Google, through its philanthropic arm Google.org, is giving an additional $1.5 million worth of Search Ad grant to Philippine government agencies to help provide Filipinos with continued access to authoritative and relevant […]
According to Visa’s 2021 Global Travel Intentions Study, free COVID-19 tests (57%), hospital care (51%), and flexibility in changing travel plans (37%) are key drivers for Filipinos’ traveling decisions as countries start […]
January saw a significant spike in COVID-19 cases in the Philippines recording almost 40,000 cases in one day. To date, the country reported 3,577,298 confirmed cases and 54,097 deaths. The government and […]
As COVID-19 continues to impact communities around the world including the Philippines, Google doodle urges people to get vaccinated and wear face masks to help stop the spread of the virus and […]
In the last quarter of 2021, fewer Filipino households (59%) reported a current decrease in income due to the pandemic compared to the previous quarter’s 64%. This is one of the major […]
Student and community journalists across the country will gather to discuss misinformation on the COVID-19 vaccine in a free webinar scheduled on Jan. 28 -29, 2022 at 10 a.m., which will be […]
Digital payments provider Visa and global insurer AIG Philippines Insurance Inc. (AIG) will start offering new travel insurance with COVID-19 protection, exclusive to Visa Infinite cardholders in the Philippines. The travel insurance, […]
Photo by Skitterphoto on Pexels With the mass inoculation of their citizens, some countries are opening up their borders to foreign travelers, still with additional health security measures. The latest consumer study […]
With the increasing cases of COVID-19 in the past weeks, Filipinos turn to Twitter to air their concern, grievances, and sympathy. The latest data from the social networking site saw 10 million […]
Telecommunications company Eastern Communications announced that 73% of its employees have already received COVID-19 vaccines. This is in line with the company’s internal program prioritizing health and safety in the workplace, especially […]
E-commerce platform Lazada has partnered with insurance marketplace Kwik.insure to provide customers with free COVID-19 insurance. For every bills payment transaction done by a Lazada customer via the Lazada Wallet, they will […]
In support of the Philippine government’s initiative to prevent the further transmission of COVID-19, all PSBank branches nationwide will have shortened banking hours (8:30A a.m.-2 p.m.), Monday-Friday, from Aug. 6 to Aug. […]
In support of the country’s ongoing vaccination drive, HealthNow houses COVIDShield, the COVID-19 vaccination program of the Ayala Group and its partners, to fully inoculate about 500,000 employees and their loved ones, […]
Through a tie-up with Pioneer Insurance, PayMaya is giving its users free COVID-19 plus Personal Accident insurance coverage for one month worth P150,000 when they use their PayMaya account for safe cashless transactions from May 5 to June […]
Travelers within the United Arab Emirates will soon find themselves undergoing digital verification of COVID-19 medical records as Emirates and Dubai Health Authority (DHA) starts its implementation. International airlines Emirates customers who […]
Mindful thoughts about frontliners, young innovators developed solutions that would aid them as the COVID-19 pandemic still rages on in the Philippines. The students presented their creations at the Demo Day of […]
The Data Resilience for Ease Access and Management (DREAM) Team, in partnership with New Zealand Aid and the Philippine Disaster Resilience Foundation’s (PDRF) Project K3, launched information and communications technology (ICT) training […]
Filipino businessman Manuel V. Pangilinan opens the MVP Group’s emergency quarantine facility in Antipolo, Rizal, to help care for employees with asymptomatic to mild cases of COVID-19. Select areas within the 10-hectare […]
The latest survey by Accenture Research cemented the belief that life will never go back to where it was BC (Before COVID). The shift in working environments and business operations prompted companies […]
If the reaction to the increase in cyber threats, in terms of budget, is any indication, some companies in the Philippines could not be bothered. The latest survey of security solutions firm […]
Cloud security firm Trend Micro revealed that it blocked 16.7 million high-risk email threats that slipped past webmail providers’ native filters. This amounts to an increase of nearly a third of 2019 […]
Social media platform Twitter has started labeling tweets that may contain misinformation on the COVID-19. This is one of the company’s efforts in protecting public conversation surrounding COVID-19. Twitter started to roll […]
Software company SAS has been supporting the drug and COVID-19 vaccine development as health and pharmaceutical organizations digitally transform their clinical research analytics. The update of the SAS Life Science Analytics Framework […]
With the increasing demand for reliable information on COVID-19 vaccines, International SOS, a health and security services firm, created a “traffic light” indicator to help businesses track when, where, and how they […]
In its global report “One Giant Leap: The Growth of eCommerce Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic,” Payoneer finds that e-commerce merchants saw an 80% increase in their revenues in both the second and […]
As many business leaders look to close the skills gap and cultivate a sustainable workforce amid COVID-19, a new IBM Institute for Business Value (IBV) study reveals less than 4 in 10 […]
New internet users are disproportionately affected by the socio-economic impact of COVID-19, according to a study recently released by Google’s Next Billion Users initiative team. Called “New Internet Users in a COVID-19 […]
Over a month after the announcement of the partnership, mobile-first Singlife Philippines (Singlife) and e-wallet GCash launched the first of many products with “Cash for Dengue Costs.” Aside from the affordability of […]
The COVID-19 pandemic caused so much strain in the economy and stress in the workforce. Employers may need to look at the findings of the new study of Oracle and Workplace Intelligence, […]
By Sumit Bansal, Managing Director, Sophos, Asean Contact tracing is a key pillar in the efforts of many countries to manage the COVID-19 pandemic, along with mass testing and patient treatment. As […]
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