Jane T. Uymatiao is known as @citizenjaneph. She spent more than 15 years as an IT auditor/consultant at an accounting firm and another 2.5 years as VP-Head of a bank's Corporate Planning Division. She has been blogging for about 15 years now and is one of the early adopters of social media. She believes in active citizen engagement, pushing for transparency and good governance, and is regularly tapped to speak on social media-related topics. Her personal blogs are: yoga and wellness (yoginifrommanila.com), tech (titatechie.com), lifestyle (philippinebeat.com), and personal (janeuymatiao.com) Jane has a Master’s degree in Business Administration, major in International Business with a focus on Strategic Management, from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. She is also a certified yin yoga teacher. More details at www.linkedin.com/in/janeuymatiao Disclosure for Elections 2022: Jane is a second cousin of Alex Lacson, who is running for senator. Updated: November 2021
(Sen. Leila de Lima’s statement on the lowering of the age of criminal responsibility was read during a press conference after the Jan. 25 Senate… Read More »Sen. Leila de Lima issues her statement on the lowering of the age of criminal responsibility
(Note: Published with permission from Child Rights Network (CRN). Child Rights Network (CRN) is the largest alliance of organizations and agencies pushing for children’s rights… Read More »Child Rights Network issues a statement on the proposed lowering of the age of criminal responsibility
The most awaited ASEAN Business and Investment Summit kicked off yesterday, November 12, 2017, with the launch of a first-of-its-kind mentorship program that will see hundreds of academicians, entrepreneurs and business practitioners from the ASEAN region mentor micro and small enterprises (MSMEs). At this time, there are 143 pioneer mentors with the Philippines having over 50 pioneer mentors.
The ASEAN Mentorship for Entrepreneurs Network (AMEN) is a flagship program of the ASEAN Business Advisory Council (ASEAN BAC) and was conceptualized under the Philippines’ ASEAN BAC chairmanship headed by Jose Maria Concepcion III. The program, which grew from a Go Negosyo initiative to an ASEAN one, aims to empower MSMEs by providing them greater opportunities locally and within the ASEAN region.
Holidays have always been working days for bad elements. These are times when people leave their homes to go on vacation or visit other relatives and friends. The National Privacy Commission (NPC) notes that personal data breaches have been known to happen during holidays because, usually, only a skeleton force stays on company premises. Locally, remember the 2016 personal data breach that occurred at the Commission on Elections, now termed Comeleak. Also remember the Bangladesh bank heist? The one that involved a local commercial bank? That also happened over a holiday.
The NPC has issued security reminders for both individuals and Data Protection Officers assigned to protect critical personal information.
(first published at What is all this ado about bloggers at #ASEAN2017? ) I am compelled to write this piece, if only to document our ongoing struggle… Read More »What is all this ado about bloggers at #ASEAN2017?
Some weeks back, I attended the launch of the integrated University of the Philippines Resilience Institute (UP RI) and Nationwide Operational Assessment of Hazards (NOAH)… Read More »Project NOAH is now the NOAH Center! What does this mean for us?
I’m a bit late in posting this but I received some important tips from the National Privacy Commission (NPC) on how to be safe online. They… Read More »Be safe online during the Holy Week
“Kung di tayo kikilos, sino ang kikilos? Kung ‘di ngayon, kailan pa? (If we won’t act, then who else will? If not now, when?)” National… Read More »The National Privacy Commission recently held its first assembly for government Data Protection Officers
Many of them are thrown into this “business” at a very early age – younger than 10. Most of them are girls although boys are… Read More »It will take a world to end the sexual exploitation of children
It had to happen in March which, ironically, is National Women’s Month. At a recent signing of a memorandum of agreement with the Metro… Read More »Excuse me, women empowerment is not family abandonment