CHED official says review centers need monitoring The Manila Times | An official of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) on Tuesday admitted that the recent incident involving Northcap Review Center could have been averted had the industry been regulated by the agency. | In a statement, CHED Executive Director ...
GSIS, Meralco trade barbs The Manila Times By Angelo S. Samonte And Jomar Canlas, Reporters | The word war between the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) and the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) continued during a Cabinet meeting in Bohol on Tuesday. GSIS President Winston Garcia said Me...
Tet helps foil BIR, Customs racket The Manila Times | The government offers monetary rewards to informants who alert the authorities to, among others, big-time tax evaders and similar crooks. How about someone who has not only detected a long-running racket that has cost the state billions of pesos in...
Convergys adding Philippines contact centers The Business Review | will expand its presence in the Philippines, adding five new contact centers there, the company said Tuesday. | The company already operates nine contact centers in the country, which employ about 13,000, according to a news release. The new center...
Comcast adds Filipino On Demand to Houston lineup The Business Review | and Filipino media company have added a Filipino On Demand service in the Houston area. | The new subscription video-on-demand service features a total of 50 hours of content a month, with new programming available each week. | The programming line...
CHED presses review centers to integrate The Manila Times By James Konstantin Galvez, Reporter | In a move to maintain the integrity of the professional exams in the Philippines, the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) chief warned review centers to comply with an order for them to integrate with existing...
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Where is the real Boracay? The Manila Times | BORACAY is one of the best beaches on Earth. I've visited other much-esteemed seaside destinations such as Cannes and Monte Carlo in the Côte d'Azur and Positano, Capri and Sorre...
Beer stock flies high at PSE The Manila Times | WHEN San Miguel Brewery Inc.—one of the best recognized and most profitable corporate entities in the Asia-Pacific region—made its debut on the Philippine Stock Exchange yesterday it made predictable waves, with brokers going dizzy with excitement ...
Chase cutting 420 jobs in Phoenix, moving some overseas The Business Review | is eliminating 420 call service jobs in Phoenix and moving some of them overseas to its hub in Manila, Philippines. | Affected Chase employees are being told the bad news as they arrive to work Tuesday. Officials there are trying to inform employee...
iPhone sold out online CNN | SAN FRANCISCO, California (AP) -- Apple Inc. said Monday its online stores in the U.S. and U.K. are sold out of the iPhone, a sign supplies are being winnowed ahead of the launch of the device's next generation featuring faster Internet surfing spe...
Land Bank sets aside biofuel loan for Quezon The Manila Times | LAND Bank of the Philippines has allotted P4.3 billion for the production and processing of jatropha in a vast area in Quezon province. | Gilda E. Pico, Land Bank president and chief executive officer, said the lender's assistance to jatropha production is consistent with its commitment pursuant to the Biofuels Act of 2006 which mandates the use ...
Philippine general who led war against insurgents named government peace negotiator AOL MANILA, Philippines (AP) - A retired Philippine military chief who led wars against insurgents and has been accused of human rights violations was named presidential adviser on peace talks Sunday, immediately sparking concern among left-wing activists. | Hermogenes Esperon, who retired as Philippine military chief last week, will assume the crucial...
