Fruits and veggies are, without a doubt, beneficial to the body. Despite having known this for a long time, the Philippines is one of the countries with low levels of fruit and vegetable intake per capita in Southeast Asia. Filipinos consume an average of 343 grams of fruits and vegetables...
Valenzuela City's local educational channel won third place in the "Best in eGov Customer Empowerment- Cities Category" during the virtual awarding ceremony of the Digital Governance Awards on Friday, Oct. 29. (VALENZUELA CITY GOVERNMENT WEBSITE/MANILA BULLETIN) Also called as "Valenzuela Live,"...
The city of Manila received three awards during the Digital Governance Awards (DGA) 2021 on Friday, Oct. 29. (Photo courtesy of DILG NCR / Facebook / MANILA BULLETIN) The DGA recognizes best practices among Local Government Units (LGUs) in utilizing the Information Communication Technology (ICT)...
Globe Business is committed to recreating a braver tomorrow, despite challenging times. Globe Business has been named as a winner of two Stevie® Awards in the 18th Annual International Business Awards®. The enterprise arm of Globe Telecom won a Silver Stevie® Award under IBAs’ Communications...
(File photo from DepEd) Recognizing that there are gaps that need to be filled in basic education, the Department of Education (DepEd) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) reiterated their commitment to further strengthen digital inclusion and gender equality. “We...
Globe Telecom Inc. is pivoting away from its core business to become a digital solutions platform over the next five to 10 years, President and CEO Ernest Cu announced in the recent Makati Business Club virtual forum. To keep in pace with the speed of consumer digital adoption, the company is going...
Google-Philippines-office Digital transformation can create up to P5 trillion in annual economic value by 2030, according to a new Google Philippines - commissioned report released Oct. 19, 2021. Of this value, P3.5 trillion could come from technologies that help businesses mitigate the economic...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) installed its digital science libraries in five public schools in Malimono, Surigao del Norte. STARBOOKS (DOST) The DOST-Caraga through Provincial Science and Technology Center (PSTC)-Surigao del Norte installed Science and Technology Academic and...
Digital Payment Adoption in Asia Pacific_Landscape Cash remains as king in the Philippines and Asia Pacific (APAC), at least for now, with 70 percent of respondents in Kaspersky's latest study, still using physical notes for day-to-day transactions. However, 58 percent are already using mobile...
Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Secretary Fortunato de la Peña sought the full digitalization of the delivery of public services, and cited the need for the government to strengthen its partnership with startups to promote Digital Public Goods (DPGs). Department of Science and...
In celebration of World Teacher's Day on Tuesday, October 5, public school teachers in Makati City received the Digital Teacher's Kit from the city government to help them cope with the online learning system being implemented due to the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the city government, each kit...
The Philippines ranked 48th among 110 countries in the latest Digital Quality of Life Index (DQL), climbing 18 places since 2020 and surpassing Indonesia. digital-897x598 The study, conducted by cybersecurity company Surfshark, covered 90 percent of the global population. Evaluated on five...
