What's Happening in the Philippines, Local News and Philippine People
HONG KONG AND SAN MATEO, Calif., Mar 18, 2021 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – CITIC Telecom International CPC Limited (“CITIC Telecom CPC”), a wholly owned subsidiary of CITIC Telecom International Holdings Limited (SEHK:1883), and Cloudian today announced that CITIC
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SINGAPORE, Mar 18, 2021 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – NutryFarm International Limited (“NutryFarm” or the “Company”, and together with its subsidiaries, the “Group”), is pleased to announce that the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, Global Agricapital Holdings Pte. Ltd. (“GAH”),
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PARIS, FRANCE, Mar 18, 2021 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – The Lugh Company announces the creation of the first French digital asset pegged to the Euro, in partnership with Coinhouse, a leading French player in crypto-asset investments for individuals
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Dr. Rogelyn Marcadejas is a general dentist and has been in practice for almost three decades. Aside from being a primary dental care provider for families in Novaliches, Quezon City, she is a hands-on wife and mom at home. While
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In observance of the Fire Prevention Month, Sen. Cynthia Villar and Las Pinas Rep. Camille Villar, acknowledged the heroic deeds and sacrifices of our firefighters during a seminar aired LIVE on Facebook, which also offered “tips” to guarantee fire safety and
MoreAsia’s largest Forbes five-star ultra-luxury integrated resort’s Office for Corporate Marketing and Communications (CMC) won two honors at the International Business Communications Association’s (IABC) 18th Philippine Quill Awards. Among over 800 entries from various industries in the public and private
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The latest Ookla Speedtest Global Index report showed that the country’s fixed broadband average download speed significantly improved 8 notches in global ranking. The highest monthly improvement in speed since the beginning of the Duterte administration, the 5.73Mbps increase from
MoreCANBERRA, Australia — Australia will send Covid-19 vaccines from its own supply to its near-neighbor Papua New Guinea and will ask AstraZeneca to send more to try to contain a concerning wave of infections, Australia’s prime minister said Wednesday. Prime
MoreWOODSTOCK, Georgia — Shootings at two massage parlors in Atlanta and one in the suburbs have left seven people dead, many of them women of Asian descent, authorities said Tuesday. Atlanta Police Chief Rodney Bryant said three people were killed
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THE economy stands to lose P5.41 trillion if the 15 strategically important companies (SICs) identified by the government will fold up as business activities have remained generally muted during the pandemic, a state-run bank’s study revealed. Land Bank of the
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THE Philippine economy is expected to be the last among 14 Asia Pacific countries to recover to its prepandemic state, international think tank Moody’s Analytics said in a recent report. In his most recent Asia Pacific Economic outlook, Moody’s Analytics
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THE Department of Agriculture (DA) has formed a special committee to kick-start the investigation on the alleged “tongpats” (kickback) system in the country’s pork importation as claimed by a senator. A day after pronouncing that the DA will investigate the
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THE national government’s fiscal balance in January swung to a P14.1-billion budget deficit, a turnaround from the P23-billion surplus posted in the same month last year. The Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) said on Wednesday the shortfall resulted from the
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IF “variants of concern” become dominant, an official of the Department of Health (DOH) on Wednesday warned that cases will increase by “28 times” instead of just three times after a month. This, as University of the Philippines Prof. Guido
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THE government is now eyeing to conduct local clinical trials of new “booster” vaccines that could prevent Covid-19 infection. In an online forum on Wednesday, Chief implementer of the government’s national policy on Covid-19 Carlito G. Galvez Jr. disclosed that
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London, England, UK / SEAPRWire / Financial shares soared as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Investors will be closely monitoring the tech sector and C-suite Financial executives will be looking to make every effort to boost brand perception. With AsiaPresswire‘s Financial
MoreBRUSSELS — The European Union’s drug regulator insisted Tuesday, March 16, that there is “no indication” the AstraZeneca vaccine causes blood clots as governments around the world faced the grimmest of dilemmas: push on with a vaccine known to save
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TOKYO, Mar 17, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – NEC Corporation (TSE: 6701) today announced that it was presented with the 2020 Global Biometrics in Security Market Growth Innovation & Leadership Excellence Frost Radar Award by Frost & Sullivan.
MoreCANBERRA, Australia — The Vatican’s edict that same-sex unions cannot be blessed because they are sinful was met Tuesday with criticism by rights activists and gay Catholics in parts of the Asia-Pacific region as inconsistent and out of step with
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TOKYO, Mar 17, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Deutsches Zentrum fur Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen and Eisai Co., Ltd. today announced that both parties have entered into a research collaboration agreement aiming to create potential novel treatments for neurodegenerative disorders
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