Include BPO workers in A4 group for Covid vax, PEZA asks IATF

MANILA – Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) director general Charito Plaza has requested the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) to include...

Gov’t fast-tracking contact tracing efforts, national ID: NEDA

MANILA – The Philippine government is recalibrating its coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) response to better manage risks and fast-track solutions on contact-tracing and the national identification (ID)...

IBC kicks off Emergency Preparedness Week with Top 10 Tips – Protect yourself and your property from severe weather

May 3, 2021 (TORONTO) – Severe weather is on the rise across Canada. During a severe weather event, everyone’s priority must be their own safety and...

There’s a gay wage gap – and it’s linked to discrimination

The wage gaps that exist between men and women and between white and black people have received a lot of attention in recent years. But there’s...

From tulips and scrips to bitcoin and meme stocks – how the act of speculating became a financial mania

In the late 1990s, America experienced a dot-com mania. In the 2000s, the housing market went wild. Today, there are manias in everything from bitcoin and...

82% of Americans want paid maternity leave – making it as popular as chocolate

The United States is the only wealthy nation that doesn’t guarantee paid leave to mothers after they give birth or adopt a child. The vast majority...

Canadian not-for-profit digital projects face funding and policy barriers

The search is on for a “one-size-fits-all” solution that connects all Canadians to fast internet and gives them the skills they need to thrive online. Unfortunately,...

Why COVID-19 is an inequality virus

A report on household economics, issued by Statistics Canada in March, presented a snapshot of key indicators about how the financial well-being of Canadians evolved during...

What the United States can learn from Canada’s cannabis clarity

The inherent contradictions of American cannabis laws seem to appear in the news almost every week. At the state level, for example, Virginia recently became the...

Reopening of personal care, dine-in ‘very calculated’: DTI