Coastal villages in tourist-popular Moalboal eyed for reclassification

Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/03/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu Provincial government announced that they, and other government agencies, were planning to reclassify several areas in another tourist-popular town in southern Cebu. Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia said the Capitol was planning…

Women’s fight for toilets in rural Pakistan villages

AFP 11/25/2018

For as long as she can remember, Ayeesha Siddiqua has fought her male relatives for access to toilets — but a sanitation drive by new premier Imran Khan could make life easier for women in patriarchal Pakistan.…

More rural folks to benefit in bid to expand online jobs program

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 05/03/2018

EQUIPPED with a bigger budget, the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) aims to expand its Rural Impact Sourcing (RIS) program to link more people in far-flung areas to online jobs and employment opportunities. DICT Undersecretary…

Program to improve rural banks relaunched

USC Intern Steffi Kyle Nolido 12/15/2017

RURAL banks can now improve their financial capacity and generate better value for shareholders, strengthen management and governance, develop synergies and economies of scale and expand their market reach. This developed after the Consolidation Program for Rural…

Program to improve rural banks relaunched

Steffi Kyle Nolido 12/14/2017

RURAL banks can now improve their financial capacity and generate better value for shareholders, strengthen management and governance, develop synergies and economies of scale and expand their market reach. This developed after the Consolidation Program for Rural…

Why a BPO firm chooses to invest in rural areas

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 06/06/2017

SIX COUNTRYSIDE CENTERS EYED A homegrown business process outsourcing (BPO) company is expanding its operations in countryside locations, citing direct access to local talents, high retention rate and strong local government support as the main reasons for…

ALA Promotions Int’l to stage more cards in the provinces in 2017

Glendale G. Rosal 12/12/2016

The country’s different provinces and rural areas will get their share of the boxing spotlight in 2017. This in a nutshell, is the main goal of the Philippines’ biggest boxing promotions which also plans to expand its…

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