MANILA, May 23 — Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III and New Zealand Ambassador to the Philippines Peter Kell have discussed possible bilateral cooperation arrangements that would allow the Bureau of Customs (BOC) and the Social Security System (SSS) to tap New Zealand’s expertise on.
Published May 19, 2021, 9:42 AM
The Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Council for Industry, Energy, and Emerging Technology Research and Development (DOST-PCIEERD) has creatively enticed Filipinos who wish to learn data science and analytics to be part of its Smarter Philippines through Data Analytics, Research and Development, Training and Adoption (SPARTA) program.
DOST-PCIEERD’s Facebook page
The DOST-PCIEERD extended its felicitations to the newly crowned Miss Universe and at the time, campaigned for its project, which seeks to upgrade the skills of an initial 30,000 workers in data science, data analytics, artificial intelligence (AI), and other related fields by 2022.
“A software engineer conquered the Universe. Congratulations Engr. Andrea Meza,” read the DOST-PCIEERD’s Facebook post.
I have known some graduates of the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) whom I consider brilliant, including some classmates and faculty colleagues at the Asian Institute of Management.I have known some graduates of the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) whom I consider brilliant, including some classmates and faculty colleagues at the Asian Institute of Management.
PHILIPPINE STAR/ MIGUEL DE GUZMAN
An outstanding classmate in college used to say “whatever is worth doing is worth doing well.” Truly, she adhered to her motto and topped the class. At the time, and even later, Singapore and Korea were backwoods countries, and the Philippines looked like the next candidate for getting into the First World.
Today, our grade school students are ranking at the bottom among almost a hundred tested countries in reading, science, and mathematics. Our government’s performance against the COVID-19 pandemic is pathetic compared to those of erstwhile less developed countries like Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia, countries bordering China where the coronavirus originated. We have a police chief, the head of the law enforcement agency, violating pandemic protocols, being allowed to stay in office. A health secretary who has been exposed as having conflicts of interest as a government official doing business with the government while still in office. A Solic