Korean electronics firm to raise P1.2B from IPO

Stephen D. Capillas 11/19/2014

A South Korean-owned semiconductors manufacturer hopes to raise at least P1.2 billion in fresh revenue from its initial public offering (IPO) in Dec. 1 to fund the expansion of their plant in the Clark Freeport Zone in…

Canada seeks to expand trade relations with PH

Stephen D. Capillas 11/05/2014

The Canadian government wants to expand bilateral trade with the Philippines in the areas of agri-business, mining, defense and security, infrastructure and sustainable technologies. Julian Payne, president of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in the Philippines, said…

Microsoft promotes cloud services to the public

Stephen D. Capillas 10/30/2014

Other than being the world’s largest software maker in terms of revenue, Microsoft is promoting its services on data security and cloud storage to the country’s small and medium enterprises (SMEs), businesses and government agencies. In last…

Policies make purchase of PCs, software difficult

Stephen D. Capillas 10/30/2014

The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) wants to streamline the acquisition of software and personal computers to ensure transparency and to make it easier for government agencies and local government units in acquiring these kinds of…

‘Implementation, not funds delay disaster rehab’

Stephen D. Capillas, Victor Anthony V. Silva 10/17/2014

ABOUT P30 billion set aside by the national government will fund ongoing rehabilitation projects for local governments affected by last year’s earthquake and supertyphoon Yolanda (Haiyan). At yesterday’s news conference, Budget Secretary Florencio “Butch” Abad said P20…

DILG to send more engineers to speed up rehab of quake-hit areas

Stephen D. Capillas 10/16/2014

The Department of Interior and Local Governments (DILG) will hire additional engineers to help out municipal engineers speed up implementation of projects in earthquake hit areas. Interior and Local Governments Secretary Mar Roxas, who visited Bohol province…

Geeks on a Beach 2: Random insights and thoughts

Stephen D. Capillas 09/04/2014

There were a lot of valuable inputs given by resource speakers at the two-day Geeks on the Beach (GOAB) conference/summit/gathering held at the Movenpick Hotel and Resort in Lapu-Lapu City last Aug. 21 and 22, but there…

Osmeña road repair hangs; terms need to be written

Doris C. Bongcac, Stephen D. Capillas 03/12/2014

BEFORE any road repair or closure can start in  S. Osmeña Road,  an agreement has to be made in writing. Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama, who walked the length of the road yesterday morning, said he insists…

Now, Poblete is Rama’s ‘flagship projects czar’

Stephen D. Capillas 02/05/2014

Former Cebu City Administrator Jose Marie Poblete will be the “flagship program czar” of Mayor Michael Rama in addition to his designation as acting City Engineer. The mayor made the announcement in a forum with media executives…

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