Information Technology Business Process Management (IT-BPM) enterprises in economic zones may implement a work-from-home (WFH) arrangement until the end of the first quarter next year, the Fiscal Incentives Review Board (FIRB) approved. Based on the FIRB Resolution No. 19-21, IT-BPM enterprises...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and University of the Philippines (UP) will inaugurate next month a new analytical facility for proteomics research that will boost the genomic research capacities of the Philippine Genome Center (PGC). Department of Science and Technology The...
The Philippines’ first simulation packaging testing laboratory (SPTL) will be at par with those of other countries, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said. Architect’s perspective of the Simulation Packaging Testing Laboratory. (Photo from DOST's website) In a statement, the DOST...
Internet speeds in the Philippines are now faster, according to the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT). Department of Information and Communications Technology DICT Secretary Gregorio Honasan II said average fixed broadband Internet speeds jumped by about 800 percent,...
As the pandemic drags on, some enterprises are forced into reducing their workforce, or worse even shutting down due to the subsequent recession that followed. 32342 Data from the Philippines Statistics Authority (PSA) released last March showed that the economy shrunk more than expected in the...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) will conduct a research to map out, assess, and define the Philippine music industry. Department of Science and Technology To be led by the DOST’s National Research Council of the Philippines (NRCP), the new policy research is in support of the...
The Department of Information and Communication Technology (DICT) has recently launched a monitoring system for telecommunication infrastructures construction in the country. Department of Information and Communication Technology Dubbed as Tower Watch PH, the monitoring system also aims to further...
Filipino teen inventors were recognized for their innovative inventions in the recently-concluded fourth imake.wemake: create. innovate. collaborate competition. Among the innovations of young inventors submitted for the contest is a hands-free computer interface with a built-in medical scanner, a...
Forests for Good Procter & Gamble Philippines (P&G) further strengthened its commitment to the environment with its partnership with the technology platform EcoMatcher. This partnership with EcoMatcher is part of “Forests for Good”, P&G’s campaign to actively protect nature by...
Homegrown insurance technology (insurtech) startup Kwik.insure has rolled out a zero-interest installment payment scheme for availing its insurance policies for vehicles. (FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) In a statement, Kwik.insure said customers can pay their premiums over three or six months using...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has approved a new program that will create a pool of S&T experts and innovators who will help boost the agency’s research and development (R&D) capacity. Department of Science and Technology Dubbed as the “Science and Technology (S&T)...
Never has it been more important to ensure clean air than now, a time when the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic is spreading in every corner of the world. People have been largely confined to their own homes in a bid to prevent the continuing rapid spread of COVID-19, especially with the...
