How bad can an April Fool’s day joke go? When it threats your computer online security, it is very bad. This is what I’ve read at a CNN report about a virus that is set to wreck havoc on April 1. As of the moment a cat and mouse chase is ongoing on net, with [...]

Philippine government and the Turkey government has signed an agreement that is vital to both countries trade and investment. Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo and his counterpart Turkish Foreign Prime Minister signed a bilateral agreement on the avoidance of double taxation and fiscal evasion on both countries.
The signing was made during the visit to the country [...]

Edilberto B. Bravo sound a genuine Filipino name with no Chinese, Japanese or Vietnamese blood in him. He was born in Abra and grew up in Roxas City. He is also an entrepreneur. But his latest investment surprised even his friends.
He invested in Vina Acecook, Vietnam’s largest maker of instant noodles, which is majority controlled [...]

So Philippines is not the cheapest place to operate a call center after all. This was disclosed by Pacnet chief executive officer (CEO) Bill Barney who said, “Singapore is the cheapest place to operate a call center right now, but of course, the worker supply there is scarce and the quality of service is far [...]

A series of proposed bills in Congress is met with strong opposition by local government units (LGUs) across the country. Because once approved, the bills would exempt telecommunications companies from paying local franchise taxes, which would result to a loss of up to millions of pesos for LGUs.
“We’ve been swamped with complaints from local governments, [...]

Congress is also reviewing another bill that proposes the reinstitution of the Philippine Inventors Commission (PIC). The proposal was approved by the two House Committees, which would allow the bill to be presented and examined by all congressional representatives.
Approving the proposal were the joint House committees on science and technology chaired by Rep. Joseph Emilio [...]

Because of the frequent occurrence of road accidents lately, most of which could be attributed to the use of cell phone or texting while driving, the House of Representatives is nearing the passage of a proposed nationwide ban on the use of mobile phones by motorists.
Rep. Monico O. Puentevella of Bacolod City has approved in [...]

More call center providers are coming on Philippine shore, even while others are pulling out. India, the Philippines toughest competition in the business process outsourcing (BPO) because of their English proficiency, is also setting up an outsourcing firm in the country.
Cybernet-Slash Support (CSS), India-based global technology solution provider have established their facility in the country. [...]

Despite the effect of global crisis and with number of multinational companies closing down because of this, business process outsourcing (BPO) still continues to be one of main source of employment for Filipinos especially during these times. More and more international call center providers look to the Philippines as viable location for a call center [...]

User of Gmail will be delighted of the new feature that has been made available in Gmail Labs, and that is the new “undo send” feature. There are few, if ever there are any, email users who hasn’t inadvertently pressed the “send” button and later realizing that they have wrong addressee on the “To” box.
The [...]

Arthur Principe, 35, was officially hired as a utility worker II at the Supreme Court. His position may not be that high or big to merit media attention. But it is not his job nor his position, but Principe himself, which merits such attention. With his hiring, Principe became the first deaf-mute employee of the [...]

Efren Peñaflorida didn’t have to do spectacular things. He didn’t jump from tall building or rescue a cat from the tree, but Efren, Filipino, received citation from international news agency CNN as a modern-day hero.
When he started his mission, Efren wasn’t thinking much of getting any recognition – much less from CNN. He just wanted [...]

The Philippine government is developing a new niche which they call “luxury tourism” to draw in more tourists to the country. Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Ace Durano is tapping the high-end luxury travel market in the hope that the country will able to reverse the downturn it is experiencing due to crisis. According to [...]

The event last Saturday that was participated by an estimated number of 600,000 people landed the Philippines another Guinness record as the largest march against illegal drugs. This was witnessed and certified by Guinness adjudicators Lucia Sinigagliesi and Denice Anlander. Although the exact figures weren’t determined yet, but Anlander said that the crowd seemed to [...]

Fresh funds ranging from $700 million to $1 billion has been pledged by the World Bank (WB) as it completed its discussions with the Philippine government on a country assistance strategy.
The three-year lending program for the Philippines, according to the bank, “puts greater emphasis on poverty alleviation and good governance.” In other words, World Bank [...]

San Carlos Bioenergy Inc., (SCBI) has been given clearance by the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC), as they were issued their certificate of compliance by the agency for their bagasse-fired cogeneration plant.
A COC is an assurance that a power generation company is found to be compliant of the technical, financial and environment standards specified in the [...]

In the light of the hundreds of Filipino workers being displaced and suddenly out of work as an effect to the global economic crisis, the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) is urging the Philippine government to set up what they called a “displacement assistance fund.”
The fund, according to TUCP, should be able to [...]

House Bill no. 4907 has been approved by congress. HB 4907, which was approved by the appropriation committee of the House of Representative, seeks to abolish the Philippine Veterans Assistance Commission (PVAC). According to the bill, it has redundant functions with the Philippine Veterans Affairs Office (PVAO).
The author of HB 4907 were Reps. Antonio Diaz [...]

“The substance is basically concluded and we are just arranging the time for the signing of the new Employment Permit System (EPS) agreement. Probably by May the signing can already push through,” labor assistant secretary Reydeluz Conferido said, as he reports that thousands of jobs await Filipino workers in South Korea and Canada.
The Department of [...]

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has launched its new and updated website. The new DTI website is meant to strengthen the agency’s presence in the Internet community and also of enhancing the services they provide to their clients.
Powered by ePLDT and Softrigger Interactive, the new DTI website (www.dti.gov.ph) features several enhancements on the [...]