[B-SIDE Podcast] Public health before political games
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Coronavirus cases are surging. Nurses are not getting paid and hospitals are filling up. Cities have been locked down since...
[B-SIDE Podcast] The Siracusa Principles and protecting the unvaccinated from discrimination
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Wealthy countries have cornered the world’s vaccine supplies. As a result, the Philippines has, as of this writing, vaccinated only...
[B-SIDE Podcast] Personal finance 101: Where to put your money during the pandemic
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REITs (real estate investment trusts), thematic mutual funds (those focused on technology and essential retail), and regional funds are the...
[B-SIDE Podcast] NFTs 101: the creator economy and beyond
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In this B-Side episode, Marissa Trew, marketing manager of TZ APAC, a Singapore-based blockchain consultancy firm speaks with BusinessWorld reporter Michelle...
[B-SIDE Podcast] Olympic dreams deferred: Mary Joy R. Tabal
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For every athlete whose Olympic dreams came true in Tokyo — like weightlifter Hidilyn F. Diaz and boxer Nesthy A. Petecio — there are so...
[B-SIDE Podcast] Olympic dreams: Hidilyn F. Diaz
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Weightlifter Hidilyn F. Diaz, 30, is one of 19 Filipinos competing in this year’s Olympic Games in Tokyo after...
[B-SIDE Podcast] Data protection while working from anywhere
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With the Delta variant of the coronavirus spreading, remote work looks like it will continue throughout 2021. Data privacy and...
[B-SIDE Podcast] Three, two, one, blast off: the Philippines in space
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Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson, and Elon Musk are in the news for competing with each other in a space...
[B-SIDE Podcast] Play-to-earn: the rise of NFT gaming
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The “play-to-earn” movement is an emerging phenomenon in gaming, wherein players collect rewards in the form of NFTs (non-fungible...
[B-SIDE Podcast] Turning the page: Big Bad Wolf book fair goes digital
More than 60,000 book titles will be available at steep discounts in the online edition of Big Bad Wolf, a book fair that has, in the past, attracted half a million visitors over a single run.
[B-SIDE Podcast] Sweet dreams, Philippines: how to deal with ‘coronasomnia’ and sleep better at...
The Philippines isn't sleeping well. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, we’re spending hours in bed, doomscrolling on Twitter, reading endless news articles about virus mutations and vaccine delays.
[B-SIDE Podcast] Helping SMEs survive and thrive through digital tools: an APEC perspective
Micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) — which are among the most vulnerable to economic disruptions brought about by the pandemic — have had to digitalize or lose business entirely.