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ARMI TRENAS: In order to attract the right talent back to the Philippines, the needs of the whole family have to be considered.photo by Ma. Esther Salcedo-Posadas ARMI Stephanie Treñas is a globe-trotting Filipino human resources consultant. She is the founder, president and principal consultant of Learning and Performance Partners Inc. (LPPI). She has been traveling since 2009 to African countries like Sudan, Chad, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo in order to conduct human resource training programs for the United Nations Defense Peacekeeping Organization. Another client, Southeast Asian Association of Central Bankers has also referred her services to other companies in the region (Malaysia, Singapore, and Cambodia). Her key learning and development programs include three courses: foundation of instructional design, evaluating training results and courseware development workshops. She is also the first certified talent economist in the Philippines, a program popularized by Gyan Nagpal, author of the book Talent Economics: The Fine Line Between Winning and Losing the Global War for Talent.” LPPI is currently preparing for the upcoming Certified Talent Economist program to be held on June 3 to 5. (Details are available at www.learnperformance.com) Talent economics “Talent economics teaches that we have to look at talent as a resource, especially at this time when we are competing for talent,” says Treñas. She explains that some companies recruit only to end up losing talent later because they did not look at it strategically. She continues, “For example, a lot of companies would bank so much on retirement Read More …

MANILA, Philippines — There is now a recommendation in the Senate to  summon officials of the Department of Foreign Affairs  (DFA) amid talks of the reported involvement  of the United States in the Mamasapano operation last January 25, 2015, Senator Grace Poe said on Tuesday. While there was no motion yet to call the US Embassy in Manila to appear before the Senate probe on the incident, Poe said a suggestion was raised during an executive hearing to instead summon the officials of the DFA. “Sa ngayon wala pa namang nagmo-motion na ipatawag sila at meron ng suhestyon na ipatawag ang DFA para ma eksplika ang mga kasunduan ng ating bansa  sa mga ganitong klaseng pagtutulungan,”  she told reporters  on  Tuesday. (Right now, there are no motions yet to summon them, but there have been suggestions to summon DFA (officials) for them to explain the country’s agreements when it comes to collaborations like this.) “Tatapatin ko kayo (I am going to tell you the truth). We have to be very careful for it involves also diplomatic relations. We want peaceful ties with countries, we want their cooperation to be able to help us secure ourselves as well. We’re not trying to make more enemies in this thing but we also have to be accountable.” “So when it comes to that, it is not because we are trying to hide the information from you, we are just being careful. But we are with you in wanting to know the extent of foreign involvement because if there’s nothing Read More …

NEW YORK—More global journalism organizations on Friday signed on to protections for freelance and local correspondents who face increasingly deadly dangers in the field. The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines, the Guardian News and Media group and Newsweek were the latest to agree to a set of “principles and practices” that was launched on Thursday evening at the Columbia University School of Journalism. Media and advocacy groups including The Associated Press, Reuters, Agence France-Presse, Bloomberg, the BBC and the Committee to Protect Journalists all say “news organizations have a moral responsibility to support journalists to whom they give assignments in dangerous areas.” The recent beheadings of Japanese journalist Kenji Goto and American journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff by Islamic State extremists are some of the most visible examples of the risks to correspondents on the ground. Creators of the principles said the list of organizations signing on, now numbering about 30, should grow steadily as word of their global campaign spreads. “Everyone who signed understands what we see day in and day out, that dangers to freelancers on assignment is actually a danger to the press to do its job,” said Bruce Shapiro, executive director of the New York-based Dart Center for Journalism & Trauma. Of the 61 journalists killed around the world last year because of their work, 13 were freelancers, the Committee to Protect Journalists said. Reporters without Borders, which signed on to the new guidelines, listed at least seven freelancers among its count of Read More …

MANILA, Philippines–Despite significant advancements in recent years, many countries in Southeast Asia still face the triple burden of malnutrition—undernourishment, micronutrient deficiencies and obesity. To address malnutrition, the Philippines’ National Nutrition Council will host the 2nd Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Nutrition Surveillance Workshop-Conference to pursue the establishment of the Asean Nutrition Surveillance System, where delegates from the 10 Asean member-states will meet on Feb. 24 to 28, in Makati City. The project under the program, “Asean Collaborative Project on Nutrition,” aims to promote the sharing of information on challenges and good practices in improving nutrition, measuring progress using key indicators, and harmonized methodology toward attainment of regional and global goals through an Asean Nutrition Surveillance System Strategic Plan. Its key activities from 2015-2020 include capacity-building on data analysis, interpretation and dissemination, data standardization and nutrition data dictionary, resource generation, among other things. This process of nutritional surveillance can facilitate decision-making in relation to current and future policies, and direct targeting for health, nutrition and general development programs. Surveillance information can be utilized to promote actions that will alleviate or prevent malnutrition in the Asean region. Participants include delegates from the Asean member states: Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Burma (Myanmar), Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and the Philippines. Disclaimer: The comments uploaded on this site do not necessarily represent or reflect the views of management and owner of INQUIRER.net. We reserve the right to exclude comments that we deem to be inconsistent with our editorial standards. To subscribe to the Philippine Read More …