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Globe using Nokia equipment to ramp up 5G deployment

Nokia, now a B2B technology innovation leader, on Thursday bared rolling out a state-of-the-art, modular interleaved passive active antenna (IPAA) for Globe Telecom, Inc, across the southern islands of the Philippines to help accelerate 5G deployment in the region.  

Work begins at flood-prone NLEX section at Tulaoc overpass

NLEX Corporation on Thursday started preliminary works to elevate a 200-meter section of the tollway in San Simon, Pampanga addressing chronic flooding in the area. 
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Telco and partner introduce “nano loans”

Financial super app GCash and Fuse Lending Inc. have launched "sakto" loans that enable users to borrow amounts as low as P100. 

ICTSI secures $750 million loan from Metrobank

International Container Terminal Services Inc. said Thursday its board approved a plan to borrow $750 million from Metropolitan Bank & Trust Co. ICTSI, the port...

Out of pocket expense for ill health seen expanding

Out of pocket healthcare expense, by itself already problematic for the greater number of Filipinos, is bound to get worse in the years ahead, according to an assessment by the insurer AXA.

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Meta stock rallies on layoff reports

Shares of Meta Platforms jumped about 3 percent Monday as investors bet that the reported potential job cuts could help offset the technology company's artificial intelligence spending. The stock of the company that owns Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Threads closed 2.3 percent higher at USD627.45.

Frasco’s next tour: Resilience as policy 

When Christina Garcia Frasco left the helm of the Department of Tourism, it wasn’t quite a farewell tour—more like a change in itinerary. Now appointed Presidential Adviser for Sustainable and Resilient Communities by President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., the former tourism chief is swapping travel brochures for the less glamorous but arguably more urgent business of resilience policy.

Metrobank taps ESG appetite with P5B bonds

Metropolitan Bank & Trust Co., the country’s second largest lender by assets, has launched an offering of peso-denominated sustainability bonds, seeking to raise at least P5 billion as the bank deepens its funding base while riding growing investor demand for environmental, social and governance (ESG) assets.

PCPPI pushes digital turnaround, aims to outpace Philippine GDP growth

The local bottler of Pepsi said a two-year digital transformation program is beginning to improve service, expand reach over a throng of neighborhood retailers more known as sari-sari stores, and support a goal of revenue growth exceeding the Philippines’ expected GDP expansion this year.
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