Long time partners Down Syndrome Association of the Philippines, Inc. (DSAPI) and SM Cares have teamed once again up to promote acceptance and inclusion of persons with Down Syndrome. This is in observance of National Down Syndrome Consciousness Month, held every February.
The observance of the National Down Syndrome Consciousness Month aims to facilitate meaningful and timely...
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Studies have shown that even in the midst of the pandemic, people have been quitting their jobs. In November alone 4.5 million people globally have left their jobs voluntarily with experts calling this phenomenon The Great Resignation. In the Philippines, according to a recent study by Sprout Solutions, a Filipino Software as a Service (SaaS) company, the country experienced a 176% increase in...
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It takes a village to raise a child, but it takes even more to protect them.
In a webinar marking World Safer Internet Day, Globe vowed to continue efforts to provide a platform for collaboration among key stakeholders to fight Online Sexual Abuse and Exploitation of Children (OSAEC).
The event was made open to the public via live streaming on Globe’s Bridging Communities...
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With all the household responsibilities, daily expenses, and, of course, shopping budols, saving money can be a challenging task — but it doesn’t have to be. If you incorporate these simple and easy tips into your lifestyle, you’ll see that small adjustments will add up and make a big impact on your finances.
Here are some practical hacks to help you get...
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Multi awarded Union Bank of the Philippines (UnionBank) has expanded its graduate program, L.E.A.D. (Leader Executive Accelerated Development) by introducing TechLEAD – a program focused on developing technical talent to become leaders of tomorrow.
The Bank’s initial LEAD Program, established in 2009, is a fast track and accelerated curriculum designed to provide its...
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Eastern Communications, one of the premier telecommunications companies in the country, ended the year with a celebration of Filipino resiliency with “Our Strongest Stand,” a milestone appreciation night for its customers.
Attended by over 300 guests from Filipino enterprises across the country, the evening was a celebration of the bold resolve to rise up and a recognition...
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In celebration of its numerous accomplishments and milestones this past year, and to give a small preview of what its customers can expect in 2022, Union Bank of the Philippines (UnionBank) held another iteration of its long running virtual media roundtable series E TalkTales last December 15.
During the virtual event, UnionBank Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Technology and...
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Global leading information and communications technology (ICT) provider Huawei International has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the National University of Singapore Business Analytics Centre (NUS BAC) as part of its commitment to nurture talent and upskill students to help fill the talent gap in the technology sector.
Huawei and NUS BAC seek to deepen the understanding...
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Bringing together all its powerful innovations, the Wonderful World of Globe presents the Globe INNOVERSE (Innovation Universe). Showcasing Globe’s transformation into The Globe Group a digital solutions platform with a footprint in fintech, healthcare, entertainment, adtech, e commerce, manpower, IT services, and venture capital.
INNOVERSE highlights the Globe Group’s...
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The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), in partnership with Huawei Philippines, successfully hosted six emerging technologies workshops for government employees this year.
More than 700 government employees from the DICT and various agencies participated in the webinars. The six workshops on emerging technologies were held from June to November, covering...
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Huawei held Thursday TrustInTech Summit 2021 with the theme "Global Collaboration for Shared Value."
Leaders from across the globe attended the event, including Neil Bush, Chairman of the George H.W. Bush Foundation for US China Relations, Pascal Lamy, Former Director General of the World Trade Organization, William Nordhaus, Winner of the 2018 Nobel Prize in Economics, H.E.
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H.E. General Prayut Chan o cha, Prime Minister of Thailand, attended a virtual executive meeting with Mr. Ren Zhengfei, CEO of Huawei Technologies. Gen Prayut expressed appreciation for Huawei's continued support of Thailand's digital transformation and post pandemic recovery, and his eagerness to further strengthen cooperation with Huawei to promote the Thailand 4.0 strategy and digital...
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Huawei Philippines has concluded the 7th Seeds for the Future program this year. The campaign benefited over 200 students across the country. Key officials from the government, university heads and Seeds for the Future alumni joined the closing ceremony held Friday.
“I highly laud Huawei’s Seeds for the Future Program. The sincerity of Huawei’s...
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Genteel Home Furniture Boutique and Lifestyle, an all Filipino furniture and art pieces shop, has officially opened its first showroom in San Fernando, Pampanga. Held last Sunday, the event was attended by government officials, clients, and employees headed by interior designer Kat De Leon. She sat down with select members of the media to share some insights about the establishment.
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Filipinos have always considered Christmas as the grandest fiesta. For a community that celebrates the longest Christmas in the world, the usual grand family reunions, public palooza and exchange of holiday greetings after the Simbang Gabi have been sorely missed since last year.
This year, GCash, the undisputed leading financial app in the Philippines, is bringing us a lot of reasons...
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Filipinos are now utilizing digital payments more than ever. Last month, the Banko Sentral ng Pilipinas reported that digital payments made up 20.1 percent of all transactions in 2020, more than double the figure from two years ago of 10 percent. This strong momentum is creating opportunities particularly for enterprising Filipinos who engage in e commerce.
To help micro, small, and...
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Huawei Philippines has launched the 7th Seeds for the Future with over 100 students in the country joining the program this year. Top officials from the government and the academe, along with students from 20 universities across the country, joined the opening ceremony.
Department of Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. gave a speech during the event saying: “As the world...
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Huawei Philippines held Thursday Tech Day 2021, a program that aims to discover how pioneering enterprises are applying innovative ICT technologies to create digital infrastructures for the entry of the intelligent era.
Whilst the pandemic has pushed the pause button, performance varies from company to company, industry to industry, and country to country. One of the keys to...
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Leading life insurer Pru Life UK has announced its new President and Chief Executive Officer Eng Teng Wong, effective Nov. 1, 2021.
Putting customers at the heart of everything with its We DO commitment, Eng Teng will lead the continued transformation of the Pru Life UK business to help customers get the most out of life.
Previously the Chief Revenue Officer and...
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Key people behind Edamama, an ecommerce site dedicated to mothers, have recently talked about how leveraging Amazon Web Services technologies has helped them address the pain points moms in the Philippines are experiencing when shopping online.
During an exclusive press conference via Zoom, Monica Otayza, Edamama’s public relations and marketing head, and Seaver Choy, the...
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The ASEAN Foundation and Huawei have signed a memorandum of understanding on joint efforts to bridge the digital talent gap at the Asia Pacific Innovation Day – Digital Talent Summit 2021. The online summit brought together policy makers, researchers and industry experts to share solutions and best practices in building a sustainable ecosystem that will help foster digital talents in the...
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Stratpoint Technologies, one of the country’s leading software development and digital transformation services providers, announced its participation at Softcon 2021, an annual gathering of software and IT professionals in the Philippines.
Every year, technology advocates, IT professionals, software engineers, and business leaders come together in this celebration of Filipino...
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There is no doubt that the global pandemic has accelerated digital transformation, changing our day to day lives. Due to current events, the digital shift that was supposed to take years happened in a blink of an eye – putting the spotlight on businesses and how they make an effort to innovate their products and services.
For Home Credit, it did not come as a surprise since their...
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Amazon Global Selling held its inaugural 2021 Amazon Expo Seller Boot Camp to further introduce MSMEs to cross border e commerce and how Amazon's global infrastructure and resources can empower them to develop a global business. The Boot Camp was...
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Fujitsu hosted Tuesday its second consecutive annual flagship global event, Fujitsu ActivateNow 2021, gathering attendees around the world in a dynamic digital experience with messages from Fujitsu’s leadership as well as panel discussions and guest presentations from global visionaries in digital government, diversity, inclusion and other key areas.
This year’s...
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At the Huawei TECH4ALL Summit, Huawei called for global partners to join the TECH4ALL digital inclusion initiative, which aims to build a more inclusive and intelligent world that leaves no one behind.
Huawei's TECH4ALL initiative focuses on four areas: driving equity and quality in education, conserving nature with technology, driving inclusion and accessibility in health, and...
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The country’s manufacturing sector has undergone significant changes in the past few years. Amid the ever changing digital world, manufacturing organizations leaned on automation to enable innovation, faster go to market, and profitability.
In 2020, the onset of the COVID 19 pandemic accelerated further this digital transformation. Transformational digital technologies...
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Shopee 10.10 Brands Festival is bringing more excitement to Shopee users as more prizes are given away through READ MORE...
PLDT and Smart, through its B2B arm PLDT Enterprise, have officially launched their newest digital offering called the Internet of Possibilities by PLDT and Smart which aims to open up new possibilities for Internet of Things (IoT) applications and deployment among enterprises and consumers in the country.
During the Philippine Digital Convention 2021, PLDT Enterprise Core...
Digitalization is crucial to economic growth and recovery, especially in the time of the pandemic. Around the world, it has helped governments, schools, and businesses shift to the new normal.
For a developing country like the Philippines, digital technology ensures better governance, improves the quality and reach of e learning, and creates and/or retains jobs and industries. It could...
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Pru Life UK, the country’s leading life insurer, recently culminated its 25th year anniversary with a grand raffle draw and also its Give Back campaign for customers as part of the celebration.
Wrapping up a milestone year with a bang, Pru Life UK’s We DO Health & Wealth: 25th Anniversary Celebration promo ran from March to September through Pulse, its all in one AI...
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Huawei hosted the Energy Summit online, which was held within the framework of HUAWEI CONNECT 2021 and themed "Digital Energy, Powering the Low Carbon Era".
During the summit, customers and partners discussed best practices in using new technologies to transition the energy industry toward carbon neutrality. Huawei also released the Global Energy Transition and Zero Carbon Development...
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Ecommerce continues to play a significantly important role in the Philippine market and is estimated to be worth US$12 billion by 2025. As more consumers turn to e commerce, and as more businesses capitalize on the potential of the emerging digital economy, there is also a rising demand for qualified tech talents. According to Linkedin, tech roles make up the majority of “emerging...
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Huawei, along with industry partners, held the Intelligent World 2030 Forum. David Wang, Executive Director and President of ICT Products & Solutions of Huawei, released the Intelligent World 2030 report with a keynote speech on Exploring the Intelligent World 2030. This is the first time that Huawei has used quantitative and qualitative methods to systematically describe the intelligent...
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With the theme of "Connection, Glory, Future," the national leg of Huawei ICT Competition Philippines 2021 concluded today with the teams from the University of the East and STI College bagging the top awards.
Huawei Philippines named the UE team as the champion for the cloud category of the competition. The team is composed of instructor Mr. Alexis John Rubio and students Jio Vince...
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For six years now, the Philippines has topped global rankings for both social media and internet usage. According to wearesocial, there were 89 million social media users in the Philippines in January 2021. This is equivalent to 80.7 percent of the total country’s population in January 2021.
Despite being called the social media capital of the world, multiple reports and studies...
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“Mga bagong bayani.”
Around 10 million Filipinos live and work overseas seafarers, nurses, caregivers, hotel staff, construction workers, oil field personnel, and many more help drive the Philippine economy through remittances they send back home. Considered the world’s fourth largest recipient of remittances next to India, China, and Mexico, OFW remittances...
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Shopee saw great excitement for 9.9 Super Shopping Day, signaling a robust start to the year end shopping season. Over 45 million items were sold within the first 99 minutes. Shoppers saved more with 60 million vouchers claimed in the first two hours of September 9 at the Mega Midnight Sale. With the widest variety of products from local sellers as well as trusted brand partners, shoppers...
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HUAWEI has reaffirmed its commitment to enabling Filipinos to enjoy a seamless AI life supported by an intelligently connected ecosystem at the recently held Huawei Development Day Philippines 2021. The tech leader also shared its aggressive roadmap in forging strategic partnerships with key industry players, which led to the availability of 96 percent of top local apps in HUAWEI’s very...
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In the latest iteration of Union Bank of the Philippines’ (UnionBank) E TalkTales, UBX President and CEO John Januszczak, Coherent CEO John Brisco, and Chubb Deputy Regional President for Asia Pacific Glen Browne discussed the ongoing insurance crisis in the Philippines and how UBX’s insurance platform Assured is helping address this crisis through embedded experiences powered by...
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We’ve nearly reached the end of the month, which only means one thing—it’s almost time for payday this 30th! First, prioritize buying essentials, paying off bills, and setting some savings aside.
But it’s also important to indulge yourself a little from time to time. You’ve worked diligently, and this payday it’s time to go all out and enjoy some of...
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Union Bank of the Philippines (UnionBank) has announced that the company is the first partner in the country to join Visa’s FinTech Fast Track program as a BIN sponsor.
This means that UnionBank can work with fintech providers to help them gain access to the same global payment technology, expertise and revenue opportunities as they would if they were a direct card issuer with...
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Yield Guild Games (YGG), a decentralized gaming guild of players and investors who generate yield from NFT based games, announced Friday it has raised a $4.6M investment led by venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). The round, which was finalized prior to the YGG token sale on July 27, was joined by Kingsway Capital, Infinity Ventures Crypto, Atelier Ventures, and gaming...
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Global tech leader Huawei is set to present its most recent feats in the Philippine market across its many verticals on August 20 at the HUAWEI Developer Day. The tech giant is also expected to provide updates on how it is building and growing its ecosystem in the Philippines vis a vis the local rollout of the recently launched HarmonyOS and how it is projected to further the smart lifestyle...
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realme Philippines continues to dominate the local smartphone industry as it claims the no. 1 spot in the market once again, according to international research firms IDC, Canalys, and Counterpoint Research in their respective Q2 2021 reports.
With this milestone, the fast growing tech and lifestyle brand has now managed to hold the top spot for two consecutive quarters—an...
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Huawei has announced its plan to invest $100 million in startup support at the inaugural HUAWEI CLOUD Spark Founders Summit, which took place simultaneously in Singapore and Hong Kong. Huawei said the investment would go towards its Spark Program in the Asia Pacific region including the Philippines, which aims to build a sustainable startup ecosystem over the next three years.
Huawei...
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It is once again that time of the year when school starts right around the corner. MSI, a world leader in producing high performance and innovative laptops, is ready with its back to school promo that starts on August 1 and lasts until September 30.
Students of different backgrounds, whether they are gamers by night, studious types or artistic individuals, and coming from all sorts of...
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In IT, availability and the cost of downtime are top of mind. In fact, it’s a surefire bet that any downtime caused by an unplanned disruption or outage will get the attention of employees and leaders faster than anything else IT is doing at a given time.
But aside from the annoyance, when applications fail, it costs organizations money. Especially, with a business critical...
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Jose Maria College (JMC) signed July 6 an agreement with telecommunications giant, Huawei, to keep up with the latest innovations that technology can offer to today’s education and pursue the fifth industrial revolution of educational technology.
Through the partnership, students will soon be able to access the most modern educational tools such as state of the art Learning...
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True to its word of creating "New Value Together, Win Together," Huawei Philippines has recently recognized the significant contributions and exemplary performance of its industry and academic partners, conferring the ICT Talent Partner of the Year 2020 award to STI College, which has the highest number of students passing the Huawei certifications offered by Huawei ICT Academy.
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