The Commission on Elections (Comelec) welcomed on Saturday, May 14, the reported suggestion of the Senate to lower the qualifications on interested service providers of vote counting machines (VCMs) for future polls. Teachers acting as members of the electoral board conduct the final testing and...
The Department of Finance (DOF) wants large foreign digital service providers (DSP) to remit to the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) the value-added tax (VAT) in transactions that go through their platforms. Finance Director Euvimil Nina R. Asuncion said the DOF supports House Bill (HB) No. 7425...
Editorial Asia’s strategic position in international trade has been brought to the fore by the disruptions arising from the coronavirus pandemic. Despite a marginal decline of 0.4 percent in 2020, reports indicate that Asia is still the global hub for container traffic, with nearly two-thirds of...
The Sun Life Investment Management and Trust Corp. (SLIMTC) has appointed global financial giant Citi as its middle office service provider in the Philippines. In a statement, Mike Enriquez, SLIMTC president said the mandate made Citi the first bank in the country to onboard a middle office client,...
It’s easy (or at least, easier) to define mothers: She is the woman who birthed you. Or, if that person by chance wasn’t around, the woman who raised you like her own. A newborn instantly seeks out her mother to suckle or seek warmth, in humans or in the animal kingdom. The bond begins the...
Thinking Pinoy RJ Nieto The IT provider for 1Sambayan’s 1Sama app has, for its president, a member of the National Citizens' Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel) National Council. On June 12, 2021, Manila Bulletin tech editor Art Samaniego Jr. showed that 1Sambayan’s app 1Sama has a critical...
Globe’s recently acquired professional and managed services arm, Cascadeo, won Managed Services Provider (MSP) of the Year at the Channel Partner Insight Innovation Awards 2020. “Whether it's in the US or in the Philippines, Cascadeo sets the benchmark that today's best services are powered...
Shared services provider Asticom Technology, Inc., wholly owned by Globe Telecom Inc., is launching its first subsidiary, Asti Business Services, Inc. (ABSI) in a bid to climb on top of the P11.250 billion Information Technology-Business Support Office (IT-BSO) market and be a regional player...
