Good news and bad

Jose Ma. Montelibano - @inquirerdotnet 08/05/2022

It is August. There are occasional rains but no major storms so far. We had a bad earthquake and many in the northern part of the country are still reeling from it. At the same time, considering…

Hybrid work set-up a key issue in CIB.O’s Transformation Summit

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 06/22/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Is hybrid the best type of work setup in the Information Technology Business Process Management (IT/BPM). This is one of the key issues that the Cebu IT-BPM Organization (CIB.O) will be tackling during…

Where our focus should be

Peter Wallace - @inquirerdotnet 10/22/2020

Last week I said there were three things we needed to do to recover from this crisis. They were the immediate actions government could undertake to hasten recovery. In the longer term, there are two areas the…

Twitter service restored following global platform outage

10/16/2020

San Francisco—Twitter service appeared to be restored Thursday, October 15, 2020, evening after a technical problem caused a global outage of nearly two hours on the social media platform used by hundreds of millions worldwide. The outage…

Mobile games thrive, even as pandemic keeps players home

10/09/2020

San Francisco—Mobile games are thriving as players turn to them for fun and friendship during the pandemic, with increasing numbers of women joining the trend. “Being stuck at home has not stopped people from playing games on…

PhilHealth IT system cannot detect fraudulent claims, says senior official

Tetch Torres-Tupas - Reporter / @T2TupasINQ 08/20/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The current information technology system of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) cannot detect fraudulent claims, one of its senior officials said Thursday before members of Task Force PhilHealth. Justice Undersecretary Markk Perete, in…

New skills required for higher paying, future jobs in IT, business process management

Irene R. Sino Cruz 12/13/2019

CEBU CITY — While Cebu’s information technology  and business process management (BPM) sector continue to be the main economic driver in Cebu, there is a need to equip the present and future workforce with the needed skills…

French NGO offers IT scholarship grant to Cebuano students

PR 11/17/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Passerelles numériques (PN), a French nonprofit organization that is operating in Southeast Asia to provide scholarship grants to Information Technology (IT) students, is looking for new and deserving Filipino scholars to join its…

9 make it to short list for Carpio’s post at Supreme Court

Jerome Aning 10/12/2019

MANILA, Philippines — Eight Court of Appeals justices and Court Administrator Jose Midas Marquez made it to the Judicial and Bar Council’s (JBC) short list of nominees for the Supreme Court seat to be vacated by Justice…

Central Visayas GRDP growth higher than national growth – Cobonpue

Irene R. Sino Cruz 07/21/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines–Central Visayas remains among  the fastest growing regions in the country, said Regional Development Council (RDC) Chairperson Kenneth Cobonpue. “Today, Central Visayas is still one of the country’s fastest growing regional economies, with the region…

IT enthusiasts from Cebu to showcase solutions combatting online child sexual exploitation

Raul Constantine L. Tabanao 07/13/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — With her eagerness to learn and to help the community, Khinberly Alburo, 19, decided to show up during the Hackathon proper even she was the only one left in her team. “Six unta…

Living it up north

Marc Cosep 07/12/2019

Living in the city can be exhilarating. The fast-paced life, the close proximity to commerce, leisure, and entertainment, and the everyday hustle and bustle. However, it is not for everyone. More and more buildings sprout like mushrooms…

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