Former presidential spokesman and senatorial candidate Salvador Panelo will expand existing laws to give free education as well as medical and legal services for all Filipinos, if elected to the position. Panelo on Thursday, Feb. 10 announced his bid for a Senate seat, which was backed by...
LOCAD’s localized fulfillment helps Humble champion sustainability by reducing the carbon footprint often associated with e-commerce shipping. In the near future, the Humble co-founders plan to use tech to measure quantifiable impacts like carbon footprint reduction from recycling or upcycling...
Darwinbox, Asia’s fastest growing HR tech platform, marks another milestone with a $72 million funding round, leapfrogging to unicorn valuation. Led by Technology Crossover Ventures (TCV) along with participation from existing investors - Salesforce Ventures, Sequoia, Lightspeed, SCB 10X, JG...
Singapore-based esports company Mineski Global, in collaboration with the Hong Kong-based company, has officially announced their rebranding of award-winning solution My-Checkpoints as Quest Rewards, an employee engagement and gamification platform designed to enhance the work environment of...
Editorial As they invited the presidential candidates to present their platforms, leaders of the recent Philippine Business Conference submitted a 10-point proposal for post-pandemic economic recovery. Their proposals covered the following: 1) Institutionalize innovation for economic development,...
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...
Did Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque just take a swipe at the COVAX facility, which has given the Philippines over 16 million coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine doses for free? Vials of COVID-19 vaccines. (Keith Bacongco/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) Speaking at the "Resbakuna" event at SM...
Editorial Election watchers are now predicting that this upcoming campaign for national elective posts will not only be one of the most divisive in our history, but may also become one of the most wasteful. In the absence of crowd-drawing rallies or mammoth miting-de-avance near election day,...
Amid the continuing global health crisis, Australia is launching two business partnerships in the Philippines to provide women with skills and opportunities, as well as psychological services to Filipinos with mental illness. The Australian Embassy in Manila said the two new business partnerships...
The Civil Service Commission (CSC) said Saturday, Aug. 14, that it has decided to tap videoconferencing platform for hearings and pre-hearing conferences to ensure the immediate disposition of administrative cases amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE) In a...
The Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Textile Research Institute (PTRI) is seeking to develop a cloud-based digital apparel prototyping platform that seeks to benefit Filipino textile technologists, designers, manufacturers and customers. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) DOST Secretary...
Fake food and other delivery orders will now be properly dealt with after the Philippine National Police (PNP) launched on Thursday, July 8, an online verification platform against scammers and other cybercriminals. Dubbed as the Project: E-ACCESS (Enhanced Anti-Cybercrime Campaign, Education,...
