Mr. Paul Rivera of Kalibrr Online job-matching platform, Kalibrr, a local startup, serves over 6 million Filipino jobseekers todate and processes 10 million job applications annually, a record it intends to break soon, announced CEO and co-founder Paul Rivera. So far, in its past nine years of...
Pitching their business ideas is one of the vital tasks that startups and entrepreneurs have to master in order to launch or grow their companies. Their main challenge is how to make it convincingly and powerfully enough to persuade investors to finance their new products and services. Addressing...
Secuna, the Philippines' largest cybersecurity testing platform, appointed its co-founder AJ Dumanhug to lead the company as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). AJ Dumanhug is the co-founder and former infosec lead at Secuna,a Cybersecurity Mentor for startups through Ideaspace Philippines,a part-time...
In its bid to help small and medium enterprises (SMEs) adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, the San Juan City local government opened on Thursday, Nov. 15, the registration for its Christmas Bazaar which will start next month. "Ang Lungsod ng San Juan ay magsasagawa ng Christmas Bazaar sa...
Representative Lucy Torres-Gomez (4th District, Leyte) on Monday pressed the national government to provide low-interest loans to owners of small and medium businesses to use as working capital so they can grow or expand their investments. Torres-Gomez said doing so would help them withstand the...
An enterprise-level company hit by a data breach will lose over P52 million; a small and medium business will bleed at least P5 million, on top of reputational damages which result in loss of customers, according to the latest findings of global cybersecurity firm Kaspersky. A data breach happens...
State-run Land Bank of the Philippines has launched a new lending program to support the local hog industry amid threats from the African swine fever (ASF) outbreak. In a statement, the government-owned lender said it has earmarked P15 billion for the special window and interim support to nurture...
The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) is encouraging consumers and the working population to respond to a new survey on confidence in the safe and gradual opening of the economy. In a statement, Acting Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Karl Kendrick T. Chua said the key to a real...
The APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) Philippines has urged the 21-member countries of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation to accelerate cooperation leveraging digital technologies to overcome further decline as economies continue to battle the impact of the pandemic. In a recent virtual ABAC...
Your favorite bazaar that supports National Museum and The Museum Foundation of the Philippines is now in Zalora Different venue, same cause—and the promise of a unique and safe shopping experience. For the first time since it kicked off 12 years ago, “MaArte Fair” goes online. With the...
