The Makati City local government announced on Thursday, Aug. 10, that the 24/7 Out Patient Department (OPD) of the Makati Life Medical Center on Metropolitan Avenue in Malugay, Makati will suspend its operations to give way for its scheduled electrical maintenance. According to the hospital's...
The Philippine IT-business process management (IT-BPM) sector has warned that the potential of rising wages in the country is a threat to the industry’s cost-effective advantage. Contact Center Association of the Philippines (CCAP) Managing Director Rosario Cajucom-Bradbury shared insights at the...
CEBU CITY – The local contact center sector is eyeing a yearly annual revenue target of $59 billion by 2028. Despite the emergence of generative artificial intelligence (AI), the Contact Center Association of the Philippines (CCAP) is confident that the target revenue will be met. CCAP said that...
DAVAO CITY – The National Book Development Board (NBDB) targets more than 40,000 readers and visitors from the Davao region and other parts of Mindanao in the three-day Philippine Book Festival at the SMX Convention Center in Lanang here from August 18 to 20. Speaking at the media conference...
The Center for International Trade Expositions and Missions (CITEM), the export promotions arm of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), said it has surpassed its $66.49 million target export sales by an impressive 1240 percent, hitting total export sales of $824.719 million in 2022. In a...
Asian Hospital Charities Inc., (AHCI) is a nonprofit organization which serves as the official Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) arm of the Asian Hospital and Medical Center. It aims to provide the underprivileged with access to medical services, through the funding of therapeutic interventions...
The Center for International Trade Expositions and Missions (CITEM), the export promotions arm of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), has surpassed its $66.49 million target export sales by an impressive 1240 percent, hitting total export sales of $824.719 million in 2022. CITEM exceeded...
The Board of Investments (BOI) has issued Green Lane Certificates to P183 billion worth of investments from four sustainable projects, ranging from floating solar projects to data centers and common towers. BOI Managing Head Ceferino S. Rodolfo identified these strategic investments to include the...
The Cinemalaya Retrospective Section gives a chance for audiences to experience the award-winning films in the last Cinemalaya festival. This year, seven films – 4 full-lengths and 4 shorts – will return to the big screen during the Cinemalaya run from Aug. 4 to 13, at the Philippine...
From left: MakatiMed Hepatobiliary Surgeon Catherine SC Teh, MD with Professor Henri Bismuth, MD, world pioneer in Liver Transplant Makati Medical Center (MakatiMed) Department of Surgery’s Catherine SC Teh, MD, recently joined the Les Compagnons Hépato-Biliaires, an esteemed society of...
A report conducted by the Center for Women’s Resources (CWR) found that more than 21.14 million Filipinas were "economically insecure" during President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s first year of administration. This data, cited in the report called "Ambitious Promises and Agendas: The Status of...
CITEM Executive Director Edward Fereira with distinguished government officials during the Ceremonial MOA-Signing for CAEXPO Partnership. From left: CITEM Deputy Executive Director Malou Mediran, Hon. Mayor of Tuguegarao City Rosario Maila Ting-Que, PEZA Deputy Director General Joy Alguso, and...
