Now, overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and even foreign investors outside the country can check a real estate property they are interested in, without necessarily being in the Philippines. That is because the Philippine Chamber of Real Estate and Builders Association (CREBA) have deployed in the Internet the Philippines’ first fully-automated Web GIS parcellary mapping service. [...]

UST Global inaugurated recently its new offshore development center in McKinley Hills, Taguig City. The new center is part of the company’s aggressive expansion plans in Asia, and is targeting to haul in $32 million revenues in its first year and catering to 2,000 clients in North America and Europe.

The Philippine Business Registry (PBR) recently gave a set of information technology (IT) equipment to the National Economic Business Assistance Research Assistance Center in Caraga (NERBAC Caraga). The IT equipments were the contribution of PBR to help strengthen the one-stop business assistance centers in all regions.

The Philippine’s PhilWeb Corporation, together with the ISM Communications Corp., will be acquiring a controlling stake in Acentic, a European information technology company. The two companies, in their disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE), said that they made a deal with a private equity firm based in United Kingdom to acquire 65% stake in [...]

These are two of the most important aspects of an organization – marketing and human resource. They deal with the company’s customers, one for the external and the other, the internal.
Companies really spend a lot of money (and effort) just to be able to come up with an effective marketing presentation to show its prospective [...]

Mark Gosingtian was not really aware of the impact of the damage brought by Ondoy, until he started receiving text messages about friends’ houses being already submerged by flood. This 22-year old fresh BFA Information Design graduate from Ateneo de Manila University, together with his friends decided to help out in Ateneo for a few [...]

Prices of milkfish (bangus) dropped to P30 a kilo from a previous P90 per kilo when floods triggered by Pepeng’s strong rains washed out Pangasinan’s fishponds and cages.
Fishpond owners, who were trapped on the roofs of their houses because of the 20-foot-high floodwaters, can only watched helplessly while their neighbors swam and scooped up the [...]

Two back-to-back expos is expected to give  the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), especially those in the food and beverage industry, a big boost this coming Christmas season.
The Food and Drinks Asia 2009 and Food Franchising 2009 will be held simultaneously on September 17 to September 20 at the World Trade Center (WTC).

The business process outsourcing (BPO) service providers in the Philippines are urged by the chairman of the House committee on information communications technology to donate computers under the Adopt-a-School Program and avail themselves of gainful tax benefits in return.

Members of the Iloilo Federation for Information Technology (IFIT) and the stakeholders of the information technology (IT) industry in the province gathered last Monday for the start of the annual IT week celebration. The celebration was spearheaded by IFIT , in cooperation with the provincial and city government of Iloilo.

As the 2010 elections draw nearer, the business community is becoming wary because of some bills that are still pending both on the Senate and the House of Representatives.
Believing that lawmakers attention would be shifted once the campaign season starts, sixteen local and foreign business groups wrote a letter to House Speaker Prospero C. Nograles [...]

In the most recent report released by the Commission on Information and Communications and Technology (CICT) and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Bacolod City ranked first in the area of “business environment and risk management” or BERM.

Iloilo will be having its 4th Iloilo Information Technology (IT) Week on September 28 to 30. On that week, jobs and business prospects in the field of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) industry will be highlighted.

Babaylan Austria is a group of Filipino women based in Austria. It was formed in 1996 and its objective is to promote Filipino women’s empowerment and ensure the members full participation in the development processes through sharing of experiences, information and resources.

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 [...]

This September, two events considered to be the most highly considered to be the best source of new technology in food processing, packaging and handling machinery and other equipment, will be held organized by Trade Information Marketing and Exhibitions, Inc. (TIME Inc.).
The 2009 AsiaFood Expo (AFEX) and the FoodServe Asia, a yearly event popular for [...]

The Iloilo Economic Development Foundation Inc. (ILEDF) will host the “Iloilo-Guimaras Investment Forum” on September 4, 2009 at the Hotel Intercontinental Manila in Makati City. The group will present at the said event, an array of top business leaders to speak on the bright prospects and varied aspects of investments, as well as the innumerable [...]

If you need information about the sales on some Luxury cars in the Philippines please contact Walter O’Connor at +63-927-280-7480
Cars have been one of the top representations of every Filipino’s status symbol in all ages. In developed countries unlike the Philippines, a car is not a luxury but a requirement probably because of the ability [...]

The Philippines got a boost for its three new projects that will help the country adapt to the effect of climate change and further reduce the risks of natural disasters. This is from the Australian government who said they will provide P123 million to support the country’s projects, according to Australian Ambassador to the Philippines [...]

Chief information officers (CIOs) are continuing to look for strategies, as the global crisis slowly unravels, to prepare them and ensure continuity of business for the eventual upturn. But it is easier said than done, as some CIOs still lack the maturity to implement strategies, because they are not yet familiar with effective industry practices, [...]