Xoom.com, a money online transfer company, tied up with DIRECTV to for a special offer to Xoom customers to watch the Manny Pacquiao “Pacman” Pacquiao versus Sugar Shane Mosley fight for free on DIRECTV Pay-Per-View (PPV).
The company is excited to bring this opportunity for the first time. It will be available to new Xoom customers [...]

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) reported that their recent trade and investment mission in India have generated new investment pledges worth $42 million. Trade Secretary Gregory Domingo said they were from three energy projects and a pharmaceutical packaging ventures.
The Philippine delegates, led by Domingo, attended the recent ASEAN-India Business Fair and Conclave held [...]

Isuzu Philippines Corp. (IPC) temporarily stopped its operation, starting from April 18 and will resume production on May 2. The work stoppage was due to the shortage in parts and components supply which are coming from Japan. The country’s all-commercial vehicle assemble is still optimistic though that it would be able to sustain its 17 [...]

Another addition to the Lenten sacrifice of Filipinos for the Holy Week: The prices of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) have gone up by P1/kilo or P11 per 11-kg tank on Holy Wednesday. The price increase was implemented after some fuel firms raised prices of their products.
According to the LPG Marketers’ Association (LPGMA), the increase was [...]

The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) has recently beefed up its Visita Iglesia Online website to accommodate more visitors and to prevent what happened last year when the site crashed because it received more than 43,000 online visitors. This year, the CBCP said they expected the number of visitors to double.
Unfortunately, in spite [...]

For all Filipinos heading to the provinces this Holy Week, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority has made available on its website the rescue hotline numbers of different cities and municipalities, as well as mobile numbers of its officials.

The job opportunities available on the Labor Day job fair spearheaded by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) have already reached more 100,000 as confirmed by Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz. She said there are around 1,000 companies and recruitment agencies who would be offering both locals and foreign employment opportunities at the different Jobs [...]

To cheer up the soldiers and help them get their mind off the corruption scandal involving former top military officials, a group of celebrity singers will perform in various military camps.
Led by the current president of the Organisasyon ng Pilipinong Mang-aawit (OPM) Olgie Alcasid, the group composed of Vice-president Noel Cabangon, Cookie Chua and Mitch [...]

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) announced on Monday that the overseas Filipino worker (OFW) who was sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia on November 2009 for involvement in smuggling shabu into the country was granted pardon and freed Sunday.
The DFA did not release his name, in deference to the request of his family for [...]

At the height of the controversy surrounding the closure of the Aguire-led Banco Filipino Savings & Mortgage Bank, Philippine Deposit Insurance Corp. (PDIC) president Jose Nograles has resigned from his post as head of the state-run deposit insurer.
Sources were quick to clarify that the decision of Nograles to quit was not in any way connected [...]

The country’s telecommunications pioneer that provides landline, data, Internet and broadband services Eastern Communications, announced that it has received the International Organization for Standardization ISO 9001:2008 certification for its quality management system.

For the 3rd time, Sutherland Global Services Philippines is name Outstanding Employer of the Year by the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA). The 2011 Outstanding Employer honor was given to Sutherland at the recent PEZA Investors’ Recognition Night, which reflects the value that the company gives its people.

While drivers are still waiting for the issuance of their “smartcard” which would allow them to avail of fuel subsidy, the Department of Energy announced that motorists should again brace themselves for another possible round of petroleum price increase next week. The increase was said to be brought about by the cost of the crude [...]

The 211 Le Tour de Filipinas is all set and cyclists from all over the globe will hit the road on April 16. Filipino homegrown riders are out to prove and test their mettle against their foreign counterparts who are likewise out to steal the show in the said race.
The four-day multistage bikathon will kick-off [...]

The popular football team Azkals will play in the country on July. Team coordinator Patrick Ace Bright confirmed on Thursday that the first qualifying match between Philippine’s Azkals and Sri Lanka for the 2014 FIFA World Cup will be held at the Rizal Memorial Stadium in Manila on July 3.
“This will not be the last [...]

The corporate food and beverage giant San Miguel Corp. (SMC) is seriously mulling entry into the highly competitive field of telecommunication. The company plans to create a holding company for all its telecommunications interest as the conglomerate prepares for its grand entry in this field, according to a top official of the company. SMC president [...]

Former governor Zaldy U. Ampatuan of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) is facing plunder charges. Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse M. Robredo said charges will be filed against Ampatuan after an audit report revealed that unaccounted amount of P2.5 billion in government funds. Robredo said the charges could be filed by the [...]

Stradcom Corp., the exclusive IT service provider for the Land Transportation Office (LTO) warns of a possible shutdown of the database and computer system it operates for the agency if the LTO continues to refuse remitting payments to the private firm. Stradcom provide and maintains LTO’s information technology facilities, including its database and licensing functions.
The [...]

As part of the oncoming celebrations for Labor Day on May 1, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) disclosed the venues that will hold jobs fairs that will provide some 30,000 job opportunities. According to DOLE secretary Rosalinda Baldoz, the Labor Day celebration on May 1 will carry the theme, “Matuwid na Daan Tungo [...]

A 24-year old beauty and brain lady who hails from General Santos City was crowned Binibining Pilipinas-Universe 2011. Shamcey Supsup, a magna cum laude graduate from UP Diliman who finished B.S. Architecture and June 2010 Architecture Licensure Exam board topnotcher, bested 39 other candidates for the right to represent the country in the upcoming Miss [...]