Author: PhilSTAR Tech Team

The editorial team of PhilSTAR Tech.

We’ve all heard of OFWs—Overseas Filipino Workers—who’ve long been hailed as the country’s economic heroes. But now, in the age of Web3 and digital economies, there’s a new player in town: the Metaverse Filipino Worker, or MFW. Coined and cultivated by Yield Guild Games (YGG), the MFW is not your typical labor export story. Instead of boarding a plane, the MFW logs in. Instead of sending remittances earned from physical labor, they generate value through keyboards, controllers, and crypto wallets. This isn’t just about playing games and earning tokens—it’s a new category of digital labor that merges skill, community, and…

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For over a decade, the Philippine Development S&T Foundation Inc. (PhilDev), founded by successful Filipino technopreneur Diosdado “Dado” Banatao, has been empowering and inspiring Filipinos to excel in science and technology (S&T) through education, innovation and technopreneurship. It aims to create a future where Filipino talent excels in S&T and shapes worldwide progress. Science and technology have helped people improve their lives and lay the foundation for social progress. From the remote mountains of Bukidnon, where opportunities are as scarce as dreams abound, Jession Diwangan of the Umajamnon community defied limitations with his own powerful vision. Through the PhilDev Science…

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