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Published: June 16, 2010, Posted by: Paco Sandejas

PR Article from Ceragon announced that Digitel of the Philippines Chooses Ceragon Microwave Backhaul for Wireless Network.

Published: June 9, 2010, Posted by: Nicole Paterno

We have an amazing couple visiting Manila to share their expertise in the fields of astrophysics and sociology. Doctors Daniel Holz and Jessica Scott Jerome will be engaging with us in the forthcoming days about their works.

Published: June 7, 2010, Posted by: Nicole Paterno

MANILA, Philippines—Images of devastation spawned by tropical storm “Ondoy” in Metro Manila last year filled Jerry Velasquez with memories of his childhood in Malabon.

Almost every year, the fish port city, one of the lowest lying areas in Metro Manila, battles seasonal floods. Homes are destroyed, power supply is interrupted, roads are clogged and residents in the most flood-prone areas are displaced for days, sometimes weeks.

Published: May 31, 2010, Posted by: Nicole Paterno

MANILA, Philippines - “The Yellow Pages brand is about bringing a business — no matter the size of its marketing budget — in touch with ready buyers.”

With that statement, Ricardo Bautista, president of Directories Philippines Corp. (DPC), made it clear that the Yellow Pages is more than just a commercial directory service.

Published: May 25, 2010, Posted by: Nicole Paterno

Four Philippine Science High School-Eastern Visayas students made the country proud by beating tough global competition in snaring the fourth prize in the world’s largest pre-college science competition, the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF) in San Jose, California.

The competition involved 1,611 young scientists from 59 countries, regions and territories. This year, the Philippine delegation was made up of six students from secondary schools across the country who produced the top entries at the 13th Intel Philippine Science Fair, held at the University of the Philippines Diliman last February.

Published: May 19, 2010, Posted by: Nicole Paterno

MANILA, Philippines—From quake-devastated Haiti to the killing fields of Darfur to hurricane-ravaged New Orleans, a Filipino-American “techie-preneur” shows how the Internet can be used to respond quickly and effectively to calamities.

Yobie Benjamin, 50, formerly from flood-prone Malabon City, is an Internet security expert who uses his cyber proficiency to raise emergency funds to aid victims of disasters and social injustice, as well as other advocacies.

Published: May 12, 2010, Posted by: Nicole Paterno

XMG Global punctuates a few good measures and a simple start to empower a sustainable and inclusive development of the Philippine ICT sector.

Manila, Philippines (May 6, 2010) – As the Philippines marches on a historic transition of government power through the first automated electoral procedure, Canadian-based ICT research and advisory firm XMG Global has penned propositions specifically to shape the development destiny of Philippine ICT sector.

Published: May 7, 2010, Posted by: Nicole Paterno

NAGA CITY, Camarines Sur, Philippines — To stop Filipino scientists from leaving the country, the government will have to construct and equip more sophisticated laboratories.

At present, most laboratories in the country are university-based. More sophisticated laboratories abroad are prompting Filipino scientists and microbiologists to seek professional growth elsewhere.

Published: May 4, 2010, Posted by: Nicole Paterno

Two Filipino grade school students in a middle school in the US won first place in the Toshiba-National Science Teachers Association ExploraVision, one of the world’s biggest science competitions.

Published: May 4, 2010, Posted by: Nicole Paterno

MANILA, Philippines - A study group of 10 key officers from the Bank of Tanzania and the Bank of the Republic of Burundi visited the Philippines last month under a Knowledge Exchange Program arranged by the Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI) and the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP).