With the COVID-19 pandemic continuously wreaking havoc on economies around the world, more and more people are finding themselves strapped for cash. We, in the Philippines, are no exception to this. With hundreds – if not thousands – of businesses closing shop either temporarily or permanently and a lot more downsizing their operations, employees are left without any means of livelihood. True, a good number of Filipinos have tapped into their entrepreneurial acumen and have started businesses to make a living, a substantial number have resorted to borrowing money from a multitude of lending companies now operating within the country....

Lubhang napakabigat ng nagdaang linggo para sa bansang Pilipinas—isang nakakalungkot na pangyayari muli ang naitala sa kasaysayan. Matapos ang 13 beses na pagdinig sa kamara, hindi na nga nabigyan ng pagkakataon ang ABS-CBN para magpatuloy ng kanilang operasyon.   Photo courtesy of ABS-CBN News   Siguro iniisip ng marami kung bakit ‘di pa rin tumitigil ang mga tao na ipaglaban ito kahit may pinal na desisyon na; oo, nakakarindi nga, nakakasawa na pero ang totoo, ang labang ito ay walang katapusan at kailanma’y walang masasabing nagwagi. Mula noong Mayo, hindi maikakaila ang naging malaking epekto ng pagsasara nito dahil sa...

With the current pandemic still raging in our country especially in Metro Manila, a lot of companies have switched from onsite operations to employees working from home where possible. This, of course, conjured up a lot of questions both from the employees and the employers alike. We would try to answer some of them here.   What is work from home? Work from home is a term used to describe an arrangement whereby an employee shall continue to render work for the employer at the employee’s home or some other location. It is a term that can be interchanged with...

Isa ka ba sa sa mga nagulat, natuwa, natakot, o nagalit nang marinig mo sa balita na pinirmihan ng Pangulong Duterte ang Anti-Terrorism Bill noong Biyernes? O isa ka rin bang tulad ko na natigilan sa isang tabi at naisip ang mga bagay na mangyayari sa Pilipinas habang nangingitngit ang kalooban? Sa totoo lang, wala ng eksaktong salita o bagay ang maglalarawan sa mala-komedyang nangyayari sa bayan dahil sa gitna ng isang malaking laban ng pandemya ay may nagaganap na mas malalang suliranin.    Bakit nga ba marami ang tutol sa Anti-Terrorism Law? Isa ka ba sa mga lumaban o...

Sexual harassment is something that, in the olden days, everyone knew existed but dare not speak about. Victims are then left too often to suffer alone and in silence. Who could blame them after all? Before, when one speaks up against sexual harassment, they end up being ridiculed, thought of as a liar, or worse, subjected to further harassment. Not anymore. In recent years, more and more victims conjured the courage to speak up; to say that it’s not okay; that they deserve justice. Thankfully, society and the government are finally listening, not with judgment but with compassion and empathy....