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Skyro joins Alliance Philippines to advance digital finance
Philstar
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July 4, 2025
MANILA, Philippines — Consumer finance firm Skyro joined financial technology group Alliance Philippines as part of efforts to deepen its role in the country’s expanding digital finance landscape. Alliance Philippines chairman Lito Villanueva said...
Radhaa Publishing House Announces The Release Of Decrees Of Command: Spiritual Technologies For Sovereignty By Maya The Shaman
MENAFN
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July 4, 2025
(MENAFN- GetNews) Radhaa Publishing House proudly presents Decrees of Command: Spiritual Technologies for Sovereignty, a powerful new book by renowned healer and visionary Maya the Shaman, creator of Infinite Cosmic Records. This timely and...
The Philippines has a foreign agents law
The Manila Times
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July 4, 2025
First word LIKE any state wary in its vigil over national security and the national interest, the Philippines has a foreign agent registration law that regulates the activities of and requires the registration of foreign agents in its territory....
Microsoft AI tools help to boost literacy in the Philippines
Technology Record
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By Alice Chambers | 04 July 2025 Microsoft is supporting the Department of Education in the Philippines (DepEd) to improve literacy across the country with AI reading tools for teachers and students. More than 14,000 learners across 60 schools...
AFRY to serve as lenders’ technical advisor for solar project in Philippines
World Construction Network
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July 4, 2025
AFRY, an engineering company, has been appointed as the lenders’ technical advisor for a solar and battery energy storage project in the Philippines. The project, which offers a total capacity of 3,500MWp of solar power combined with 4,500MWh of...
Empowering Educators and Advancing Nuclear Science Education
IAEA
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After witnessing lectures conducted at China’s Harbin Engineering University, trainees exercised their lecturing skills by delivering presenting practice lessons to an audience of international secondary school students. (Photo: T. Iimoto/UTokyo)...
Filipino military pushes naval base upgrades, fearing Chinese spying
Defense News
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July 2, 2025
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines is ramping up its maritime defense posture with plans to establish and upgrade several naval bases in critical areas across the archipelago, including an island base under a basing agreement with the United...
Filipino reggae singer Elias J TV to launch first US tour in September
The Manila Times
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July 2, 2025
Filipino reggae singer Elias Gabonada Lintucan Jr., known professionally as Elias J TV, will launch his first US tour this September, spotlighting reggae across Filipino-American communities and music fans nationwide. The tour, which has been...
Philippine technology firm DigiPlus to launch Brazil iGaming platform in September
Inside Asian Gaming
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July 2, 2025
Philippines gaming technology supplier DigiPlus Interactive Corp said Wednesday it expects to go live with its Brazil iGaming operations in September. The offering will include an extensive line-up of livestreamed games, slots, table games and...
Philippines still a lower middle-income country, according to World Bank
Business World
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July 2, 2025
THE PHILIPPINES is still classified as a lower middle-income country after just missing the threshold to achieve upper middle-income country (UMIC) status, according to the World Bank. The World Bank’s latest country income classification showed...
BIZ BUZZ: Nestlé Philippines names new Chairman and CEO
Inquirer
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July 4, 2025
Nestlé Philippines, Inc. has a new leader. Nestlé Philippines announced the appointment of Mauricio Alarcón as its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer effective July 2025, succeeding Kais Marzouki who has been designated Head of Nestlé Greater...
PSE lifts suspension on Island Information & Technology Inc. stock
Manila Standard
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July 4, 2025
The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) announced Friday that the shares of Island Information & Technology Inc. would resume trading on July 7, 2025, after four years of suspension. The resumption of IITI’s trading follows the company’s full...
Japanese manga sparks fears of megaquake hitting the Philippines
Cebu Daily News
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July 4, 2025
“The real disaster will come in July 2025,” followed by “the ocean floor between Japan and the Philippines will crack,” aren’t exactly very comforting words to see on a book said to have previously and accurately predicted natural disasters. “The...
Japanese manga predicts megaquake to hit the Philippines
Inquirer
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July 4, 2025
“The real disaster will come in July 2025,” followed by “the ocean floor between Japan and the Philippines will crack,” aren’t exactly very comforting words to see on a book said to have previously and accurately predicted natural disasters. “The...
Social Media Can Support Or Undermine Democracy – It Comes Down To How It’s
The Nigerian Voice
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Every design choice that social media platforms make nudges users toward certain actions, values and emotional states. It is a design choice to offer a news feed that combines verified news sources with conspiracy blogs – interspersed with photos...
Big Tech content moderators unite to tackle mental trauma
Times LIVE
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Global Trade Union Alliance of Content Moderators was launched in Nairobi in April to establish worker protections for 'a 21st century hazardous job' 04 July 2025 - 13:30 By Joanna Gill Content moderators from the Philippines to Turkey are uniting...
PH waters stayed hot months after El Niño – study
The Manila Times
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July 7, 2025
A RECENT study by the University of the Philippines-Marine Science Institute (UP-MSI) showed that the sea surface temperatures (SSTs) persisted for three months even after El Niño ended in May 2024. With marine ecosystems already under stress, the...
PH financial stability council vows to protect system amid global shift
Manila Standard
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July 7, 2025
The Financial Stability Coordination Council (FSCC) reiterated its commitment to safeguarding the Philippines’ financial system amidst shifting global and local conditions. The FSCC, in its latest quarterly meeting, reviewed efforts to strengthen...
'Bosses see us as machines': Content moderators for Big Tech unite to tackle mental trauma
The Malaysian Star
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July 4, 2025
BRUSSELS: Content moderators from the Philippines to Turkey are uniting to push for greater mental health support to help them cope with the psychological effects of exposure to a rising tide of disturbing images online. The people tasked with...
EY GDS Philippines named IBPAP’s Technology Company of the Year for 2025
Manila Standard
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June 30, 2025
EY Global Delivery Services (EY GDS) Philippines has been honored as the “Technology Company of the Year” at the SOLAIA: The IT-BPM Awards 2025, held on June 11. Organized by the IT & Business Process Association of the Philippines, Inc. (IBPAP),...