While the Internet of Things (IoT) may be taking away some jobs, it also opening up other jobs as part of the digital transformation of various industries.
In 2014, the Bacolod-Negros Occidental Federation for Information and Communications Technology (BNEFIT) set the goal to achieve at least 60,000 jobs in the ICT industry by 2022, including HIM jobs.
Not only does it undermine one's constitutional right to privacy and pose a threat to specific sectors and vulnerable groups, it has also been exposed as ineffective and inefficient in some countries that have adopted its use.
Of the 31 million Filipinos that make up the country's labor force, only 60,000 of them are computer professionals -- with about 4,000 even employed as overseas Filipino workers (OFWs).
Currently, FinTQ's Lendr already offers digital loan products from bank and financial institution partners. Upon integration, PawnHero will be the first digital pawnshop service to be available in the Lendr marketplace.
Sen. Risa Hontiveros said the LTFRB is implementing a "selective crackdown" by punishing ride-hailing firms but not abusive taxi drivers and colorum units.
Embattled ride-sharing firm Uber has filed a manifestation on Thursday, Aug. 17, before the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) asking that it pay a P10-million fine in lieu of the one-month suspension of its operations.
