Posted on March 15th, 2010 by Roy
A new laptop line was launched formally in Cebu City by Suzuki Technology. The new laptops promise speed, price and performance to attract the fast growing entry-level market segment.
Not to be mistaken, and has no relation with the motor vehicle brand, the company said it have the international trademark for all IT products. The Singapore-based [...]
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Posted on March 14th, 2010 by Roy
On March 25 and 26, 2010, the first Renewable Energy Summit will be held at the Sofitel Philippine Plaza. The summit was organized and will be hosted by the First Metro Investment Corporation, in partnership with the World Bank and Asian Development Bank.
The summit will be an annual event and the organizers aim to attract [...]
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Posted on March 14th, 2010 by Roy
Emilia Boncodin, the former budget Secretary, was reported to dead on Monday due to cardiac arrest at the National Kidney and Transplant Institute. NKTI executive director Enrique Ona signed on the medical bulleting that Boncodin, 55, passed away at 2:05 p.m. “She was admitted on March 10 for difficulty of breathing and anemia and was [...]
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Posted on March 14th, 2010 by Roy
A Chinese company is looking to invest in the renewable energy in the Philippines. The Wahaha Group Co. Ltd. is mulling to add to its investment in the country, an ethanol plant. The company earlier announced its interest for a joint venture in a fruit juice processing plant.
Mariz Agbon, president of the Philippine Agribusiness Development [...]
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Posted on March 13th, 2010 by Roy
Filipino champion and undisputed pound-for-pound king, Manny Pacquiao defeated opponent Ghanian Joshua Clottey in a match that went down the stretch. Pacquiao retained his World Boxing Organization Welterweight title after winning via unanimous decision in what was described by many tweets as “one of the most boring boxing match.”
“I controlled the fight after the first [...]
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Posted on March 13th, 2010 by Roy
The new appointment system at the new consular building of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) is in full swing after it was launched last March 9. The agency said around 55% of people who apply for passport daily have used the system which allow them to complete the process of applying for their passport [...]
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Posted on March 11th, 2010 by Roy
The University of the Philippines (UP) recognized the works of its 27 artists and art scholars who brought honors to the UP and have contributed to the national development. They were elevated to the rank of UP Artist last month in an awarding ceremony held at the Executive House in UP Diliman.
The university established UP [...]
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Posted on March 8th, 2010 by Roy
Cebu Pacific has announced last Monday of its plan to sell new shares to the public to raise funds of about P12 billion. The announcement was made by Cebu Air Inc., the company that operates the Cebu Pacific Airline.
The company said it planned to list 125.25 million new common shares through an initial public offering [...]
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Posted on March 8th, 2010 by Roy
International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) is venturing into the overseas bond market. The port operator will be seen in the next few days offering as much as $250 million worth of 10-year bonds. ICTSI would be the first non-bank Philippine corporate issuer to offer the overseas bond market.
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Posted on March 7th, 2010 by Roy
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) announced that as an added incentive, foreign investors visiting the Freeport zones in the country – Clark, Pampanga and Subic, Zambalez, can avail of the government’s “visa-free” program.
An agreement was signed recently by BI Commissioner Marcelino Libanan with Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) administrator Armand Arreza and Clark Development Corp. [...]
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Posted on March 6th, 2010 by Roy
The thrift bank subsidiary of the Bank of the Philippine Islands, BPI Family Savings Bank, is going to roll out a credit facility that will cater to the micro and small enterprises. This plan of BPI Family to increase its loan exposure will be done through a customized business packaged which it will roll out [...]
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Posted on March 5th, 2010 by Roy
Mediaquest Holdings Inc. is allotting around P700 million for its capital expenditure this year. The media unit of Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. is earmarking the said amount for its satellite TV business year to increase its subscriber base to 200,000.
At the end of 2009, Cignal Digital TV, Mediaquest’s direct-to-home satellite television has 45,000 subscribers [...]
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Posted on March 4th, 2010 by Roy
At the Diosdado Macapagal International Airport (DMIA), the construction of the P308-million expansion of the existing terminal is in full blast and it is expected to be operation next month. According to Victor Jose Luciano, president and chief executive officer of Clark International Airport Corp. (CIAC), the newly expanded Terminal 1 will feature two passenger [...]
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Posted on March 3rd, 2010 by Roy
The property development of the Ayala group will be building a new call center area in the south. The Ayala Land Inc. (ALI) is planning to transform a 2-hectare property in Iloilo City into a business process outsourcing (BPO) hub. The project would consist of 3 BPO facilities with a total of 19,000 square meters [...]
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Posted on February 28th, 2010 by Roy
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) will be transferring at the new state-of-the-art consular buildings at Aseana Business Park on Macapagal Avenue in Pasay City starting on March 4. It will first transfer the authentication services on the said date, while all other passport operations will be there too starting March 8.
Applicants for Philippine passports [...]
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Posted on February 28th, 2010 by Roy
During the Marcos-era, the Home Development Mutual Fund (HDMF), also known Pag-IBIG Fund run a house-and-lot raffle program called the Biglang Bonds. Now, the state-administered funds manager is planning to revive the said scheme after launching its planned P12-billion bond offering last week.
HDMF chief executive officer Jaime Fabiaña said that under the plan, the agency [...]
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Posted on February 27th, 2010 by Roy
The Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA) was awarded Asiawide Refreshments Corp. (ARC), the licensed manufacturer and distributor of RC, the blue rating award. The recognition given to the company for its successful compliance with the environmental standards set by the LLDA.
The blue rating award is a system used by LLDA to monitor the environmental performance [...]
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Posted on February 26th, 2010 by Roy
Local banks have agreed to help raise and lend the Panay Energy Development Corp. (PEDC) P14-billion for its construction of a 164-megawatt coal-fired power plant in La Paz, Iloilo City. The Panay Energy is owned by George Ty’s Metrobank group, and the loans were arranged by First Metro Investment Corp. (FMIC), the investment banking arm [...]
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Posted on February 25th, 2010 by Roy
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) is targeting to reach P360 billion for its collection this year from the country’s large taxpayers. The figure which is higher that the P339 billion collected last year, represents roughly 60 percent of the agency’s full-year target of P830 billion, said BIR Assistant Commissioner Nesto
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Posted on February 25th, 2010 by Roy
A Filipina fashion designer and milliner, actress and musician, won this year’s British Council’s Young Fashion Entrepreneur (YFE) Award. Mich Dulce wowed the judges, not only because of her designs, but also of her use of indigenous materials, like sinamay and abaca.
YFE is a part of the International Young Creative Entrepreneur (IYCE) awards scheme that [...]
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