Outsourcing firm promises to assist SMEs grow
ACCOUNTING for 99.6 percent of all the registered businesses in the Philippines, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are the lifeblood of the country’s economy, yet, they are the least equipped with...
View ArticleCybersecurity firm releases special app to counter rapid spread of malware...
By Roderick L. Abad | Contributor KASPERSKY Lab and WISeKey recently announced the release of its special edition cyber-resilience mobile-security solution called the WISeID Kaspersky Lab Security....
View ArticleUniqlo to open 6 new stores by end-June
By Roderick L. Abad / Contributor GLOBAL retail brand Uniqlo is opening six new stores in the Philippines by end-June this year. “We are thrilled to announce that Uniqlo will open four new stores in...
View ArticleChina’s Elephone enters PHL market via Lazada
CHINESE smartphone brand Elephone has entered the local market through a leading online retail platform on the back of the growing mobile penetration and e-commerce in the country. HK Elephone...
View ArticleArtistry rises at Sunshine Place
ART is a form of therapy, but it’s more stress relieving if practiced. This is apparent for the participants of the Sunshine Place’s art and painting classes, which, for over a year, have become a...
View ArticleScholarships for female SHS students now open
APART from freeing families of “poor but deserving students” from the financial burden of paying the high cost of tuition fees, educational grants have been made easy to acquire with the emergence of...
View ArticleAboitizPower’s P3.7-billion solar power plant in Negros opens
NEGROS OCCIDENTAL—Aboitiz Power Corp. (AboitizPower), through its subsidiary San Carlos Sun Power Inc., officially launched on Tuesday its P3.7-billion sun-powered plant, which can generate 82...
View ArticleVideo content provider 90 Seconds acquires $7.5-million investment for global...
GLOBAL cloud video-production platform 90 Seconds has raised $7.5 million in Series A financing to bankroll its further expansion worldwide. The funding is led by Sequoia India, which has invested in...
View ArticleBusiness hotel brings Europe’s ‘silent-party’ scene to the BPO market in...
SEEING the growing potential of business-process outsourcing (BPO) talents as a market, Golden Phoenix Hotel Manila is bringing to the Metro area the so-called Silent Rave—a new trend in the party...
View ArticleMegaworld to build Mactan’s prime cyberpark with continuous expansion, new...
LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu—Real-estate developer Megaworld disclosed on Wednesday the upcoming operations of its new tenant-partner in its existing township project here. The company also announced the...
View ArticleFortinet Q1 growth driven by high-performance products
CYBER network solutions provider Fortinet reported strong financial results for the first three months of this year mainly due to its security fabric offerings, coupled by growth initiative...
View ArticleFilinvest set to begin operating MisOr power plant in Q2 this year
GOTIANUN-LED Filinvest Development Corp. (FDC) announced on Friday the commissioning of one of three boilers of FDC Utilities Inc.’s (FDCUI) energy facility in Misamis Oriental is set to commence...
View ArticleGKI uses worker regularization, zero contracts to help grow business
AMID the strong opposition of all the presidentiables in the recent debate on “contractualization” of the labor market in the Philippines, social enterprise Gandang Kalikasan Inc. (GKI) said it has...
View ArticleMetro Retail allots P15B to fund store expansion
CEBU—Metro Retail Stores Group Inc. (MRSGI) is investing up to P15 billion to fund its five-year plan of doubling its network of establishments to 800,000 square meters in terms of gross floor area...
View ArticleOnline info service for OFW parents to help kids in school decision-making
TO allow overseas Filipino worker (OFW) parents to still be engaged in the education of their children back home, Edukasyon.ph tied up with the University of Asia and the Pacific (UA&P) to create...
View ArticleShift of coffee drinkers to brewed coffee to double Café de Lipa’s growth...
By Roderick L. Abad / Contributor LIPA, Batangas—Homegrown business Café de Lipa is expecting to double its growth in 2016, as more and more Filipinos are now shifting from being “instant” to “brewed”...
View ArticleCloud business uplifts SAP growth for Q1
By Roderick L. Abad / Contibrutor GERMAN enterprise application-software provider SAP recently reported robust business performance in the Asia Pacific Japan (APJ) region on the back of its strong...
View ArticleMore e-learning hubs built to strengthen the Filipino youth’s computer literacy
CONSUMER notebook vendor Asus Philippines and its various partners have renewed their partnership by setting up more e-learning centers across the country. The first stop was in Quezon City, where the...
View ArticleMetro Retail’s Q1 profits reached P52.8M
FOLLOWING its 20.6-percent growth for 2015, Metro Retail Stores Group Inc. (MRSGI) continued its strong performance by posting P52.8 million in net income after tax from January to March 2016, or 69.2...
View ArticleMegaworld ties up with Lamudi to tap millennials
SEEING the wide reach of the Internet, especially to young generations, real-estate giant Megaworld has tied up with property portal Lamudi Philippines to beef up its online campaign for its new...
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