Last year the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) launched the Visita Iglesia Online to offer a virtual Holy Week experience, particularly to Filipinos overseas and devout Catholics who are physically incapable of leaving their homes. It was merely an experiment and not as a serious endeavor as it only featured seven churches.
This year, [...]

For the third straight year, the largest Filipino-owned business process outsourcing (BPO) company SPi Global was awarded in an annual BPO recognition ceremony. This year, it was named as “BPO Company of the Year” besting seven other finalists at the 5th International ICT Awards awarding ceremony organized by the Canadian Chamber of Commerce of the [...]

Our local animators have already proven themselves in the international arena, and their works have sought by many big international animation film companies. Now, they are hoping that Filipino animators would gain an even bigger spot on the world animation map.
The Animation Council of the Philippines Inc. (ACPI) is advocating “creative process outsourcing” CPO and [...]

MoneyGram International and Smart Communications, Inc. tied up to provide families of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) the convenience of wireless “wallet” service. OFWs may now send their remittances to their families in the Philippines faster through the facility which is likened to a “cross border wallet service.”

Here’s another first from the Smart Communications, the country’s leading wireless services provider. The company launched recently the beta phase of its mobile email, the first daily flat-rate, unlimited push email solution in the country.

Another Filipino is leading in an international competition, this time in the field of architect design. His name is Gonzalo “Jun” Raymundo Jr., a Filipino architect, and he is one of the top 10 finalists in the prestigious Guggenheim Art Shelter Competition. At present, he is leading the online voting poll for the award.

Anybody can be an entrepreneur if only he puts his mind into it. No matter what age he may be in, if he believes he can, he will succeed. Alvin Kingston Tan, at age 24, has proven that age is not a factor when it comes to running a business.
Alvin, who has no formal education [...]

“Whatever will be the existing pump price, we will be P1 lower in every station we have in the Visayas and Mindanao.”
These were the words of Pryce Gases Inc. (PGI) president Rafael Escaño who is offering its diesel and gasoline products at P1 lower than what the Big 3 petroleum giants are offering. “This is [...]

The German business software company SAP recently held in the Philippines one of its 27 stops of the 70-leg tour in the Asia-Pacific region and in Japan. The SAP World Tour, in its stop in the country, was able to gather over 300 customers, partners and prospective clients.

Each day that passes by, each one of us gets to think a lot of ideas. However most of these ideas simply die in our minds. There are only a few ideas that we decide to follow. But, it is a million dollar question to find the answer in which ideas should be eradicated and [...]

In his recent column, Forbes editor and columnist Michael Maiello writes about the rising inequality in the American society.
He cites how Thomas F. Cooley, dean of New York University’s Stern School of Business discussed the issue of the “beleaguered middle class.” Cooley cites that the middle class share of the US economy hasn’t been [...]

Change in the nature of audience has been made by the major decentralization of the manner of cultural production and the way it is distributed.
Before the development in the technologies, only a few has the means of production which only includes governments and big corporations. The reaction of audience to the ideas was functionally [...]

The human mind is capable of processing several ideas at any given time. At one point, we have wondered which idea to work on and which one to dismiss.
Entrepreneur and author Rajesh Setty, in his blog at Life Beyond Code, wrote that there are three stages to an idea. He developed a simple [...]

Here is a list of the 10 most creative people in the field of architecture. These architects have the most incomparable, unique, and influential works in the field of architecture.
Thom Mayne- Morphosis Architects
Through aggressive and hyper-angular buildings, Thom Mayne has made his name. But his designs are not limited only to those, in fact he [...]

The release of Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” album in November 30, 1982 was a historic event for the music industry. Almost 27 years after its release, “Thriller” remains to be the best-selling studio album in the United States, according to the Recording Industry Association of America.
The RIAA, which has certified the album 28-times platinum, estimated [...]

“Localization is always a big plus when it comes to the web space. Besides giving the user the look and feel of home, advertising products to fellow Filipinos in our own native language makes business transactions more personal. 88DB Philippines is proud to be a Filipino, too.”
This is what 88DB Philippines Business Development Manager Lyndon [...]

People often have a misconception that in order to be a successful salesperson, a person needs to develop a “tough skin.” But in fact, to be successful, what is needed is the breakage of stereotypes. Other people are always pessimist on how the business is doing, complaining that their businesses are down and just pity [...]

Almost everybody is dreaming of having their own business. Usually it requires certain amount to start a business. But it doesn’t end there; the office of the business is another thing that would require money, effort and energy. But the question is do we have sufficient fund to include the expenses in putting up our [...]

So Twitter is more than just for tweeting what you are doing or what you have been up to lately. It can also be an effective marketing tool, and Dell has just proven it, because after being a member since 2007, the company reported to earn more $3 billion in sales, which can be directly [...]

The business process outsourcing (BPO) sector in the Philippines continues to grow and expand, in spite of the global financial crisis. In fact, because of the crisis, some outsourcing companies have introduced new services which provide for them additional revenue streams for their businesses. These were the results of the survey reported from the executives [...]