Redefining the labor sector
THE TERM laborer usually denotes “worker”, hence
the general understanding is that only the “real” laborers could be considered
as “blue collar workers”.
In modern usage...
‘Fake news’
WIKIPEDIA defines news as information
about current events, and Merriam Webster defines it as a report of recent
events or previously unknown information.
The common denominator...
Inclusive society
A UNITED Nations
Organization (UNO) document defines social inclusion as “a process by which
efforts are made to ensure equal opportunities for all, regardless of their
background,...
Reducing corruption possible
WHILE I AM fully supporting the
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations (UN), I could not
really understand why the goal set is to...
Greed
ACCORDING to www.access-jesus.com, the
core definition of greed is that it is “the obsession with accumulating
material goods.”
There may be nothing wrong with that by
itself,...
Tools and goals of development
GROWTH could
happen even without a plan, but there could be no real development if there is
no real planning. It is possible for haphazard development...
Carbon neutral economies
BHUTAN is the only country in the world
that is not only carbon neutral, it is actually carbon negative.
On the upside, we should be...
Micro-enterprises
THE PROMOTION of micro-enterprises is
really part of President Duterte’s business development agenda, but on closer
look, it is very clear that it is actually part...
Of robots and drones
IN THE ABSENCE of a better term or in
the absence of an agreement over what a term really means, I would just use the
term...
Coastal economy
DISASTER Risk
Reduction (DRR) and Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) are two sides of the same
coin, but as it is now, the National Disaster Risk Reduction...