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Bohol tourism reopens, with grit and a prayer, for MICE, family reunions

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of having a new international airport that is just five minutes away from our resort and Alona Beach.”

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ORE tourism destinations are finally reopening for business, as stakeholders and local government units try to restart their economies.

Starting November 15, the province of Bohol began accepting tourists specifically attending Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions (MICE) events, and family gatherings such as weddings and reunions, according to Executive Order 53 signed by the province’s governor Arthur C. Yap on November 13. Overall, the move of the provincial government was cheered by its stakeholders, many of whom had to close down due to travel restrictions within the country. Local carriers warmly received the news by relaunching flights to the province, which will land visitors at the newly built Panglao International Airport. Due to the success of the Philippine Travel Exchange (Phitex) held on Panglao Island last September, Yap said he was looking at Bohol “as a MICE niche…[which] will help create more jobs for locals. You have 100 rooms in a hotel [booked for an event], that’s equivalent to 100 jobs.” For her part, Tourism Promotions Board COO Ma. Anthonette C. Velasco-Allones said, “The reopening of Bohol to MICE events brings to life the positive lessons we have drawn from the hybrid

Phitex event last September, and central to that is the value of collaborative partnership among stakeholders, social actors, and the government.” She added, “We took the courage to stage Phitex amid a pandemic in the hope that it will help write the playbook for MICE. And we congratulate Governor Yap for finally making it happen.” Phitex was spearheaded by the TPB, the marketing arm of the Department of Tourism. Aside from Bohol, destinations now open to tourists from other parts of the country include Boracay Island; El Nido and Pamalican Island in Palawan; Polillio Island in Quezon; Baguio City; the Ilocos Region; Batangas; Cavite; as well as the Clark and Subic free ports in Central Luzon.

Quarantine suspended

TO regain Bohol’s attraction as a tourism destination, the provincial government has decided to scrap the 14-day quarantine requirement on visitors, instead only requiring a negative RT-PCR test result “not earlier than 72 hours prior to the date of travel to Bohol,” according to EO 53. Tourists staying for more than

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five days “must undergo a repeat RT-PCR test on the fifth day of their stay.” To help contain any possible Covid infection brought in by outside guests, the EO also states, locals who join these MICE events, including weddings, reunions, anniversaries, birthdays and similar celebrations, “agree to be quarantined for five days and be swabbed for RT-PCR testing and that they will only be allowed to go home once a negative test result is released.”

Tourists are asked to register at tourism.bohol.gov.ph. Leeds Trompeta, general manager of Amorita Resort, told the BusinessMirror, “We welcome this development, and with our safety protocols in place we are looking forward to welcome guests from Manila.” He added, “The requirement, however, of a minimum six persons needs careful reassessment since with the global pandemic, the MICE segment has pivoted to other

platforms and most corporate accounts have decided to defer group travel of their associates and executives. Although we do get queries for social events like weddings, most of these are for next year on a very tentative reservation.” He said, “We believe that FIT [free independent travel] should be given equal attention with the proper health and safety protocols in place to calibrate the revival of tourism in Bohol. Likewise our destination has the unique advantage

THE announcement of the Bohol LGU was the spark needed for carriers to renew their ties to the province. Pioneering flag carrier Philippine Airlines said it supports the government’s campaign to restore and rejuvenate domestic tourism. It resumes its commercial flights between Manila and Bohol beginning November 22 with round-trip flights every Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. Passengers need to show a confirmed booking at a DOT-accredited hotel before departure. They are also supposed to book with only accredited tour operators and guides, who will bring them on itineraries pre-approved by the LGU. For its part, AirAsia Philippines is offering 50-percent off on airfare from Manila to Bohol beginning December 1. In a news statement, AirAsia Philippines CEO Ricky Isla said, “We are pleased to be able to reopen our services to and from Bohol for both essential and leisure travelers. We hope that the resumption of connectivity between both regions will further assist local businesses and enterprises in Bohol. AirAsia will continue to support the national and local governments in their efforts to jumpstart the travel and tourism industries in the Philippines.” Cebu Pacific is likewise offering a promotional airfare of P99 from Manila to Bohol for travel in July-August 2021. Continued on A2

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US withdrawal rattles Afghan allies and adversaries alike

By Kathy Ganno | The Associated Press

SLAMABAD—An accelerated US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, announced by Washington this week, has rattled both allies and adversaries. There are fears of worsening violence and regional chaos, which some say could embolden the local Islamic State affiliate to regroup and perhaps even try to build another “caliphate.”

Under an earlier deal between the US and the Taliban that outlined a gradual pullout, the remaining US forces were to leave Afghanistan by April. The Pentagon now says some 2,500 troops will leave by January, just days before President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, leaving another 2,000 or so US forces in place. Biden has said he prefers a small, intelligence-driven, counterterrorism presence in Afghanistan.

The ‘deal’

A US withdrawal would be welcome in most of rural Afghanistan where civilians are increasingly caught in the crossfire between Taliban and government forces, said Torek Farhadi, a former Afghan government adviser and political analyst. “After a bombing by any side of the conflict, no one has gone back to rebuild any infrastructure. No one has really worked on healing hearts and minds,” he said. The US-Taliban deal, signed in February, was largely propelled by

Washington’s fear of an expanding Islamic State affiliate in Afghanistan, said a US Defense Department official who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the subject. With terrorist plots that he said had links to Afghanistan, Washington sought a deal with the Taliban that would bring them into a coordinated fight—along with Afghan security forces—against the Islamic State militant group, which lost its self-proclaimed “caliphate” in Syria and Iraq. A US-led coalition toppled the Taliban in Afghanistan for harboring former al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden following the September 11, 2001, attacks. The Taliban has regained strength in recent years in the country, although the Islamic State and a degraded al-Qaeda still carry out attacks in the region. “Washington has looked at Afghanistan largely through a counterterrorism lens. And that will certainly be the case for the incoming

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Biden administration,” said Michael Kugelman, deputy director of the Asia Program at the Washingtonbased Wilson Center.

Tall order

NATO has fewer than 12,000 troops

helping to train and advise Afghan national security forces. The 30-nation alliance relies heavily on the US armed forces for transport, logistics and other support. Kugelman said President Donald Trump’s approach to ending America’s longest war was always a gamble. “While the idea of the Taliban making peace with the Afghan government and then working together to target ISIS sounds great in theory, it’s a very tall order, and especially anytime soon.” A Biden administration strategy of maintaining a residual force— even a narrowly focused one— would require a renegotiated deal with the Taliban, which the insurgent movement has already rejected. The Afghan government, which has complained bitterly about being sidelined in US negotiations with the Taliban, wants the deal scrapped entirely. With word this week of the accelerated US troop withdrawal, Afghans also fear powerful warlords in Kabul with a long history of infighting could again turn their guns on each other once the current deterrence of an international troop presence is sharply reduced. “One of the most critical roles of the US in Afghanistan…is to keep their own Afghan allies from fighting among themselves and bringing down the state,” said Anatol Lieven, a New America Foundation Senior Fellow at Georgetown University’s Qatar campus. “It seems unlikely, however, that the US will be willing or able to do this indefinitely.” Analysts fear the accelerated withdrawal could significantly compromise the defense capabilities of Afghanistan’s forces. Kugelman says even a small number of US forces can have an impact on the direction of the war.

“The numbers [of troops being pulled out] may seem small, and they are, but the impacts of even small numbers of troops are considerable,” he said. “US air power has helped Afghan ground forces repel Taliban offensives. US troops help strengthen much-needed capacity within Afghan security forces.”

Ready to defend

YET Afghanistan’s acting Defense Minister Asadullah Khalid told Parliament on Tuesday that the security forces were holding their own and only 4 percent of their operations need US air assistance. “There might be up and down in numbers of troops, but we are not concerned. We are ready to defend Afghanistan independently,” Khalid told lawmakers. Afghanistan remains desperately poor, even after 20 years and billions of dollars in investment. More than 25 million of its 36 million people survive on barely $1.40 a day. For many, the presence of international forces brings little relief. “There’s certainly good reason to believe that the US is wearing out its welcome in Afghanistan, given its inability to rein in rising insurgent and terrorist violence and given its own contribution to the violence through actions that maim and kill civilians,” Kugelman said. “And that’s aside from perceptions of US complicity in Kabul’s corruption.”

Wasted aid

AFGHANISTAN’S government is among the world’s 10 most corrupt, according to Transparency International. Since 2002, Washington’s own watchdog says the US has lost $19 billion of aid to Afghanistan to waste, abuse and fraud. The US spends $4 billion a year on Afghanistan’s National Security and Defense Forces, yet relentless

violence in the country has been demoralizing and US air power has been the key to the ability of Afghan forces to hold territory against Taliban onslaughts. Afghanistan’s security forces also have been degraded by corruption. According to an August report by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, about half of all police in the Taliban strongholds of the southern provinces use drugs and up to 70 percent of police positions in those regions are “ghost” jobs — in which they are not actually filled but the salaries are diverted to officials on the take. The US troop withdrawal seems certain to feature prominently in the first visit to Afghanistan on Thursday of Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan. The neighbors have an uneasy relationship, with Kabul accusing Islamabad of strengthening the Taliban by harboring its leadership. Pakistan says Afghanistan has become the staging arena for Indiansponsored attacks on its soil. Pakistan has been critical in getting the Taliban to the table, and Khan has warned against a messy retreat by US troops, fearing that the chaos in Afghanistan will spill into Pakistan, which still houses nearly 2 million Afghan refugees from four decades of war. But Kabul worries about Pakistan might use proxy Taliban fighters to retaliate if Islamabad feels threatened by India-sponsored attacks from Afghan territory. “In the end, the future of Afghanistan depends on the Afghans themselves and Afghanistan’s neighbors. The USA is not going to be in this region forever,” Lieven said. “As for most other Afghans, it seems that they are just desperately anxious for an end to the war,” he added.

The wary welcome Continued from A1

In 2019 visitor arrivals in Bohol reached 1.58 million, a 5.6-percent increase from 2018. Of total arrivals last year, 854,853 were domestic tourists, and 727,051 foreign tourists, as per data provided by the Department of Tourism Central Visayas regional office.

DOT thanks Red Cross

MEANWHILE, the DOT expressed its gratitude to the Philippine Red Cross (PRC), led by Sen. Richard J. Gordon, for reducing the cost of its RT-PCR test to P3,300.

(See, “Red Cross to cut Covid test price

to help boost tourism,” in the BusinessMirror, November 19, 2020.)

Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo Puyat has actively pushed for a price cap on antigen and RTPCR tests to encourage domestic travel and help restore livelihood in tourism areas. Many tourist destinations have opened up to visitors, but the high cost of testing remains a deterrent. “Greater access and affordability of the Covid tests will mean more Filipinos can return to their hometowns, undertake travel for leisure, business, health, education or MICE, and

visit family and friends,” she said in a news statement. The RT-PCR test, currently the most accurate in determining the presence of novel coronavirus in the body, costs anywhere from P4,000 to P6,500, depending on the medical facility and quickness of results. The DOT chief, however, called on travelers to be responsible and keep tourism safe by complying with health and safety protocols imposed by the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases and LGUs of the tourism destinations they are visiting.

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Stricter curbs imposed on Duterte’s Davao home city as infections rise

he Philippines has imposed stricter movement restrictions on President Duterte’s home city, Davao, after it posted the highest number of new coronavirus cases in the past two weeks. Davao City in southern Philippines will be placed until end-November under a general community quarantine, where some businesses like hotels and cinemas are shut, and young and old people are required to stay home, according to Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque. “Efforts will be made to address the shortage of nurses in health facilities,” he added. Amid the rising new Covid-19 cases in Davao City, the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) decided to impose stricter quarantine measures in the area. In its Resolution 88 issued last Thursday, the IATF said it has assigned Melquiades Feliciano, deputy chief implementer of the National Task Force Against Covid-19 for the cities of Bacolod and Cebu, to lead the intensified anti-Covid measures in Davao City. Among the issues he would have to address is the shortage of nurses raise the supply of medical supplies for Covid-19 patients such as high-oxygen

cannulae, favipiravir (Avigan), remdesivir, medical equipment, among others, in the city. The decision came after Covid-19 cases in the city rose to 5,412 on Wednesday from just 3,859 two days before. The spike also prompted the IATF to push for the creation of the One Hospital Command Center in the city, which will be in charge of efficient distribution of Covid-19 patients there. It also ordered private hospitals in Davao City to increase their bed allocation for Covid-19 patients from 20 percent to 30 percent. To contain the spread of Covid-19 in Davao City, its law enforcement agencies were directed to help in the strict implementation of granular lockdowns. Aside from Davao City, other areas, which were placed by IATF under GCQ up to November 30 were the Metro Manila, Batangas City, Iloilo City, Bacolod City, Tacloban City, Iligan City, and Lanao Del Sur. The Philippines has Southeast Asia’s secondworst outbreak, with more than 413,000 cases as of Thursday.

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Philippines property may be key to equity market recovery

eal estate stocks in the Philippines are among the top winners of the global value rotation and look poised to become a key part of the country’s post-pandemic stock-market recovery. A gauge of Philippine property stocks has jumped 15 percent so far in November, on track for its biggest monthly gain in more than a decade, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. That’s four percentage points more than the rise in the Philippine Stock Exchange Index, a benchmark property shares are now set to beat for three months straight. The sector is in pole position to benefit from the country’s unexpected rate cut Thursday, as the central bank seeks to kickstart growth after the economy contracted more than expected in the third quarter. The real estate equity resurgence has already helped Philippine stocks claw back losses of as much as 41 percent at the PSEi’s bottom in March to just an 10 percent drop for the year as of Thursday.

Cyclical shift Southeast Asian stocks have been among the biggest beneficiaries of the recent global shift to cheaper, cyclical names as the development of a Covid-19 vaccine and a burgeoning recovery in China stokes optimism about the global economy next year. Equity markets in the region such as Thailand and Singapore have led gains across Asia.

Thailand, Singapore lead Southeast Asia charge Industrials, real estate and financial stocks

make up more than 80 percent of the PSEi, and the cyclical exposures of those sectors will be key to the outlook for the market, Nomura Holdings Inc. analysts including Abigail Chiw said in a note Wednesday. “We expect the conglomerates and property sectors to lead the recovery, having come from a very low base this year,” they wrote. For real estate shares, “we expect sequential earnings recovery to be led by residentials on catch-up construction of ongoing projects, followed by malls on pent-up demand and later by hotels as Covid-19 fears subside.” An unexpected jump in remittances from overseas Filipino workers in September may also help contribute to an increase in spending on real estate.

Earnings growth The Nomura analysts forecast conglomerates and property stocks will post earnings-per-share growth next year of more than 50 percent. That should help push the PSEi toward their 7,600 target, they said—about 9 percent higher than the near-7,000 level it traded at Thursday. Still, the recovery isn’t without risks, the analysts said. A fragile labor market and limited fiscal measures could both constrain private consumption, according to the note. “A stronger-than-expected earnings-per-share recovery could potentially propel the PSEi higher to 8,300, while downside risks of weaker-than-expected macroeconomic drivers could drag it lower to 6,600,” the analysts wrote. Bloomberg News

EU pledges €1.05 aid for typhoon victims By Recto Mercene

he European Union (EU) has pledged €1.05 million (about P60 million) in humanitarian aid funding to deliver emergency relief assistance to families affected by Typhoon Ulysses (international code name Vamco). Ulysses is the latest in a series of destructive typhoons to hit large parts of the Philippines’ most populous island of Luzon, including the national capital, Metro Manila, in recent weeks. “The EU is scaling up its humanitarian assistance in the Philippines in response to the devastating typhoons that have hit the country over the past month,” said Arlynn Aquino, who oversees the EU’s humanitarian response in the Philippines. “The additional contribution will help to get much-needed aid to the most vulnerable people to help them go through this difficult time.” Ulysses hit the country while still struggling to cope with the devastating impact of powerful typhoon Rolly (international code name Goni), which struck in early November. It has so far affected more than 3 million people, with more than 440,000 already forced to flee their homes and seek shelter elsewhere, including in evacuation centers. The EU funding will support humanitarian aid partners who are already on the ground to respond to

the immediate needs of those most in need. This includes shelter, food, health care and access to clean water, safe sanitation and good hygiene, as well as other vital aid. The funding is part of the EU’s Acute Large Emergency Response Tool (ALERT). Ulysses is also the fifth storm to hit the archipelago over the past three weeks. It made landfall in several towns across Quezon province in Luzon on the evening of November 11, 2020. With maximum sustained winds of 155 kilometers per hour, the weather disturbance caused heavy downpours and severe flooding across the region, damaging more than 65,000 houses. In Metro Manila, f loodwaters of up to 4.5 feet left many parts of the capital submerged, impacting in excess of 50,000 people. Widespread power shortages and infrastructural damage have also been reported. Central Luzon is the worst-hit region where more than 1.7 million have been people were affected. As assessments are still under way, the true scale of the damage is currently unclear. Alert is used to respond to large natural disasters where over 100,000 people, or over 50 percent of the population are affected. Depending on the type of disaster, the aim is to allocate funds within 24 to 48 hours of the onset of an emergency.

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IT-BPM sector trims revenue growth numbers by $3B; 140K less jobs seen

By Elijah Felice E. Rosales

HE information technology and business process management (IT-BPM) industry has trimmed its growth numbers by $3 billion in revenue and 140,000 workers in employment, as it rethinks its programs and policies to recover from the setbacks caused by Covid-19.

Rey E. Untal, president and CEO of the IT and Business Process Association of the Philippines (Ibpap), said the industry is seen to grow flat this year in spite of the challenges posed by the pandemic. He argued a flat performance should do in a year when most sectors are staring at a decline on all fronts, from sales, to profits, to labor force. However, a study by the Everest Group, the consultancy tapped by Ibpap to assess prospects, reports a reduction in industry figures for until 2022. Citing the Everest study, Untal said

the industry by 2022 is now expected to generate just $29 billion, from the revised projection of $32 billion. It is also now seen to employ only 1.43 million workers, from the previous forecast of 1.57 million workers. In total, Untal concluded the industry should bring in $29 billion in revenue by 2022, as well as add 130,000 jobs between 2021 and 2022. For IT-BPM firms to achieve these goals, Untal said they need policy reforms to take place, particularly on infrastructure. He said the pandemic forced industry players to accelerate their pivot to digital, and this would

be impossible to do if connectivity remains a problem. The Ibpap chief said telecommunication firms have committed to expedite efforts to build new broadcast towers and improve Internet connection, especially in rural areas, to ease the shift to remote working and blended learning. Furthermore, Untal argued that the revised growth numbers expect the fiscal regime to favor the interests of investors. As such, he said hitting the figures on revenue and employment depends as well on the plan to lift fiscal incentives granted to investors as packaged in the Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises Act (CREATE) bill.

Warning on tax perks loss Once passed into law, the CREATE bill will reduce corporate income tax to 25 percent, from 30 percent, on one end, and will introduce a new set of tax perks on the other. Industry groups, including Ibpap, have been asking legislators to junk the component of the bill on incentives. They warned that exporters in economic zones will shut down their operations in the Philippines and relocate to another Southeast Asian country if the government pushes

through with its move to change the incentives. In spite of the blows suffered this year, Untal said the Philippine ITBPM industry is anticipated to keep its share in the global market. Whereas the industry is projected to grow between 3 percent and 4 percent on a global scale, it is expected to expand by as much as 5.5 percent on the domestic side until 2022. Untal said health care has improved its numbers during the pandemic to offset the declines posted mostly by travel, tourism and hospitality. The progress made by Pfizer and BioNTech in developing a vaccine have raised the optimism of IT-BPM investors here, according to Untal. Last year, the Ibpap lowered its growth forecast for the IT-BPM industry due to changes in the tax policies here and the escalation of a trade conflict abroad. In the IT-BPM road map, the original projection was that the industry would generate $38.9 billion in revenue and employ 1.8 million workers by 2022. Based on Ibpap records, the industry last year added 71,000 new workers to increase its labor force to 1.3 million, and grew over 7 percent in revenue to reach $26.3 billion, from $24.5 billion in 2018.

DOLE chief, Pampanga vice governor PAL extends ‘Ready, sign usufruct deed for OFW hospital Set, Book’ promo

By Ashley Manabat & Samuel P. Medenilla

ITY OF SAN FERNANDO—The signing of the usufruct agreement between the provincial government here and the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) for the use of the very first overseas Filipino workers (OFW) hospital in the Philippines was held here on Friday. The signing was preceded by the kick-off ceremony for the construction of the P1billion OFW hospital on a 2-hectare lot at the Provincial Engineering Compound along MacArthur Highway in Barangay Sindalan. The usufruct deed was signed by Vice Gov. Lilia “Nanay” Pineda for the provincial government and DOLE Secretary Silvestre H. Bello III. Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor) chair and CEO Andrea Domingo said the government owned and controlled corporation will infuse an additional P300 million for the hospital’s facilities. She also said the lot for the hospital facility, valued at P500 million, was donated by the provincial government, while Bloomberry Resorts Corp. will donate P500 million for the building. It was highly bruited that the 100-bed OFW hospital is slated to be finished before the end of the Duterte administration in May next year and will be the country’s first dedicated hospital and diagnostic center for OFWs. In his speech, Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque said the OFW hospital reflects the Duterte administration’s determination to give Filipinos free medical services and medicine. Also present in the ceremony were Bloomberry’s Atty. Ellan Mark Pailan, Overseas

Labor Secretary Silvestre H. Bello III and Pampanga Gov. Lilia “Nanay” Pineda jointly sign the usufruct deed of the very first hospital dedicated to overseas Filipino workers in Barangay Sindalan, San Fernando, Pampanga, on Friday morning. Ashley Manabat

Workers Welfare Administrator Hans Leo Cacdac, Department of Health (DOH) undersecretary Lilibeth David, and Pampanga Board Members Cherry Manalo, Fritzie David-Dizon and Pol Balingit and other provincial officials. It can be recalled that former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo led the hospital’s groundbreaking on Labor Day last year with then-Gov. Lilia G. Pineda.

Pushed back

In a news statement, Secretary Bello said that due to the community quarantine caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, the expected opening of the OFW hospital was pushed back to December 2021. Bello said the work stoppages caused by the pandemic delayed the completion of the project, which was originally slated on April next year. The P1.3-billion medical facility in San

Fernando, Pampanga will have available 200 beds and expected to have state-ofthe-art medical equipment to provide free health care to OFWs. “It will render free services when OFWs are securing medical certificates covering laboratory exams and other requirements for their overseas deployment,” Bello said. In an online press briefing, DOLERegion 3 Director Zenaida Campita disclosed they have already signed the usufruct agreement with the provincial government of Pampanga to allow DOLE to make use of its 1.5 hectare land, where the OFW hospital will be built. She noted they partnered with the DOH to operate the facility to ensure it operations will be sustainable and well-funded. “If DOH is the one running it [OFW hospital], there is an assurance that it will get annual appropriations,” Campita said.

Cebu Pacific further enhances self-service options through Manage Booking portal

he Philippines’ largest carrier, Cebu Pacific (PSE: CEB), continues to add self-service features to its online Manage Booking portal, to make it more convenient for travelers. Passengers can now easily update their information, including name, birthday, nationality and salutations through cebupacificair.com. “We have been enhancing our contactless experience and accelerating our digital initiatives because these provide quicker and safer options for our passengers. Our customers remain at the heart of our business, so you can expect more enhancements from us that further support and enable a self-service journey for everyone,” said Candice Iyog, CEB vice president for Marketing and Customer Experience. Requests to correct misspelled names and other details are often raised through the airline’s call center and chat support. This added feature will ensure an improved customer experience, with faster resolution of their concerns.

corrections to their first or last name within 24 hours from the time the booking is made, as long as they have not yet checked in for the flight. This does not make bookings transferrable, but having this feature enables guests to easily correct details on their own, making the whole experience hassle-free.

Correction on passenger’s name

Special cases

CEB passengers will be able to make

Corrections on birthdate, nationality and salutations

Similarly, information such as birthdate, nationality, and salutations may also be corrected one time, at no cost. These may be updated until two (2) hours before scheduled time of departure, prior to checking in for the flight. In cases of change of birth year resulting to an upgrade in passenger classification, such as infant to child or child to adult, corresponding fees may be paid online as well. For information that need to be updated

due to legal reasons, such as change in civil status, guests will only be required to submit documents supporting such for manual processing of our agents. Requests may be submitted through https://bit.ly/CEBrequest.

Update contact information

Apart from the above, passengers may also update their contact information and addresses multiple times as necessary, provided that they have not yet checked-in for their flights. All the above can be modified easily through https://bit.ly/CEBmanageflight Fill out necessary details on the Manage Booking page, then select which flight you’d want to modify. Click on “Update Guest Details” and choose which item you need to update, and click continue until done. Meanwhile, for more information on Contactless Flight Guidelines, increased safety measures, network, travel document requirements, FAQs and the like, visit https:// bit.ly/CEBFlightReminders.

lag carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) has announced that its ongoing sale strategy to lure travelers with its “Ready, Set, Book!” promo has been extended until November 29, 2020 “to give travel aficionados the chance to avail of these special rates.” The promo initially offered for the period from November 16 to 22, 2020 provides special deals for as low as P388 one-way for domestic flights and $99 roundtrip for international flights. (The quoted prices are economy base fares.) The travel period is from January 10 to September 30, 2021 for domestic flights and January 15 to September 30, 2021 for international flights. The “Ready, Set, Book!” promotion for 2021 travel, along with many other initiatives of PAL, supports the government’s efforts to promote safe travel experiences and rebuild Philippine tourism, as various provinces and countries gradually reopen their borders. Under this promotion, passengers can travel to the flag carrier’s domestic and international destinations with increased flexibility. Ticket holders are allowed unlimited rebooking seven days prior to departure date. Subject to fare differences, if applicable. Interested travelers may book via www.philippineairlines.com or through the PAL mobile app, call PAL Reservations at (+63 2) 88558888 or visit any PAL ticketing office or partner travel agent. PAL flyers can be assured of a worry-free travel experience under the airline’s multi-layered “New Normal, Same Heart” safety programs and practices that have earned PAL a Top Ten ranking among the world’s safest airlines for Covid-era travel. The safety protocols include the use of signature personalized protective equipment (PPE) by cabin crew, a rigorous disinfection regimen for aircraft before and after every flight, a high-tech cabin system that refreshes cabin air and uses high efficiency particulate air filters to protect against viruses, bacteria and impurities with 99.99 percent efficacy, and modifications to inflight food services and amenities to minimize physical contact. PAL reminds all passengers to use face masks and shields for their protection as well. The flag carrier recently launched its own rapid test polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) testing facility for departing passengers at its Learning Center in Manila, with swab test results guaranteed within 24 hours. Since August, PAL has also been operating a One-Stop-Shop facility at Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 2 to cater to arriving nonOFWs and foreign travelers, also with a 24-hour test result guarantee. The airline has partnered with authorized private medical service providers for both the departure and arrival testing centers. The carrier now offers regular non-stop flights between the Philippines and the US, Japan, Canada, Singapore, Taipei, Hong Kong, the UK and Indonesia along with occasional flights to Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and other Asia/Pacific countries. Additionally, the flag carrier continues to operate all-cargo flights and special repatriation services during this time of pandemic. Recto Mercene

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US firms turn upbeat on China after Biden win, AmCham says

ust over half of American companies are more optimistic about doing business in China on expectations of better trade relations with the US under a Biden administration, according to a survey from the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) in Shanghai. “Companies broadly view the prospect of a Biden administration favorably,” the trade lobby said in a statement, citing the result of a survey of 124 American companies. “This may be due to expectations that the USChina relationship will become more stable than it was the past four years, though it is unlikely to return to the pre-2016 paradigm.”

The survey, conducted from November 11 to 15, showed 54.8 percent of the respondents have become more upbeat about their business prospects in China, while only two companies said they are more pessimistic. Nearly 57 percent of respondents do not expect trade restrictions or tariffs to increase, according to the survey. It r e m a i n s u n c l e a r w h e t h e r

President-elect Joe Biden will aim to counter China’s rise as robustly as Donald Trump did in the last four years. On the campaign trail Biden stopped short of specifics on which parts of the Trump-era China policies he would change, though he also criticized Beijing for its actions in Hong Kong and Xinjiang. Despite the uncertainty, US manufacturers in China have no intention of pulling out. Some 82 percent of businesses have no plans to offshore their manufacturing in the next three years. One company intends to move all of its production offshore, while two anticipate moving more than 30 percent offshore. Managers of some Chinese manufacturers interviewed by Bloomberg early this month said they are worried the US under Biden will remain hostile toward the nation. US tariffs on billions of dollars worth of Chinese goods will be retained, as will strict restrictions on technology and investment, they said.

The following is a key summary of the AmCham survey: n 54.8 percent said they are more optimistic about doing business in China; 35.5 percent see no change; 8.1 percent are much more optimistic, while only 1.6 percent (or two companies) said their thinking about doing business in China was now more pessimistic n Asked about investment, or derisking plans under a Biden administration, 53.2 percent of companies expect no change in their investment plans, 13.7 percent expect an increase, and just 5.6 percent will “commence, continue, or consider a China de-risking strategy” n Companies are more optimistic now about their expected 2020 revenue outcome compared to July, with 47.6 percent of respondents expecting an increase over 2019 results n 29.8 percent of respondents believe that US-China trade tensions will continue indefinitely, versus the 26.9 percent who agreed with this statement in a separate survey of Chinese businesses by the chamber.

After Trump’s embrace, Saudi may find Biden is not so bad

nder Donald Trump, Saudi Arabia got all the attention it could have wanted from the US—and more. While a Biden presidency looks certain to end the love-fest, the kingdom’s leaders may not mind as much as one might think. King Salman bin Abdulaziz and his son, Crown Prince Mohammed, are set to lose much of what they gained during Trump’s four years in office, including hastily approved weapons sales, the easing of pressure over human rights abuses, and not least a back-channel via the president’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner. But the good times came with something less beneficial: an erratic, sometimes unpredictable US foreign policy in which Washington inflamed tensions with Iran and talked tough but never responded forcefully to cruise-missile strikes on Saudi oil facilities. A Joe Biden administration might seem at first glance like it’s all bad for the kingdom and for the crown prince who largely runs the country and assumed his role less than a year after Trump took office. Yet while there will certainly be greater scrutiny, especially over human rights, the country may have an opportunity in a US president who isn’t all that different from Trump in regarding Saudi Arabia as a crucial ally in a volatile region. “What Saudi Arabia has wanted is to be seen as a state like any other, to be a leader in the G-20, to have legitimacy,” said Karen Young, a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. “What the

Biden administration can offer is to say, ‘OK fine, you want to be treated like any other partner in the Middle East, no more special relationship, let’s lay it all out.’”

G-20 test

Saudi Arabia will get a fresh chance to burnish its bona fides this weekend when it hosts a virtual summit of the Group of 20 nations. It’s still unclear whether Trump will make a video appearance: The White House has refused to say whether he’ll attend, as the president pushes claims of voter fraud in the November 3 election that he lost to Biden. In yet one more sign of the Trump administration’s long support for the regime, Secretary of State Michael Pompeo will visit the country’s leaders briefly on Sunday in the futuristic planned city of Neom. Saudi Arabia already seems to be adjusting to the new political reality. After initially holding off, its leaders sent cables congratulating Biden and seeking warmer ties with the US, according to the Saudi Press Agency. King Salman “praised the historical deep-rooted relations between the two friendly countries, adding that both countries are keen to develop and enhance these relations in all fields,” it said. The Biden transition team declined to comment when asked to discuss the president-elect’s approach to Saudi Arabia. But while on the campaign trail, Biden referred to the country as a “pariah” and said

he would end support for the war in Yemen, where a Saudi-led coalition has been fighting the Iran-aligned Houthis for more than five years in an effort to restore the internationally recognized government, contributing to one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises. At the same time, Biden has made clear Saudi Arabia is a “critical” partner in preserving stability in energy markets and the Middle East.

Keeping calm

“We should recognize the value of cooperation on counterterrorism and deterring Iran,” Biden told the Council on Foreign Relations in July 2019. “But America needs to insist on responsible Saudi actions and impose consequences for reckless ones.” Such pledges to cooperate have helped keep calm in Saudi Arabia. Officials recognize that it is a less harsh tone than President Barack Obama took, as when he once vented about the “so-called ally” and said Saudi Arabia must “share” the region with Iran. Saudi Arabia’s leadership is also assuaged by Biden’s past comments that while he wants to rejoin the Iran nuclear deal that Trump abandoned, he also wants follow-on negotiations to strengthen the deal. Saudi Arabia regards Iran as its chief regional foe, and opposed the 2015 nuclear accord between Iran and world powers. The kingdom’s economic and political importance to the Muslim world rules out

any major change in relations, according to Mohammed Alsulami, head of Rasanah, an Iran-focused think tank based in Riyadh.

Turkey critics

“You cannot ignore that,” he said. “Maybe you will talk more about human rights issues— maybe Yemen more—but not more than that.” For the Saudis, there is also the matter of the Trump administration’s dependability. Saudi Arabia’s trust in the Trump team was shaken last year after the president responded with harsh words but no action when missiles and drones launched from Iran hit a Saudi oil field and the world’s biggest crude-processing facility in Abqaiq. The kingdom is also aware that a Biden administration might be tougher on Turkey, a Saudi rival, whereas Trump largely held off criticism of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. “Given the fact that we’re weaning ourselves off Arab hydrocarbon, Biden can pursue a different approach,” said Aaron David Miller, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and former Mideast official at the State Department. At the same time, he said, the Biden administration will want to make sure Saudi Arabia sees a smooth transition of its own should King Salman, who is now 84, formally transfer power to the crown prince. “The real equity with Saudi is making sure the place remains stable and survives,” he said. Bloomberg News

‘Unequal funding for State scholars needs correcting’

ENATE President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto rued Friday the unequal subsidy for State Universities and Colleges (SUC) scholars. “ Not all SUC students are funded equal,” Recto said even as he noted that the average subsidy is pegged at P80,000 per student a year. “Each may have different requirements, such as equipment backlog or staffing deficit which must be erased; the investments for which would differ from school to school,” the senator said. He asserted, however, that “what is clear is that the allocation should be rationalized and needs reworking based on updated and fair parameters.”

In a statement, Recto recommended that “as we increase funding for state colleges, solidarity dictates that a rising tide must raise all ships.” Recto recalled that in his interpellation last year on the budget of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), he had cited last year’s annual per student cost. “The rough calculation was on a per regional basis and I agree that data should be unbundled per school to have a clearer picture,” Recto said. Voicing hope that his “rudimentary presentation triggers a healthy debate on the issue,” Recto affirmed his belief that “in the interest of

transparency, a per student cost should be made part of an SUC’s budget submission and a national comparative table be included in the National Expenditure Program.” However, he hastened to clarify that “this is not to pass judgment on whether certain schools deserve what they get, as there are metrics to be used other than a simple spreadsheet.” At the same time, Recto noted that for 2021, the average per student cost in SUCs is P80,000, noting that this is “the yearly taxpayer burden per SUC student.” He said “this is roughly based on the SUCs P80-billion appropriation

and CHED funds for public school scholarships of P25 billion, or a total of P105 billion for 1.3 million students.” “But students in private colleges get taxpayer subsidy too,” the senator pointed out, adding that the rate was pegged at P60,000 each next year. “They are the 341,000 enrollees in private schools who benefit from the tuition subsidy that costs P20 billion.” The subsidy for private school students is managed by the CHED under the mandate of the Tertiary Education Subsidy in Republic Act 10931, or the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Law. Butch Fernandez

EU leaders told to step up preps for no-deal Brexit

he leaders of France and Belgium urged the European Union (EU) to step up preparations for a no-deal Brexit at the end of the year in case negotiations with the UK fail to yield a last-minute breakthrough. At a virtual summit of EU leaders Thursday, French President Emmanuel Macron and Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo both called on their colleagues to make contingency plans in case talks to sign a trade and security agreement fail, according to two people with knowledge of the discussion. De Croo pointed out that the negotiations have already ran long past their initial deadline and said the bloc can’t go on hoping

that the disagreements with Britain will resolve themselves, the people said. The warning came as the negotiations between the UK and EU were roiled by the disclosure that a member of the EU team had tested positive for coronavirus. Face-to-face negotiations have been now suspended, and Michel Barnier, the bloc’s chief negotiator, is to go into quarantine, adding an additional complication to the discussions as time to reach a deal runs out. If one isn’t reached by year- end, businesses and consumers will face disruption and cost as tariffs and quotas return. In recent days, though, officials on both sides had privately voiced cautious optimism that

a deal could be concluded as soon as next week, suggesting the comments by the two leaders may be an attempt to pressure the UK government to compromise.

Sticking points

After eight months of negotiations, the two sides still have work to do to get past long standing sticking points—access to UK fishing waters, a level playing field for business, and how any agreement is enforced—and the time required for any deal to be ratified is running short. The post-Brexit transition period expires December 31. Members of the British negotiating

team, who haven’t gone into quarantine, will return to London shortly, according to a person familiar with the talks. A government spokesman said discussions with the EU will continue remotely until it is judged safe to resume them in person. This isn’t the first time the coronavirus has disrupted the negotiations. In March, Barnier, Frost and several members of their teams were forced into isolation after either testing positive for, or showing symptoms of, Covid. The two sides were also forced to suspend face-to-face discussions as Europe went into a continent-wide lockdown. Bloomberg News

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IMF director: Virus could disrupt global recovery

In this February 14, file photo, Kristalina Georgieva, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, attends a session on the first day of the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany. Georgieva said on November 19, that while the United States and other major economies turned in better-than-expected economic performances in the third quarter the world now faces slower momentum with a resurgence in coronavirus cases. AP

ASHINGTON—The head of the International Monetar y Fund (IMF) said Thursday that while the United States and other major economies turned in better-than-expected economic performances in the third quarter, the world now faces slower momentum w ith a resurgence in coronav irus cases. IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said in a note prepared for a virtual meeting of the leaders of the Group of 20 major economies that significant progress on the vaccines raised “hopes of vanquishing the virus that has taken more than a million lives and caused tens of millions of job losses” around the world. The G-20 virtual leaders summit, which Saudi Arabia is conducting this week in its role as this year’s head of the G-20, will focus on efforts to stabilize the global economy and hopefully, foster a rebound next year. Last month, the IMF forecast that the global economy would contract by an historic 4.4 percent this year and then mount a partial and uneven recovery, with global growth rebounding by 5.2 percent next year. “While a medical solution is now in sight, the economic path ahead remains

difficult and prone to setbacks,” Georgieva said. Many risks remain, including the threat that new outbreaks may require more stringent shutdowns, she said. Such a development, she wrote in her memo to accompany the IMF’s G-20 surveillance report, would mean that “growth will be lower, public debt higher and the scars on the long-term potential of the economy more severe.” It is important that governments avoid a premature withdrawal of economic support, Georgieva said. She recommended that major economies consider a synchronized investment in infrastructure as a way to provide jobs. “The bottom line is that we can build the impetus for growth, jobs and address climate change far more effectively if we work together,” she wrote. The G-20 leaders’ summits were begun in 2008 in an effort to find ways for the world’s major economies to cooperate to address the global downturn that occurred after the 2008 financial crisis pushed the global economy into a deep recession. In addition to traditional economic powers like the United States, Japan, Germany, France and Britain, the G-20 includes major developing countries such as China and India. AP

PHL sees surge in financial scams during pandemic

uspicious transactions reports received by the Philippines’ anti-money laundering body rose 57 percent in January to August from a year ago amid the wide use of digital platforms during the pandemic, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Governor Benjamin Diokno said on Friday. About 29 percent of the total reports occurred from mid-March when movement restrictions were imposed to combat Covid-19, Diokno said, citing a study conducted by the Anti-Money Laundering Council, which he heads. Suspicious transaction reports related to electronic banking transactions grew by 1,680 percent for inward fund transfers and 5,158 percent for outward fund transfers, the study showed. Reports from electronic money issuers increased by 688 percent; and from pawnshops and money

service businesses by 51 percent. U n a u t h o r i ze d a cco u nt a cce s s t h ro u g h skimming and phishing, and other violations of the Elec tronic Commerce Ac t, with estimated value of P2.7 billion was among the top 3 reasons why the repor ts were filed. The other top reasons were online sexual exploitation of children and related crimes, and suspec ted money mules. Diokno said other red flags include fraud related to solicitation of Covid-19 donations, online shopping swindling involving Bitcoin, unsubstantiated deposits or fund transfer for products and services, receipts of large deposits, and small-value and fast-moving funds to multiple account holders with immediate cash-outs but with no underlying justification. Bloomberg News

Oil set for weekly gain as vaccine optimism outweighs lockdowns

il is poised for a third weekly gain in New York as positive Covid-19 vaccine developments outweighed concerns about stricter restrictions due to a surge in global infections that will dampen fuel demand. Futures are back near $42 a barrel and are set for the longest run of weekly gains since August following news of another vaccine breakthrough on Monday, while further analysis showed Pfizer Inc.’s shot was more effective than initially flagged. Vaccine optimism offset a grim picture emerging across the US with Americans urged not to travel for Thanksgiving, California ordering a one-month curfew and New York closing public schools as virus cases surged. Shrinking timespreads, meanwhile, are signaling concerns about over-supply are easing. The threemonth time spread for Brent crude in London was 46 cents a barrel in contango, the narrowest since July. Still, the oil market is facing an uncertain demand recovery, with a resurgent virus in the US and Europe prompting tighter restrictions and keeping consumption and prices in check, even as parts of Asia rebounds strongly. The flaring outbreak will be a key issue for Opec+ when it meets at the end of the month to decide on whether to delay a planned easing of cuts early next year.

“The vaccine news supports our view that world oil demand will move higher over the course of 2021,” said Victor Shum, vice president of energy consulting at IHS Markit. “There is promise of a better time, but the immediate future is grim. There is an alarming rate of new Covid-19 cases in North America and Europe.” Lockdowns aside, other setbacks including health experts finding no evidence that a widely used drug improved survival of Covid-19 patients and a dispute over stimulus from the Federal Reserve also contributed to bearish sentiment. Ahead of the Opec+ meeting, which could see a possible extension of output cuts by threeto-six months, a buying spree by Asian refiners is complicating the outlook amid surging production from countries such as Libya. The African nation is now pumping 1.25 million barrels a day, with France’s Total SE in talks to increase energy investment in the country. The United Arab Emirates, meanwhile, tried to ease a spat with its Opec+ partners on Thursday, after officials privately questioned the benefit of its membership of the group. The UAE “has always been a committed member,” Energy Minister Suhail Al-Mazrouei said. Bloomberg News

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WHO advises doctors not to use Gilead’s remdesivir for Covid-19

he World Health Organization (WHO) recommended against using Gilead Sciences Inc.’s remdesivir to treat hospitalized Covid-19 patients less than a month after US regulators granted the drug a speedy approval. “There is currently no evidence that it improves survival or the need for ventilation,” a panel of WHOconvened experts developing Covid-19 treatment guidelines said in The BMJ medical journal. The recommendation is a blow to Gilead’s drug, which was one of the first thought to offer a meaningful benefit in treatment of coronavirus patients after a study showed it reduced their recovery time. The antiviral has been used widely to treat Covid and was among the drugs President Donald Trump received when he was diagnosed with the disease in early October. The experts made the recommendation after the results of a global trial sponsored by the WHO, called Solidarity, found last month that remdesivir didn’t reduce deaths. They also reviewed data from three other trials and said the drug “has no meaningful effect”on the time it took patients to clinically improve. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the drug a week later, basing its decision on a trial run by the National Institutes of Health that showed remdesivir reduced hospitalized patients’ recovery time by five days. Gilead has questioned the results of WHO’s trial and said the agency still has not released key data to allow the company or others to evaluate the reliability of the interim results. Multiple studies published in peer-reviewed journals have showed remdesivir, also known by its brand name, Veklury, is beneficial against the virus, particularly in improving recovery time, “which can free up limited hospital resources,” Gilead said in a news statement on Thursday. “We are disappointed the WHO guidelines appear to ignore this evidence at a time when cases are dramatically increasing around the world and doctors are relying on Veklury as the first and

only approved antiviral treatment for patients with Covid-19 in approximately 50 countries,” according to the statement. Despite the discordance with the WHO, the FDA said in its review of remdesivir that “there were no issues identified that would benefit from discussion” by a panel of outside advisers. FDA typically convenes such a panel before deciding whether to approve a drug in situations where there are questions arising from clinical trial data.

‘Relatively high cost’

The FDA originally granted emergency use authorization to remdesivir in May. Gilead requested full FDA approval in August. The European Commission granted the drug conditional authorization in July based on the US-led clinical trial. Other countries have also approved remdesivir as a treatment for Covid. Japan’s chief Cabinet secretary, Katsunobu Kato, said Friday there’s no need for the nation, which gave its nod in May, to review remdesivir’s approval at this time. Zhong Nanshan, a Chinese expert on infectious disease, said at a conference in Zhuhai that remdesivir isn’t“entirely useless,”citing shortened hospital stays among mild patients in the US. The WHO experts wrote in The BMJ that their findings shouldn’t be interpreted to mean that remdesivir is ineffective, but that “there is no evidence based on currently available data that it does improve patient-important outcomes.” The limited evidence for using the drug was weighed alongside the “relatively high cost and resource implications associated with remdesivir,” which is given intravenously, they said in a news release. The FDA was earlier criticized for hastily authorizing an antimalarial drug, hydroxychloroquine, to treat Covid-19. Trump repeatedly touted the drug early in the pandemic, though medical evidence was lacking to support his claims. The FDA then revoked its authorization after hydroxychloroquine was shown not to combat the virus and was linked to harmful side effects. Bloomberg News

Military personnel pay hike at risk in dispute over Confederate bases

ASHINGTON—An annual defense policy measure that has passed Congress every year since the Kennedy administration is in danger of cratering next month over a move by Democrats to rename military bases, such as Fort Benning, that are named after Confederate officers. President Donald Trump opposes renaming bases like Fort Hood and has threatened to veto the popular measure over the provision, which was added to both the House and Senate versions of the so-called defense authorization bill this summer. Republicans are vowing they will not send the broader bill to Trump if it includes language requiring bases named after Confederate officers to be renamed. Trump used the debate this summer to appeal to Southern voters nostalgic about the Confederacy, and those appeals remain relevant now due to two Senate runoff elections in Georgia that will determine control of the chamber during the first two years of President-elect Joe Biden’s tenure. “I am concerned that there is at least the potential that political concerns, especially with the Georgia runoffs, are going to play a bigger role,” said top House Armed Services Committee Republican Mac Thornberry of Texas. “I have no doubt that we can reach an agreement. The question is whether the politics above us will allow us to.” Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman James Inhofe, Republican-Oklahoma., is strongly backing Trump, aides involved in the talks say. But Democrats, who won GOP support in both the House and Senate to force the renaming of the bases, vow they will not back down. Typically, when both House and Senate versions of legislation contain comparable provisions, the default position is to leave the language in the final product. The differences between the House and Senate provisions are relatively modest.

“It’s Senate language that we want to agree to,” said House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith, Democrat-Washington. “So there shouldn’t be controversy here.” He called Trump “a little bit erratic at the moment.” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, DemocratCalifornia., says the names must be changed. “It is imperative that the conference report include provisions that secure this essential priority,” said Pelosi. “Our bases should reflect our highest ideals as Americans.” The bill has to pass next month to avoid breaking a 59-year streak of enacting the annual measure, which sets policy across the Pentagon and would award the military a 3 percent pay raise starting January 1, among its other provisions. “Look, the defense bill is really important,” Smith said, expressing hope that Republicans would relent. White House chief of staff Mark Meadows has even floated the idea of a tradeoff in which Trump would sign the legislation containing the Democratic language in exchange for repealing so-called Section 230, a legal shield for social-media outlets like Facebook that protects web sites from liability for content posted on their sites. The New York Times first reported Meadows’ attempt at deal making, which was confirmed by a Democratic aide who requested anonymity because the negotiations are occurring behind closed doors. Both the House and Senate defense measures passed by veto-proof margins but GOP leaders want to avoid the chances of a veto coming to pass. Either way, the issue seems to be a loser for Georgia’s Republican senators, David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler. Breaking with Trump to override the veto could mean a loss in support among core GOP voters, while standing in favor of keeping the base names could drain support from independents.

Judge halts federal execution after lawyers contract virus

ASHINGTON—A federal judge is temporarily blocking the federal government’s plan to execute the first female death row inmate in almost six decades after her attorneys contracted the coronavirus visiting her in prison. The order, handed down Thursday by US District Judge Randolph Moss in Washington, prohibits the federal Bureau of Prisons from carrying out Lisa Montgomery’s execution before the end of the year. She was scheduled to be put to death on December 8 at the federal prison complex in Terre Haute, Indiana. Montgomery’s attorneys had sought to delay the execution in order to file a clemency petition on her behalf. The lawyers, Kelley Henry and Amy Harwell, who are based in Nashville, Tennessee, tested positive for Covid-19 after they flew to visit her at a Texas prison last month. In court papers, they said each roundtrip visit from Nashville involved two flights, hotel stays and interaction with airline and hotel staff, as well as prison employees. Montgomery’s legal team has argued that their

client suffers from serious mental illnesses and can’t assist in filing her own clemency petition, in part because all of her clothes have been taken away and she’s been left only with a “sheet of paper and a single crayon” in her cell, attorney Sandra Babcock said in court this week. Both Henry and Harwell have serious symptoms from the virus and are “functionally incapacitated” and thus unable to help file a clemency petition, Babcock said. Another attorney couldn’t be assigned to file one because Montgomery’s mental status has deteriorated since the Justice Department scheduled her execution last month and she doesn’t trust many lawyers, but Henry and Harwell have worked with her for years and have gained her trust, Babcock argued. In his ruling, Moss said that if the execution moves forward as scheduled, Montgomery would“lose her statutory right to meaningful representation by counsel in the clemency process.” He said the lawyers should file a clemency petition by December 24, or bring on other lawyers to assist. AP

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Biden hits Trump for lack of cooperation on vaccine

ILMINGTON, Delaware— President-elect Joe Biden met Thursday with governors from both parties and criticized President Donald Trump’s unprecedented attempt to block the peaceful transition of power, saying it was hindering the flow of information about programs to develop a vitally important coronavirus vaccine.

“Unfortunately, my administration hasn’t been able to get everything we need,” Biden said during a videoconference with the National Governors Association’s leadership team, which consists of five Republicans and four Democrats. His remarks highlighted the stakes of the Trump administration’s refusal to begin a formal transfer of power to Biden’s team. Besides being a pillar of American democracy, it is especially important this year since Biden will be inheriting responsibility for managing the worst public health crisis in a century. The president-elect also has been denied access to other critical information, including security briefings. Participating from a theater in Wilmington, Delaware, with Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, Biden specifically cited Operation Warp Speed, the federal government’s partnership with private pharmaceutical companies to develop a Covid-19 vaccine. “We haven’t been able to get into Operation Warp Speed, but we will take what we learned today and build it into our plan,” Biden said in remarks after the meeting, which included Republicans Larry Hogan of Maryland, Asa Hutchinson of Arkansas, Kay Ivey of Alabama, Charlie Baker of Massachusetts and Gary Herbert of Utah. Afterward, Biden spoke about distribution of a vaccine once one is ready, saying, “There has to be a prioritization.”

“That’s why I’d like to know exactly what this administration has in mind in terms of their Operation Warp Speed and how they plan it,” he said of the Trump White House. “And that’s what we talked about with the governors today. They all mentioned the need to focus on the communities that have been left behind.” Even as he warned of the gravity of the situation, however, Biden reiterated his previous pledges not to institute a nationwide shutdown to curb the virus’s spread, and repeated that more states instituting mask-wearing mandates could save tens of thousands of lives. An hour-long briefing by the White House coronavirus task force that also took place Thursday made no mention of the incoming administration or Trump’s refusal to coordinate with Biden on plans to distribute upcoming vaccines. But it did reinforce Biden’s tough-love message to the American people, including warnings that a “dark winter” is coming as virus cases spike across the country. Task force coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx sounded the alarm over the rate of new infections— sharper than the surge this summer, or even the initial outbreak last spring. While there have been improvements in treatment protocols and new therapeutics, tens of thousands of people—or more—will die before vaccines are widely available, she said. After the virtual meeting with

the governors, Biden took questions from reporters and revealed he’d decided on a treasury secretary nomination for his new administration. He refused to provide more details, except to say it was a choice that would satisfy Democrats from across the political spectrum—presumably including outspoken progressives who worried Biden might go for a safer, more moderate selection. Among the Democrats on the videoconference was Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan, which is among the states Trump has targeted for unfounded claims of voter fraud. Biden nonetheless vowed to rise above politics in a unified front against the virus. “There’s a real desire for real partnership between the states and the federal government,” Biden said. He said he’d forgo a national shutdown “because every region, every area, every community can be different.” Instead, Biden noted that 10 governors have imposed statewide mask mandates to combat the virus, calling wearing face coverings a “patriotic duty.” He’s previously vowed to ask all governors to impose such rules and go around holdouts to local and county officials to cover as much of the US as possible. Ivey told videoconference participants that both parties in Congress need to come together to provide more coronavirus response funding, according to a readout provided by her office. It made no mention of the Alabama governor recognizing Biden as president-elect. Hutchison of Arkansas, by contrast, said over the weekend that Biden would be the next president. He’s also called on the Trump administration to give Biden access to the intelligence briefings he needs to be fully prepared to lead the country on January 20, Inauguration Day. Hogan told The Associated Press recently that Trump’s wild and unsupported claims of widespread voter fraud were “dangerous” and “embarrassing.” “As I said on the day that the

president-elect was declared the winner, his election has provided a mandate for cooperation,” the Maryland governor said after the virtual meeting with Biden. “We look forward to working closely with the Biden-Harris administration as we continue to face this unprecedented global pandemic.” Still, some in his party considering the election settled didn’t stop Trump on Thursday from coming out with a new round of false claims of voter fraud in key states. With Trump dug in and Republicans on Capitol Hill largely unwilling to challenge him, Biden has been forced to turn to a diverse collection of outside allies to ratchet up the pressure on the president to concede. The CEOs of America’s largest companies have released a statement recognizing Biden and Harris as the clear winners. The heads of the American Hospital Association, the American Medical Association and the American Nurses Association issued a joint statement on Tuesday urging the Trump administration to share “all critical information related to Covid-19” with Biden. Not doing so, they warned, would jeopardize American lives. Trump, meanwhile, has been getting nowhere in the courts, and his scattershot effort to overturn Biden’s victory is shifting toward obscure election boards that certify the vote. The battle is centered in the states that sealed Biden’s w in. Two Republican election officials in Michigan’s largest county initially refused to certify results despite no evidence of fraud. The officials then backtracked and voted to certify before flipping again and saying they “remain opposed to certification.” Biden said that Trump’s refusal to accept the election results has left Americans “witnessing incredible irresponsibility” and that the president’s actions in Michigan were particularly troubling. “What the president’s doing now is going to be another incident where he will go down in history as being one of the most irresponsible presidents,” Biden said. AP

CDC pleads with Americans to avoid Thanksgiving travel

EW YORK—With the coronavirus surging out of control, the nation’s top public health agency pleaded with Americans on Thursday not to travel for Thanksgiving and not to spend the holiday with people from outside their household. The Thanksgiving warning from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) came as the White House coronavirus task force held a briefing for the first time in months and Vice President Mike Pence concluded it without responding to questions by reporters or urging Americans not to travel. Other members of the task force—whose media briefings were a daily fixture during the early days of the outbreak—talked about the progress being made in the development of a vaccine. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and BioNTech will seek emergency government approval for their coronavirus vaccine on Friday. And infection disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci sought to reassure the public that the vaccine is safe while still encouraging Americans to wear masks. The CDC’s Thanksgiving warning was some of the firmest guidance yet from the government on curtailing traditional gatherings to fight the outbreak. The CDC issued the recommendations just one week before Thanksgiving, at a time when diagnosed infections, hospitalizations and deaths are skyrocketing across the country. In many areas, the health care system is being squeezed by a combination of sick patients filling up beds and medical workers falling ill themselves. The CDC’s Dr. Erin Sauber-Schatz cited more than 1 million new cases in the US over the past week as the reason for the new guidance.

In this November 12, 2020, file photo, travelers make their way through the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport during the coronavirus pandemic. With the coronavirus surging out of control, the nation’s top public health agency advised Americans on November 19, not to travel for Thanksgiving and not to spend the holiday with people from outside their household. AP “The safest way to celebrate Thanksgiving this year is at home with the people in your household,”she said. If families do decide to include returning college students, military members or others for turkey and stuffing, the CDC is recommending that the hosts take added precautions: Gatherings should be outdoors if possible, with people keeping 6 feet apart and wearing masks and just one person serving the food. Whether Americans heed the warning is another matter. The deadly comeback by the virus has been blamed in part on pandemic fatigue, or people getting tired of masks and other precautions. And surges were seen last summer after Memorial Day and July Fourth, despite blunt warnings from health authorities. The United States has had more than 11 million

diagnosed infections and over 250,000 deaths from the coronavirus. CDC scientists believe that somewhere around 40 percent of people who are infected do not have obvious symptoms but can still spread the virus.

California curfew

Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday announced the imposition of an overnight curfew on most residents as the most populous state tries to head off a virus case surge that officials fears could tax the state’s health-care system. What officials called a limited stay-at-home order requires nonessential residents to stay home from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. starting Saturday. It lasts until December 21 but could be extended. It covers 94 percent of the

state’s nearly 40 million residents. “The virus is spreading at a pace we haven’t seen since the start of this pandemic and the next several days and weeks will be critical to stop the surge. We are sounding the alarm,” Newsom said in a statement. Also Thursday, Rhode Island Democratic Gov. Gina Raimondo announced a “two-week pause” with some businesses closures and capacity reduced for restaurants and houses of worship starting November 30. Officials will reevaluate Covid-19 caseloads on December 13 and if they have not eased, she said “a full state lockdown” will follow. In New Hampshire, Republican Gov. Chris Sununu previously resisted calls for a statewide mask mandate but issued an order requiring face coverings to be worn in public spaces indoors and outdoors.

Keeping up with non-Covid cases

Hospitals are struggling to keep up with non-coronavirus cases ranging from broken bones to heart attacks in states where Covid-19 cases are tying up resources. In Kansas, rural hospitals are running into difficulty trying to transfer patients to larger hospitals for more advanced care. “Whether it is regular pneumonia or appendicitis or fractures that need surgery, they have a limited amount of beds in their facilities and they are not taking a lot of these routine cases,” said Perry Desbien, a nurse practitioner who works in Smith Center and other rural communities. “They are saying, ‘Send them home. Have them follow up in the office. Unless it is life-threatening, we don’t want to see them either.’” Earlier this month, the Mayo Clinic Health System in Wisconsin announced it was suspending elective medical procedures. AP

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Peza registers ₧73-billion Asean-Japan Centre to share results of study projects from Jan-Oct ’20 on GVCs to exporters in Dec. 3 Congress P ECRETARY General of the Asean

Japan Centre (AJC), Mr. Fujita Masataka will present the results of AJC’s study on resilient global value chains (GVCs) to Philippine exporters during the National Export Congress (NEC) on December 3, 2020. The AJC is an intergovernmental organization established in 1981 to strengthen economic partnerships between Asean member-states and Japan in the areas of trade, investment and tourism.

There were a series of calls at the international and regional levels for strengthening and rebuilding value chains since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic. These included “G20 Actions to Support World Trade and Investment in Response to Covid-19” endorsed on May 14, 2020, and the “Hanoi Plan of Action on Strengthening Asean Economic Cooperation and Supply Chain Connectivity in Response to the Covid- 19 Pandemic” on June 19, 2020. In response to this, the AJC conducted a study on “Resilient Global Value Chains for Asean and its Relationship with Partner Countries: A way to Mitigate and Adapt to the Economic Impacts of Covid-19.” The study calculated

the degree of risks of value chains to external shocks and identified which industries tend to be more vulnerable to risks. In the study, the AJC considered two types of GVC risks— risks that affect the upstream part of GVCs (supplier market concentration) and those that affect the downstream part of GVCs (buyer market concentration). The more concentrated the market is, the more vulnerable it is to the disruption of chains. In the case of the Philippines, both supplier and buyer markets are generally, not much concentrated, leaving the country with the opportunity to expand its suppliers’ base and find more buyers to strengthen resilience of their GVCs.

DTI, SM launch Christmas bazaar to support MSMEs

EPARTMENT of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Ramon M. Lopez emphasized the importance of micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in revitalizing the economy amid the pandemic during the launch of the SM Christmas Market at SM Megamall on November 17, 2020. “The importance of our MSMEs cannot be understated: they account for more than 99 percent of the total number of establishments in the country, as well as 62.4 percent of total employment. Because of this, they serve as our country’s economic backbone, even

when they were also the most affected by the economic crisis brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic,” said Lopez. Heeding to DTI’s “Buy Local, Go Lokal” nationwide advocacy campaign, the bazaar is aimed at supporting local MSMEs in response to the economic challenges prompted by the global pandemic. The participating MSMEs, which were nominated by DTI Provincial Offices, are given free selling spaces for the whole duration of the Bazaar—running from November 7 until the first week of January 2021 in all 74 SM Supermalls across the country. He added, “Thus, this bazaar is

timely for it not only supporting our affected MSMEs, it will also give them an additional venue to sell their products for the Christmas season.” The “Buy Local, Go Lokal” is the department’s nationwide campaign calling both the public and private sectors to support local businesses and entrepreneurs by patronizing local products and services all year round. It not only calls for the support of MSMEs affected by the pandemic but also for the boost of domestic travel while encouraging consumers to patronize Filipino-owned and operated facilities and services.

The DTI also reached out to its retail partners from Go Lokal! in promoting and driving shoppers to support and patronize local products. Moreover, SM is one of the DTI partners that supported the campaign by providing additional sales opportunities to local MSMEs through events such as this nationwide Christmas bazaar. From products ranging from handpainted and hand-crafted home accessories to cosmetics and skin-care essentials, the list of participants includes numerous DTI-endorsed MSMEs nationwide, as well as other SM tenants that are local businesses.

HILIPPINE Economic Zone Authority (Peza) Director General Charito Plaza said that the registered projects with the investment promotion agency in the first 10 months of the year have reached P72.6 billion. In her recent speech during the fourth-quarter general membership meeting (GMM) of the Semiconductor and Electronics Industries in the Philippines Foundation Inc. (SEIPI), Plaza said Peza’s investment approval from January to October 2020 was 27 percent lower than the P99.3 billion approved projects in the same period in 2019. These came from 248 projects registered for the period, down by 45 percent from 454 projects last year. On the other hand, export revenues in the economic zones slightly increased by 0.63 percent to $40.8 billion from January to September 2020 from $40.5 billion in the previous year. “Despite the pandemic, Peza continuously received expansions and new investments,” Plaza said. “Same with the semiconductor and electronics, which still continue to contribute the biggest export income on commodities and goods.” Investments from the semiconductor and electronics industry in Peza reached P8.8 billion from January to October 2020, declining by 24.7 percent from its P11.8billion investments in the same period in 2019. Ex ports of Peza-registered semiconductor and electronics firms also slowed down by 8.2 percent at end-September 2020 to $16.7 billion from $18.2 billion in

the same period a year ago. Meanwhile, data from SEIPI show that total electronics industry exports in September 2020 alone reached $3.9 billion, an improvement of 14 percent compared to its previous month. “The increase in exports and the required raw material imports were due to the gradual easing of the material supply chain disruption and the ramping-up of operations amidst the ongoing pandemic,” SEIPI said in a news statement. SEIPI President Dan Lachica earlier said the group revised the industry growth forecast for 2020 from -15 percent to -5 percent. Lachica added 2021 will be a better year for the industry with a projected outlook of 7-percent growth. This will depend on the outcome of the Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises (CREATE) bill and availability of the Covid-19 vaccine. SEIPI Chairman Glenn Everest said there will be emerging technologies post-Covid, which the Philippine semiconductor and electronics industry may look into. Everest, who is also the vice president and general manager of Continental Temic Electronics (Phils.) Inc., said these emerging technologies include generative design, which is expected to grow by 20 percent by 2025; embedded metrology, seen to increase by 7 percent by 2025; highspeed sintering, with 24-percent growth outlook by 2023; nanotechnology, seen to grow by 17 percent by 2024; and light-based manufacturing, which is expected to increase by 11 percent by 2029. PNA

China’s booming exports mean Beijing can handle strong yuan

HINA’S ability to keep selling more of its goods abroad means officials will be in no rush to rein in their strongest yuan in more than two years. The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) in November has refrained from using tools to limit the yuan’s advance, even as the currency heads for the longest run of monthly gains in six years. That’s a reversal from last month, when authorities made it cheaper to bet against the yuan and eased some control over the exchange rate, moves that were interpreted as part of Beijing’s effort to rein in appreciation. One theory points to evidence that the rallying yuan isn’t actually hurting Chinese exporters. Demand is surging globally for everything from hazmat suits to medical instruments, in large part produced in China. A gauge measur-

ing the country’s outbound cargo prices soared to the highest level in six years this month, according to data from the Shanghai Shipping Exchange. In October, China’s export rose at the fastest pace since early 2019, beating estimates. The resilience of exporters means China may not need to guide the yuan weaker after it soared more than 9 percent since late May. A stronger exchange rate also helps make imports cheaper and boosts domestic consumption, a goal President Xi Jinping hopes to achieve as he pushes for a selfreliant economy. Currency strength will also attract more foreign buyers to Chinese bonds and stocks, a vital step as Beijing seeks to promote the yuan’s global use. “The PBOC is allowing the yuan to follow market demand and supply forces, because they are well

aligned with China’s strong fundamentals,” said Dariusz Kowalczyk, senior emerging-markets strategist at Credit Agricole CIB. The Chinese currency will advance further next year due to the country’s economic rebound from the virus pandemic and a weaker dollar, he added.

Chinese exporters are resilient because they are receiving more orders of protective equipment and work-from-home electronics products from foreign buyers as the pandemic spreads, Nomura Holdings Inc. economists led by Ting Lu wrote in a note. China’s export

growth could remain elevated for another few months, they said, as there’s no sign of improvements in virus control overseas. Apart from strong exports, the yuan is also bolstered by China’s solid recovery from the pandemic, and capital inflows chasing onshore bonds’ wide interest-rate premium over yields seen elsewhere in the world. A Joe Biden win in the US presidential election also raised hopes for friendlier ChinaUS ties, also a boon for the currency. The PBOC isn’t eager to slow those gains. In the past nine sessions, the central bank set its reference rate less than 0.03 percent away from the average forecasts in Bloomberg surveys with traders and analysts. Prior to that, the fixing was weaker than expected for 10 days in a row, with the bias on November 6 being the largest in more

than a year. The rate—which limits the onshore yuan’s moves by 2 percent on either side—is an important tool for Beijing to guide sentiment. Beijing took more fierce measures to rein in the rally last month. On October 27, China said some lenders stopped using a factor used to smooth out volatility when submitting their fixing quotes. And earlier last month, the authorities scrapped a two-year rule that made it expensive to bet against the yuan, and allowed some domestic institutional investors to buy more overseas bonds and stocks. The yuan dropped 0.11 percent to 6.5660 per dollar as of 9:49 a.m. in Shanghai. “Better economic data gives the PBOC more room to let the yuan run hot,” said Jian Hui Tan, a foreignexchange strategist at Informa Globalmarkets (S) Pte Ltd. Bloomberg News

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Makati distributes Christmas gift bags to 80,931 senior Makatizens

AKATI Mayor Abby Binay has ordered the city government’s personnel to start the distribution of Pamaskong Handog bags for some 80,931 Makati senior residents.

In consideration of their safety and convenience, elderly residents are being prioritized to receive their Christmas gift bags ahead of the rest

of the city residents, the mayor said. “We are conducting the exclusive distribution of Christmas packs for senior citizens to reduce their risk

of exposure to Covid-19. We are also sparing them a trip to City Hall since the gift bags are made available in their own barangay halls,” Mayor Abby said. “Our annual Pamaskong Handog program aims to bring a message of hope and to rekindle the joy of giving among us this Yuletide Season. At the same time, the program serves as a reminder that we still have so much to be grateful for despite the hardships brought about by the pandemic,” she added. The mayor said due to the pandemic, the city has advanced the

schedule of distribution to maintain social distancing and to follow other safety protocols. The bags are being delivered daily to the different barangays so that residents need not go to the City Hall anymore. Each Christmas gift bag contains 2 Makatizen shirts, three cans of tuna flakes in oil, three cans of tuna flakes caldereta, three cans of corned beef, one can of luncheon meat, two cans of Vienna sausage, one pack of spaghetti sauce, one pack of pasta, one can of fruit cocktail, one can of condensed milk, one box of cheese, and one can of all-purpose cream.

Positive outlook keeps Batangas grandma alive By Marita Moaje

when she experienced the eruption of the volcano. She could feel the Earth shaking from where she stood.

ANILA—An 80-year-old senior from Batangas said neither a typhoon nor a pandemic can put her down. Paulina Serrano or “Inay Nena” said she already survived several disasters—volcano eruptions, typhoons, name it. However, her positive attitude in life continues to power her through life’s biggest storms. She said her children even admired her very positive attitude in life. In the Philippines, the year started with eruption of the Taal Volcano, affecting the province of Batangas and areas in Metro Manila. After the eruption, the coronavirus pandemic made its way across the country. This November, the strongest typhoon in the world this year hit the Philippines—destroying houses and infrastructures and claiming lives in Bicol and other areas in Luzon. Despite this, Inay Nena would be seen smiling, laughing, and danc-

Taking care of her 101-year-old mother

PAULINA SERRANO or “Inay Nena,” 80-yearold of Maguihan, Lemery, Batangas, dances in front of her bakeshop. She said neither a pandemic nor a disaster can shake her positive outlook in life. PHOTO GRABBED FROM BELETH SERRANO AQUINO FB PAGE

ing in front of her bakeshop in their hometown. “At my age, even when the volcano erupted…I don’t want to be stressed. I was able to survive the violent volcano eruption. It seemed nothing to me. I just stayed at home and didn’t leave,” she said in an interview. She said she was walking in the middle of a rice field going to Taal

INAY Nena is living with her 101-year-old mother, from whom she got her positive attitude in life. She said her mother turned 101 on November 1. With the pandemic raging on, she sent her mother to her sibling to keep her protected from health hazards. “I sent my mother to my sibling in Lipa three months ago because I was worried. Many people come here because they are pleased to see my mother because at her age, she still works. She’s strong, no maintenance medicine, no sickness, she just drinks milk and eat enough food,” she said. She said she doesn’t want her mother to contract Covid-19. A neighbor, Inay Nena said, got infected with the disease but was immediately transferred to a quarantine facility.

‘Pray hard’

INAY Nena said 2017 was the most

difficult year for her, when her son died of sickness. “The biggest blow of my life was in 2017 when my son died. But I prayed and I said, he can now rest, even if it was very painful, I gave him to the Lord, I surrendered him,” she said. Now, Inay Nena said she just enjoys her life. Her late husband, she said, started a bakery business that she runs until now. She said the business became the source of their livelihood and helped them send their children to school. Now, her other four children live and work in Italy.

‘Don’t give up’

INAY Nena, meanwhi le, condoled with the victims of the recent typhoon. Her only advice is for them not to give up and have faith. “Their view in life should always be positive no matter what. They should not let themselves be defeated by problems. Pray. If they do not have a livelihood, try to find ways and not rely on other people,” Inay Nena said. PNA

AI report says care homes policies violated human rights in Belgium By Samuel Petrequin The Associated Press

RUSSELS—Amnesty International said Belgium authorities “abandoned” thousands of elderly people who died in nursing homes during the coronavirus pandemic following an investigation published on Monday going through a series of inadequacies described by the group as “human rights violations.” One of the hardest-hit countries in Europe, Belgium has reported more than 531,000 confirmed virus cases and more than 14,000 deaths linked to the coronavirus. During the first wave of the pandemic last spring, the country of 11.5 million people recorded a majority of its Covid-19-related deaths in care homes. Between March and October, Amnesty International said “a staggering” 61.3 percent of all Covid-19 deaths in Belgium took place in care homes. The group said authorities weren’t quick enough in implementing measures to protect care home residents and staff during this period, hence failing to protect their human rights. Amnesty International said one of the reasons so many people died in homes is because residents infected by the deadly virus weren’t transferred to hospitals to receive treatment. “The results of our investigation allow us to affirm that [care homes] and their residents were abandoned by our authorities until this tragedy was publicly denounced, and the worst of the first phase of the pandemic was over,” said Philippe Hensmans, the director of Amnesty International Belgium. W hen the virus struck Eu-

A HEALTH-CARE worker holds the hand of a resident at the CHC nursing home in Landenne, Belgium, on November 4, 2020. Belgium, proportionally still the worst hit nation in Europe when it comes to coronavirus cases, said there were increasing signs that a turning point in the crisis was drawing close. The Belgian Army has been deployed to help several hard-hit areas in the country including nursing homes. AP PHOTO/VIRGINIA MAYO

rope hard in March, Belgium was caught off guard and unprepared, faced with a critical shortage of personal protective equipment. As infections surged across the country, care homes were quickly overwhelmed by the frenetic pace of contamination as local authorities even requested the support of Belgian armed forces to tackle the worrying situation. Belgium had one of the highest death rates worldwide during the first wave. But while nursing home staff was overwhelmed, the country’s hospitals weathered the crisis as their intensive care units never reached their 2,000bed capacity. Vincent Fredericq, the general secretary of the care homes federation Femarbel, told Amnesty International that many residents in need of medical assis-

tance were left behind. “Everyone was struck by the images of the Italian and Spanish hospitals,” he said. “These situations had a great impact on our federal decision-makers, who said from the outset that it was absolutely necessary to avoid overloading intensive care. Nursing homes have been relegated to second line and residents and staff have been the victims.” Amnesty International based its investigation on testimonies from care home residents and staff members, employees of nongovernment organizations defending residents’ rights and directors of nursing homes. The group also spoke with families of elderly people currently living in homes or deceased during the pandemic. Most of the people interviewed asked to remain anonymous so that they could speak freely.

Quoting figures released by Doctors Without Borders, the group said only 57 percent of serious cases in care homes were transferred to hospitals because of “harmful interpretation of sorting guidelines.” “Some older people have probably died prematurely as a result,” Amnesty International said. “It took months before a circular explicitly stated that transfer to hospital was still possible, if it was in accordance with the patient’s interests and wishes, regardless of age.” Maggie de Block, the former Belgian health minister who was in charge during the early months of the pandemic, refuted last month accusations that access to hospitals was denied to nursing homes residents. “There has never been a message either from the federal government or from my regional colleagues saying that we should not hospitalize people who need it, or that we can refuse elderly or disabled people,” she told local media RTBF. The prime minister’s office didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment from The Associated Press. More than half of the care providers quizzed during the group’s investigation said they didn’t receive training on how to use protective equipment and weren’t sufficiently informed about the virus. Amnesty International said systematic testing of employees wasn’t introduced before August, with only one test per month. “Every time a care worker came into my room to help me wash myself, I was afraid. I wondered if Covid was coming in with her,” a nursing home resident identified as Henriette told Amnesty International.

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Puppetry: Animation without the huge expense By Nick Tayag

MY SIXTY-ZEN’S WORTH

ONG before I was able to have my first glimpse of Walt Disney’s animated characters such as Mickey Mouse, Snow White and Cinderella, I was already enthralled by a puppet character who could talk, laugh and cry, and even cuss, almost like a human being. I don’t really remember if he was called “Kiko Baterya” which was a popular puppet at that time. Maybe he was an imitation but nevertheless this one was a hit among provincial kids like me who trooped to the town plaza to watch it. The act was the highlight of a promotional activity to sell a product. In boyhood, I also dabbled in shadow puppetry to entertain my sisters before there was television. I voiced the narration and the dialogue as well as the sound effects. Later I learned that José Rizal as a boy also used to play with the shadow puppets using carton figures stuck in sticks and moved these to highlight at the back of a white cloth. Like Rizal, I used candlelight at the back of the puppets. Last October 31, on the eve of our traditional Undas, I was able to watch the first of a puppetry film series for children with a reimagining of Ibong Adarna, a 16th-century Filipino epic poem about a magical bird, which is a required reading in high school. This film puppetry series is an initiative of CCP President Arsenio “Nick” Lizaso, a project under the umbrella of Sining Sigla outreach program. Called Movies Adapted from Literary Arts (MALA), the project is introducing innovation in children’s shows through film adaptations of Filipino classics using muppets, visual effects, songs, and live action and streaming it on digital social-media platforms. Ibong Adarna is a beloved Filipino classic and its choice as the series opener is Lizaso’s idea. Unknown to many, the Ibong Adarna story was the first Filipino film in color. Lizaso is quick to point out that the pioneering use of color was in just one scene, when the fabled bird changed colors while singing. But to the moviegoers at that time, it was already something magical and spectacular. Just as it inspired the first local movie to use color, now the Ibong Adarna story has once again broken ground as the first puppetry film to be on digital platform. Written by premier ventriloquist Ony Carcamo and directed by popular film and TV actor Xian Lim, this version is what Ony calls a tulawit. A man with a mission, Ony is the first local ventriloquist to have developed and toured an educational ventriloquism and puppetry program that has been entertaining and educating tens of thousands of schoolchildren about relevant topics. While Ony is an old hand in puppetry, what came as a surprise to me was the director of the film: Xian Lim, a popular TV and film actor. Xian told me that he caught the puppetry bug when he saw Ony’s live performances, which led him to meet Ony, who selflessly taught him the art of puppetry. There are two things I like about the MALA initiative of CCP President Nick Lizaso. One is the adaptation of literary classics to make them accessible to the new generation and second is the use of puppets, a technique akin to

animation which is widely appealing to schoolchildren, who sadly are shunning reading in favor of watching. A few months ago, I wrote an article where I broached the idea of employing Japanese style anime for classroom teaching. Since this would entail a huge expense to produce it, I knew it would not gain traction. But now I realize that puppetry on film would be the second best thing. Animation has always been the bread and butter of children’s entertainment. Educational experts are beginning to realize that animation can be employed to serve our education system. In such subjects as history, literature, social studies animation is an ideal educational medium because of its intrinsic power for storytelling. I have always maintained that storytelling is the best way to educate and it is most effective with motion visuals. More than a hundred years ago, Mark Twain who wrote Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer, made the astute observation that teaching “by visible and enthusing action” is most effective because it goes “straight to the heart, which is the rightest of right places for them.” Animation can do that but the problem is that it is expensive to produce. Experts say that an animation film can cost more than a live action film. This is because the cost of all the machines and software add up to a lot. It is also highly labor-centric work. It takes at least 30 people to do just a 20-minute animated episode. This project of the CCP is showing us that for the fraction of the cost of producing full-scale animation, a puppetry film can do almost the same animated storytelling through the use of puppet characters. Remember Sesame Street and Batibot? A generation of Filipino children came to learn about letters and numbers thanks to an array of beloved muppets as teachers. DepEd should take the cue and encourage teachers to access this series to supplement the current blended learning approach. I understand the next in the series is another tulawit adaptation of Florante at Laura. Soon I like to see Ony and Xian doing puppetry films that promote our national culture, environmental awareness and values of courage, self-reliance, cooperation and other values related to good manners and right conduct. In fact, puppetry can even be employed in such subjects as History, Panitikan, Sibika, Filipino, Kultura, Environmental science and health. To me puppetry should be part of a teacher’s arsenal in teaching, especially during this time of distance learning. The much acclaimed educational TV programs Sesame Street and Batibot have already proven that puppets can be an engaging and useful way to help students develop emotionally and grow their language and communication skills. Nick Lizaso, who is concurrently chairman of NCCA, is trying to secure funding for a series of teacher’s development workshops aimed at infusing theatrical skills and techniques in teaching. I strongly suggest that he includes a special module on basic puppetry. I long to see the day when puppets as simple as stick or hand puppetry become part of the teaching routine!

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DepEd guarantees financial aid for storm-hit teachers, personnel

DUCATION Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones confirmed on Tuesday that teachers and school employees severely affected by the series of super typhoons will be provided with financial assistance.

staff, and will facilitate smoother coordination with corresponding agencies,” she stated. Mag tol is Br iones sa id t he DepEd is making headway in helping its personnel obtain calamity loans being offered by the Government Service Insurance System, or GSIS, and other private lending institutions. According to her, the department will provide “provident-fund emergency loans to...teaching and nonteaching personnel who were affected by the typhoons.” She said the DepEd will also re lea se t he yea r - end bonu s,

International Education Week boosts US-PHL learning linkages

PLM: Ranked 6th-best in 2019 Bar exams

HIS November, the Embassy of the United States in Manila marks International Education Week (IEW) with a year of significant achievements in strengthening highereducation cooperation with the Philippines through expanded university linkages and student mobility. At the core of the successful educationcooperation is the Joint Statement on Higher Education Collaboration, signed at the 2019 US-Philippine Bilateral Strategic Dialogue. It enabled a new US Embassy and Commission on Higher Education working group, a yearlong action plan, and the multi-series “Pathways to Opportunity” speaker program promoting internationalization of Philippine universities. More than 200 local universities have joined such events. Every November, the US celebrates IEW to promote greater student exchange and academic collaboration. According to the embassy, both countries are dedicated to strengthening higher education linkages and student exchange, even in the face of new and unprecedented challenges. Recent data released by the International Institute of Education showed a 2.2-percent increase in Filipino graduate students studying in the US—the fourth consecutive year of growth for this demographic. In celebration of IEW 2020, EducationUSA Philippines, the US government’s free educational-advising service, hosted a series of programs designed to promote international education and guide students through the process of applying to US universities. It kicked off on November 16 with a Facebook Live program underscoring the value of a liberal arts education. The following evening, EducationUSA hosted an Application Clinic for Grade 12 students. On the 19th, EducationUSA organized a virtual Alumni Fair, where Filipino graduates from 15 top US universities will share perspectives and advice about their student experiences. The IEW closed yesterday, as EducationUSA partnered with American Spaces Phils. to launch a massive open online course or MOOC on the topic, “Applying to US Universities.” EducationUSA will also host an application drive for graduates. Students can also participate in an EducationUSA essay contest this week on the value of an international education for an opportunity to win an iPad. Information on these events can be found in EducationUSA Phils.’ Facebook page. Aside from its FB page, more information about EducationUSA is on Instagram: @educationusa.philippines and on Twitter: @EducationUSA_PH.

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equivalent to one-month salary and cash gift worth P5,000 for its personnel. “In addition, funds have been downloaded to provide hygiene kits, as well as conduct cleanup drives and psychosocial first aid to affected schools,” the secretary explained. “We also engaged our

ITH much pride, the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila (PLM) announced that it ranked as the sixth-best performing school in the 2019 Bar examinations. PLM recognizes the dedication and diligence of the country’s new lawyers, whose strong performances in last year’s exams kept the university as one of the top institutions among 200 law schools in the country. The Legal Education Board (LEB), wh ic h super v ises l aw schools in the Philippines, awarded a plaque of recognition to the PLM College of Law on November 11 to mark the milestone. PLM posted a 55.88-percent passing rate—among the highest compared to schools with fewer than 63 examinees. Of the 2,103 Bar passers last year, 19 were PLM graduates. They were sworn in by Supreme Court justices through a

PLAQUE of recognition from the Legal Education Board

videoconference in June. The LEB acknowledged the hard work the faculty members, students, and staff have been instrumental in educating the country’s future lawyers. “Congratulations, Dean George

external partners to deliver donations directly to schools.” On Monday, Education Undersecretary for Finance Annalyn Sevilla revealed the department will release additional funding for the reproduction or replacement of damaged self-learning modules. Ma. Teresa Montemayor/PNA

Garcia and to the faculty, students and staff of the PLM College of Law! Your efforts are now getting the results that your college truly deserves,” PLM’s President Emmanuel Leyco said. “The university takes pride in this recognition from the [LEB] and your continued adherence to excellence in serving the public interest.” He added, “This is indeed uplifting, as the country continues to go through difficult times from the pandemic, economic dislocations and now, destructive typhoons. Thank you for making PLM prouder!” PLM has managed to keep its average passing rate consistently higher than the national average in recent years. It is a premier public university which has produced graduates who have contributed to nation-building since 1965. For more information, visit plm. edu.ph.

EDUCATORS SPEAK ‘Upholding academic integrity also key in virtual classrooms’

LTHOUGH many schools in the Philippines and Southeast Asia have adapted to the new learning environment by introducing new methods of distance learning and blended learning, an official from an educational-software company recently pointed out that educators and students— even parents—need to develop academic integrity to make learning a relevant and substantial undertaking. “Despite sudden changes in [education deployment] system-wide, academic integrity is still a key concept to discuss and establish with all students,” Turnitin Southeast Asia Head of Business and Partnerships Jack Brazel said. According to Brazel, educators can start teaching integrity in the syllabus by defining it, while pointing out the consequences of submitting plagiarized work. He said the next step is to continue teaching tangible lessons around it throughout the class. “Without this critical foundation to empower and encourage learning, students pick up dishonest habits, such as plagiarism and contract cheating, which can be difficult to break beyond the classroom,” Brazel shared. After building a solid foundation in the academic community complemented with clearly defined expectations for students, the Turnitin executive said educational institutions and teachers need to integrate such into all aspects of the course: from class assignments to assessments. Brazel added technology could be a great

UST holds 2020 National Writers’ Workshop online

“I have directed all field offices, through their respective regional directors, to submit lists of teachers and personnel who were severely affected by the recent typhoons and flooding,” Magtolis Briones said in a statement. The education secretary affirmed that officials and staff from the Department of Education (DepEd) Central Office, regional offices and division offices made voluntary donations for typhoon victims in Bicol region, Metro Manila, Calabarzon and Cagayan Valley. “We are also committed to expedite the process of benefits for our

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enabler of academic integrity, as it supports the above-mentioned efforts and addresses emerging trends in academic integrity, allowing educators to detect unoriginal work quickly and turn it into a student learning experience. “Tools for digital assessment and feedback also empower educators to improve interaction and engagement with students who are adjusting to virtual classrooms as the norm,” he said. Brazel explained that plagiarism starts from small acts, such as committing an improper citation of a source, or not having the habit of citing sources from the first draft of a writing assignment. Although a minor infraction, he warned this can lead to unethical behavior, if not caught and corrected early. One of the tradeoffs of remote learning, he told, increases the temptation of students

to take shortcuts when referencing ideas, or participate in collusion, whereby they get help from family, friends or other contacts to write their work. Moreover, the Turnitin official said “stressed students can also be more susceptible to engage in cheating online, and this current learning environment is undoubtedly contributing to their stress.” Brazel emphasized the ability to convey original thought and properly attribute the ideas of others are core parts of learning. He said academic integrity is key to instilling this ability and teaches foundational, lifelong skills that students carry with them long after school, in society, and in the workplace. Moreover, educational institutions should use this opportunity to reinforce academic integrity as part of their values. This must start in their pre-university years, as students can learn to express original ideas and undertake proper citations. At the same time, education systems and institutions also need to work collectively to identify right solutions to enhance outcomes in blended-learning environments. He said online learning and virtual classrooms will be a key education module long after the pandemic, and upholding academic integrity is just as important in virtual classrooms as in-person learning environments. These steps ensure that institutions maintain positive reputations, while students continue to receive high-quality education. Rizal Raoul S. Reyes

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HE University of Santo Tomas (UST) Center for Creative Writing and Literary Studies (CCWLS) is holding its annual National Writers’ Workshop from November 9 to December 2, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., via Zoom Conference. Now on its ninth workshop after the center’s revival in 2012, the center will guide 15 writing fellows via cyberspace from the comforts of everyone’s home, in contrast to workshops of previous years that were usually held in Baguio City. T his year’s fellows consist of professionals and graduateschool students from all over the country who were selected based on the merits of their submitted works. The fellows are Elsie C. Albis (Dula, UST); Cat Aquino (Short Story, Ateneo de Manila University); Napoleon I. Arcilla, III (Maikling Kwento, Catanduanes State Colleges); Adelaimar C. Arias Jose (Short Story, University of the Philippines); Rommel Fabros Bonus (Maikling Kwento, UP); Neil Angelo S. Cirilo (Sanaysay, Central Luzon State University); Kimberly Crisologo (Short Story, UST); Ralph Lorenz G. Fonte (Tula, UP); Carmel Ilustrisimo (Creative Nonfiction, UST); Ansherina May D. Jazul (Screenplay/Dula, Polytechnic University of the Philippines); Ma. Jhayle Ann Marie Z. Meer (Poetry, UP); Miguel Enrico C. Paala, III (Tula, UP); Pietros Val R. Patricio (Creative Nonfiction, De La Salle University); Gesuina Marie D. Puangco (Poetry, DLSU); and Larry Boy B. Sabangan (Sanaysay, West Visayas State

University). The teaching panel is led by Dr. Gémino Abad—senior guest panelist, premiere poet, literary critic and theorist of Philippine poetry in English. Other guest panelists are fictionist Luna Sicat Cleto, as well as poet and screenwriter Jerry Grácio. The rest are from the UST CCWLS: Director Professor Emeritus Cristina Pantoja Hidalgo, Assistant Director Ralph Semino Galán, as well as resident fellows Dr. Augusto Antonio Aguila, Ma. Ailil Alvarez, Paul Castillo, Dr. Joselito Delos Reyes, Nerisa del Carmen Guevara, Dawn Laurente Marfil, Jose Mojica, Ned Parfan, Dr. Chuckberry Pascual, Dr. John Jack Wigley and Joselito Zulueta. The teaching panel is composed of fictionists (short story writers and novelists), essayists, poets, literary critics, playwrights, screenwriters and translators in English and Filipino. Most of them write in two or three genres, while some are bilingual or even trilingual. This year’s workshop director is Del Carmen Guevara, a poet who has diversified into creative nonfiction writing as well as performance art. Workshop coordinator is Dawn Laurente Marfil, who dabbles in creative nonfiction writing. UST’s National Writers’ Workshop has produced more than 100 writing fellows since its revival in 2012, a good number of whom have won prizes in the Palanca Awards and other prestigious award-giving bodies, while others have published books.

Spark plans legal action vs CHED chief

CTIVIST organization Samahan ng Progresibong Kabataan (Spark) recently revealed its plan to file cases against Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Chairman Prospero de Vera for allegedly abandoning the agency’s mandate on multiple occasions. The group emphasized de Vera should have issued a number of memoranda guaranteeing the accessibility of education to the marginalized sector. According to Spark, the department failed to release guidelines on the conduct of online classes in light of the adverse effects wrought by the past five typhoons that slammed the country. In a previous news article, the CHED chairman said suspension of classes and postponement of deadlines depend on the mandate of individual school administrations, and that classes cannot be canceled for the entire country “if the effects are only in some parts...” “What CHED officials must realize is that distance learning can no longer be covered by their present guidelines, which are already outdated,” Spark’s spokesman John Lazaro countered. “With online classes, suspension of university operations can no longer be territorial in scope. One may be enrolled at a school in Metro Manila, but also residing in, [say, Legazpi City,] which lies in the traditional route of typhoons.” Several student councils and campus organizations have been calling for academic breaks to class suspensions and postponements of academic deadlines for the last two weeks after Typhoon Quinta battered the Bicol region, making

distance learning difficult due to unstable online connections. Spark, for instance, appealed for a weeklong nationwide cancellation of classes in all levels until November 19 due to the continuing onslaught of powerful typhoons. The group insisted the present setup that authorizes heads of local government units or school administrators to declare class suspensions based on the forecasts of the weather bureau is only applicable for face-to-face classes. “First came...Quinta which w rec ked Bicol,” L a za ro sa id. “Then...Rolly, Siony, Tonyo and Ulysses, which further set back recovery efforts in already battered regions. Significantly, 11 of the country’s 17 regions have been affected with floods, power outages, and intermittent to no Internet connection.” He added the sheer scope of the storms and the number of families affected in 11 regions of the country are valid enough to consider that classes across all levels nationwide must be canceled immediately, so that families have time to recover, and infrastructure damages be repaired. Apart from the lack of guidelines on class suspensions, the youth group pointed out CHED’s gross negligence for consistently missing out on its thrust since the start of the pandemic. “De Vera has left us no choice but to finally take legal action in order to attain justice for the millions he has consistently abandoned. Stonewalling our legitimate pleas is not public service; we deserve more. See you in court, Mr. De Vera,” Lazaro declared. Roderick L. Abad

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The Walled City: The toast of Asian travelers

PLAZA España is formerly known as Aduana Square

CLUB Intramuros Golf Course, one of the oldest golf courses in the country.

PLAZA Mexico’s historic structure was donated by the Mexican Secretary of The Navy Shipyards.

Dine at Barbara’s Heritage Restaurant Café and get to witness a cultural dance performance.

ESCUELA Taller de Filipinas, a vocational school dedicated to heritage conservation. Escuella Taller

MEMORARE Manila 1945 serves as a marker for the civilian victims of the Battle of Manila.

Story & photos by Bernard L. Supetran

foreign tourist’s trip to the nation’s capital almost always begins with Intramuros, a special historical district of Manila, which was the seat of government, center of religion, education and the economy during the Spanish period. Destroyed in most part in 1945 during the Liberation of Manila, its postwar restoration tried to recreate a throwback look and ambiance of the colonial-era way of life. With a land area of less than a square kilometer, the so-called Walled City is punctuated with buildings inspired by the typical Iberian stone house architecture, massive fortress walls, cobblestone streets, and landmarks such as Fort Santiago, San Agustin Church and Manila Cathe-

dral, which have been mainstays in tourism promotion calendars since time immemorial. But beyond the iconic images, it is a treasure throve of pocket parks, monuments, intriguing historic nooks, and commemorative plaques chronicling lesser-known events. Despite its proximity to most

parts of the metropolis, this “city within a city” seems to be a frontier that a huge number of urbanites haven’t set foot on this unique district. If there is a compelling reason to visit Intramuros very soon, it was recognized by the prestigious 27th World Travel Awards as Asia’s Leading Tourist Attraction last October. This is proof that its eclectic character never fails to charm the continent’s travelers from all walks of life. Over the years, the Intramuros Administration has encouraged various modes of appreciating the wonders within the walls at a slower pace—from plain walking, horse-drawn kalesa, pedicabs, Segway electric two-wheeled vehicle, and more recently, bicycles. Interestingly, the area has become a haven for bikers in recent months, due to the GCQ-related out-of-town restrictions. On top of the usual must-sees in the district, there are scores of equally interesting spots, which are both historically significant, and for the younger generations, Instagrammable. Often overshadowed by the taller edifices in the area is Plaza Sampalucan, a tree-lined park

along the Real de Palacio or Gen. Luna St. Now known as Memorare Manila 1945, it memorializes the hundreds of thousands who perished and were brutalized by the Japanese troops during the siege for the city during World War II. Its centerpiece is the black marble sculpture inspired by Michelangelo’s masterpiece “Pieta” depicting the grief of a mother over the death of her children. A block away from the main road are the ruins of Cuartel de Santa Lucia, which was built in 1781 for the Spanish artillery and was used in 1901 as the headquarters of the American-era Philippine Constabulary. In 1905, it was opened as a military school and became the first site of the Philippine Military Academy before it was transferred to Baguio. Beside it is the Galeria de los Presidentes dela Republica Filipina, a garden gallery where bas relief sculptures of past Presidents are exhibited. Canopied by trees, it provides a cool and breezy shade to promenaders and bikers seeking shelter from the heat of the sun. Plaza España is a diminutive triangular open space facing the ruins of the then Bureau of the Treasury. Its centerpiece is a monu-

ment to King Felipe II after whom the Philippines was named after. Situated near the banks of the Pasig River is Plaza Mexico, which commemorates the 400th anniversary of the expedition of Spanish conquistadors Miguel López de Legazpi and Andres de Urdaneta from New Spain (Mexico) in 1964, and the Manila-Acapulco galleon trade relations which ran for 250 years. On the other side is a statue of Mexican president Adolfo López Mateos, who visited the city in 1962. Escuela Taller de Filipinas might not be the typical historic spot, but is an attraction in its own right because of the involvement of its artisans and craftsmen in built heritage conservation. The district also boasts of more than a dozen public and private museums and galleries, such as Fort Santiago’s Rizal Shrine, San Agustin Museum, Bagumbayan Light and Sound Museum, Archdiocesan Museum of Manila, Casa Manila, and the Museo de Intramuros. Currently closed due to the pandemic, these repositories will reopen soon to cater to culture vultures for a glimpse of the city’s checkered past. Complete your time travel and

grab a bite at the signature dining haunts which seem to transport you back to the past. A must-try is Barbara’s Heritage Restaurant at the Plaza San Luis Complex, which is known for its cultural music and dance performances and Spanish-inspired lunch and dinner buffets. It opened a few months back for à la carte and takeaways at its smaller dining extensions. Other must-tries are the ecclesiastical-themed café Ristorante delle Mitre, Ilustrado Restaurant, Patio de Conchita, and The Bayleaf Hotel which has several food and beverage outlets. A new toast of the town is the La Cathedral Café which relocated to a bigger roof deck across the Metropolitan Cathedral Basilica, and is tops for dinner with the lighted view of the church. Adding a touristic pull to the Walled City is the sprucing up of its immediate environs in the City of Manila—Jones Bridge, Kartilya ng Katipunan Shrine, Anda Circle, and Lagusnilad Underpass. With the renaissance it is undergoing within and without the fortifications, Intramuros is worth paying that well-deserved bicycle trip soon.

HKTB and STB Collaborate to Welcome Travelers on the Launch of the Bilateral, All-Purpose and Quarantine-Free Air Travel Bubble T

he Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) and the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) on November 11, announced a collaboration to welcome the launch of the Hong Kong-Singapore Air Travel Bubble, ahead of the departure of the first flights on November 22, 2020. The Hong Kong-Singapore Air Travel Bubble (ATB)—a bilateral, all-purpose and quarantine- free arrangement—is a milestone for the global tourism industry, and paves the way for a safe resumption of international travel. The partnership between the HKTB and the STB is also the first between the two tourism boards. It demonstrates the close ties between the two destinations, as well as a mutual commitment to provide visitors with a safe travel experience. HKTB Executive Director Dane Cheng said: “I am excited to see the resumption of travel between Hong Kong and Singapore. It is a hugely important moment that shows the world that safe international travel is possible, and paves the way for us to bring tourist flights to and from other markets. Thanks to

the united efforts of people in different sectors in stepping up their hygiene measures, we are confident Hong Kong is clean and ready to welcome visitors back. What’s more, we have laid on a selection of amazing offers for our visitors, including hotels and attractions, a diverse selection of travel experiences, and incredible value-for-money deals.” STB Chief Executive Officer Keith Tan said: “The Air Travel Bubble is a significant milestone that demonstrates the deep connections and close friendship between Singapore and Hong Kong. Singapore is well-equipped to handle the Covid-19 crisis, and with our strong track record, we are confident that Hong Kong travelers can explore Singapore with a peace of mind. Singapore’s tourism industry has reinvented our offerings, with new products and experiences that will surprise visitors even if they have been to Singapore before. Together with our tourism partners, Singapore stands ready to welcome Hong Kong travelers to Singapore.” The health and safety of locals and travel-

Dane Cheng, executive director of the Hong Kong Tourism Board

ers remain a key priority. To provide visitors with peace of mind, both destinations have already put in place city-wide certification programs for hygiene and safety. The HKTB has rolled out the Anti-Epidemic Hygiene Measures Certification Scheme to ensure that every touch point of visitors’ journey is covered with anti-epidemic measures. Mean-

Keith Tan, chief executive officer of Singapore Tourism Board

while, Singapore’s SG Clean is a national mark of excellence awarded to businesses across Singapore—including tourism establishments—that meet its high standards of hygiene and sanitization. As part of the partnership, the tourism boards of the two cities will undertake joint promotional activities such as coordinated

social-media content. Both tourism boards have also prepared special gifts to welcome the first batch of visitors on the ATB, such as a limited-edition reusable face mask that showcases unique aspects of both cities. Travelers on the first ATB flights out of both cities on November 22 will also be treated to a special inflight menu that includes local favorites

from Hong Kong and Singapore, curated by Cathay Pacific and Singapore Airlines. This menu will be available on all ATB flights till end of this year. With the ATB, both cities are ready to shower visitors with a series of compelling experiences. Hong Kong will welcome the winter holidaymakers from Singapore with its renowned sparkling Christmas celebrations, together with a host of gastronomical offers from the Hong Kong Wine & Dine Festival. It is also the best hiking and cycling season to get fully immersed in Hong Kong’s Great Outdoors. For the art lovers, world-class exhibitions such as Hong Kong Spotlight by Art Basel and Botticelli and His Times—Masterworks from the Uffizi in the Hong Kong Museum of Arts are not to be missed. Travelers to both destinations can also look forward to attractive deals and experiences from a range of tourism partners. These offers are available on the HKTB’s all-in-one platform (discoverhongkong.com/ TravelBubble) and STB’s one-stop visitor portal (visitsingapore.com/hk-deals).

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Huawei selling Honor phone brand in face of US sanctions

BY JOE MCDONALD & ZEN SOO The Associated Press

EIJING—Chinese tech giant Huawei is selling its budget-price Honor smartphone brand in an effort to rescue the struggling business from damaging US sanctions imposed on its parent company. The sale announced on Tuesday is aimed at reviving Honor by separating it from Huawei’s network equipment business, which Washington says is a security threat, an accusation Huawei denies. It is under sanctions that block access to most US processor chips and other technology. Huawei Technologies Ltd.’s announcement gave no financial details but said the company will have no ownership stake once the sale is completed. Huawei will retain its flagship Huawei smartphone brand. The buyer is a state-owned company in Shenzhen, the southern city where Huawei is headquartered, and a group of Honor retailers. Earlier news reports on

rumors of a possible sale put the price as high as 100 billion yuan ($15 billion). “The move has been made by Honor’s industry chain to ensure its own survival,” said the Huawei statement. The buyers said in a separate statement the split was “the best solution” to protect customers and employees. Huawei, China’s first global tech brand and the biggest maker of switching equipment used by phone and Internet companies, is at the center of US-Chinese tension over technology, security and spying. The feud has spread to include the popular Chinese-owned video app TikTok and messaging service WeChat. Economists and political analysts expect little change in US policy toward China under Presidentelect Joe Biden due to widespread frustration with Beijing over trade and technology. Huawei appears to be preparing for hard times by focusing its resources on its high-end smartphones, said Nicole Peng of Canalys. The sale is “definitely a sign of weakness,” said

Nicole Peng of Canalys. “It shows Huawei knows that the situation will not change immediately between China and the US,” Peng said. Tuesday’s announcements gave no indication how Honor planned to regain access to US chips and other technology including Google’s popular music, maps and other services. Other Chinese smartphone brands such as Xiaomi, Oppo and Vivo operate without such restrictions. “In theory, Honor would be like any other Chinese OEM [manufacturer],” said Kiranjeet Kaur of IDC in an email. However, he said Honor needs time to restore access to suppliers and set up its own research and development. “The challenge remains how quickly it detaches itself from its dependence on Huawei and gets access to all the relevant tech,” said Kaur. US security complaints focus on Huawei’s network gear and leading role in next-generation telecom technology. American officials say Huawei might facilitate Chinese spying, which the company denies. They also see Chinese government-supported technology development as a threat to US industrial dominance. The Trump administration is lobbying European and other allies to exclude Huawei and other Chinese suppliers as they upgrade networks. Meanwhile, Huawei’s chief financial officer, Meng Wanzhou, the daughter of company founder Ren Zhengfei, is under arrest in Canada and fighting extradition to the United States to face charges related to possible violations of trade sanctions on Iran. Sanctions imposed last year block Huawei’s access to most US processor chips and other technology. Those were tightened in May when the White House barred manufacturers worldwide from using US technology to produce chips for Huawei, including those designed by its own engineers. Honor, founded in 2013, is one of the world’s biggest-selling smartphone brands. Huawei says it ships 70 million handsets a year. Total shipments of Huawei and Honor handsets fell 5 percent from a year earlier in the quarter ending in June to 55.8 million, according to Canalys. Sales in China rose 8 percent but shipments abroad fell 27 percent. Huawei reported earlier total revenue for the first nine months of 2020 rose 9.9 percent to 671.3 billion yuan ($100.4 billion). That was down from 13.1 percent growth in the first half, but the company said it still was profitable. ■

Snack hacks and other thoughts

ROBI DOMINGO’S setup for the Tiger Crackers event

@IAMROBIDOMINGO ON INSTAGRAM

ONE of the few things I like about online events, aside from having the privilege to stay home for it, is that when celebrities are involved, you get to see a different side to them. Now that they don’t have a fleet of stylists, makeup artists, assistants and hairdressers behind their public appearances, celebrities are more relatable. They aren’t as impeccably styled as they usually are, and that’s okay. The events that have transpired in the past few months have also made them more candid in sharing their views and opinions. Tiger Crackers recently held a Snack Hack extravaganza on YouTube with Kim Chiu and Robi Domingo teaming up with Bettina Carlos and Chef Gerick Manalo to show how to make creative dishes using the crackers on recipes, such as Mango Hazelnut Dessert Pizza and Beef Nacho Crackers. After the event, there was a Zoom interview with Kim, Robi, Bettina and Kristine Enriquez, brand manager of Tiger Biscuit from Mondelez Philippines. The event and interviews took place just after Typhoon Ulysses hit the country and naturally, the stars were asked about it, among other things. “What we’re experiencing right now is really the effect of climate change. In the long run, marami pang

mangyayaring ganito [things like these will continue to happen] if we don’t stop our ways, if we don’t change our lifestyle, if we don’t have environmental policies. So we have to do something for the environment right now,” said Robi. He also urged people, particularly the youth, to register to vote in the 2022 elections, citing statistics from the recent US elections where a record number of young people voted. “You better register to vote, lalong-lalo na ang kabataan [especially the youth]. You have to do that. Right now, the wheels are turning, the gears are turning, and I bet it will turn for the betterment of our society.” Kim, meanwhile, shared some thoughts about the things she learned during quarantine. “Luxury stuff like bags and shoes aren’t that important pala. Mas importante ang tao [people are more important]. When I go to the grocery, ’yung importante lang talaga binibili ko [I just buy the important things],” said the actress. For Bettina, being quarantined has given her more time to spend with her daughter Gummy, who she realized is a very compassionate human being. Robi said he sees the pandemic not as a great equalizer but as a “great magnifier.” “Being quarantined has made me more involved. You dont have to be a politician to care about your country.” During the event proper, Kristine Enriquez explained that the crackers are baked using a special kind of technology that gives them a crispy, melt-inyour-mouth texture. Also, there are only 120 calories in each pack of Tiger Crackers. You can recreate the Beef Nacho Crackers and Mango Hazelnut Dessert Pizza with Tiger Crackers sets. The Tiger Crackers Nacho set includes 1 MultiPack of Tiger Crackers Plain, one 45 g pack of Eden Cheese and one 62 g pack of one Cheez Whiz Original, while the Tiger Crackers Dessert Pizza set includes,

one multipack of Tiger Crackers Leche Flan, one can of condensed milk and one 200 ml pack of fresh milk. Each bundle comes with freebies like a limitededition tote bag and the Tiger Crackers Food Trip na Good Trip Snack Hacks Guide, which includes a handy recipe guide, cool tips on how to make snacking moments more creative, and a QR code that gives you access to exciting previews of soon-to-be-released Tiger Crackers Snack Hack recipes. Tiger Crackers are available at all leading stores nationwide and in all major e-commerce platforms, including Shopee, Lazada and Metromart. If you want to watch the online event, the replay will air on Tiger Crackers’ Facebook page today.

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World Bank urges PHL to accelerate digitalization drive BY RIZAL RAOUL S. REYES THERE is an urgent need for the Philippines to accelerate the development of its digital infrastructure to hasten the digitalization of its economy and narrow the gap in the digital divide among its citizens, according to a recent study by the World Bank. The report points out that there is a big gap in country’s digital divide with nearly 60 percent of households not having access to the Internet, making them unable to reap the benefits of digitalization. “As a result, face-to-face interactions and analog practices are still pervasive in the country making social distancing economically costly,” cites the Philippines Digital Economy Report 2020. Launched on October 25, the report shows that the government can effectively use digital technology to empower its constituents and deliver services, if institutions that guarantee accountability are established and strengthened. Moreover, cash and checks are still the main methods of payment while applying for permits and licenses typically requires exchange of documents in person. The study reports that people waiting in long lines is typical for Filipinos seeking to secure goods and services. The report also points out that the Philippines performed worse than its regional peers in digital adoption by the government. The Philippines lags most regional peers in high-speed fixed and mobile broadband penetration. To improve the country’s digital infrastructure and connectivity, the report recommends measures such as greater private sector participation to invest in the Philippine digital infrastructure. Using digital technologies will improve the monitoring of government workers and governmentfunded organizations that deliver services and help curtail absenteeism, operational inefficiencies, and corruption, it says. “Digital technologies can also improve electoral accountability, help uncover election fraud, and reduce election-related violence. Automation in business regulations, citizen feedback systems, and procurement systems also reduce the risk of corruption and poor services,” the World Bank report states. Meanwhile, Globe President and CEO Ernest Cu said during the launch of the study that he agrees with the recommended key reforms and policy measures to help the Philippines leverage digitalization for economic and social resilience, especially in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic. Cu said that download speeds for fixed broadband have been improving partially due to increased capital expenditures and network improvements by telecom companies. Citing the August 2020 Opensignal report, he said there was “a substantial 80.9-percent increase in download speeds and 4G availability, rising 19.5 percentage points from 63.75 percent to 83 percent over a period of 2.5 years.” The Opensignal report showed that mobile 4G availability in the Philippines has been increasing for at least two and half years, and nearing the global average of 86.8 percent. Independent think tank Stratbase ADR Institute President Prof. Victor Andres Manhit said in a statement that the government should create an empowering policy and regulatory agenda to extensively expand access to broadband services to all Filipinos. “Harnessing the expertise and resources of the private sector will greatly accelerate the pace of operationalizing these technologies that we must now rely on because of the health and economic crisis,” he said. “The digital transformation of the government bureaucracy will have a game-changing impact that will have systemic benefits that will go way beyond the pandemic crisis,” Manhit added.

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Privacy activists in EU file complaints over iPhone tracking BY FRANK JORDANS The Associated Press BERLIN—European privacy activists have filed complaints against Apple over its use of software to track the behavior of iPhone users. The Vienna-based group NOYB—short for “none of your business,” said on Monday that it has asked data protection authorities in Germany and Spain to examine the legality of Apple’s tracking codes. The codes, known as IDFA or Identifier for Advertisers, are similar to the cookies that web sites use to store information on user behavior. NOYB says the iOS operating system creates unique codes for each iPhone that allow Apple and other third parties to “identify users across applications and even connect online and mobile behaviour.” The group argues that this amounts to tracking without users’ knowledge or consent, a practice that is banned under the European Union’s electronic privacy rules. “Tracking is only allowed if users explicitly consent to it,” said Stefano Rossetti, a lawyer for NOYB. The privacy group said it is currently reviewing a similar system used by Google. Apple dismissed the claims in NOYB’s complaint, saying they were “factually inaccurate and we look forward to making that clear to privacy regulators should they examine the complaint.” “Apple does not access or use the IDFA on a user’s device for any purpose,” the company said. “Our aim is always to protect the privacy of our users,” Apple said, adding that the latest version of its software gives users greater control over whether apps can track them, including whether their information can be linked with data from third parties “for the purpose of advertising, or sharing their information with data brokers.” “Our practices comply with European law,” it said. NOYB, founded by privacy activist and lawyer Max Schrems, has filed numerous cases against major tech companies including one against Facebook that recently led the European Union’s top court to strike down an agreement that allows companies to transfer data to the United States over snooping concerns.

Tip for PHL start-ups: Look to the cloud T

HE global Covid-19 pandemic has preyed on the elderly and people with noncommunicable diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and respiratory disease claiming the lives of more than a million people. But the deaths aren’t just limited to people as the economic repercussions of the extended lockdowns have also led to the demise of countless businesses. And while we all look forward to positive news about a possible vaccine in the coming months, businesses do not have the luxury of waiting for a cure that will allow people to live their normal lives. But there is no going back for business, and the challenge will be to adapt and be ready for the next normal. The situation is even more crucial for start-ups who must face the challenge of optimizing operational costs with limited capital runway. At a recent briefing on cost optimization for start-ups, experts pointed to the cloud as one of the solutions as the world makes a concerted thrust towards a more digital way of life. Digbijoy Shukla, Business Development Lead in Startup Business Development for Amazon Web Services (AWS), said the three biggest budget components for start-ups are: (1) people (2) cloud and IT and (3) marketing. While there are also budgetary considerations for bigger conglomerates facing the pandemic, start-ups are different in that they do not have the same amount of resources to work with. For a start-up that’s not yet profitable, every peso counts, and it is extremely important to optimize costs and manage capital far more efficiently. According to a report from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), 48 percent of start-up owners feel threatened by the impact of Covid-19 on their businesses despite measures that have been put in place. The top-cited concerns for start-ups included: Financial Impact (62 percent), Potential Global

Recession (56 percent), Funding Difficulties (49 percent), and Decline in Demand (40 percent). Shukla, who was a founder of a start-up himself before joining AWS, said cloud usage for start-ups has four benefits that include cost effectiveness, faster iteration with low financial impact, quicker scaling and hypergrowth support as they can go global in minutes. He is one of many within the AWS Startup Team that have extensive experience in the startup industry—enabling the leading cloud services provider to intimately understand the unique challenges faced by start-ups throughout their journey, from ideation to growth. AWS tools and solutions boast unparalleled flexibility and versatility. For instance, Cost Explorer helps start-ups identify unusual cost events automatically while AWS Well Architected Tool (WAR) reviews current workloads and compares them to best practices, allowing for further optimizations in the future. The AWS pricing model can also help startups save up to 72 percent on cloud usage by simply committing to a consistent amount of usage (e.g. $10/ hour) over one or three years. Ventaja, a Philippine technology solutions provider, was able to lower its operational costs by 60 percent by running on AWS. QuadX, the innovation arm of parent company LBC Express, uses AWS Lambda with Amazon API Gateway and Amazon SNS to run serverless architecture and automate testing of microservices. By adopting serverless technology on AWS, QuadX has reduced monthly infrastructure spending from $8,000 to $600. As the pandemic continues, AWS believes that start-ups need low-cost, easy-to-use infrastructure that they can use to scale and grow their businesses.

SAVE MONEY BY WORKING REMOTELY

NOW that a larger number of employees are working remotely, one common topic of discussion is how money-saving this work arrangement can actually be for individuals. But what about businesses? Do organizations stand to save money by hiring remote workers and switching to virtual offices as well? The short answer is yes and here’s why. First is you can save on manpower fees. In a virtual office setting, there is greater flexibility when hiring remote employees on a full-time, part-time, or perproject basis. Because of this, employers have the freedom to hire remote workers that are a better fit for the tasks at hand, helping to ensure higher quality

results with minimal supervision needed. With agile, flexible working hours, overtime costs are also reduced. It also reduces overhead expenses. A smaller office means lower rental fees. An office that is entirely virtual eliminates real estate costs significantly. Expenses for utilities, such as electricity, water, and communications are minimized as well. Remote work also entails little expense on equipment and maintenance on the part of a business owner. Setting up a dependable IT infrastructure at work takes a huge chunk out of a company’s budget. When working remotely, costly hardware and software are replaced with Internet-based office solutions and cloud-based storage. The right software for virtual team collaboration can help business owners significantly slash expenses. This is where Lark comes in. Lark is an all-in-one collaborative app that is absolutely free for remote teams. Compared to other apps, Lark was built from the ground up as a wholistic solution, not as individual features and its focus is on creating a seamless collaboration experience on all devices so that it can work better with your team. Communication is quick and easy with Lark Chat. For virtual face-to-face conversations with a single employee or the entire team, there’s Lark Video Conferencing, which allows unlimited video call minutes for up to 100 participants. Whether your team is local or spread out across different continents, scheduling meetings, events, and tasks is a breeze through Lark Calendar with its smart, multi-time zone feature. How easy is it for a business to transition to Lark Suite? To get companies started, Lark has self-help guides (online, completely free) to help incorporate it into your existing work schedule. They also have consultants (both business and technical) that can assist users with onboarding and/or transition. Among its unique features include Magic Share where you can edit Docs with multiple users, realtime commenting, right from within the Lark video call window. It helps keep everyone on the same page, and solves the trouble of coediting documents during meetings. That version you edit is always up-to-date. Everything you need for work is stored in the cloud on Lark, ensuring 24/7 access from anywhere, using any device. The app uses an AWS certification that complies with the strictest rules regarding cloud computing, so your focus can remain on completing tasks and achieving your goals. ■

Globe network performance pulls up in Opensignal latest report WORKING from home, homeschooling, and the effect of staying at home during the pandemic have resulted in an increase in mobile apps and mobile games usage among Filipinos. This amounts to more time spent online and on mobile devices, thus increasing demand for telcos to deliver consistent network improvements. Globe has been working in parallel to meet the needs of its customers. According to the Philippines Mobile Network Experience November 2020 report by Opensignal, Globe leads the market in Voice App Experience,

also jointly winning in Games Experience. Overall, Globe has been consistently improving data experience since 2017. The telco has also pushed past the 80 percent 4G availability score, improving by 14.5 percentage points. According to the report, customers in Metro Manila spend almost 90 percent of their time connected to 4G services, and have reported their highest average overall download speeds at 10.3 Mbps. Given the difficult circumstances and the operator’s impressive long-term progress, this

only serves to highlight the resilience of Globe users’ mobile network experience, according to Opensignal. In Voice App Experience, Globe bested its competitor with a score of 62.3, of which 65 is attributed to 4G, and 51.9 to 3G. When it comes to the quality of experience for essential mobile voice apps, such as WhatsApp, Skype and Facebook Messenger, the telco outperformed its competitor in connectivity experience including overall voice call quality. In terms of Games Experience, Globe jointly won

in this category when playing real-time multiplayer mobile games on mobile devices with a score of 34.4 points, with the 4G experience scoring 36.1 points. The national study considers multiple genres of multiplayer mobile games to measure the average sensitivity to network conditions. “We continue to improve our network to provide our customers with better mobile and data experience. Creating positive impact through a world-class network is our top priority,” said Gil B. Genio, Globe chief technology and information officer.

Sports T ANOTHER DAY IN THE OFFICE FOR LASCUñA A12 Saturday, November 21, 2020

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BCDA willing to host Fiba Asian qualifiers in February-Dizon

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HE Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) in Pampanga is willing to host the third window of the International Basketball Federation (Fiba) Asian 2021 Qualifiers in February. “Yes, we can,” BCDA President and CEO Vivencio Dizon told BusinessMirror on Friday. Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) President Al Panlilio told an online press conference on Thursday about the federation’s intention to host the qualifier in the same Clark bubble where the Philippine Basketball Association is playing its Philippine Cup. “Yes, we can host it because all the protocols and facilities are in place. We also have a proven track record,” Dizon said. The BCDA and the Clark Development Corporation (CDC) are hosting the PBA since October 13. “It’s secure and safe for sports as proven by the PBA bubble. We also have world-class health facilities, world-class infrastructure including the Clark International Airport, and world-class hotels and leisure facilities,” Dizon added. Panlilio said the SBP already wrote Fiba of its intention to host the third window of the qualifiers particularly Group A where the Philippines is bracketed with South Korea, Thailand and Indonesia. The PBA is holding games at the Angeles University Foundation gym which conform with Fiba standards. “The PBA bubble in Clark is a good template,” Ryan Gregorio, Panlilio’s special assistant at SBP, said. The second window of the qualifiers are set from November 27 to 30 in a bubble environment in Manama, Bahrain. An all-amateur team coached by Jong Uichico is flying to Bahrain on Sunday. The 16-member pool is composed of the 16-player pool is composed of Kobe Paras, brothers Mike and Matt Nieto, Angelo Kouame, Isaac Go, Justine Baltazar, Dave Ildefonso, Juan and Javi Gomez de Liaño, Calvin Oftana, Will Navarro, Dwight Ramos, Kenmark Carino, Jaydee Tungcab, Rey Suerte and Allyn Bulanadi. The Philippines plays Thailand on November 27 and then South Korea, Indonesia and again Thailand in the next three days.

After a pair of mediocre rounds (71-72) coming off a long layoff, Lascuña found his bearing and rhythm and shot a bogey-free 69 Thursday to tie Zaragosa on top then sustained his charge with those closing five birdies and a couple of scrambling pars. A bogey on the 18th, however, ruined what could’ve been a remarkable unblemished run in the last 36 holes. But the last-hole mishap hardly mattered for the veteran campaigner, who stayed physically active during the lockdown and spent the long break teaching and training at the Manila Southwoods when quarantine restrictions eased up in May. His imposing victory should likewise make him the marked man when the second and last PGT tournament in the pandemichit season is held December 8 to 11 at the adjacent Langer layout along with the 54-hole Ladies PGT championship, headed by Thursday’s winner Princess Superal. Alido rallied with a three-birdie binge from No. 11 and shot a 69 and earned a share of second at 284 as Zaragosa, who surged ahead in the second round of the P2.5-million event put up by ICTSI, bogeyed the last two for a 72. Each received P187,500. Former Philippine Open champion and many-time PGT and PGT Asia titlist Angelo Que snatched fourth place at 285 worth P110,000 after a 67 in a surge that came a bit late for one of the fancied players in the fold while Justin Quiban also sizzled late, producing the tournament-best bogey-less seven-under 65 to tie first round leader Joenard Rates, who faded with three backside bogeys for a 74, at fifth at 287. Each received P103,105. Fidel Concepcion shot a 71 and shared seventh place at 288 with Miguel Tabuena, the two-time Philippine Open champion who had failed to really get going after an opening 71, finishing with a second 72. Dutch Guido van der Valk, winner of this year’s The Country Club Invitational before the Covid-19 outbreak disrupted play, matched par 72 for ninth at 289 while Jay Bayron and Michael Bibat tied for 10th at 291 after 71 and 72, respectively.

Saso, Nishimura remain tied for lead

Tony Lascuña wins the Riviera Invitational Challenge by four strokes.

on athletes in boxing, taekwondo and karatedo who have clear shots at qualifying for the Tokyo Olympics in August next year. “There are actually no problems for the preparation of Carlos Yulo [gymnastics] who is currently in Japan training, Ej Obiena [pole vault] who is in Italy and Eumir Felix Marcial [boxing] who is in Los Angeles,” Fernandez said. Rio 2016 weightlifting silver medalist Hidilyn Diaz is in Malaysia training for her sports qualifiers that were postponed for early 2021. Fernandez also said that he expects the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases to approve the protocols to be set at the ISA. Annie Abad

NCAA AIRS ON GMA T

HE National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) picked GMA Network as its official broadcast partner for its postponed 96th season. The NCAA announced on Friday that the contract covers five-and-a-half years expiring in 2026. “The first athletic league in the country deserves to be in the No. 1 network,” NCAA Management Committee Chairman Fr. Victor Calvo Jr. of Letran said.

Calvo said the deal will be highlighted by the NCAA’s centennial celebration in 2024. The games will be aired on GMA News TV and via online streaming on GMANetwork. com. The men’s basketball

BOLTS OVERPOWER GIN KINGS ERALCO erupted big in the second half to outlast Barangay Ginebra San Miguel, 95-77, on Friday and level their best-of-five semifinals series in the Philippine Basketball Association Philippine Cup at the Angeles University Foundation gym in Pampanga on Friday. Chris Newsome, Allein Maliksi and Baser Amer delivered the goods in the last two quarters to help the Bolts of veteran Head Coach Norman Black buck a lethargic first half and tie the best-of-five series at 1-1. “We just talked about the fact that we could not go down 0-2 because we’ll be having no chance of coming back in this series. So this game is really, really important for us,” Black said. “We found out in Game One exactly what we’re up against defensively and offensively and we made a few adjustments to try to be able to beat this team tonight,” added Black of their Game One loss, 96-79, last Wednesday. Trailing 42-55 early in the third quarter, the Bolts exploded with a calculated 23-11 run to seize the lead entering the final period, 65-61. They uncorked a 30-16 fourth quarter kick to

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ony Lascuña kept the momentum of his third round assault and made it a virtual routine in Philippine Golf Tour’s (PGT) return in new normal to wind up on top again after beating Ira Alido and Rupert Zaragosa by four on a 68 in the International Container Terminal Services Inc. (ICTSI) Riviera Invitational Challenge at the Couples course in Silang, Cavite, on Friday. The multi-titled Lascuña broke away from a tied duel with Zaragosa with birdies on Nos. 3 and 6 then pulled away with three more birdies in the first four holes at the back to claim another championship after closing out PGT’s milestone 10th season last year with back-toback three-stroke title romps at Apo and South Pacific in his hometown Davao. “It’s so nice to win again but nicer for us to finally have a tournament to play in,” said Lascuña, the most dominant player in the circuit with four Order of Merit titles. He pooled an eight-under 280 and pocketed the top P350,000 purse. “It’s been a long time since we last competed and we could only thank ICTSI and the Pilipinas Golf Tournaments Inc. for giving us the opportunity to play competitively again,” he added.

PSC sets bubble in Inspire campus HE Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) has virtually sealed an agreement with the owners of the Inspire Sports Academy that would make the Calamba facility as the training bubble for national athletes with chances at qualifying for the Tokyo Olympics. Commissioner Ramon Fernandez said that the PSC have already completed negotiations with the SM Group particularly ISA owner Hans Sy. “We are just waiting for the budget to be finalized for the bubble training. But we have already talked with Mr. Hans Sy and in a few weeks’ time, we’ll have more concrete news regarding the bubble training,” Fernandez told the PSC Hour radio program on Friday. Fernandez said the PSC is shifting its focus

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wrap up the rout. Newsome, who scored 14 of his 16 points in the second half on top of six assists, gave the Bolts their biggest lead, 91-70, with 2:37 left in the game. “It’s a great team effort today. I think a lot of guys came out and gave a lot of energy which is important for us, and of course we want to focus on our defense and that showed today,” Newsome said. Kier John Quinto added 14 points, 10 he made in the second quarter, while Maliksi poured in 11 of his 14 points in the last two quarters for the Bolts, who also drew double-double performances from big men Cliff Hodge and 6-foot-7 Raymond Almazan. Hodge had 12 points and 11 rebounds, while Almazan made 11 points and as many rebounds. Amer made eight of his 10 points in the last quarter. Despite coming off a tedious quarterfinals where they dethroned San Miguel Beer, Meralco played well to forge the deadlock. “There’s no question about that, but everybody is tired at this point,” Black said. “The

players have been playing a lot of basketball for the last two months, and of course it’s going to take some toll on your legs. That one extra day or two days extra rest make a big difference

and it really showed in Ginebra’s game.” Japeth Aguilar led Ginebra with 17 points and eight rebounds while Lewis Alfred Tenorio had 16 points. Game Three is set Sunday at 6:45 p.m. Joseph Ramos

MERALCO’S Chris Newsome tries to dribble past Ginebra’s Scottie Thompson.

Finals will be aired on the Kapuso Network’s main channel, GMA-7, while viewers abroad can catch the action via GMA Pinoy TV. “We are excited that GMA Network is the new home of the NCAA. At the same time, we are grateful to the NCAA board for putting their trust in GMA to serve as a platform in showcasing the talented Filipino studentathletes,” GMA Network Chairman and CEO Felipe Gozon said. “The NCAA, the Philippines’s first and longest-running collegiate athletic league, is most happy and honored to enter into partnership with GMA Network Inc., the Philippines’s No. 1 TV network,” said Fr. Rector Clarence Victor Marquez, OP, Policy Board president of NCAA Season 96 and president of Letran. “We look forward with hope and excitement as we work together to form our young student-athletes to become the next champions and national athletes who will bring honor and glory to our beloved country, moving towards the league’s centennial year,” Marquez added. The network will also air action in volleyball, swimming and athletics. Annie Abad

uka Saso and Yuna Nishimura went toe-to-toe for the second straight day and wound up with identical 70s to remain tied for the lead in the Daio Paper ElleAir Ladies Open in Ehime Prefecture in Japan on Friday. Saso and Nishimura were locked atop the leaderboard with 135s, followed by Ayaka Furue and Minami Katsu who assembled similar 136s after a 68 and 71, respectively. Three others, including Sakura Koiwai, pooled 138s to guarantee an exciting chase heading into the last two rounds of the championship that offers a top purse of Y18 million from a total prize fund of Y100 million at the Elleair Golf Club Matsuyama. Saso and Nishimura, who matched six-under 65s Thursday that saw the Filipino-Japanese sizzle with 23 putts, failed to shake off each other in a fiery duel in cold, windy conditions. Nishimura birdied two of the first four holes and Saso countered with birdies on Nos. 3 and 6. The two-leg winner Saso bogeyed No. 5 and Nishimura dropped a shot at No. 8 and the duo headed to the last nine holes tied again. The International Container Terminal Services Inc.-backed Saso missed a good look for a birdie after her chip shot in the par-5 ninth green caught the slope of the fringe and barely rolled onto the green. But she went up with a birdie on No. 11 as Nishimura parred the first five holes at the back but the latter birdied the 15th to join the former in the lead again. They bogeyed the par-3 16th and parred the last two to arrange another faceoff in the pivotal third round. Katsu, champion here in 2018, shot a second 68 to earn a spot in the featured group as erstwhile leader Furue, coming off a playoff victory in last week’s Itoen Ladies, failed to sustain her opening 65 with a two-birdie, one double-bogey round for a 71. Korean Bae Seon Woo fired a 67 to lead the 138 scorers, including Na-Ri Lee, who carded a second 69, and Koiwai, who finally hit her stride and outshot Saso and Nishimura with a 68 after starting out with a 70. Seven others turned in 139s, four strokes behind, including Suzuhide Matsuda (70), Asako Fujimoto (70), Kana Nagai (66), Lee Min-Young (71), Ji Hee Lee (71), Yon Chae Young (70) and Earth Mondahmin Cup winner Ayaka Watanabe (68). But focus will be on Saso and Nishimura with the Player of Year and money race frontrunner seeking to become the first player to amass more than Y100 million with a victory this weekend. The Pinay rookie has raked in Y82.753 in earnings in 12 tournaments spiked by back-to-back victories at NEC Karuizawa and Nitori Ladies last August. But Nishimura, a rookie like Saso, has picked up her game after missing all but one cut in her first four tournaments, reaching peak form to win the Mitsubishi Electric crown before tying for ninth in Toto Classic.

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MANDARIN CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

FAN, SUNYAO Chinese

CHINESE SPEAKING CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

67.

WEI, BAOWEN Chinese

MANDARIN CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

68.

MANDARIN CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

HOU, JIA Chinese

CHINESE SPEAKING CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

YANG, GUANGLI Chinese

QIAO, HUANGYU Chinese

CHINESE SPEAKING CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

GLOBALLGA BUSINESS PROCESS OUTSOURCING Ground Level, Level 2-5 Floor Silver City 4, Ortigas East Ugong Pasig City

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE MANDARIN SPEAKING

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

34.

MYANMARI CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

XUE, BINGHUI Chinese

NGUYEN VAN TRUONG Vietnamese

CHINESE SPEAKING CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

SAI SAI Myanmari

129.

22.

LIU, HAIYING Chinese

88.

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE MANDARIN SPEAKING

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

CHINESE SPEAKING CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

ZHENG, SHAOLAN Chinese

21.

LIN, YUFENG Chinese

ZHOU, JIE Chinese

91.

FAREAST OUTSOURCE PROCESSING INC. 7th, 8th, 9th Flr. Nu Tower Moa Coral Way Brgy. 076 Pasay City

33.

87.

MANDARIN FIELD MARKETING OFFICER

NGUYEN TRONG HUNG Vietnamese

32.

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE MANDARIN SPEAKING

58.

31.

ZHANG, WENLI Chinese

XU, ZHENFANG Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

30.

86.

128.

LIU, XU Chinese

29.

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

CHINESE IT SUPPORT

20.

28.

ZENG, TAO Chinese

ZHANG, JINHONG Chinese

ELIAS CLARENCE TRADING INC. Unit Phc Chelsea Tower 1 Private Residences Sucat Muntinlupa City

CHINESE SPEAKING ADMIN ASSOCIATE

85.

90.

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

WANG, HAIBIN Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE MANDARIN SPEAKING

BAO, YANJIA Chinese

27.

84.

YANG, NENGXIANG Chinese

WU, JINGXIN Chinese

19.

CHINESE SPEAKING ADMIN ASSOCIATE

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

127.

57.

PU, HUAIQIU Chinese

YANG, TAO Chinese

CHINESE IT SUPPORT

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

26.

83.

LYU, CHANGHONG Chinese

ANG KAH SIANG Malaysian

ASTRALPOOL INC. Unit 25d 2/f Zeta Ii Bldg. 191 Salcedo St. San Lorenzo Makati City

82.

POSITION

89.

18.

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

81.

FOREIGN NATIONAL / NATIONALITY

FLYING DRAGON NETWORK PHILIPPINES INC. 4th-11th Floor Aseana 3 Building Aseana Avenue Corner Diosdado Macapagal Tambo Parañaque City 69.

CHEN, JINMING Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

70.

GAO, MENGZHOU Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

LI, XIANGXIANG Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

LI, FANGLIN Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

LI, YONGQIANG Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

71.

WU, LEI Chinese

CHINESE SPEAKING CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

72.

ZHANG, ZHEN Chinese

CHINESE SPEAKING CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

73.

106.

LIU, XUAN Chinese

CHINESE TRANSLATOR STAFF

HITACHI ASIA LTD. Unit 8 11/f Zuellig Bldg. Makati Ave Cor, Paseo De Roxas Urdaneta Makati City 143.

KATAGIRI, HIROSHI Japanese

GENERAL MANAGER

INFOSYS BPM LIMITED - PHILIPPINE BRANCH 19th-23rd Flr. Bgc Corporate Center 11th Ave. Corner 30th Sts. Taguig City 144.

MIRABAL INDRIAGO, DIEGO ALBERTO Venezuelan

PROCESS SPECIALIST

JSLINK INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 803-804 Ri-rance Building Aseana Enclave Aseana City Tambo Parañaque City 145.

XU, XINWEI Chinese

CONSULTANT

146.

ZENG, GANGBIN Chinese

CONSULTANT

MACH 86 TECHNOLOGIES CORP. 5th-13th Flr. Workspace Bldg. 1419 Industry St. Corner Finance St. Mbp Ayala Alabang Ayala-alabang Muntinlupa City

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MCKINSEY & CO., (PHILS.) 7th Floor Zuellig Bldg. Makati Avenue Cor. Paseo De Roxas Urdaneta Makati City 148.

BERGER, NOE Luxembourg

CONSULTANT

MEGA LIFESCIENCES LIMITED INC. 3/f Ace Bldg. 101-103 Rada St. San Lorenzo Makati City

NO.

FOREIGN NATIONAL / NATIONALITY

ESTABLISHMENT / ADDRESS POSITION

NO.

201.

ZHONG, XINLONG Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

202.

ZHOU, RUI Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

203.

ZHOU, WANG Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

204.

ZHU, ZHUANGBIN Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

205.

ZOU, XIUFENG Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

206.

ZUO, XINGXUAN Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

149.

GUPTA, DIVYE Indian

BUSINESS UNIT HEAD

150.

MAHALE, SANDIP NANABHAU Indian

BUSINESS UNIT HEAD

207.

AO, WEN Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

151.

JAIN, RAJEEV KUMAR Indian

COUNTRY MANAGER

208.

BI, WENQI Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

209.

CHEN, LONG Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

210.

CHEN, YINGJIE Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

211.

CHEN, GUANCHONG Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

212.

CHEN, AIZHU Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

213.

CHEN, HUAAN Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

214.

CHEN, WENBAO Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

215.

CHEN, LIANGFU Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

216.

CHEN, MINGFA Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

217.

DENG, GUIYAN Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

218.

DONG, XIAOFENG Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

MEGA-WEB TECHNOLOGIES INC. 6,7,8,9,10,11/f Met Live Bldg. Edsa Cor. Macapagal Blvd. Brgy. 076 Pasay City 152.

LUO, WEI Chinese

MANDARIN SPEAKING CUSTOMER RELATIONS SERVICE PROVIDER

153.

WANG, YONGQI Chinese

MANDARIN SPEAKING CUSTOMER RELATIONS SERVICE PROVIDER

154.

XIAO, HAO Chinese

MANDARIN SPEAKING CUSTOMER RELATIONS SERVICE PROVIDER

XU, ZHIQIN Chinese

MANDARIN SPEAKING CUSTOMER RELATIONS SERVICE PROVIDER

155.

MITSUI & CO. (ASIA PACIFIC) PTE. LTD. MANILA BRANCH 36/f Gt Tower International 6813 Ayala Avenue Bel-air Makati City 156.

YAEGASHI, TAKUMA Japanese

PROJECT MANAGER

MOA CLOUDZONE CORP. 4th-11th Flr. Nexgen Tower C4 Rd. Edsa Ext. Brgy. 076 Pasay City 157.

CHEN, HAO Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

219.

FU, TAO Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

158.

GU, YI Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

220.

GAO, YUAN Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

159.

HAN, MINXIANG Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

221.

GONG, MINGGANG Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

160.

HUANG, HUALIU Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

HUANG, JINLONG Chinese

222.

161.

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

GU, YU Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

162.

HUANG, MEI Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

223.

GU, ZONGBIN Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

163.

HUANG, YU Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

224.

GU, JIAWEN Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

164.

HUANG, YUZHEN Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

225.

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

165.

HUANG, ZHEN Chinese

GUO, DINGSONG Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

166.

JIANG, PENGKUO Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

226.

HAN, DONG Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

227.

HAO, JINGLIN Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

228.

HE, SHUAI Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

229.

HE, XIAOGANG Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

230.

HE, XING Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

167.

LI, YUAN Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

168.

LIN, HUILIANG Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

169.

LIU, JUN Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

170.

LONG, TAO Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

LUO, CHENXU Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

172.

LUO, WEI Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

173.

MA, HUANHUAN Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

174.

REN, JUANJUAN Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

175.

WANG, LINGANG Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

176.

WEN, GANG Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

177.

WU, KAIYU Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

178.

WU, HAIMING Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

WU, ZHITONG Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

171.

179. 180.

XIAO, HUA Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

181.

XIAO, TONG Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

182.

XIE, MEIFENG Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

183.

XU, YONGBIN Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

184.

XU, BIN Chinese

185.

XU, JIANXIANG Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

186.

XU, QUANLEI Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

187.

XU, XIANPENG Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

XU, ZHONGSHENG Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

188.

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

189.

YANG, YANG Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

190.

YANG, ZHENGSHUAI Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

191.

YONG, BANGSHU Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

192.

YUE, JUN Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

193.

ZHANG, CHAO Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

194.

ZHANG, JINMING Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

195.

ZHANG, QIANG Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

196.

ZHANG, SI Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

197.

ZHANG, ZERONG Chinese

198.

ZHANG, CHEN Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

199.

ZHAO, ZONGQIANG Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

200.

ZHENG, BINGHONG Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

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HU, CHANGZONG Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

232.

HUANG, YING Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

233.

HUANG, CHUNPING Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

234.

HUANG, HANQING Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

235.

HUANG, YONGLE Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

236.

HUANG, JIN Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

237.

JIAO, YANG Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

238.

LAN, CHEN Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

239.

LI, JUANJUAN Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

240.

LI, QI Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

241.

LI, TIANQI Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

242.

LI, DE Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

243.

LI, XIAOHEI Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

244.

LI, HAIFENG Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

245.

LI, KAI Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

246.

LI, HUICAI Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

247.

LI, CHAO Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

248.

LI, SONGBIAO Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

249.

LI, DA Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

250.

LI, PENG Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

251.

LI, JIANGYI Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

252.

LI, SUYAN Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

253.

LI, DONGMEI Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

ESTABLISHMENT / ADDRESS

FOREIGN NATIONAL / NATIONALITY

POSITION

NO.

FOREIGN NATIONAL / NATIONALITY

POSITION

254.

LIANG, JUNNING Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

302.

YANG, YUANYUAN Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

255.

LIANG, GUOYAO Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

303.

YANG, SHIHONG Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

256.

LIN, QIAN Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

304.

YANG, YA Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

257.

LIU, LIANG Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

305.

YANG, WEI Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

258.

LIU, DONGDONG Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

306.

YE, WANYUN Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

259.

LIU, KAI Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

307.

YIN, DONGXU Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

260.

LIU, LIN Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

308.

YOU, DESHUN Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

261.

LIU, CHENGUANG Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

309.

YU, HAIHANG Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

262.

LIU, CHAO Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

310.

ZHANG, XINYU Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

263.

LIU, ZHILING Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

311.

ZHANG, XINGLU Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

264.

LIU, XINPENG Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

312.

ZHANG, YITING Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

265.

LIU, SHENGHANG Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

313.

ZHANG, XUNLU Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

266.

LUO, CHENGXIN Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

314.

ZHANG, ZHAN Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

267.

LUO, XIANGFEI Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

315.

ZHAO, WEIZHONG Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

268.

LUO, JIANHUA Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

316.

ZHAO, PENG Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

269.

LUO, HAILIN Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

317.

ZHAO, YU Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

270.

LUO, JIANWEI Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

318.

ZHAO, XIUSHENG Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

271.

MENG, ZHENTAO Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

319.

ZHENG, XUTAO Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

272.

MO, XIONGFU Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

320.

ZHENG, CHAODI Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

273.

PAN, HUASEN Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

321.

ZHOU, LIANGHAN Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

274.

PENG, XIUMIAO Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

322.

ZHOU, YU Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

275.

QIN, CHUANCHUAN Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

323.

ZHOU, WENFENG Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

276.

REN, ZHIHAO Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

324.

ZHOU, ZHEN Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

277.

REN, XIANGYING Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

325.

ZHU, CHENGLONG Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

278.

SHEN, HENGHENG Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

326.

JEROME LAI JUN FOO Malaysian

MALAYSIAN CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

279.

SU, WEITING Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

327.

KENNY WONG SIE NGUONG Malaysian

MALAYSIAN CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

280.

SU, RONGHUANG Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

328.

AUNG KO MYAT Myanmari

MYANMARI CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

281.

SUN, XILONG Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

329.

AYE AYE YI @ WAN LIN YI Myanmari

MYANMARI CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

282.

TAN, HUA Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

330.

AYE LI Myanmari

MYANMARI CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

283.

WANG, RONGSHENG Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

331.

HNIN THIRI MAUNG Myanmari

MYANMARI CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

284.

WANG, YING Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

332.

HWE KYIN Myanmari

MYANMARI CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

285.

WANG, HUI Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

333.

KHIN THAN AYE Myanmari

MYANMARI CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

286.

WANG, LANLAN Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

334.

KYAN SONE PHEIN Myanmari

MYANMARI CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

287.

WANG, WENHUI Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

335.

LE AE TE Myanmari

MYANMARI CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

288.

WANG, CHUNHONG Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

336.

MAUNG MAUNG WIN Myanmari

MYANMARI CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

289.

WANG, CHAO Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

337.

MAY THAN Myanmari

MYANMARI CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

290.

WANG, WENXIN Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

338.

NANG PHONE MO Myanmari

MYANMARI CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

291.

WANG, XIUFEN Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

339.

SAI MAUNG MAUNG Myanmari

MYANMARI CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

292.

WU, JIAYI Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

340.

SANDAR HTWE Myanmari

MYANMARI CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

293.

WU, XIANGPING Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

341.

THET NAING MOE Myanmari

MYANMARI CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

294.

XIE, RUTING Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

342.

WANG XING HUAN Myanmari

MYANMARI CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

295.

XIE, DONGDONG Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

343.

WEN SOUT Myanmari

MYANMARI CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

296.

XIE, QICHI Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

344.

CHI QUANG MY Vietnamese

VIETNAMESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

297.

XING, YANQIU Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

345.

HOANG THI NGUYET Vietnamese

VIETNAMESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

298.

XU, QIAN Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

346.

LE THI HANH Vietnamese

VIETNAMESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

299.

XU, ZHONGWEI Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

347.

LE XUAN LOC Vietnamese

VIETNAMESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

300.

YAN, LANG Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

348.

NGUYEN HAI YEN Vietnamese

VIETNAMESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

301.

YANG, HONGBIN Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

349.

NGUYEN THANH TRUNG Vietnamese

VIETNAMESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

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POSITION

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350.

NGUYEN THI TUYET Vietnamese

VIETNAMESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

SOMI UNLIMITED SOLUTIONS, INC. 6/f Filinvest Cyberzone Bldg. Cbp1 Bay City Brgy. 076 Pasay City

351.

NGUYEN TRONG SY Vietnamese

VIETNAMESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

393.

ZHANG, JUNXIAN Chinese

CHINESE SPEAKING CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

352.

PHAM MAI CHI Vietnamese

VIETNAMESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

394.

CHAIARRI, PHIMPHISUT Thai

THAI CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

353.

PHAM THI HONG Vietnamese

VIETNAMESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

395.

JAIPANYA, JIRATCHAYA Thai

THAI CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

TRAN VAN HA Vietnamese

VIETNAMESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

396.

JOMPHOL, NIPAPHON Thai

THAI CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

397.

PANTA, SIRIWAN Thai

THAI CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE THAI CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

354.

POSITION

355.

TRAN VAN HUNG Vietnamese

356.

VONG CHAU NGUYET YEN Vietnamese

VIETNAMESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

398.

PITITAM, KENGKAJ Thai

357.

VU DINH TUNG Vietnamese

VIETNAMESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

399.

SULIWONG, CHITRAPON Thai

THAI CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

358.

VU VAN ANH Vietnamese

VIETNAMESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

400.

TAMSEERUM, CHANTHAPAT Thai

THAI CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

401.

WASHIRATEERARATTHAKHIT, MANATSANAN Thai

THAI CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

402.

YIMSAENG, CHOTIKA Thai

THAI CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

403.

CAO VAN ANH Vietnamese

VIETNAMESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

404.

CHU DINH VINH Vietnamese

VIETNAMESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

405.

DANG NGOC MAI Vietnamese

359.

VUONG QUANG MAI Vietnamese

VIETNAMESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

FOREIGN NATIONAL / NATIONALITY

VIETNAMESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

NEW ORIENTAL CLUB88 CORPORATION Sky Garage Bldg. Aseana Avenue, Entertainment City Tambo Parañaque City 360.

CHEN, WENQIANG Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

361.

DING, MENGSI Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

362.

GAO, MENGYAN Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

HE, XIONG Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

364.

MAO, SHUAI Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

365.

WANG, LAIFU Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

366.

WANG, LIDONG Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

367.

XIONG, SHANSHAN Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

368.

ZHAN, YIMIN Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

369.

ZHENG, XIAOLONG Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

370.

CHONG JUN YONG Malaysian

MALAYSIAN CUSTOMER SERVICE

371.

LI CHAN YONE Myanmari

MYANMARI CUSTOMER SERVICE

372.

NG SOO MENG Malaysian

MYANMARI CUSTOMER SERVICE

373.

THEIN MYINT Myanmari

MYANMARI CUSTOMER SERVICE

363.

OAMPI INC. 8/f 6780 Ayala Ave. Ayala Ave. San Lorenzo Makati City 374.

MEDINA LOPEZ, LUIS ANGEL Mexican

SPANISH CONTENT MODERATION ANALYST

OCEAN AND FOUNTAIN PARK PHILIPPINES, INC. The Boardwalk Behind Quirino Grandstand Luneta 072 Bgy. 666 Ermita Manila 375.

HETTIARACHCHI, HETTIARACHCHIGE DON RANUKA SRIDHARA Sri Lankan

EXECUTIVE CHEF

OPTIMORE INC. Unit 3-c 3/f Lpl Tower 112 Legaspi St. San Lorenzo Makati City 376. 377.

378.

379.

381.

CHINESE SPEAKING CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

382.

PEI, LEI Chinese

383.

ZHOU, KUN Chinese

PURCHASER

440.

WANG, YONGJIAN Chinese

PURCHASER

VAN GOGH BUSINESS PROCESS OUTSOURCING INC. 5/f Ayala Circuit Bpo-1 Bldg. Theater Drive Circuit Makati Carmona Makati City

LE VAN THIEN Vietnamese

VIETNAMESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

410.

NGO HOAI LINH Vietnamese

VIETNAMESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

411.

NGUYEN ANH DUC Vietnamese

VIETNAMESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

412.

NGUYEN DUY TRUC Vietnamese

413.

409.

VOLENDAY INC. U1406 14/f Pacific Star Bldg. Sen. Gil Puyat Cor. Makati Ave. Bel-air Makati City 444.

CAO, XIAOCUN Chinese

PROJECT CONTROL MANAGER

VPC CORPORATE SOLUTIONS INCORPORATED 11/f 100 West, Sen Gil Puyat Ave. Cor. Washington St. Pio Del Pilar Makati City

447.

LIN, YU-LUN Taiwanese

ADMIN SUPPORT SPECIALIST

448.

ZHENG, RENKUN Chinese

MARKETING SPECIALIST

WISHLAND SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY INC. 28/f Techzone Condo Corp. 213 Buendia Ave. San Antonio Makati City

451.

CHINESE LANGUAGE MARKETING STAFF

VIETNAMESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

452.

LU, ZHENGYOU Chinese

CHINESE LANGUAGE MARKETING STAFF

NGUYEN DUY TUNG Vietnamese

VIETNAMESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

453.

LUO, CHUNPING Chinese

CHINESE LANGUAGE MARKETING STAFF

414.

NGUYEN HOAI SON Vietnamese

VIETNAMESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

454.

ZHONG, ZHENDONG Chinese

CHINESE LANGUAGE MARKETING STAFF

415.

NGUYEN PHUC TOAN Vietnamese

VIETNAMESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

455.

ZHOU, GUOQIANG Chinese

CHINESE LANGUAGE MARKETING STAFF

416.

NGUYEN QUANG THACH Vietnamese

VIETNAMESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

456.

TRAN THI LE MY Vietnamese

VIETNAMESE LANGUAGE MARKETING STAFF

417.

NGUYEN THI DI Vietnamese

VIETNAMESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

3O BPO INCORPORATED 2/f Lcs Bldg South Super Highway San Andres Cor Diamante St 087 Bgy 803 Santa Ana Manila

418.

NGUYEN THI LUONG CHI Vietnamese

VIETNAMESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

457.

NGUYEN THI LY Vietnamese

VIETNAMESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

424.

VIETNAMESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

425.

TRAN MANH QUY Vietnamese

VIETNAMESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

JAKOBSEN, MATS EILIF Norwegian

CUSTOMER SERVICE AGENT NORWEGIAN

ACCENTURE, INC. 7f Robinsons Cybergate Tower 1 Pioneer St Mandaluyong City 458.

FOKOUA FEUKAM, DENYS Cameroonian

TRANSACTION PROCESSING ANALYST

459.

KIM, SOOHYUN South Korean

TRANSACTION PROCESSING ANALYST

460.

MUDOI, RUPA JAKHARIA Indian

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT MANAGER

461.

MUDOI, UZZAL KUMAR Indian

MANAGING DIRECTOR

462.

MUPPAGONI YALLAPPA, CHETHAN KUMAR Indian

BUSINESS EXCELLENCE ADVISORY MANAGER

463.

NGO DINH HUAN Vietnamese

SOFTWARE/ APPLICATION/ CLOUD TECH SUPPORT PROJECT EMPLOYEE

PARK, DA CHAN South Korean

CUSTOMER SERVICE ANALYST

427.

TRAN THI NGOC ANH Vietnamese

VIETNAMESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

465.

PATEL, UDYOG Indian

APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST

CHINESE SPEAKING CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

428.

TRAN THI THUYET Vietnamese

VIETNAMESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

466.

SEN, SAPTARSHI Indian

ANALYTICS ADVISORY MANAGER

429.

TRAN TRUNG BINH Vietnamese

VIETNAMESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

467.

YENKARLA BALA KRISHNA, RAJA NARESH Indian

APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT TEAM LEAD

LUO, BINTAOZHI Chinese

MANDARIN CUSTOMER SERVICE

386.

MO, YOUMING Chinese

MANDARIN CUSTOMER SERVICE

387.

WANG, SHAOPENG Chinese

MANDARIN CUSTOMER SERVICE

WANG, DONGYU Chinese

MANDARIN CUSTOMER SERVICE

RAINBOW PROMISE SOLUTIONS INC. Unit A 14/f B.a Lepanto Bldg. 8749 Paseo De Roxas Bel-air Makati City IT SUPPORT OFFICCER (CHINESE SPEAKING)

RIGHT CHOICE FINANCE CORP. 5e-1 Electra House Bldg. 115-117 Esteban Street San Lorenzo Makati City 390.

WANG, LIANGQING Chinese

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT OFFICER

391.

LAN, JIANXING Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SUPPORT CHINESE CUSTOMER SUPPORT

430.

TRIEU VAN HUNG Vietnamese

VIETNAMESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

431.

VO VAN DUAN Vietnamese

VIETNAMESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

432.

VUONG THU NHU QUYNH Vietnamese

VIETNAMESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

SPARVA INCORPORATED 7/f Insular Life Bldg. 6781 Ayala Ave., Cor. Paseo De Roxas Bel-air Makati City 433.

SISKA Indonesian

ACCOUNT OFFICER

STELLAR PHILIPPINES, INC. 24th Flr. Mdc-100 Bldg. J-garcia C5 Road Cor. Eastwood Ave. Bagumbayan 3 Quezon City 434.

JONES, TAJ ALEXANDER American

COMMUNICATION ASSISTANT

TANZILA TRADING INC. U-29 3/f Bac. Bagong Milenyo F.b. Harrison St. Brgy. 076 Pasay City 435.

SHIN, JINHO South Korean

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ANALYST

TOWER EDGE BUSINESS SUPPORT SERVICES INC. Units 1405-1406 14/f Cityland 10 Tower 2 154 H.v. Dela Costa St. Bel-air Makati City

476.

LUO, JIE Chinese

MANDARIN SPEAKING PROJECT SUPERVISOR

477.

WANG, LONGWEN Chinese

MANDARIN SPEAKING PROJECT SUPERVISOR

478.

ZHONG, WENHUI Chinese

MANDARIN SPEAKING SENIOR PROJECT SUPERVISOR

COMPUTER TECHNICAL SUPPORT SPECIALIST

LIANG, QIANG Chinese

PHAM VUONG NGOC Vietnamese

MANDARIN BUSINESS ASSISTANT

WANG, HONGCHUN Chinese

CHINESE LANGUAGE MARKETING STAFF

423.

XU, ZHENRONG Chinese

443.

LI, GUOXING Chinese

VIETNAMESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

475.

479.

450.

PHAM VAN TOT Vietnamese

CHINESE ACCOUNT MANAGER

COMPUTER TECHNICAL SUPPORT SPECIALIST

CHINESE LANGUAGE CUSTOMER SERVICE STAFF

422.

TANG, ZHAO Chinese

WANG, LIANGWEI Chinese

YUE, SICHENG Chinese

VIETNAMESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

474.

442.

449.

PHAM TIEN DAT Vietnamese

CHINA COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES PHILIPPINES CORPORATION 12/f One/neo Bldg 26th St. Cor 3rd Ave., Bgc Fort Bonifacio Taguig City

CIELO TALENT INC. 26/f Tower 2, Rcbc Plaza 6819 Ayala Ave. Bel-air Makati City

407.

VIETNAMESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

PRODUCT OWNER MANILA INFRASTRUCTURE CLOUD TEAM

COMPUTER TECHNICAL SUPPORT SPECIALIST

VIETNAMESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

HO DINH HAU Vietnamese

CRAWFORD, PHILIP IAN American

POSITION

WANG, SONG Chinese

DOAN THI XUAN NGA Vietnamese

408.

473.

FOREIGN NATIONAL / NATIONALITY

441.

CHINESE SPEAKING CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

385.

WANG, CAIBAO Chinese

439.

CHEN, HONG Chinese

426.

MANDARIN CUSTOMER SERVICE

392.

UNITOP GENERAL MERCHANDISE INC. 12th Floor, Ri Rance Bldg. Aseana City Tambo Parañaque City

464.

LAN, HAI Chinese

JIANG, XIAOMAO Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

VIETNAMESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

384.

389.

YANG, ZHOU Chinese

TRAN QUAY PHONG Vietnamese

PRIME GREAT COMPUTER TECHNOLOGIES INC. 3/f To 8/f, Nissan Sucat Zentrum Building 8390 Dr. A Santos Avenue Bf Homes Parañaque City

388.

438.

406.

421.

LIU, YI-HUI a.k.a. LIU, YI-HUEI Taiwanese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

WANFANG TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT, INC. 6-9/f Double Dragon Plaza Edsa Cor. Macapagal Ave. Brgy. 076 Pasay City

VIETNAMESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

CHINESE SPEAKING CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

FU, JIEFENG Chinese

VIETNAMESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

PHAM HONG QUAN Vietnamese

LI, XUE Chinese

437.

DO XUAN HUNG Vietnamese

VIETNAMESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

380.

TRIVES TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION Tower 4, Bayfort West Naia Garden Residence, Naia Road Tambo Parañaque City

VIETNAM - SPEAKING CUSTOMER SERVICE OFFICER

NGUYEN THI NGAT Vietnamese

POWERPORT DATA SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY INC. 16/f, 17/f, 18/f & 19/f Corporate Tower Alphaland, Makati Place, 7232 Ayala Avenue Extn. Bel-air Makati City

CHEVRON HOLDINGS INC. 35/f Yuchengco Tower, Rcbc Plaza 6819 Ayala Ave. Bel-air Makati City

PHAM TUAN ANH Vietnamese

420.

MANAGER RISK & CONTROLS

MANDARIN TRANSCRIBER - ACCOUNTS, FINANCE AND BUDGETING CONSULTANT

446.

MULTILINGUAL CUSTOMER SERVICE SPECIALIST

AHMED, MUHAMMAD Pakistani

NO.

VIETNAMESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

SKYUM, ANDREAS Danish

PMFTC INC. Plant C & D Champaca Ii Fortune Marikina City

WANG, TIANTIAN Chinese

POSITION

445.

419.

MANDARIN TECHNICAL SUPPORT MANAGER

436.

FOREIGN NATIONAL / NATIONALITY

VIETNAM - SPEAKING CUSTOMER SERVICE OFFICER

MULTILINGUAL CUSTOMER SERVICE SPECIALIST

ZHAO, LENGHUI Chinese

NO.

ESTABLISHMENT / ADDRESS

PHAM HUY HOANG Vietnamese

PEDERSEN, VIBEKE NØRGAARD Danish

OUTWIT, INC. 2/f Marvin Plaza 2153 Chino Roces Ave. Pio Del Pilar Makati City

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AEON FANTASY GROUP PHILIPPINES INC. 6/f Salustiana D. Ty Tower 104 Paseo De Roxas Cor. Perea St. San Lorenzo Makati City 468.

CHOSA, MANABU Japanese

PRESIDENT

ALLSECTECH MANILA, INC. 3rd Floor Market! Market! Mall Bonifacio Global City Taguig City 469.

MAMBETALIYEVA, ROZA Kazakh

BILINGUAL CSR

ALORICA TELESERVICES, INC. 12/f, Three Cyberpod Centris - South Tower Eton Centris Edsa Corner Quezon Avenue Brgy Pinyahan, Diliman District Quezon City 470.

KOHLI, TANUJ Indian

SR. DIRECTOR, OPERATIONS

AMDOCS PHILIPPINES INC. 23/f, 25th And 26th Floors Eco Tower 32nd St. Cor. 9th Ave. Bonifacio Global City Fort Bonifacio Taguig City 471.

MOHAGAONKAR, SHRUTI RAHUL Indian

BUSINESS ANALYST

ASIAN TERMINALS, INC. Ati Head Office A Bonifacio Dr 068 Brgy. 652 Port Area Manila 472.

BAKKA, RAMULU VENKATESH Indian

CLIENT REPRESENTATIVE

PEREIRA, RAY ANTHONY American

VICE PRESIDENT DELIVERY CENTER

COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS PHILIPPINES, INC. 5th And 6th Floors, 8/10 Upper Mckinley Building Mckinley Hill Cyberpark Fort Bonifacio Taguig City 480.

NARULA, GAGAN Indian

SERVICE DELIVERY MANAGER

CONCENTRIX CVG PHILIPPINES, INC. 25/f Ayala North Exchange Tower 2, 6796 Ayala Ave. Cor. Salcedo & Amorsolo Streets Makati City 481.

KANGA, KOUAKOU HYACINTHE Ivorian

ADVISOR II, TECHNICAL SUPPORT

482.

PEÑA ARGIBAY, JORGE Spanish

TECHNICAL SUPPORT ASSOCIATE II

CSSCORP ICT SERVICES, INC. 3rd Flr. Bonifacio Technology Center 31st. Corner 2nd Avenue Crescent Park Bonifacio City Fort Bonifacio Taguig City 483.

SANYAL, PRITHWIRAJ Indian

DIRECTOR - PMO

CUSHMAN & WAKEFIELD PHILIPPINES INC. Unit 901 & 906 9th Flr Ecotower 32nd St. Cor. 9th Ave., Bonifacio Global 484.

HYAMS, STEPHEN CHARLES Australian

PROJECT DIRECTOR

EXLSERVICE PHILIPPINES, INC. 6th Floor, One E-com Center Harbor Drive Mall Of Asia Complex Pasay City 485.

RAJAGOPALAN, MAHESH Indian

SENIOR ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT - QUALITY AND PROCESS EXCELLENCE

486.

PRADHAN, JAIDEEP ANIL Indian

SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND GEOGRAPHY HEAD FOR PHILIPPINES & AMERICA

487.

VERMA, SHASHANK Indian

VICE PRESIDENT & HEAD OF HEALTHCARE AND CX DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

488.

SEN, DIPTO Indian

VICE PRESIDENT - FINANCE

FIN FORK GLOBAL TECH INC. Unit 11-a 11/f Country Space 1 Bldg Sen. Gil Puyat Ave. Bel-air Makati City 489.

ZOU, DEMING Chinese

MANDARIN SPEAKING BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

490.

SUN, ZHIHUA Chinese

MANDARIN SPEAKING IT SPECIALIST

FLYING DRAGON NETWORK PHILIPPINES INC. 4th-11th Floor Aseana 3 Building Aseana Avenue Corner Diosdado Macapagal Tambo Parañaque City 491.

LI, FUSHENG Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

492.

YU, GUANNAN Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

493.

ZHU, HUILING Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

FOOD PANDA PHILIPPINES, INC. 29/f Pacific Star Bldg. Sen. Gil Puyat Ave. Cor. Makati Ave. Bel-air Makati City 494.

MAROGY, DANIEL YOUSIF EDWARD British

MANAGING DIRECTOR

FUTURENET AND TECHNOLOGY CORP. Unit 2104 Robinsons Equitable Tower Adb Avenue, Ortigas Center San Antonio Pasig City 495.

CHEN, XIN Chinese

PROJECT COORDINATOR

496.

FENG, QINGTAO Chinese

PROJECT COORDINATOR

497.

JIANG, WENZHE Chinese

PROJECT COORDINATOR

498.

LIN, YIHUAN Chinese

PROJECT COORDINATOR

499.

LUO, CHENG Chinese

PROJECT COORDINATOR

500.

WU, JIANHANG Chinese

PROJECT COORDINATOR

501.

CHEN, LINGYUN Chinese

TECHNOLOGY ADVISOR

502.

FU, JIAJIN Chinese

TECHNOLOGY ADVISOR

503.

QIU, XIANGJING Chinese

TECHNOLOGY ADVISOR

504.

XIE, QI Chinese

TECHNOLOGY ADVISOR

GERMAN-PHILIPPINE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY, INC. 8/f Dohle Haus Manila 30-38 Sen. Gil J. Puyat Ave. San Isidro Makati City 505.

GATICA CARRASCO, FRANCISCA JAVIERA Chilean

CONSULTANT

HSBC ELECTRONIC DATA PROCESSING (PHILIPPINES) INC. Filinvest One Building Alabang Zapote Road, Northgate Cyberzone Filinvest City, Alabang Muntinlupa City 506.

RIM ELSAYED ABDO ABOHEGAB Egyptian

VICE PRESIDENT - HUMAN RESOURCES / HEAD OF HUMAN RESOURCES

HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES PHILS. INC. U-5302, 53/f Pbcom Tower 6795 Ayala Ave., Cor., V.a. Rufino St. Bel-air Makati City 507.

WANG , YE Chinese

ACCOUNT DIRECTOR FOR PHILIPPINE LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE (PLDT) COMPANY

508.

ZHOU, ZHIJIAN Chinese

NETWORK SOLUTION SALES MANAGER FOR PLDT TRANSPORT NETWORK TRANSFORMATION PROJECT

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509.

510.

511.

FOREIGN NATIONAL / NATIONALITY YEE JUN YAO Malaysian

YU, CONG Chinese

WANG, JING Chinese

ESTABLISHMENT / ADDRESS POSITION PROJECT FINANCE CONTROLLER FOR PHILIPPINES DITO FULL TURNKEY PROJECT TECHNICAL AND RISK MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST FOR GLOBE COLLABORATION, WORKSPACE, AND REALIZATION (CWR)PROJECT. TECHNICAL DIRECTOR FOR PHILIPPINES UNIONBANK NETWORK PROJECT

ICTSI LTD. - ROHQ Ictsi Bldg. South Access Rd Mict Cmplx North Harbor Tondo I/ii Manila 512.

HIBBERT, BRIAN MARK British

VICE PRESIDENT, CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER

IKANO (PHILIPPINES), INC. U-17b 17/f, 8 Rockwell Bldg. Hidalgo Drive, Rockwell Center Poblacion Makati City 513.

514.

VON BODUNGEN, MAXIMILIAN HANS CHRISTIAN Swedish

LOCAL MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER

VON BODUNGEN, MAXIMILIAN HANS CHRISTIAN Swedish

LOCAL MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER

INFOVINE INC. 9/f Y Tower, Moa Complex Coral Way Drive Cor. Macapagal Brgy. 076 Pasay City

NO.

ESTABLISHMENT / ADDRESS

FOREIGN NATIONAL / NATIONALITY

POSITION

NO.

561.

LINCE Indonesian

CHINESE SPEAKING BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE

562.

LIU, YANG Chinese

CHINESE SPEAKING BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE

563.

OUYANG , QIDI Chinese

CHINESE SPEAKING BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE

564.

WANG, KAI Chinese

565.

YE, LURONG Chinese

POSITION

657.

ZOU , HONGWEI Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

658.

ELLA GUSTIANA Indonesian

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

LIN , JILAN Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

659.

LY, CUN IN Vietnamese

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

600.

LIN , XUEYING Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

660.

PEK JUN SHENG Malaysian

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

CHINESE SPEAKING BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE

601.

OUYANG , LYU Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

SODEXO BENEFITS AND REWARDS SERVICES PHILIPPINES, INC. 11/f Ba Lepanto Bldg. Paseo De Roxas Bel-air Makati City

CHINESE SPEAKING BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE

602.

WANG , ZHIYU Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

661.

603.

WEI , NING Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

604.

WENG, XIAOYI Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

605.

WU , CHUCHENG Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

606.

WU , TAO Chinese

607.

ALEX SALIM Indonesian

CHINESE SPEAKING DATA ENTRY CLERK

567.

BAO, KUIJIAN Chinese

CHINESE SPEAKING DATA ENTRY CLERK

568.

HELIANTO Indonesian

CHINESE SPEAKING GRAPHIC DESIGNER

LI , HUA Chinese

CHINESE SPEAKING GRAPHIC DESIGNER

570.

CHANG, YEW NAM Malaysian

CHINESE SPEAKING PROGRAM DESIGNER

571.

LIU , BEIBEI Chinese

CHINESE SPEAKING PROGRAM DESIGNER

CHEN , DUO Chinese

CHINESE SPEAKING BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE

516.

FANG, RONGJIAN Chinese

CHINESE SPEAKING BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE

517.

HUANG, ZHIMIN Chinese

CHINESE SPEAKING BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE

573.

ITASIA INDUSTRIES CORP. Unit Ug9 Cityland 8 Condo. 98 Sen. Gil Puyat Ave. Pio Del Pilar Makati City

515.

572.

ZHAO, JIAN Chinese ZHENG, DA-YUAN Taiwanese

CHINESE SPEAKING BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE CHINESE SPEAKING PROGRAM DESIGNER

518.

JI , ZHIXIANG Chinese

CHINESE SPEAKING BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE

519.

JIA , JIANXI Chinese

CHINESE SPEAKING BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE

520.

LAI , TING Chinese

CHINESE SPEAKING BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE

521.

LI , CHAOFENG Chinese

CHINESE SPEAKING BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE

522.

LIN, JIE Chinese

CHINESE SPEAKING BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE

523.

LU, KEDAN Chinese

CHINESE SPEAKING BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE

524.

PANG, YI Chinese

CHINESE SPEAKING BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.- PHILIPPINE GLOBAL SERVICE CENTER 23/f Net Plaza 31st St. E-square Zone Fort Bonifacio Taguig City

525.

TAN HAO JIE Malaysian

CHINESE SPEAKING BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE

576.

526.

TSAI, JIE-QUAN a.k.a. TSAI, CHI-FENG Taiwanese

CHINESE SPEAKING BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE

527.

WANG, JUN Chinese

CHINESE SPEAKING BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE

528.

XU, YONGQIN Chinese

CHINESE SPEAKING BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE

FAN , YINGTAO Chinese

CHINESE SPEAKING CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

530.

LIANG, SHENGHONG Chinese

CHINESE SPEAKING CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

531.

SHAO, BO Chinese

CHINESE SPEAKING CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

532.

TSENG, HSIU-MING Taiwanese

CHINESE SPEAKING CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

533.

WANG, XIAORONG Chinese

CHINESE SPEAKING CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

529.

534.

ZHAO, WENJUN Chinese

574.

MAZZOCCO, ALESSANDRO Italian

BOARD OF DIRECTOR

JOHN CLEMENTS CONSULTANTS, INC. 12b Lkg Tower 6801 Ayala Ave. Bel-air Makati City 575.

MERA PALERMO , LUCIANO Spanish

SIDDIQUI, SALMAN AHMED Indian

LATIN AMERICA CARRIBEAN (LAC) BI-LINGUAL MEMBER SERVICE - REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION

STRATEGY & PLANNING LEAD, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOREXEMPT

JT INTERNATIONAL (PHILIPPINES) INC. Penthouse, W Office Building 28th St. Cor. 11th Avenue Fort Bonifacio Taguig City 577.

THOMAS, RACHEL CLAIRE British

FINANCE CONTROLLER

KOREA COPYRIGHT COMMISSION - MANILA OFFICE INC. 12/f Jaka Bldg. 6780 Ayala Ave. San Lorenzo Makati City 578.

LEE , TAE JIN Korean

REGIONAL DIRECTOR

LARSEN & TOUBRO INFOTECH LIMITED Units 2024, 2026, 2027, 2028, & 2030, 20f Zuellig Bldg. Makati Ave. Cor. Paseo De Roxas Makati City 579.

ADABALA, DURGA SRINU Indian

SENIOR ASSOCIATE CONSULTANT

LIZARDBEAR TASKING INC. 17th To 20th Floors, Twenty Four Seven Mckinley Building 24th Street And Seventh Avenue Fort Bonifacio Taguig City 580.

KHANOM, NATTAPAT Thai

CHINESE SPEAKING CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

MANDARIN SPEAKING MARKETING SPECIALIST

535.

CHEN, SUPEI Chinese

CHINESE SPEAKING DATA ENTRY CLERK

581.

536.

KE, XIANXIN Chinese

CHINESE SPEAKING DATA ENTRY CLERK

MELCO RESORTS LEISURE (PHP) CORPORATION City Of Dreams Aseana Ave. Cor. Roxas Blvd. Tambo Parañaque City

537.

LAI HUEY SENG Malaysian

CHINESE SPEAKING DATA ENTRY CLERK

582.

538.

LI, MENGFEI Chinese

CHINESE SPEAKING DATA ENTRY CLERK

OCEANAGOLD (PHILIPPINES), INC. 2/f Cjv Bldg. 108 Aguirre St., Legaspi Village San Lorenzo Makati City

539.

ZHOU, YULUN Chinese

CHINESE SPEAKING DATA ENTRY CLERK

AUDI HAYUN BUDIMAN Indonesian

FOREIGN NATIONAL / NATIONALITY

POSITION

NO.

597.

JIAO , JIAO Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

598.

LI , SHINONG Chinese

599.

EXECUTIVE CHEF

HERBIL, ALEX French

HEAD OF CUSTOMER SUCCESS MANAGEMENT

SUTHERLAND GLOBAL SERVICES PHILIPPINES, INC. 12th Floor Philplans Corporate Center Kalayaan Avenue & Triangle Drive Fort Bonifacio Taguig City 662.

VERNEKAR , NIKHIL DAMODAR Indian

MANAGER-WORKFORCE PLANNING

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

663.

SWARUP, ARVIND RAVI Indian

DIRECTOR - CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE

XU, WENLING Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

664.

CHELLAPPA, DIVINE PARMENAS Indian

SENIOR DIRECTOR - SERVICE DELIVERY MANAGEMENT

608.

YANG , ANDONG Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

609.

ZHANG , DONGJIE Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

TAIWAN COOPERATIVE BANK-MANILA OFFSHORE BANKING BRANCH 26/f Citibank Tower Cor Valero & Villar Sts. Bel-air Makati City

610.

ZHANG , RUNDONG Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

611.

ZHUANG , MEIFANG Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

TELUS INTERNATIONAL PHILIPPINES, INC. Units 23/f, 31st/f - 37th/f Discovery Centre Adb Avenue, Ortigas Center San Antonio Pasig City

612.

GAO, YANG Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

666.

613.

HUANG, XUHUI Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

614.

HUANG, YANPING Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

615.

HUANG, YUEJIAO Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

667.

616.

LI, JIAJIE Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

617.

LIAO, ZHENZHI Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

THE JIANGSU MUYANG GROUP CO., LTD.-PHILIPPINE REPRESENTATIVE OFFICE Unit 2005, 20/f Jollibee Plaza Cond. Don F. Ortigas Jr. Rd. Ortigas Ctr. San Antonio Pasig City

618.

LIN, LIFA Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

668.

CHEN, CHAO Chinese

PROJECT SPECIALIST

619.

OU, HU Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

669.

FAN, CHUANJUN Chinese

PROJECT SPECIALIST

620.

PAN, YONG Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

621.

SU, CHUNXING Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

622.

SU, SHENGWEI Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

623.

TRUONG THI BAO THU Vietnamese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

624.

WEI, YU Chinese

665.

LIN, SHIH-CHUAN Taiwanese

NINKWANGO FEUJIO, CATHEL MICHELE Cameroonian

VP & GEN. MANAGER

FRENCH OPERATIONS CSR

THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED - PHILIPPINE BRANCH 3058 Hsbc Center 5th Ave. West Fort Bonifacio Taguig City LUTTERLOCH, IAN RICHARD British

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

TOYOTA COROLLA SAPPORO PHILIPPINES HOLDINGS INC. 256 Batangas North St. Ayala Alabang Village Ayala Alabang Muntinlupa City 670.

ITO, ERI Japanese

EXECUTIVE ASSISSTANT

VAN GOGH BUSINESS PROCESS OUTSOURCING INC. 5th to 8th Flr. SM Southmall Tower 2, Alabang Zapote Rd., Almanza 671.

YANG, XIUTAO Chinese

IT TECHNICAL MANDARIN

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

672.

FU, YUANBO Chinese

IT TECHNICAL MANDARIN

625.

XIANG, XIAOGANG Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

673.

HU, ZHI Chinese

IT TECHNICAL MANDARIN

626.

YI, JINLIAN Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

674.

MA, ZONGYANG Chinese

IT TECHNICAL MANDARIN

627.

ZHANG, DONGGE Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

675.

XIE, CAIJI Chinese

IT TECHNICAL MANDARIN

628.

ZHAO, XIANG Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

676.

ZENG, LINLIN Chinese

IT TECHNICAL MANDARIN

629.

ZHOU, XINGRONG Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

630.

ZHU, DEZHOU Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

631.

CAI , MINGMING Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

632.

CHANG , YANWU Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

633.

CHEN , WEIYAO Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

634.

CHEN , YIBIAO Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

635.

CHEN , ZIQUAN Chinese

636.

TEAMMATE (MULTILINGUAL)

LUCKY365 CONSULTING LIMITED CORP. U/18a 18/f 18/f Trafalgar Plaza 105 H.v. Dela Costa St. Bel-air Makati City ZHOU, XINMENG Chinese

ESTABLISHMENT / ADDRESS FOREIGN NATIONAL / NATIONALITY

566.

569.

www.businessmirror.com.ph

WANFANG TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT, INC. 6-9/f Double Dragon Plaza Edsa Cor. Macapagal Ave. Brgy. 076 Pasay City 677.

CHOLLADA, SEEKOAW Thai

ADMIN SUPPORT SPECIALIST

678.

LAN, PENG-XIANG Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

679.

HUANG, MING-YEN Taiwanese

TECHNICAL SUPPORT SPECIALIST

680.

JULARAT, LEE Thai

THAI CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

ZTE PHILIPPINES INC. Units C&d, 20/f Bpi-philamlife Makati 6811 Ayala Ave. Bel-air Makati City 681.

JING, WEN Chinese

HEALTH AND WELLNESS ASST.

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

682.

WANG, XINFENG Chinese

HEALTH AND WELLNESS SUPERVISOR

CHEN, QIXIANG Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

683.

DUAN, JIE Chinese

LOGISTICS MANAGER

637.

CUI , HAIJIAN Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

638.

GAO , QI Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

PMFTC INC. Plant C & D Champaca Ii Fortune Marikina City

639.

GONG , WENGEN Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

583.

NORMAN, BRADLEY DEAN Australian

STRATEGY CONSULTANT

540.

CHANG , CHEN-WEI Taiwanese

CHINESE SPEAKING GRAPHIC DESIGNER

541.

CHIANG, YAN-TING Taiwanese

CHINESE SPEAKING GRAPHIC DESIGNER

542.

EFENDY Indonesian

CHINESE SPEAKING GRAPHIC DESIGNER

543.

LIU, CHUANBING Chinese

CHINESE SPEAKING GRAPHIC DESIGNER

544.

SANDOLA Indonesian

CHINESE SPEAKING GRAPHIC DESIGNER

585.

AMMAR, MUHAMMAD Pakistani

MAINTENANCE LEAD TRAINEE

640.

GU, WEIHONG Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

545.

XIONG, YI Chinese

CHINESE SPEAKING GRAPHIC DESIGNER

586.

AHMED, HASEEB Pakistani

PROCESS LEAD TRAINEE

641.

GUO, WEN Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

546.

YAN, SHUNXIN Chinese

CHINESE SPEAKING GRAPHIC DESIGNER

642.

HUANG , YANQING Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

547.

ZENG , XIANYONG Chinese

CHINESE SPEAKING GRAPHIC DESIGNER

587.

643.

HUANG , SHUYUN Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

548.

CHAU VAN VI Vietnamese

CHINESE SPEAKING PROGRAM DESIGNER

644.

HUANG , LEILEI Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

549.

DONG, GUOPING Chinese

CHINESE SPEAKING PROGRAM DESIGNER

SANDIGAN SHIP SERVICES, INCORPORATED 9/f Salustiana Dee Ty Tower 104 Paseo De Roxas Cor. Perea Sts. San Lorenzo Makati City

645.

JIANG , XIAOKANG Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

550.

LIU, LI Chinese

CHINESE SPEAKING PROGRAM DESIGNER

646.

LI , JIANHUA Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

551.

MAO, DAWEI Chinese

CHINESE SPEAKING PROGRAM DESIGNER

647.

LU, ZHONGKANG Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

552.

XU, FANGYUAN Chinese

CHINESE SPEAKING PROGRAM DESIGNER

648.

LUO, JUN Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

553.

YU, PO-HUNG Taiwanese

CHINESE SPEAKING PROGRAM DESIGNER

649.

MO, SHUAI Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

554.

CHEN, GANG Chinese

CHINESE SPEAKING BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE

650.

TANG, YUDONG Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

555.

CHONG YEE HUAT Malaysian

CHINESE SPEAKING BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE

651.

WANG , LIJIA Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

556.

HAO, YUNMAO Chinese

CHINESE SPEAKING BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE

652.

YANG, SHUAI Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

557.

HU, GUIXIU Chinese

CHINESE SPEAKING BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE

653.

YANG, DAJUN Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

558.

HUANG , HAIWEI Chinese

CHINESE SPEAKING BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE

559.

KANG, YANG Chinese

CHINESE SPEAKING BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE

560.

LI, BITONG Chinese

CHINESE SPEAKING BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE

OPTUM GLOBAL SOLUTIONS (PHILIPPINES), INC. 6th To 10th Floors, Science Hub Tower 1 Mckinley Hill Fort Bonifacio Taguig City 584.

JUYAL, ARUN Indian

SENIOR DIRECTOR OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE

PROCTER & GAMBLE PHILIPPINES, INC. 10f Net Park 5th Ave., Crescent Park West Fort Bonifacio Taguig City

588.

RAMACHANDRAN, VIGNESH Singaporean

SAKIMURA, KOICHI Japanese

PURCHASE GROUP MANAGER-PHILIPPINES

PRESIDENT/CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

SINGAPORE ADVANTEC PHILIPPINE REPRESENTATIVE OFFICE 7f Maripola Bdlg. 109 Perea St. San Lorenzo Makati City 589.

ANDIKA PRAMUDITA Indonesian

SALES EXECUTIVE

SITEL PHILIPPINES CORPORATION Ortigas Home Depot Julia Vargas Ave. Ugong Pasig City 590.

YOON, AEYEONG Korean

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

591.

YOO, DONG RAK Korean

DIGITAL SPECIALIST

SKY DRAGON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES CORP. # 103 Mezzanine Floor Edsa Mandaluyong City 592.

CHEN , WENHAI Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

593.

CHEN , HUAJIAN Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

594.

CHEN , WEI Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

654.

ZHOU , GUANGZONG Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

595.

CHEN , SONGHAI Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

655.

ZHOU, FENLAN Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

596.

JIA , DONGQIANG Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

656.

ZHU , XIAOLEI Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

*Date Generated: Nov 20, 2020 & June 16 to June 29, 2020 In the ad material of Notice of Filing of Application for Alien Employment Permits published on November 12, 2020, the name of Natalia Angel under GLOBAL B2B CONSULTANCY, INC., should have been read as Angel Natalia and not as published. In the ad material of Notice of Filing of Application for Alien Employment Permits published on November 19, 2020, the name of Li, Zhixong and Liu, Han under GLOBALLGA BUSINESS PROCESS OUTSOURCING, should have been read as Li, Zhixiong and Liu, Huan respectively and not as published. In the ad material of Notice of Filing of Application for Alien Employment Permits published on November 20, 2020, the name of Lin, Quihong under NEW ORIENTAL CLUB88 CORPORATION, should have been read as Lin, Qiuhong and not as published. 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-NCR Regional Office located at DOLE-NCR Building, 967 Maligaya St., Malate Manila, within 30 days after this publication. Please inform DOLE-NCR if you have any information on criminal offense committed by the foreign nationals. ATTY. SARAH BUENA S. MIRASOL REGIONAL DIRECTOR