Clean-power advocates call for more investments in renewable energy
MORE investments on clean energy are seen to accelerate the Philippines’s goal to mitigate its carbon emission by 2030 and eventual transition to renewable energy (RE) by 2050. Cleantech Venture expert...
View ArticleImproved sustainable practices seen pivotal to growth of PHL hospitality sector
THE Philippine hospitality industry has been adaptive of trends in sustainable practices, yet more improvements need to be done and implemented to ensure further growth, Greenview CEO Eric Ricaurte...
View ArticleHappyFresh now available in Metro Manila, soon to cover other key cities in...
GROCERY shopping-solution provider HappyFresh was officially launched on Tuesday in the Philippines, initially covering the Metro Manila area and, eventually, expanding its reach to other key cities...
View ArticleMenarco leads in building healthiest office tower
NEW property player Menarco Development Corp. (MDC) has recently topped off its first office development at the 32nd Street in Bonifacio Global City (BGC), Taguig—a towering evidence of its thrust to...
View ArticlePHL outsourcing locator feted with global business leadership award
CONCENTRIX, one of the leading business-process outsourcing (BPO) locators in the Philippines, has added another feather on its cap after winning an Award for Excellence in Culture Creation at the...
View ArticleTourism to soar higher with regional airports development
BRIGHTER prospects lie ahead for tourism in the Philippines, if developments of regional airports continue with other infrastructures and attractions with the incoming Duterte administration, a...
View ArticleEnriching customer service via award-winning communications
THE Manila Electric Company (Meralco) wins the Philippines’ first gold award as the crisis or issues management campaign of the year and the country’s first silver as the corporate social...
View ArticleScholarship portal wants HEI staff to further graduate studies
THE Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and Edukasyon.ph have tied up for an online platform meant for faculty and staff of higher-education institutions (HEIs) to fast-track their application for...
View ArticleVXI expands with its seventh site worth $4M in Philippines
BUSINESS-PROCESS outsourcing (BPO) company VXI, which is based in the US, has officially launched its seventh facility in the Philippines worth $4 million, expected to be fully capacitated by the first...
View ArticleProple optimistic on achieving 15-percent revenue growth in 2016
BUSINESS-PROCESS outsourcing firm Prople Inc. is bullish to achieve a 15-percent growth in gross revenues this year, since more and more small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and new businesses are now...
View ArticleNGO asks Davao to review port devt project
WITH President Duterte duly sworn in, a nongovernmental organization (NGO) affiliated with the Ecowaste Coalition wants the government to review the proposed reclamation and port-development project...
View ArticleSupply-chain expert enters PHL market
DEMATIC, a global supplier of integrated automated technology, software and services, has entered the Philippine market through an exclusive distribution partnership with warehouse solutions provider...
View ArticleDepEd Muntinlupa cites Capital One PHL for investment in education
CALL-CENTER firm Capital One Philippines Support Services Corp. was recently cited by the Department of Education (DepEd) in Muntinlupa City for its continuous community initiatives for education....
View ArticleTiger Resort to open Okada Manila before year-end, bares expansion plan
TIGER Resort Leisure and Entertainment Inc. officially announced on Tuesday the opening of its 44-hectare integrated resort project in Entertainment City before yearend, and bared its plan to expand to...
View ArticleBusiness locators prefer to be in Taguig–Jones Lang Lasalle
MORE and more business locators are now moving in to Taguig City, rather than to Makati City, because of its lower tax rate and more office space available, Jones Lang Lasalle (JLL) said on Tuesday....
View ArticleDuterte’s tax-cut plan to bolster Pinoys’ ‘home-buying’ capacity
PRESIDENT Duterte’s pronouncement on the lowering of personal- and corporate- income taxes in his first State of the Nation Address on Monday was welcomed by the real-estate industry, saying that a tax...
View ArticlePhilippines now serves as subregional hub for Alcatel
ALCATEL has started a “bigger and bolder” move to revive its strong presence in the Philippines by making it a subregional hub and entering the open market segment. In an interview, Liza Woods, Alcatel...
View ArticleSCG grants scholarships to 230 Filipino students
THAI company SCG, a leading business conglomerate in Southeast Asia, has granted scholarships to 230 poor, but deserving, Filipino high- school students via its regional academic initiative. “We...
View ArticleFortinet Q2 revenue went up by 30% to $311.4 million
NETWORK-security provider Fortinet reported an increase in revenue and billings in the second quarter of 2016, mainly due to its best-in-class protective solutions from Internet of Things (IoT) to...
View ArticleQualfon opens ‘neighborhood contact center’ site in Manila
BUSINESS-process outsourcing (BPO) company Qualfon officially opened on Thursday its fourth facility in the country, pioneering its new business strategy of bringing jobs near the people. Located in...
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