Category: Business
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Only 1 percent of small to medium enterprises that make up the bulk of Philippine companies are online and PLDT SME Nation wants to change this through its Big Talks conference series. “The goal is to get as many enterprises online as possible. We have a lot of catching up to do. More than acquiring…
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PLDT Home, the country’s leading digital and multimedia services provider, makes its way to the Queen City of the South to strengthen connections among Cebuano families. For July, Cebu is in full swing and at the heart of PLDT Home’s festivities, which bring broadband closer to families with the biggest events and best deals. Residents…
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Filipinos need insurance to prepare for retirement, a critical illness, or their children’s education and as a form of investment but it is first necessary to correct their misconceptions about the industry, an official of top insurance company AXA Philippines said. Geoffrey Tan, AXA Philippines chief agency officer, said people think they have to die…
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Leading companies that develop a people first approach will win in today’s digital economy, according to the latest global technology trends report from Accenture. As technology advancements accelerate at an unprecedented rate – dramatically disrupting the workforce – companies that equip employees, partners and consumers with new skills can fully capitalize on innovations. Those that do…
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From travelling or purchasing a car to preparing for a wedding or buying property and even getting ready for retirement, Sun Life of Canada (Philippines), Inc. wants to help Filipinos achieve every “stage-of-life” goal. That is why Sun Life, the oldest life insurer in the country today, has set an ambitious target to increase its…
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Business leaders push for mass transport system from Carcar to Danao CEBU business leaders joined the two-day economic summit initiated by incoming president Rodrigo Duterte in Davao City recently, hoping to include local concerns in the Duterte administration’s 10-point economic agenda. The delegation was led by Cebu Chamber of Commerce Inc. president Melanie Ng and among their…
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PLDT will be spending a billion dollars a year to improve its Internet service, PLDT and Smart chairman, president, and CEO Manuel V. Pangilinan told journalists in an interview last night after the company’s Annual Stockholders’ Meeting in Makati Shangri-la. “We are quite good at building the relevant infrastructure for Internet and data. And that’s…
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PLDT and mobile subsidiary Smart Communications unveiled its new logos tonight to highlight a fresh brand identity anchored on its “digital pivot,” a massive shift of the company to data services. PLDT and Smart chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) Manuel V. Pangilinan led company officials in unveiling the logo in the Makati Shangri-la. The…
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Premium notebooks of various designs and types, high-quality pens, and other writing implements and supplies are now available in Cebu with the opening of the Itoya corner in the National Bookstore branch in Ayala Center Cebu. Officials of Itoya and National Bookstore led the opening of the store earlier today, June 10. “We feel truly…
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Micro to medium enterprises and would-be entrepreneurs get an overview of the different services of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) during the three-day Negosyo, Konsyumer at Iba Pa caravan in Cebu from June 9-11, 2016. The three-day event aims to equip micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) as well as those who aspire…
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Smart’s nationwide tour to promote its Smart Bro 888 BRO-Kada made its Cebu stop this weekend with a press conference, mall visits, and a bar tour. The company said its P888 offering for the 4G pocket WiFI is timely, because students are set to go back to school in a few days. For that amount,…
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Smart TechnoCart – a mobile digital laboratory donated to public schools to develop literacy among kindergarten students – won the Social Contribution Award at the prestigious Asia Communication Awards (ACA) ceremony held recently in Singapore. Organized annually by London-based industry publication Total Telecom, the ACA recognizes outstanding performance by Asian carriers, multimedia content providers, vendors,…
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Former Cebu Investment Promotions Center (CIPC) chief Joel Mari Yu is joining the administration of incoming Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña as business advisor and one of his major tasks will be to grow the outsourcing industry. Yu said he has been entrusted with making sure that the business process outsourcing (BPO) sector realize its…
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With several of its new projects starting or about to start soon, Filinvest is selling its few remaining condo units in the company’s resort-themed communities in Cebu and Cagayan de Oro under an express move-in promotions. Prospective buyers will only have to pay five percent of the contract price of any unit at Amalfi and…
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Using big data in a marketing campaign makes it more effective and offers sharper insights, Cebu businesses were told Thursday. Talas Data Intelligence, Inc., the big data company of the PLDT Group, provided a preview of its Market Builder service during Thursday’s Cebu launch of PLDT #MyNumber in Radisson Blu Cebu in Cebu City. MarketBuilder…
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To help enterprises expand their market and increase engagement with customers, leading telecommunications and multimedia company PLDT has come up with the #MyNumber service. The PLDT #MyNumber solution simplifies a company’s hotline system to a single number combination of four to eight digits beginning with the hash sign (#), said Marc Frederick Roxas, category head…
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Taft Properties has partnered with top Asia property developer Hongkong Land to transform a 20-hectare waterfront property along the Mactan Channel in Mandaue City into the world-class lifestyle destination Mandani Bay. Taft Properties president and chief operations officer Christopher Narciso said the mixed-use township will involve 20 towers, a grand harbor and boardwalk, as well…
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To give its employees not just the best jobs but their “best lives,” Alliance Software launched the Live IT campaign that allows them to tap their individual passions while they pursue careers in the IT industry. The Live IT initiative, made up of programs for workers that focus on health and wellness, work fun, corporate…
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US-based corporation Concentrix will start business process outsourcing operations in Megaworld’s The Mactan Newtown in Lapu-Lapu City by the second half of 2016, executives from both companies announced yesterday, April 27. The outsourcing company will occupy the entire 2,600 square meters of office space on the second floor of Tower 3 at 8 Newtown Boulevard,…
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How does Coca-Cola fresh off the bottling line taste like? Sweet and fizzy and suffused with the joy of new discovery. In reality, it may very well have tasted like the bottle of Coke you buy from the neighborhood store. When you’re drinking it in a huge, cold place as machineries whir and soda bottles…