Some accountants are turning away new customers this tax season
Tax filing season is here and if you’ve been putting off finding a CPA, good luck. Between a wave of retirees and a drop in the number of people graduating with accounting degrees, the whole profession is struggling to staff up. Jenni Merrell, a CPA in Chico, California, is already swamped this…#jennimerrell #chico #merrell #adriennegonzalez #goingconcern #philippines #marketplace (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 12, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
US and ally patrol South China Sea in message to Beijing
The U.S. and the Philippines carried out a fresh round of naval drills in the South China Sea Friday as the United States ally continues its territorial standoff with China. The event capped a week that saw Beijing press its expansive maritime claims in the disputed sea. Manila says the Chinese…#philippines #southchinasea #beijing #manila #chinesecoastguard #philippine #ferdinandmarcosjr #mutualdefensetreaty #mca #seventhfleet (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 12, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The INTER-National Health Service! A fifth of NHS staff are foreign nationals - with India, the Philippines and Nigeria making up the majority of the 215 countries now represented
A record total of foreign NHS staff in England includes three in ten nurses and more than a third of doctors being non-UK residents. Some 215 nationalities are now represented in the NHS. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 12, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Philippines Says China Boats Made Dangerous Moves in Patrol
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Source: Reuters: Health - February 11, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Philippines, US Hold Third Joint Patrol in South China Sea
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Source: Reuters: Health - February 10, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The Top 15 Most Decorated American Ships of WWII
The United States’ victory in the Pacific during World War II was partly due to its advanced manufacturing capabilities. By the war’s end, the American Navy expanded significantly, increasing from around 700 ships to over 6,000. Japan’s loss of four fleet carriers during the Battle of Midway…#pacific #worldwarii #americannavy #battleofmidway #wwii #ussfletcher #guadalcanalcampaign #newcaledonia #solomonislands #philippines (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 9, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Remitly CEO says taking customer service calls is what he looks forward to the most
Remittances are a multibillion-dollar economy you’ve probably never considered. According to the World Bank, emigrants from low- and middle-income countries sent over $669 billion back to their home countries in 2023, up 3.8% from the year before. For many people on the receiving end of those…#worldbank #tajikistan #mattoppenheimer #seattle #oppenheimer #remitly #philippines #tagalog #voiceofassociate #fortunecom (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 9, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Japan's government OKs new foreign trainee program to attract more workers as its population shrinks
The Japanese government adopted plans on Friday to scrap its current foreign trainee program, which has been criticized as a cover for importing cheap labor, and replace it with a system it says will actually teach skills and safeguard trainees' rights as Japan desperately seeks more foreign…#cabinet #vietnam #indonesia #philippines #fumiokishida (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 9, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
AI regulations: What can the EU learn from Asia? – DW
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations has agreed on guidance regulating the use of artificial intelligence. Could it set the standard for more competitive practices in the EU? Southeast Asia has published its long-awaited artificial intelligence (AI) governance and ethics guidelines that map…#southeastasia #asean #singapore #aiact #philippines #europeanparliament #southeastasian #simonchesterman #nationalaistrategy #indonesia (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 9, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
88rising Announces Inaugural Moonrise Gala Honoring Jackson Wang, NIKI & More
Media and music company 88rising is throwing its first Moonrise Gala honoring global Asian talent. The inaugural event will honor entertainer, entrepreneur and fashion icon Jackson Wang; Indonesian singer-songwriter and producer NIKI; Filipino-American dance-pop singer Jocelyn Enriquez; hip-hop…#moonrisegala #jacksonwang #indonesian #niki #filipinoamerican #jocelynenriquez #invisiblskratchpiklz #destindanielcretton #marvelstudios #legendoftenrings (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 8, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
IAEA touts radiotherapy trial in low-income countries
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) highlighted a study it led suggesting that fewer but higher doses of radiation treatment for head and neck cancer resulted in similar results as standard radiotherapy in patients in low-income countries.
“Reducing overall treatment times for this type of cancer could help countries to shorten waitlists, enabling more patients to receive timely treatment while also reducing the cost and full treatment duration,” the IAEA said in a recent news release.
The trial involved 12 centers in ten low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) – Argentina, Brazil, Cuba, India, Indonesia...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - February 7, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
Female Genital Mutilation and Cutting in Asia Remain a Neglected Problem
Women’s rights organizations in Asia are calling for states to introduce much-needed laws to criminalize FGM, says Nawaz Naz Chowdhury, Global Legal Advisor at Equality Now.By Nawmi Naz ChowdhuryKUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, Feb 6 2024 (IPS) Significant advances have been made in Africa towards ending female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C). Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for Asia, where FGM/C occurs in at least ten countries, but governments across the region are failing to take effective action. Women’s rights organizations are calling for states to introduce much-needed laws to criminalize FGM, provide national...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - February 6, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Nawmi Naz Chowdhury Tags: Asia-Pacific Education Featured Gender Gender Violence Headlines Health Humanitarian Emergencies Sustainable Development Goals TerraViva United Nations Women's Health IPS UN Bureau Source Type: news
Some Experts Want a New ‘ Category 6 ’ For Stronger Hurricanes
A handful of super powerful tropical storms in the last decade and the prospect of more to come has a couple of experts proposing a new category of whopper hurricanes: Category 6.
Studies have shown that the strongest tropical storms are getting more intense because of climate change. So the traditional five-category Saffir-Simpson scale, developed more than 50 years ago, may not show the true power of the most muscular storms, two climate scientists suggest in a Monday study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. They propose a sixth category for storms with winds that exceed 192 miles per hour (309 ki...
Source: TIME: Science - February 6, 2024 Category: Science Authors: SETH BORENSTEIN / AP Tags: Uncategorized climate change healthscienceclimate wire Source Type: news
Philippine rice inflation hits highest level since 2009
MANILA -- Rice prices in the Philippines continued to rise in January despite slowing overall inflation, with El Nino and India's export ban promising to exacerbate the trend in the coming months. Rice inflation hit 22.6% last month, its highest mark since March 2009, according to the country's…#philippines #elnino (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 6, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Study proposes adding a Category 6 to the hurricane scale due to climate change
Climate change is supercharging hurricanes to such an extent that a Category 6 intensity should be added to the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind scale, a new study finds. Why it matters: The research shows how significantly climate change is altering storm intensity and other characteristics, as well…#supertyphoonhaiyan #philippines #hurricanepatricia #supertyphoonmeranti #saffirsimpsonscale #kerryemanuel #karthikbalaguru #jimkossin (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 5, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
