Converge ICT Solutions Inc. is enhancing its all-in-one set-top box, Xperience Hub, with original Filipino content through a new partnership with Viva Communications Inc. and Reliance Broadcasting Unlimited (RBU).
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) on Tuesday officially launched a unified toll collection system across Luzon, allowing motorists to use a single RFID sticker to access all major expressways.
The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) has announced the appointment of three new members to its governing board, a move seen to reinforce the agency’s policy direction and operational cohesion.
BDO Unibank Inc. has reaffirmed its support for the expansion of Bounty Fresh Food, one of the country’s largest fully integrated poultry producers, in a bid to bolster food security and nutrition in the Philippines.
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has lifted its temporary ban on poultry imports from Turkey, Romania, and Argentina, citing the resolution of previous avian influenza outbreaks in these countries.
Forests keep water flowing even through extended dry spells — and that natural shield is getting a major boost as El Niño looms. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is expanding forest patrols and accelerating reforestation across critical watersheds to help forests hold water, control stream flow, cut soil erosion, and recharge aquifers.
In property development, green credentials can help sell a dream. Southlinks Estate now has five stars to back up the pitch—but turning a sustainable masterplan into a sustainable neighbourhood is the harder part.
The world’s leading development banks have expanded their collective lending capacity by USD792 billion over the next decade, opening more room to finance infrastructure, jobs and climate resilience in developing economies, including the Philippines.
Schools are being plugged into the country’s Unified 911 emergency system, allowing reports of campus violence and security threats to reach the Department of Education (DepEd) and police simultaneously as the government moves to speed up responses to school emergencies.