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30k Filipinos upgrade skills in artificial intelligence through DOST SPARTA
SPARTA seeks to retool the skills of Filipinos to adapt to advancing needs in technology. Image from SPARTA.
Thirty thousand Filipinos are upgrading their skills in artificial intelligence, automation, data science, data analytics, and related fields through the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Smarter Philippines through Data Analytics Research and Development, Training and Adoption (SPARTA) project.
With the rapid growth of artificial intelligence (AI) and automation that are out to disrupt several traditional jobs, the DOST SPARTA is providing ways for workers to retool and build new skills in order to adapt to the changing labor market landscape in the country.
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“The projected number of those who will be affected is significant,” said DOST Sec. Fortunato de la Peña on Friday, Jan. 29, during a virtual presser hosted by the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO).
“That’s the reason why (at) the Department of Science and Technology, we have launched a big training program on data science, data analytics, and artificial intelligence,” the secretary explained.
De la Pena said training program is done under Smarter Philippines through Data Analytics, Research and Development (SPARTA).
“This (is provided) free for those who will be interested, particularly, itong mga people that may be affected by the shift from the kind of business that we will have with the entry of artificial intelligence can be prepared or be skilled,” he announced.
SunStar Gaerlan sworn in as new CDC president
NEW CDC PRESIDENT TAKES OATH. Manuel R. Gaerlan (3rd from left) officially took his oath as the new president and CEO of Clark Development Corporation (CDC) on Thursday, January 14, 2021. (CDC-CD Photo)
+ January 14, 2021 CLARK FREEPORT Clark Development Corporation (CDC) Director Manuel Gaerlan took his oath Thursday, January 14, as president and CEO, becoming the 13th top executive to head the state-run government corporation since its inception in 1993.
He officially replaced Noel F. Manankil, who resigned in October 2020.
On the interim, Engr. Mariza O. Mandocdoc, vice-president for Administration and Finance Group (AFG), served as officer-in-charge.
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte administers the oath of office of Benjamin Abalos Jr. as the new chairman of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority at the Malacañang Palace on January 11, 2021. SIMEON CELI/ PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO
MANILA – Former Mandaluyong City Mayor Benhur Abalos took his oath before President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday as the new chairman of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA).
Abalos served as mayor for 15 years, from 1998 to 2004 and from 2007 to 2016, and as the city’s lone representative in Congress from 2004 to 2007. Abalos will now face his new challenge as the chairman of MMDA, a position that his father, Benjamin Sr., also held from 2001 to 2002.