interviews and TV shows as winner of the Olympic

gold medal,” Carrion-Norton said.

Also absent are Zou Jingyuan of China, Lukas Dauser of Germany and Ferhat Arican of Turkey who finished 1-2-3 in parallel bars in Tokyo, as well as the podium finishers in vault.

Yulo will compete in the floor exercise against Japan’s Kazuki Minami and double Olympic gold medalist Daiki Hashimoto, Kazakhstan’s Milad Karimi, South Korea’s Ryu Sunghyun, Britain’s Hayden Skinner, Finland’s Emil Soravuo, US’s Yul Moldauer, Ukraine’s Illia Kovtun, Italy’s Nicola Bartoloni and Russia’s Ivan Stretovich.

With Yulo in the finals of vault are Ukraine’s Nazar Chepurnyi, South Korea’s Hakseon Yang, Japan’s Hidenobu Yonekura, Britain’s Courtney Tulloch, Israel’s Andrey Medvedev, Italy’s Thomas Grasso and Nicola Bartoleni, Canada’s William Emard, Turkey’s Adem Asil and Russia’s Mukhammadzhon Iakubov.

Also in the finals of the parallel bars are Chinese Zhang Boheng and Xuwei Hu, Japanese Daiki Hashimoto, Kazuma Kaya, Swiss Christian Baumann, American Yul Moldauer, Brazilian Caio Souza, Illias, Cypriot Mario Georgeou and Mexican Isaac Nuñez.

JULES SAMONTE and Michelle Morente are vying in Santa Ana.

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ETERANS Jules Samonte and Michelle Morente lead the charge of the Eastern Communications Perlas Spikers in the Beach Volleyball Republic on Tour Santa Ana leg which is ongoing up north in Cagayan.

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HANYA DE LA CRUZ broke a pre-pandemic national record in women’s 50-meter breaststroke to set the tone in the Philippine Swimming Inc. Swimming National Selection on Friday at the New Clark City Aquatic Center in Capas, Tarlac.

The 18-year-old de la Cruz of Marikina City clocked 32.89 seconds, breaking Joy Rodgers’s 32.93 seconds she established in the same venue in December 2019 during the 30th Southeast Asian Games.

Rodgers finished second to De la Cruz with 33.94 seconds.

“I’m so happy that we’re swimming again. It’s been that long that I didn’t swim and I didn’t expect much here,” de la Cruz said. “I didn’t expect to break the record.”

The Ayala Harpoons Swim Club standout also topped the field of eight swimmers in the women’s 50-meter freestyle with 27.92 seconds, way ahead of second-placed Trixie Ortiguera of nearby Tarlac Mako Sharks SC’s 29.31 seconds.

SEA Games campaigner Sacho Ilustre clocked the fastest time in the men’s 100-meter butterfly of 57.13 seconds, edging upstart Joshua Ang of the Golden Sea Eagles, who clocked in at 57.44.

Ayala Harpoons’ Miguel Barreto also held fort in the men’s 400-meter freestyle with a time of 4:07.37, as QC Buccaneers’ Chloe Daos touched at 4:39.21 in the women’s side.

Ryan Marco Tirol, also of the Harpoons, topped the men’s 50-meter breaststroke with 30.05 seconds, while John Niel Paderes and Shayne Lugay won the men’s and women’s 100-meter backstroke with 1:01.22 and 1:10.38, respectively.

University Athletic Association of the Philippines Season 82 girls’ MVP Camille Buico dominated the women’s 100-meter butterfly with 1:03.94.

Ted Laminta of the D’Ace Seahawks also finished way ahead of the pack which includes Ianiko Limfilipino (2:16.04) by clocking in at 2:13.89 in the men’s 200-meter individual medley, while the lone participant in the women’s side Xiandi Chua ended with 2:25.32.

Joshua Del Rio of the Ateneo Blue Knight Swim Club finished the men’s 1500-meter freestyle with a time of 16:40.12, while 15-year-old Michaela Mojdeh topped the women’s event with 18:58.71.

The meet is backed by Philippine Sports Commission, Bases Conversion and Development Authority and the Clark Development Corp.

Perlas Spikers bring act to BVR event that serves as qualifier for the Philippine National Volleyball Federation Beach Volleyball National Championships in December.

“Perlas Spikers is thrilled to represent Eastern Communications,” Charo Soriano, Managing Director of the Perlas Spikers, said. “We found resonance in being groups that

Macaraeg falls short on Beijing ice ULIAN MACARAEG didn’t get the points needed to kickstart his qualification bid for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics when he missed advancing further from the preliminaries of the International Skating Union (ISU) World Cup Short Track Speed Skating Championships on Friday at the Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing.

De la Cruz breaks national record in swimming trials

Macaraeg, 18, competed in the 500-, 1000- and 1500-meter races but couldn’t make the top 2 of the heats to reach the medal races where points for qualification to the February 4 to 20 Games could be earned.

Macaraeg finished third with a time of one minute and 27.803 seconds in his men’s 1,000 meters heat ruled by France’s Sebastian

focus on and support grassroot locations while showcasing the greatness of the many wonderful places in the Philippines.”

The Perlas Spikers also participated in the Premier Volleyball League Open Conference in Ilocos Norte in July.

“We are delighted to welcome

these outstanding, talented young women to the Ka-Eastern family,” Jed Estanislao, Eastern Communications Marketing Division Head, said. “The Perlas Spikers are truly a local sports icons who inspire fans to strive and gives everyone hope that there are better times coming.”

Lepape (1:26.964) and Turkey’s Emir Han (1:27.710).

The veteran of the Lausanne 2020 Winter Youth Olympics ranked sixth in the 1,500 meters heat in 2:27.362 and fifth in the 500 meters with 1:6.351.

But for his Ukrainian Coach, Valentyn Danilovskye, said his Filipino-American ward from Queens in New York could still bounce back in the October 28 to 31 Nagoya edition of the four-leg World Cup. “It wasn’t good because it

was hard to adjust because of the different time zones and we committed several mistakes in the 500 meters,” the 29-year-old Danilovskye told BusinessMirror on Friday. “We will check the videos later on and see what we need to adjust.”

The four World Cup editions serve as qualifiers for the Winter Olympics with the top 32 speed skaters earning tickets to Beijing.

After Nagoya, the World Cup moves to Hungary and The Netherlands. Josef Ramos

Games officials on ‘Rise Up Shape Up’

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THE men’s under-23 national team train at the Aboitiz Pitch in Lipa City.

HE Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) will discuss Filipino international sports officials in the online “Rise Up, Shape Up” episode on Saturday.

The PSC-Women in Sports (WIS) program dedicates the episode to officials who make extra effort and contribution in bolstering integrity, respect and sportsmanship in competitions.

“It is our simple way of extending our gratitude to them for their selfless effort, passion and love for sports especially in producing worldclass Filipino talents,” WIS oversight Commissioner Celia Kiram said.

Kiram will also talk about facts and trivia on officiating in her regular segment “Kwentong Isport.”

Five Filipina technical officials in

the Tokyo Olympic Games headline the episode that starts at 10:30 am. They are Marilee Estampador and Karla Cabrera of fencing, Jercyl Lerin of rowing and Leonora Escollante of paddling.

Also joining the program is Dr. Marie Paz Angeles, who will talk about career paths and development for aspiring sports officials. She served as head and International Accreditor of Tarlac State University in partnership with the Russian Register based in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Angeles also chairs the Tarlac State University Research Ethics and Review Committee and co-chair of the Psychological Association of the PhilippinesEducational Psychology Division.

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ESTABLISHMENT / ADDRESS QUALIFICATION AND SALARY RANGE

8 BACUS INC. Unit A&b 20/f Rufino Pacific Tower, 6784 Ayala Ave., San Lorenzo, City Of Makati Basic Qualification: IT, Computer Science, critical WONG CHUNG KUAN thinking ability, strong Malaysian IT Sales solving problem capacity, 1. knowledge of data modelling Brief Job Description: and data visualization tools.

The Malaysian IT Sales are responsible for maintaining and improving computer systems for organization and its client Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 ACCENTURE, INC. 7f, Robinsons Cybergate Tower 1, Pioneer St, City Of Mandaluyong Basic Qualification: 12-15 years driving core health domain MENON, DILIP AJITKUMAR transformation. At least 5-6 Delivery Excellence Manager years driving transformation.

Must have done multiple Brief Job Description: projects on driving process Provide a cluster leadership role can lead their improvements, & change organization on a continuous journey of sustained management. Experience 2. improvement. Innovate with the client to drive value to is heavy on client facing/ both Accenture and client. Support & monitor operation stakeholder management. to make it measurable, repeatable and predictable.

Ability to be to influence; Transform organization to create system and process someone who is a driver; for noise less deliver. Create client centric roadmap and analytical; ability to get transform organization to intelligent operation. detailed into data.

ACE VELOCITY CONSULTANCY INC. 37/f Lkg Tower, 6801 Ayala Ave., Bel-air, City Of Makati LIU, JINLIN Chinese Speaking Marketing Consultant 3.

Brief Job Description: Assist/help customers, give customer information about product and services QIN, TAO Chinese Speaking Technical Consultant

4.

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

Salary Range: Php 150,000 - Php 499,999 Basic Qualification: With at least 6 months customer service experience/ Good in oral communication and written Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: With at least 6 months customer service experience/ Good in oral communication and written Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

AMDOCS PHILIPPINES INC. 23rd, 25th, And 26th Floors Eco Tower, 32nd St. Cor. 9th Ave. Bonifacio Global City, Fort Bonifacio, City Of Taguig Basic Qualification: Bachelor’s degree with PAREKH, PRAKASHKUMAR MANEKLAL experience in managing, Customer Business Executive leading people management 5. & development of the Brief Job Description: accounts team Managing CBE role managing customers in region and leading the CBE team Salary Range: Php 150,000 - Php 499,999 CAPSLOCK INC. 7th & 8th Flr. Y Tower Bldg., Coral Way Drive Cor. Macapagal Ave., Brgy. 076, Pasay City DING, JIARUI Basic Qualification: Chinese IT Support Specialist Must be fluent in Chinese language (writing and Brief Job Description: speaking) 6.

Shall answer incoming phone calls from Chinese clients and troubleshoot customer technical problems with Salary Range: computer software Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 HUANG, ZUMING Basic Qualification: Chinese IT Support Specialist Must be fluent in Chinese language (writing and 7.

Brief Job Description: speaking) Shall answer incoming phone calls from Chinese clients and troubleshoot customer technical problems with Salary Range: computer software Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 WANG, JIANHUA Basic Qualification: Chinese IT Support Specialist Must be fluent in Chinese language (writing and Brief Job Description: speaking) 8.

Shall answer incoming phone calls from chinese clients and troubleshoot customer technical problems with Salary Range: computer software Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 CHAILEASE BERJAYA FINANCE CORPORATION 5/f 45 San Miguel Building, San Miguel Ave., Ortigas Center, San Antonio, City Of Pasig TSAI, PO-CHIA Basic Qualification: Marketing Junior Manager Strong time management and organizational skills 9.

Brief Job Description: Monitor the corporation’s marketing activities, review Salary Range: applications and maintain relationship with clients.

Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 CHINA HARBOUR ENGINEERING COMPANY 5/f Rm 501 Ramon Magsaysay Center, 1680 Roxas Blvd., 076, Bgy. 699, Malate, City Of Manila Basic Qualification: Proven experience as a Mandarin Technical Works HUANG, TENG Supervisor , Familiarity, Mandarin Technical Works Supervisor knowledge and awareness on Machinery and Heavy Brief Job Description: 10.

Equipment use by company, The Mandarin Technical Works Supervisor will be Demonstrable experience in strategist and a leader able to steer the company to the developing strategic business most profitable direction while also implementing its plan. vision, mission and long term goal.

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

DEXIN 999, INC. Red Hotel No. 345, Edsa Cor. Don Carlos Revilla St., Barangay 147, Pasay City Basic Qualification: CHEN, HONGDA Able to speak and write Mandarin Customer Support Representative in Mandarin/Fukien and at least college level with 11.

Brief Job Description: related BPO experience.

Support customers by providing helpful information, answering questions, and responding to complaints.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: DENG, JIANHUA Able to speak and write Mandarin Customer Support Representative in Mandarin/Fukien and at least college level with 12.

Brief Job Description: related BPO experience.

Support customers by providing helpful information, answering questions, and responding to complaints.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: SHI, WEIPING Able to speak and write Mandarin Customer Support Representative in Mandarin/Fukien and at least college level with 13.

Brief Job Description: related BPO experience.

Support customers by providing helpful information, answering questions, and responding to complaints.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: SONG, CHUANG Able to speak and write Mandarin Customer Support Representative in Mandarin/Fukien and at least college level with 14.

Brief Job Description: related BPO experience.

Support customers by providing helpful information, answering questions, and responding to complaints.

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

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NAME OF FOREIGN NATIONAL , POSITION AND BRIEF DESCRIPTION WEI, JIANQIANG Mandarin Customer Support Representative

15.

Brief Job Description: Support customers by providing helpful information, answering questions, and responding to complaints.

WEN, XIAONING Mandarin Customer Support Representative

16.

Brief Job Description: Support customers by providing helpful information, answering questions, and responding to complaints.

ZHONG, GUOQING Mandarin Customer Support Representative

17.

Brief Job Description: Support customers by providing helpful information, answering questions, and responding to complaints.

ESTABLISHMENT / ADDRESS QUALIFICATION AND SALARY RANGE Basic Qualification: Able to speak and write in Mandarin/Fukien and at least college level with related BPO experience.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Able to speak and write in Mandarin/Fukien and at least college level with related BPO experience.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Able to speak and write in Mandarin/Fukien and at least college level with related BPO experience.

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 Basic Qualification: HO NHIT LIN Proficient in speaking, Vietnamese Speaking Customer Service Representative reading and writing in 18.

Vietnamese Brief Job Description: Immediately escalating serious complaints or issues that Salary Range: you are not equipped to deal with Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 DNV AS PHILIPPINE BRANCH Flr. No. 4/f One E-com Ctr. Bldg., Sunset Drive St., Barangay 76, Pasay City CHOWDHURY, KUTUB UDDIN ASAF ALI Project Manager Basic Qualification: Chartered Marine Engineer 19.

Brief Job Description: Manage & co-ordinate with various DNV entities to ensure Salary Range: project deliverables are furnished timely, efficiently and Php 500,000 and above within budget DYNA BINARY HOLDINGS INC. 18/f Tower 2, The Enterprise Center, 6766 Ayala Ave., Cor. Paseo De Roxas, San Lorenzo, City Of Makati Basic Qualification: YAO, DONGLING Can speak and write Chinese Marketing Specialist - Chinese Speaking language and has experience 20. in marketing Brief Job Description: Presents findings to marketing teams to help guide the Salary Range: department Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: CHEN, WEIZHI With at least 6 months Chinese Speaking Admin Associate customer service experience/ Good in oral communication 21.

Brief Job Description: and written Assist/help customers, give customer information about product and services Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: GU, CHUN With at least 6 months Chinese Speaking Admin Associate customer service experience/ good in oral communication 22.

Brief Job Description: and written Assist/help customers; give customers information about product and services Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: HE, ZENGZHI With at least 6 months Chinese Speaking Admin Associate customer service experience/ good in oral communication 23.

Brief Job Description: and written Assist/help customers; give customers information about product and services Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: HUANG, YUANHAO With at least 6 months Chinese Speaking Admin Associate customer service experience/ good in oral communication 24.

Brief Job Description: and written Assist/help customers; give customers information about product and services Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: KANG, JIANLIN With at least 6 months Chinese Speaking Admin Associate customer service experience/ good in oral communication 25.

Brief Job Description: and written Assist/help customers; give customers information about product and services Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: LI, HAIXIN With at least 6 months Chinese Speaking Admin Associate customer service experience/ Good in oral communication 26.

Brief Job Description: and written Assist/help customers, give customer information about product and services Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: SU, CHENG With at least 6 months Chinese Speaking Admin Associate customer service experience/ good in oral communication 27.

Brief Job Description: and written Assist/help customers; give customers information about product and services Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: WANG, JIZHOU With at least 6 months Chinese Speaking Admin Associate customer service experience/ Good in oral communication 28.

Brief Job Description: and written Assist/help customers, give customer information about product and services Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: XU, JIANJUN With at least 6 months Chinese Speaking Admin Associate customer service experience/ good in oral communication 29.

Brief Job Description: and written Assist/help customers; give customers information about product and services Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 YANG, BOBO Chinese Speaking Admin Associate 30.

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

YE, QIANTING Chinese Speaking Admin Associate 31.

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

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Basic Qualification: With at least 6 months customer service experience/ Good in oral communication and written

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GOLD STANDARD SOLUTION SERVICES INC. U-1802 18/f The Peak Tower, 107 L.p Leviste St., Bel-air, City Of Makati GUO, XIAO Account Manager 32.

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

Brief Job Description: Develop strong relationship with customer preparing sales report

QUALIFICATION AND SALARY RANGE

Basic Qualification: College graduate. Fluent in english. 6 months to 1 year experience experience in the same field Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

HYUNDAI ROTEM COMPANY MANILA BRANCH 3/f Unit B One Felicity Center Bldg., Commonwealth Ave., Holy Spirit, Quezon City KIM, SEONGJONG Trackworks Manager Basic Qualification: College Graduate 33.

Brief Job Description: Support the continuity, quality and intent of the design Salary Range: through effective on-site construction administration Php 150,000 - Php 499,999 activities.

INVECH TREASURE PROCESSING CORPORATION Ground, 2nd, 3rd And 4th Floor, Eight West Campus Mckinley West, Fort Bonifacio, City Of Taguig Basic Qualification: KIM, EUNMI Able to speak and write in Korean Customer Support Representative Korean and at least college level with related BPO 34.

Brief Job Description: experience.

Supports customers by providing helpful information, answering questions, and responding to complaints.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: FAN, LYUHUI Able to speak and write in Mandarin Customer Support Representative MANDARIN/FUKIEN and at least college level with 35.

Brief Job Description: related BPO experience.

Supports customers by providing helpful information, answering questions, and responding to complaints.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: LI, YILAN Able to speak and write Mandarin Customer Support Representative in Mandarin/Fukien and at least college level with 36.

Brief Job Description: related BPO experience.

Supports customers by providing helpful information, answering questions, and responding to complaints.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: MA, HANXING Able to speak and write Mandarin Customer Support Representative in Mandarin/Fukien and at least college level with 37.

Brief Job Description: related BPO experience.

Supports customers by providing helpful information, answering questions, and responding to complaints.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: DAM THI THU HOAI Able to speak and write in Vietnamese Customer Support Representative Vietnamese and at least college level with related 38.

Brief Job Description: BPO experience.

Supports customers by providing helpful information, answering questions, and responding to complaints.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: NGUYEN THANH QUAN Able to speak and write in Vietnamese Customer Support Representative Vietnamese and at least college level with related 39.

Brief Job Description: BPO experience.

Supports customers by providing helpful information, answering questions, and responding to complaints.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 IPPOKRATIS DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES CENTER, INC. Unit 301 3/f De Leon Center, M.h. Del Pilar St., 072, Barangay 667, Ermita, City Of Manila KIPOUROS, GEORGIOS Technical Consultant 40.

Brief Job Description: Carry out associated functions of the company from time to time. Represent Avenue Asset Co., part-owner and shareholder of the company to conduct and provide Technical support and marketing both locally and internationally

Basic Qualification: Must be a Civil Engineer with 5 years managerial experience in clinical and diagnostic services in Greece Salary Range: Php 90,000 - Php 149,999

J-NA ALLOUT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORP. 3/f Lipams Bldg., #48 President Avenue, Bf Homes, City Of Parañaque

41.

KIM, KEUNSIK Korean Customer Service Representative Brief Job Description: managing incoming calls and customer service inquiries

Basic Qualification: College graduate, speaks and write fluently (Korean & English) Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

JARDINE SCHINDLER ELEVATOR CORPORATION 20th Floor, Insular Life Fcc Tower 1, Alabang, City Of Muntinlupa GABOARDI, SAULO Master Trainer 42.

Brief Job Description: The Master Trainer is responsible for the Certification of the S7000 installation.

Basic Qualification: At least five years experience in installation or maintenance.

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

JDB MANAGEMENT AND CONSULTANCY CORP. 107 T & D House, Magallanes St., 069, Bgy. 655, Intramuros, City Of Manila LI, BAOJIN Strategic And Facilitation Officer 43.

Brief Job Description: Your primary function is to help the company and its Chinese clients to generate more income for the company MAO, LIN Strategic And Facilitation Officer

44.

Brief Job Description: Your primary function is to help the company and its chinese clients to generate more income for the company SUN, XINGLING Strategic And Facilitation Officer

45.

Brief Job Description: Your primary function is to help the company and its Chinese clients to generate more income for the company ZHAO, YAOPING Strategic And Facilitation Officer

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

NAME OF FOREIGN NATIONAL , POSITION AND BRIEF DESCRIPTION

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Brief Job Description: Your primary function is to help the company and its Chinese clients to generate more income for the company

Basic Qualification: Must be fluent in Chinese language Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Must be fluent in Chinese language Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Must be fluent in Chinese language Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Must be fluent in Chinese language Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

KERRY MANUFACTURING (PHILIPPINES), INC. 8th Floor The W Fifth Avenue Building, 5th Ave., Bgc, Fort Bonifacio, City Of Taguig

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NAME OF FOREIGN NATIONAL , POSITION AND BRIEF DESCRIPTION

HAGUE, SIMON MARK End-use Market, Beverage, Category Lead

47.

Brief Job Description: Aligned with Kerry’s Global Strategy the role will develop the Sub End-Use Market strategy for the Region based on market and consumer insights, and drive implementation of the strategy in the region to create value for our customers; leverage and layer Kerry’s Foundational Technologies through our sales opportunities, collaborate with Marketing, Channels, Sales and Sub-Regional leaders to actively manage the opportunity pipeline ensuring its aligned with the EUM strategy and that we are allocating our development and applications resources to the most valuable customers and projects.

ESTABLISHMENT / ADDRESS QUALIFICATION AND SALARY RANGE Basic Qualification: Bachelor’s degree in business or related field; 10+ years’ experience in management in a corporate, B2B business.; Transformative approach to leadership that inspires and empowers other; Aware of the latest market trends and shifts, as well as projections for the future; Evidence of ability to innovate and implement change successfully; Exceptional communication and presentation skills; Able to be persuasive and procure buyin from upper management; Solid computer skills and awareness of web-based marketing and social media; Driven and committed to success while maintaining integrity Salary Range: Php 500,000 and above

LEXIGENT PRIME VENTURES INC. Level 40 Pbcom Tower, 6795 Ayala Ave. Cor. V.a. Rufino St., Bel-air, City Of Makati Basic Qualification: CHANG, JIANLING 18-55 y/o, with at least 6 Multilingual Business Processing Consultant months experience, with 48. good oral and written skills Brief Job Description: Provides extremely flexible web development services, Salary Range: from full stack solutions to updating existing content, Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: LIU, WUCHAO 18-55 y/o, with at least 6 Multilingual Business Processing Consultant months experience, with good oral and written skills 49.

Brief Job Description: Provides extremely flexible web development services, Salary Range: from full stack solutions to updating existing content, Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 LOGICDOSE INC. 19f Marco Polo Ortigas, Sapphire Road, Ortigas Center, San Antonio, City Of Pasig Basic Qualification: EILIEN ZERLINA Can speak Indonesian It Support Specialist (Indonesian Speaking) language and knowledgeable in information technology 50.

Brief Job Description: system Installing and use of software for data encryption to protect sensitive information Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: PYONE PYONE HLAING Can speak Myanmari It Support Specialist (Myanmar Speaking) language and knowledgeable in information technology 51.

Brief Job Description: system Installing and use of software for data encryption to protect sensitive information Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: WAI WAI LWIN Can speak Myanmari It Support Specialist (Myanmar Speaking) language and knowledgeable in information technology 52.

Brief Job Description: system Installing and use of software for data encryption to protect sensitive information Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: TRAN LE BUU Can speak Vietnamese It Support Specialist (Vietnamese Speaking) language and knowledgeable in information technology 53.

Brief Job Description: system Installing and use of software for data encryption to protect sensitive information Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 MEGA-WEB TECHNOLOGIES INC. 6,7,8,9,10,11/f Met Live Bldg., Edsa Cor. Macapagal Blvd., Brgy. 076, Pasay City Basic Qualification: XIU, CHANGSHENG Proficient in speaking, Mandarin Speaking Customer Relations Service Provider reading and writing in 54. mandarin.

Brief Job Description: Responsible for handling service support calls.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 MOA CLOUDZONE CORP. 4th-11th Flr. Nexgen Tower, C4 Rd. Edsa Ext., Brgy. 076, Pasay City Basic Qualification: WANG, WEI Able to speak, read, and Chinese Customer Service write Chinese language 55.

Brief Job Description: Salary Range: Managing incoming calls and customer service inquiries Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: WANG, WENHUI Able to speak, read, and Chinese Customer Service write Chinese language 56.

Brief Job Description: Salary Range: Managing incoming calls and customer service inquiries Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 MPOTECH DIGITAL SYSTEM INC. 2/f 331 Bldg., Sen. Gil Puyat Ave., Bel-air, City Of Makati Basic Qualification: DANIEL ADI NUGROHO Graduate 4 years Bachelor Indonesian Customer Service Representative Degree with critical thinking and problem solving skills 57.

Brief Job Description: Provide product/services, information, answer questions Salary Range: and resolve emerging problems Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 NEPC POWER CONSTRUCTION CORP. 15/f Cyber One Bldg., Eastwood Cyberpark City, Bagumbayan 3, Quezon City Basic Qualification: Proven experience as a Mandarin Mechanical JIANG, JIAN Superintendent , Familiarity, Mandarin Mechanical Superintendent knowledge and awareness on Machinery and Heavy Brief Job Description: 58.

Equipment use by company, The Mandarin Mechanical Superintendent will be Demonstrable experience in strategist and a leader able to steer the company to the developing strategic business most profitable direction while also implementing its plan. vision, mission and long term goal.

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

NOONA BUSINESS CONSULTING SERVICES INC. 10th & 31st Floor Ore Central Tower, 9th Ave. Cor. 31st St., Bgc, Fort Bonifacio, City Of Taguig LIAO, MU-LIN Basic Qualification: Bilingual Software Developer Proficient in speaking bilingual languages.

59.

Brief Job Description: Implement design, installation, testing and maintenance Salary Range: of software Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 CHANG EI HARN Basic Qualification: Mandarin Financial Specialist Proficient in speaking, reading and writing 60.

Brief Job Description: Providing financial analysis to prioritize and lead cost Salary Range: reduction Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 OCEANIC SYMPHONY SERVICES INC. 3/f Salcedo One Center, 170 Salcedo St., San Lorenzo, City Of Makati

61.

LI, LEHONG Mandarin Marketing Specialist

Basic Qualification: Can speak mandarin

Brief Job Description: Organize promotions & events for company clients

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

PLA MATELS (PHILIPPINES) CORPORATION Unit A Kingston Tower, Building B2 L1 Acacia Avenue, Mbp, Alabang, City Of Muntinlupa

TATEBAYASHI, KO President / CEO 62.

Brief Job Description: Responsible for providing strategic leadership for the company by working with board.

Basic Qualification: With at least 5years experience in trading / logistics company, Must know how to speak English and Japanese

No.

TREBILCO, ROBERT JOHN Project Director

63.

Brief Job Description: Provide technical support to clients The project director reports to the chief operating officer.

He must have knowledge of day to day issues that affect the progress of works. He shall make experienced advise regarding work and design methodologies for infrastructure construction activities. His responsibilities also include, but are no limited to assisting in providing strategic direction for the business unit; ensure governance and compliance to the company policies through the implementation of and compliance to company systems; responsible for the business units; ensure the company provides value for shareholders and achieves sustainable financial performance; identify the pipeline works and develop strategies to secure particular projects; and oversee and influence commercial outcomes with industry partners, suppliers and subcontractors.

ESTABLISHMENT / ADDRESS QUALIFICATION AND SALARY RANGE Basic Qualification: Candidates must possess a bachelor in civil engineering, preferably with design, project and contract management in civil works; cumulative 30 years experience as a civil engineer with international experience in complex structural works over river and around multiple flood events; strong leadership, interpersonal, self-motivated, multi-tasking, good coordination and communication skills and able to work under tight schedules.

SUMISETSU PHILIPPINES, INC. 8/f Gc Corporate Plaza, 150 Legaspi St., San Lorenzo, City Of Makati NAKAZAWA, DAISUKE Project Manager 74.

Brief Job Description: Monitor progress of construction and review shop drawing

Salary Range: Php 60,000 - Php 89,999 Basic Qualification: Fluent in Japanese and English language, College level Salary Range: Php 60,000 - Php 89,999

SUPREME CHENGHAO MANAGEMENT OPC Level 26-a Rufino Pacific Tower, 6784 Ayala Ave., San Lorenzo, City Of Makati Basic Qualification: At least three (3) years of CHENG, TUNG-I working experience as a Software Quality Assurance Analyst software quality assurance 75. analyst; fluent in mandarin/ Brief Job Description: basic English Oversee program performance for efficient and problem free operations Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: At least three (3) years of DAM XUAN HUY working experience as a Software Quality Assurance Analyst software quality assurance 76. analyst; fluent in mandarin/ Brief Job Description: basic English Oversee program performance for efficient and problem free operations Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 TAISEI PHILIPPINE CONSTRUCTION, INC. Equitable Bank Tower 23/f, P. De Roxas, San Lorenzo, City Of Makati NOJADERA, SHIHO Basic Qualification: Japanese Assistant Manager Graduate of business related course with 14 years of Brief Job Description: 77. experience in office work Serves as the liaison between administrative personnel & senior management; provides assistance on Japanese Salary Range: staffs; any relevant responsibilities requested by company Php 90,000 - Php 149,999 executives TAIWAN COOPERATIVE BANK-MANILA OFFSHORE BANKING BRANCH 26/f Bdo Towers, Valero & Villar Sts., Bel-air, City Of Makati HUANG, YI-FEN Banking Officer 78.

Brief Job Description: Human resources, deposit, foreign exchange and money market

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Basic Qualification: Professional experience in the related field Salary Range: Php 150,000 - Php 499,999

NAME OF FOREIGN NATIONAL , POSITION AND BRIEF DESCRIPTION

TANZILA TRADING INC. U-29 3/f Bac., Bagong Milenyo F.b. Harrison St., Brgy. 076, Pasay City TRAN KHANH HUYEN Business Development Analyst

79.

Brief Job Description: Develop, implement and communicate metrics reporting processes and documentation across plants and companies in collaboration with operations, marketing and sales functions. Fluency in English and Vietnamese language is a must. Leading and executing various special project with senior leadership primarily related to the evaluation of possible growth strategies or driving operational improvement.

CAI, MEIYA Trade Marketing Specialist

Salary Range: Php 500,000 and above

PROCTER & GAMBLE PHILIPPINES BUSINESS SERVICES, INC. 11th Flr. Seven Neo Bldg., 5th Ave. Crescent Parkwest, Bgc, Fort Bonifacio, City Of Taguig SRINIVASAN, SRIVIDYA Basic Qualification: Vice President - Manila Service Center And Global External 20+ years of experience in Reporting global business operations 64. and management Brief Job Description: Partner with the President of the Global business services Salary Range: long term strategies Php 500,000 and above SECURE SMARTER SERVICES INC. Unit A 9/ F Bpi-philam Life Bldg., 6811 Ayala Ave., Bel-air, City Of Makati Basic Qualification: THET PAING OO @ PHONE CHAIN PIN Proficient in speaking, Foreign Speaking Site Technician reading and writing foreign 65. languages Brief Job Description: Responsible for customer status and monitoring updates Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 SEQUOIA SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS INC. 37f Lkg Tower, 6801 Ayala Ave., Bel-air, City Of Makati CHEN, CHIEN-KUO Basic Qualification: Mandarin Speaking It/customer Support Proficient in speaking foreign language 66.

Brief Job Description: Coordinate, respond and address inquiries of Chinese Salary Range: Speaking Customers, call center activities Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 SKYLUSTER TECHNOLOGY, INC. 11/f The Enterprise Center Tower 2, Ayala Ave. Cor. Paseo De Roxas, San Lorenzo, City Of Makati Basic Qualification: JIN, QIAN Excellent oral and written Mandarin Customer Service Specialist communication in Mandarin 67.

Brief Job Description: Salary Range: Creating and updating customer’s account information Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: LIU, XUGUANG Can speak, rad and type Mandarin Customer Service Specialist Mandarin 68.

Brief Job Description: Salary Range: Creating and updating customer’s account information Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 YUAN, YUMEI Basic Qualification: Mandarin Marketing Specialist Excellent oral and written communication in Mandarin 69.

Brief Job Description: Deliver prepared sales talks, reading from scripts that Salary Range: describe products or services in order to persuade Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 potential customer to purchase a product or services SOCIALATEMYIND INC. Unit No. Unit 2c Flr. No. No. 4/f, One E-com Center Bldg., Lot No. 4/f Mall Of Asia Complex Ocean Drive St., District 1, Barangay 076, District 4, Pasay City Basic Qualification: Proficiency in handling DAI, YANG customer questions about Chinese Speaking Business Analyst services or product. Excellent Mandarin communication 70.

Brief Job Description: skills Planning, maintaining and coordinate the development of primary and secondary market research.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Proficiency in handling CHEN, YUAN-CHUN a.k.a. VIVI CHEN customer questions about Chinese Speaking Business Development Associate services or product/ Excellent 71.

Mandarin communication Brief Job Description: skills Developing, implementing sales strategies, client service, plan and analyzing sales data Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Proficiency in handling SHIA, YI-SHIUAN a.k.a. HSIA, YI-HSUAN customer questions about Chinese Speaking Business Development Associate services or product/ Excellent 72.

Mandarin communication Brief Job Description: skills Developing, implementing sales strategies, client service, plan and analyzing sales data Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 SUEZ INTERNATIONAL PHILIPPINE BRANCH Unit Lz-2 19f Tower 1 Highstreet South Corporate Plaza, 9th Ave. Cor. 26th St., Fort Bonifacio, City Of Taguig Basic Qualification: Min. 5-year experience; Experience on at least 3 international large projects in construction of water CORDERO LILLO, MILTON REINIER treatment plants (plant Construction Manager treatment capacity over 73.

50,000 m3/day); Ideally Brief Job Description: previous work experience Manage construction of a wastewater treatment plant in China; Experience in and coordinate with French headquarters. installation of UV disinfection systems

Salary Range: Php 90,000 - Php 149,999

PRIME METRO BMD CORPORATION 16/f Three E-com, Moa Complex, Bayshore Cor. Ocean Drive, Brgy. 076, Pasay City

NAME OF FOREIGN NATIONAL , POSITION AND BRIEF DESCRIPTION

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80.

Brief Job Description: Creating and implementation of a trade marketing strategy. Managing brand awareness across various categories and products. Develop, implement and communicate metrics reporting processes and documentation across plants and companies in collaboration with operations, marketing and sales functions. Fluency in English and mandarin language is a must.

LEE, CHIEN-LIN Trade Marketing Specialist

QUALIFICATION AND SALARY RANGE

Basic Qualification: Must be flexible, analytical and good communications.

In the next few sections, we look at the academic requirements, professional certifications and soft skill requirements for BA roles.

Fluency in English and Vietnamese language is a must.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Strong knowledge of consumer industry, ability to think critically and creativity.

Fluency in English and mandarin language is a must Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

Basic Qualification: Strong knowledge of consumer industry, ability to think critically and creativity.

Fluency in English and Mandarin language is a must

Brief Job Description: Creating and implementation of a trade marketing strategy. Managing brand awareness across various 81. categories and products. Develop, implement and communicate metrics reporting processes and documentation across plants and companies in Salary Range: collaboration with operations, marketing and sales Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 functions. Fluency in English and Mandarin language is a must.

TCK LINK INC. Unit A 9/f Bpi Philam Life Bldg., 6811 Ayala Ave., Bel-air, City Of Makati Basic Qualification: CAI, YALAN Proficient in speaking, Chinese Speaking Site Technician reading, and writing in 82.

Chinese Brief Job Description: Provide accurate information’s on it products and services Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: CHEN, HAIBIN Proficient in speaking, Chinese Speaking Site Technician reading, and writing in 83.

Chinese Brief Job Description: Provide accurate information’s on it products and services Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: CHEN, HEMIN Proficient in speaking, Chinese Speaking Site Technician reading, and writing in 84.

Chinese Brief Job Description: Provide accurate information’s on it products and services Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: GUO, SHUAI Proficient in speaking, Chinese Speaking Site Technician reading, and writing in 85.

Chinese Brief Job Description: Provide accurate information’s on it products and services Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: HE, XI Proficient in speaking, Chinese Speaking Site Technician reading, and writing in 86.

Chinese Brief Job Description: Provide accurate information’s on it products and services Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: REN, SIMENG Proficient in speaking, Chinese Speaking Site Technician reading, and writing in 87.

Chinese Brief Job Description: Provide accurate information’s on it products and services Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: ZHOU, WEI Proficient in speaking, Chinese Speaking Site Technician reading, and writing in 88.

Chinese Brief Job Description: Provide accurate information’s on it products and services Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: ZHU, JIAN Proficient in speaking, Chinese Speaking Site Technician reading, and writing in 89.

Chinese Brief Job Description: Provide accurate information’s on it products and services Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 TOTAL CREST BUSINESS SUPPORT, INC. 26/f & 27/f Alphaland Corporate Tower, Ayala Ave. Extn. Cor. Malugay St., Bel-air, City Of Makati Basic Qualification: LY HUE TRINH Proficient in speaking, Mandarin Customer Service Specialist reading and writing 90.

Mandarin Brief Job Description: Prepare product or service reports by collecting and Salary Range: analyzing customer Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: LY THI TRANG Proficient in speaking, Mandarin Customer Service Specialist reading and writing 91.

Mandarin Brief Job Description: Prepare product or service reports by collecting and Salary Range: analyzing customer Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: PHAM BICH NGOC Proficient in speaking, Mandarin Customer Service Specialist reading and writing 92.

Mandarin Brief Job Description: Prepare product or service reports by collecting and Salary Range: analyzing customer Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 WANG, YEN-TZU Mandarin Customer Service Specialist 93.

Brief Job Description: Prepare product or service reports by collecting and analyzing customer KAM CHUI YUN Mandarin HR And Admin Officer

94.

Brief Job Description: Implementing HR initiatives including health, volunteer and charity initiatives and providing resources CHEN, CHUN-YUAN Mandarin Site Technical Officer

95.

Brief Job Description: Providing guidance and resources on every aspect company policies and procedures

Basic Qualification: Proficient in speaking, reading and writing Mandarin Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Proficient in speaking, reading and writing Mandarin Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Proficient in speaking, reading and writing Mandarin Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

TRIVES TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION Tower 4 Bayport West, Naia Garden Residence, Naia Road, Tambo, City Of Parañaque WONG CHAI SING Malaysian Customer Support Representative 96.

Brief Job Description: Supports customers by providing helpful information, answering questions, and responding to complaints.

CHEN, DANNI Mandarin Customer Support Representative

97.

Brief Job Description: Supports customers by providing helpful information, answering questions, and responding to complaints.

Basic Qualification: Able to speak and write in Mandarin/Fukien and at least college level with related BPO experience.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Able to speak and write in Mandarin/Fukien and at least college level with related BPO experience.

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

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ESTABLISHMENT / ADDRESS No.

NAME OF FOREIGN NATIONAL , POSITION AND BRIEF DESCRIPTION FU, YUESEN Mandarin Customer Support Representative

98.

Brief Job Description: Supports customers by providing helpful information, answering questions, and responding to complaints.

HAN, LIANG Mandarin Customer Support Representative

99.

Brief Job Description: Supports customers by providing helpful information, answering questions, and responding to complaints.

HU, JIANCHAO Mandarin Customer Support Representative

100.

Brief Job Description: Supports customers by providing helpful information, answering questions, and responding to complaints.

LU, LAN Mandarin Customer Support Representative

101.

Brief Job Description: Supports customers by providing helpful information, answering questions, and responding to complaints.

PAN, SHIYAO Mandarin Customer Support Representative

102.

Brief Job Description: Supports customers by providing helpful information, answering questions, and responding to complaints.

TANG, JUNQIAO Mandarin Customer Support Representative

103.

Brief Job Description: Supports customers by providing helpful information, answering questions, and responding to complaints.

YU, MENG Mandarin Customer Support Representative

104.

Brief Job Description: Supports customers by providing helpful information, answering questions, and responding to complaints.

ESTABLISHMENT / ADDRESS QUALIFICATION AND SALARY RANGE Basic Qualification: Able to speak and write in Mandarin/Fukien and at least college level with related BPO experience.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Able to speak and write in Mandarin/Fukien and at least college level with related BPO experience.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Able to speak and write in Mandarin/Fukien and at least college level with related BPO experience.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Able to speak and write in Mandarin/Fukien and at least college level with related BPO experience.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Able to speak and write in Mandarin/Fukien and at least college level with related BPO experience.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Able to speak and write in Mandarin/Fukien and at least college level with related BPO experience.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Able to speak and write in Mandarin/Fukien and at least college level with related BPO experience.

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LEE NING Chinese Technical Support Representative 118.

119.

113.

Brief Job Description: Responsible for providing feedback on the efficiency of the customer service process

120.

LIANG, ZHONGLING Chinese Customer Service Representative 114.

Brief Job Description: Responsible for communicating and coordinating with colleagues as necessary TIAN, XIAOMEI Chinese Customer Service Representative

115.

Brief Job Description: Responsible for communicating and coordinating with colleagues as necessary ZHANG, CHAOFAN Chinese Customer Service Representative

116.

Brief Job Description: Responsible for communicating and coordinating with colleagues as necessary CHEN, SHINING Chinese Technical Support Representative

117.

Brief Job Description: Responsible for identify and escalate priority issues per client specification

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Proficiency speaking, reading, and writing in mandarin Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Proficiency speaking, reading, and writing in mandarin Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Proficiency in speaking, writing and reading in Mandarin Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

Brief Job Description: Responsible for identify and escalate priority issues per client specification SONG, XIAOTIAN Chinese Technical Support Representative

121.

Brief Job Description: Responsible for identify and escalate priority issues per client specification TAI, FANLIANG Chinese Technical Support Representative

122.

Brief Job Description: Responsible for identify and escalate priority issues per client specification YI, LAXIANG Chinese Technical Support Representative

123.

Brief Job Description: Responsible for follow standards processes and procedures HE, JINLEI Mandarin Audit Associate

124.

Brief Job Description: Responsible for completes allocated tasks to a high standards when meet set reporting and audits standards KAN, ZHI Mandarin Audit Associate

125.

Brief Job Description: Responsible for completes task to a high standard which meet set reporting and auditing standards LI, BIN Mandarin Audit Associate

126.

Brief Job Description: Responsible for completes allocated tasks to a high standard which meet set reporting and auditing standards LIU, ZHONGYAN Mandarin Audit Associate

127.

Brief Job Description: Responsible for complete allocated tasks to a high standard which meet set reporting and auditing standard SHANG, LIXIA Mandarin Audit Associate

128.

Brief Job Description: Responsible for completes allocated tasks to a high standard which meet set reporting and auditing standards.

YU, SONGLIN Mandarin Audit Associate

129.

Brief Job Description: Responsible for complete allocated tasks to a high standards which meet set reporting and auditing standards ZHANG, YA Mandarin Audit Associate

130.

Brief Job Description: Responsible for completes allocated tasks to a high standard which meet set reporting and auditing standards.

LI, ZHIPENG Mandarin Frontdesk Associate

131.

132.

Brief Job Description: Responsible for follow communication scripts when handling different topics ZHU, WEI Mandarin Frontdesk Associate Brief Job Description: Responsible for follow communication scripts when handling different topics YANG, WEI Mandarin Marketing Officer

133.

Brief Job Description: Responsible to collaboration with managers in preparing budgets and monitoring expresses CHEN, JIE Mandarin Marketing Officer

134.

Brief Job Description: Responsible for preparing content for the publication of marketing material and oversee distribution CHEN, YANG Mandarin Marketing Officer

135.

Brief Job Description: Responsible for support the marketing manager in overseeing the department operation HAN, QI Mandarin Marketing Officer

136.

Basic Qualification: Proficiency speaking, reading and writing in Mandarin Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Proficiency speaking, reading, and writing in mandarin

Brief Job Description: Responsible for identify and escalate priority issues per client specification SHEN, YUE Chinese Technical Support Representative

YOUBIN CONSULTANCY INC. 7/f Ba Lepanto Bldg., Paseo De Roxas, Bel-air, City Of Makati CHEN, HUIHUA Chinese Customer Service Representative

Brief Job Description: Responsible for identify and escalate priority issues per client specification LIU, FENG Chinese Technical Support Representative

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

UNITED MOTION BUSINESS CONSULTANCY INC. U-2215 22f Cityland 10 Tower 2, 154 H.v. Dela Costa Cor. Valero Sts., Bel-air, City Of Makati Basic Qualification: Preferably 6 months-1 year DANG DUY THANG as Business Consultant; Vietnamese Business Consultant Fluent in Mandarin or Vietnam and English 105.

Brief Job Description: language Helps Vietnamese clients business owner to improve their strategies and operations Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: DANG MINH HIEU Helps Vietnamese clients Vietnamese Business Consultant business owner to improve their strategies and 106.

Brief Job Description: operations Helps Vietnamese clients business owner to improve their strategies and operations Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Preferably 6 months-1 year LUONG NGOC NHUNG as Business Consultant; Vietnamese Business Consultant Fluent in Mandarin or 107.

Vietnam and English Brief Job Description: language Helps Vietnamese clients business owner to improve their strategies and operations Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 JIANG, JIALE Visa Consultant Basic Qualification: Preferably 6 months-1 year Brief Job Description: as Visa Consultant; Fluent in Responsible that all the information from the Chinese Mandarin or Vietnam and and Vietnamese client to local documentation officer are 108.

English language correct. Responsible to follow up local liaison officer of all immigration issues and operations remaining up to Salary Range: date with any changes to legislation and overseeing all Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 the aspects involved in processing a visa and immigration services.

VASTLINE BUSINESS SUPPORT INC. U-504p Five E-com Ctr. Bldg., Pacific Drive, Brgy. 076, Pasay City Basic Qualification: WANG, WENRAN Proficient in speaking, Mandarin Field Marketing Officer reading and writing in Mandarin 109.

Brief Job Description: Foster human relationship through communication and Salary Range: distribution of marketing activities Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 WECO COMMUNICATIONS, INC. Unit 4b 4/f Alpap 1 Bldg., 140 L.p. Leviste St., Bel-air, City Of Makati CHEN, YU-HSUN Basic Qualification: Administrative Supervisor Must know how to speak Chinese dialect 110.

Brief Job Description: To oversee the entire administrative function of the Salary Range: company Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: YEH, YAO-TING a.k.a. TONY YEH Must know how to speak Sales Manager Chinese dialect 111.

Brief Job Description: Salary Range: Develop new multiple service operation (MSO) Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 WISHLAND SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY INC. 28/f Techzone Condo Corp., 213 Buendia Ave., San Antonio, City Of Makati Basic Qualification: CHEN, PO-HAN proficient in speaking , Chinese Language-customer Service Staff Reading and writing in 112.

Mandarin Brief Job Description: Deal with and help resolve customer comments Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

NAME OF FOREIGN NATIONAL , POSITION AND BRIEF DESCRIPTION

Brief Job Description: Responsible for preparing content for the publication of marketing material and oversee distribution WANG, YINING Mandarin Marketing Officer

137.

Brief Job Description: Responsible for prepare content for the publication of marketing material and oversee distribution XU, HUI Mandarin Marketing Officer

138.

Brief Job Description: Responsible for contribute in the implementation of marketing strategies YAN, BIN Mandarin Marketing Officer

139.

Brief Job Description: Responsible for conduct market research to identify opportunities for promotion and growth ZHU, JING Mandarin Marketing Officer

140.

Brief Job Description: Responsible for prepare content for the publication of Marketing material and oversee distribution

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ESTABLISHMENT / ADDRESS QUALIFICATION AND SALARY RANGE

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Basic Qualification: Proficiency in speaking, writing and reading in Mandarin Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Proficiency in speaking, writing and reading in Mandarin Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Proficiency in speaking, writing and reading in Mandarin Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Proficiency in speaking, writing and reading in Mandarin Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Proficiency in speaking, writing and reading in Mandarin Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Proficiency speaking, reading and writing in Mandarin Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Proficiency in speaking, writing and reading in Mandarin Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Proficiency in speaking, writing and reading in Mandarin Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Proficiency speaking, reading and writing in Mandarin Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Proficiency in speaking, writing and reading in Mandarin Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Proficiency speaking, reading, and writing in mandarin Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Proficiency in speaking, writing and reading in mandarin Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Proficiency speaking, reading, and writing in mandarin Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Proficiency speaking, reading and writing in Mandarin Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Proficiency speaking, reading and writing in Mandarin

FERNANDES MACIEL, DIOGO Senior Customer Advocacy Specialist 141.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Proficiency speaking, reading and writing in Mandarin Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

151.

152.

153.

154.

Basic Qualification: Must be fluent Portuguese and English and with at least two years of technical support experience and at least one year of customer service experience with Portuguese and English speaking customers Salary Range: Php 60,000 - Php 89,999

YUAN, YUAN Mandarin Speaking Marketing Officer Brief Job Description: Responsible in creating marketing campaigns

Brief Job Description: Responsible in checking about the certain quality of product & services

Brief Job Description: Responsible in checking about the certain quality of product & services

Basic Qualification: Proficiency in English, Mandarin and other multilingual language Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Proficiency in English, Mandarin and other multilingual language Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Proficiency in English, Mandarin and other multilingual language Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Proficiency in English, Mandarin and other multilingual language Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

ZX-PRO TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 16/f Robinsons, Cybergate 3 Pioneer, Brgy. Barangka Ilaya, City Of Mandaluyong

CHEN, FENG Chinese Speaking Customer Service Representative 155.

Brief Job Description: Assist/ help customers, give customers information about products or services

CHONG LEE HUEY Chinese Speaking Customer Service Representative 156.

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

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

Brief Job Description: Responsible in creating marketing campaigns

HU, TZU-FANG Mandarin Speaking Quality Support

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

Basic Qualification: Proficiency speaking, reading and writing in Mandarin

QI, RONG Mandarin Speaking Marketing Officer

CHEN, CHENG-HUNG Mandarin Speaking Quality Support

Basic Qualification: Proficiency in speaking, writing and reading mandarin

Basic Qualification: Proficiency in Speaking, Writing and Reading in Mandarin

Brief Job Description: Zendesk support guru who thrives where technical expertise, product knowledge and a people-first environment combine to provide the benchmark for industry-leading customer support

QUALIFICATION AND SALARY RANGE

ZONAC AND SHIBATA SERVICES INC. 4/f Pbcom Tower, 6795 Ayala Ave. Cor. Rufino St., Bel-air, City Of Makati Basic Qualification: PHAM VAN QUANG Proficiency in English Finance Officer Mandarin and other multi142. lingual language Brief Job Description: Responsible in Maintaining the balance between Salary Range: spreadsheet and bank accounts Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: BYROM, ROBERT JAMES Proficiency in English IT Specialist Mandarin and other multi143. lingual language Brief Job Description: Responsible in Assisting customer on products and Salary Range: services of the company Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: HE, MINZHOU Proficiency in English Mandarin Customer Service Representative Mandarin and other multi144. lingual language Brief Job Description: Responsible in Answering customer questions about Salary Range: product and services of the company Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: LUO, QIJIAO Proficiency in English Mandarin Customer Service Representative Mandarin and other multi145. lingual language Brief Job Description: Responsible in Answering customer questions about Salary Range: product and services of the company Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: PENG, YI Proficiency in English Mandarin Customer Service Representative Mandarin and other multilingual language 146.

Brief Job Description: Responsible in Answering customer questions about Salary Range: product and services of the company Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: YEH, CHIA-LUN Proficiency in English Mandarin Customer Service Representative Mandarin and other multi147. lingual language Brief Job Description: Responsible in Answering customer questions about Salary Range: product and services of the company Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: YUKKI OOI KANG YI Proficiency in English Mandarin Customer Service Representative Mandarin and other multi148. lingual language Brief Job Description: Responsible in Answering customer questions about Salary Range: product and services of the company Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: KOK WAI HONG Proficiency in English, Mandarin Speaking HR Officer Mandarin and other multi149. lingual language Brief Job Description: Responsible in creating marketing campaigns Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: LONG, YUHANG Proficiency in English, Mandarin Speaking IT Specialist Mandarin and other multi150. lingual language Brief Job Description: Responsible in creating marketing campaigns Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Proficiency in Speaking, Writing and Reading in Mandarin Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: Proficiency in speaking, writing and reading mandarin

NAME OF FOREIGN NATIONAL , POSITION AND BRIEF DESCRIPTION

Brief Job Description: Assist/ help customers, give customers information about products or services

DENG, JIAN Chinese Speaking Customer Service Representative 157.

Brief Job Description: Assist/ help customers, give customers information about products or services

Basic Qualification: With at least 6 months customer service experience/ good in oral and communication skills Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: With at least 6 months customer service experience/ good in oral and communication skills Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 Basic Qualification: With at least 6 months customer service experience/ good in oral and communication skills Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 *Date Generated: Oct 22, 2021

Basic Qualification: Proficiency speaking, reading, and writing in mandarin

Any person in the Philippines who is competent, able and willing to perform the services for which the foreign national is desired may file an objection at DOLE National Capital Region located at DOLE-NCR Building, 967 Maligaya St., Malate Manila, within 30 days after this publication.

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

Please inform DOLE National Capital Region if you have any information on criminal offense committed by the foreign nationals.

Basic Qualification: Proficiency speaking, reading and writing in Mandarin Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

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