The Philippines jumped to No. 75 in the latest Global Competitiveness Index ranking released today by the World Economic Forum (WEF).The country ranked No. 85 out of 139 economies in the world in 2010 and moved up to No. 75 out of 142 economies in 2011. This jump is one of the highest recorded worldwide for this year by the WEF and is the highest on record for the Philippines since its entry into the global competitiveness rankings in 1994.
Senator Edgardo J. Angara spoke at the Senate plenary hall on Wednesday to formally introduce and call for the passage of the measure creating a Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT). Top officials of the Information and Communications Technology Office (ICTO) were also present to observe the proceedings.
MANILA, Philippines - The government is willing to bid out its envisioned national broadband network (NBN) project to all financially and technically qualified proponents, including ZTE Corp., the Chinese firm which figured in the scandal-tainted broadband project during the Arroyo administration.
While so much coverage has been focused on the Philippines' brain drain, we opt to highlight professionals from the Philippine global diaspora. These are the people who decide to return home or make regular trips to the Philippines as a personal advocacy or professional passion in making the country globally competitive.
This article on Dr. Al Villarica is one of our BGN success stories.
The Brain Gain Network congratulates Christina Rodriguez Laskowski for this recognition from the Filipina Women's Network. Congratulations Christina!
The Filipina Women’s Network has selected Christina Rodriguez Laskowski, Managing Director of ValuQuest INTERNATIONAL, Founder of Alquemie Partners and President of STAC Silicon Valley as one of the 100 Most Influential Filipina Women in the United States as a result of accomplishments with the Founders & Pioneers award category.
STAC Silicon Valley Forges Stronger Ties with Academe, Private Sector and Tech Community
The Science and Technology Advisory Council, Silicon Valley (“STAC-Silicon Valley” or “STAC”) announced that the ON3 Nationals will become an annual forum for innovation serving the Filipino Tech Community.
Province of Laguna with support from Ionics EMS is pushing for an electronic tablet to be used as an educational tool for the 84 public high schools in the province of Laguna. It is envisioned to serve as a replacement for textbooks, workbooks and cost below $200 or PHP8,600 per unit. Target is below $100.
The provincial government of Laguna has built a tablet PCfrom scratch that it envisions to distribute to public high school students in the province in lieu of books. Called the eRizal tablet, the device was given to President Aquino by Laguna Governor Jeorge E.R. Ejercito Estregan last June 19 during the grand Rizal celebration in Calamba City.
From the outside, everything about Diosdado Banatao seems average: he wears no expensive designer suits, nor carry fancy, top-of-the-line gadgets. But to anyone with even a fraction of knowledge of Silicon Valley and computer technology history, nothing about Dado, who also considers himself with “just average” intelligence, is truly average. He, after all, pioneered the very first PC chip set when there was not yet a PC industry and he created the graphics acceleration technology that made Microsoft Windows a viable operating system. Dado has helped propel the computer industry into a global phenomenon.
Five new outstanding individuals recently joined PhilDev’s Board of Trustees. They are: Rigoberto Advincula, Professor at the University of Houston, Texas; Jones Castro, Executive Vice President at Wells Fargo Global Financial Institutions; Ed Chua, President of Pilipinas Shell; Danilo Lopez, Principal at Novelle LLC, and Art Tan, President and CEO of Integrated Microelectronics Inc. With their knowledge and expertise, PhilDev will surely become one step closer to achieving its dream of improving science and technology in the country.
This July 27-30, 2011 the Science and Technology Advisory Council of Silicon Valley (STAC-SV) will be conducting its ON3 National Competition during the National Science and Technology Week (NSTW).
The finals will feature start-ups which won the ON3 Visayas-Mindanao and NCR-Luzon legs held last February-March and May 2011 respectively. These start-ups will vie to be the top three finalists going on an all-expense paid, three-month immersion in Silicon Valley sponsored by the Department of Science & Technology (DOST).
