(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte said he was open to lifting the ban on the deployment of Overseas Filipino Workers to Kuwait. In a speech in Marawi, a transcript of which was sent to reporters on Friday, May 11, Duterte said this was if a pact ensuring the protection of Filipino workers there is signed between the two countries. He said the agreement should ensure that all OFWs would have one day-off, seven hours of sleep […]
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LOOK: Honeylet Avanceña is guest of honor at launch of PNP drug rehab program
In these pictures provided by the Philippine National Police, First Lady Honeylet Avanceña is seen addressing an audience as guest of honor during the launch of the Life After Tokhang drug rehabilitation program in Camp Crame on Monday, October 2. LIFT, a “PNP-initiated, community-based recovery and wellness program,” is aimed at helping drug surrenderees recover from their drug problems via a series of activities. For the program, the PNP partnered with the Rispondé Foundation.
Robotic ‘suit’ helps Japan’s older employees lift heavy loads
TOKYO, Japan (Reuters) — A distribution and storage management company in Japan, where the population is ageing faster than any other country in the world, has introduced a robotic harness called a Power Assist Suit to support their older employees. Over half of the nearly 100 employees working at Ueda Group’s distribution center in the country’s biggest industrial region, Kawasaki, are in their 40s and 50s, the company said, and their jobs require them to […]





