PSE CEO: Philippine Stocks in Good Position
In the wake of Britain’s decision to leave the European Union last June 24th, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) Hans Sicat said that the …
VeriPax — Philippines’ First Automated Boarding Pass System in Mactan
The Mactan Cebu International Airport (MCIA) is the first airport in the country to have installed an automated boarding pass verification system or the VeriPax passenger reconciliation system. GMR-Megawide Cebu …
Calata Partners with Australian Company for New Farm Technologies
Calata Corp. is investing around P650 million on new technologies that will introduce data-driven farming practices to our local farmers. The agricultural products distributor has partnered with Pessl Instruments GmbH, …
German Court Rule Against Eyeo in Ad-block Case
Eyeo, an Ad-block service provider, can no longer charge publishers for the privilege of being placed on the software’s ‘white list’ which will exempt their ads from the blanket blocking …
Baidu to Integrate Deep Learning in Food Review App
Chinese web service company Baidu is set to release an update on its e-commerce app Nuomi that will change the way its users review their favorite foods and restaurants. The …
Ancient African Soil Technique to Fight Climate Change
In West Africa, a 700-year-old practice called “African dark earths” is said to change poor rainforest soil into fertile land. A study carried out by the University of Sussex in …
Unicode Standard Version 9.0 Reveals 72 New Emojis
In celebration of the World Emoji Day next month, Unicode 9.0 revealed 72 new emojis. The character coding system covered different kinds of emojis including hands, faces, animals, foods, sports …
NEDA: Imports Fuel Strong Growth for Second Quarter
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported a strong 29.2 percent growth on imports in April 2016 due to a double-digit growth in the purchases of capital goods, raw materials and …
First Philippine-Made Electric Train Revealed
Last week, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), together with the Philippine National Railways (PNR) revealed the first ever Philippine-made hybrid electric train. Led by outgoing DOST Sec. Mario …
E-payments Fuel P4.6B to 5-yr PH GDP
According to a Moody’s Analytics study for Visa, credit, debit and prepaid card purchases boosted the economy’s growth in the last five years. In an earlier study, the research firm …