Higher Food Prices Fuel Inflation for June
Inflation rose up from 1.6 percent to 1.8 percent in the month of June due to higher food prices, as reported by the DBS Bank Ltd. of Singapore. The inflation …
Unmanned NASA Spacecraft to Enter Jupiter’s Orbit
The $1.1 billion unmanned NASA spacecraft called Juno is barrelling towards Jupiter for a two-year mission to orbit and study the biggest planet in the solar system. The basketball-sized, solar-powered …
Ayala Land Plans New Mall at Paranaque in 2017
Property giant Ayala Land Inc. is set to open the country’s biggest commercial complex in Paranaque in 2017. The planned 600,000 square meter mall–which would be bigger than the SM …
RapidVisa Opens Cebu Office in IT Park
U.S. immigration software company RapidVisa officially opened their office in Cebu at the Park Centrale Building in Cebu IT Park yesterday July 4, 2016. Priding itself in being the fastest …
Facebook Wants You to Hear More from Family and Friends
In an attempt to keep people connected with whom they care about, Facebook is changing its Newsfeed algorithm to show more posts from their friends and family. The algorithm will …
Megaworld to Build Five More Hotels for P10 Billion
A subsidiary company of Megaworld is going to spend P10 billion to build hotels in Boracay and Tagaytay. Global-Estate Resorts Inc. (GERI) will build four of the five within Boracay …
Sales Data Startup LeadiD Renames to Jornaya
Fast-growing consumer journey insights platform LeadiD has rebranded into Jornaya after securing $10 million in Series B funding. Since its creation in 2011, Jornaya has experienced accelerated growth by its …
National Museum Admission Now Permanently Free
In a post published by the National Museum of the Philippines on Facebook, the museum announced that effective July 1, 2016, admission fees for visitors–Filipino or foreign–will no longer be …
Philippines and Spain to Reinforce Economic Ties
In light of newly-elected President Duterte’s vow to accelerate infrastructure projects in his administration, Philippine and Spanish businesses are seeking to reinforce economic relations by eyeing multiple opportunities in the …
UP, Vista Land to build Technopreneurship School
The premier university in the country, University of the Philippines (UP), and Vista Land & Landscapes, Inc. have signed the deal for the establishment of the first School of Technopreneurship …