Filipinos see pathway from poverty with virtual assistant jobs
- Nathalie Mago, a virtual assistant in the Philippines, earns five times her previous salary, allowing her to support her family, stating, "It literally saved me."
- An estimated one million virtual assistants in the Philippines are expected to grow, according to Derek Gallimore of Outsource Accelerator.
- Many virtual assistants lack legal protections under Philippine law, as noted by Arnold De Vera, leading to risks of scams and job insecurity.
- Renato Paraiso from the Philippines' Department of Information and Communications Technology explained the challenges of protecting rights in borderless virtual work and suggested labor partnerships could help.
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PH poverty rate declines to 22.4% in 1st half 2023
MANILA – The country's poverty rate went down to 22.4 percent in the first half of the year from 23.7 percent in the same period in 2021. In a briefing on Friday, Philippine Statistics Authority Undersecretary and National Statistician Dennis Mapa said this is equivalent to 25.24 million…
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