Amid the COVID-19 pandemic threats to public health and the environment, the National Solid Waste Management Commission (NSWMC) and the Japanese government are working together to establish guidelines for the accurate characterization of wastes for the use of local...
Medtecs International, the world’s leading provider and distributor of personal protective equipment (PPE), is in talks with the government to put up a nearly USD 2-billion industrial town that would produce PPE, electric vehicles (EVs), and textiles, among others,...
Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) is allotting PHP 149.66 billion (USD 2.9 billion) for its capital expenditure (capex) program in the next four years. On a per year basis, Meralco has set a capex budget of PHP 37.53 billion (USD 718.9 million) for 2023; PHP 43.5 billion...
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX), the aerospace company of billionaire Elon Musk, will soon be operating in the Philippines and is set to bring high-speed satellite broadband connectivity to customers, particularly to areas in the country where...
The Philippine government is set to start the construction of three climate-resilient bridges that are designed to decongest Metro Manila’s traffic-heavy areas – the Marcos Highway-Saint Mary Avenue Bridge, the Homeowner’s Drive-A Bonifacio Bridge, and the...
New research from global giant payments, Visa, suggested that a fully cashless Philippine society may be possible in less than a decade. This is because more Filipinos are embracing digital payments out of necessity, two years into the COVID-19 pandemic. According to...
Optum Global Solutions Philippines, an American healthcare services and innovation company and a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group, is celebrating its tenth year of operations in the Philippines. It has also announced plans to expand its operations in the country. The...
Systems Engineering & Assessment (SEA) have been appointed to supply its Torpedo Launcher System (TLS) to Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) for two new Philippine Navy corvettes. The contract follows the successful delivery of SEA’s TLS for the Philippine Navy’s...
Insurance company AIA Philippines has partnered with The Medical City (TMC) through its Cancer Institute and corporate foundation, Akbay Ginhawa Foundation, Inc., to make cancer care services more accessible and affordable for Filipinos. AIA welcomes the partnership...
The Metro Manila Subway is one of the Philippines’ largest infrastructure projects aimed at creating an efficient rail system in the world’s most densely populated city. As part of this push for development, construction has begun on a third Mass Rapid Transit line...
The Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) said that it has approved the registration for the PHP 125-billion (USD 2 .4 billion) Quezon Techno-Industrial Special Economic Zone (QTISEZ) project, which will be the largest economic zone in the country. Local firm...
Amidst concerns about food security, particularly fish, the government through the Department of Agriculture’s Bureau of Fish and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), has bolstered the aquaculture sector through expanding fish hatchery capacity and targeting higher fish...
