With the changing human resource (HR) landscape in the Philippines, tech solution companies Genie Technologies, Inc. (GenieTech) and Ramco Systems are pushing to help local HR practitioners through free learning sessions.

The Association of Philippine Journalists – Samahang Plaridel Foundation, Inc. celebrated the 168th birth anniversary of Filipino propagandist Marcelo H. del Pilar last August 27 (National Heroes Day) with a historic program at the Manila Hotel.

San Miguel Corp. (SMC) is planning to build a railway system called MRT Loop that will have a link to the airport – patterned after the Hong Kong MTR –connecting Metro Manila to the proposed aerotropolis in Bulacan.

The Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) is launching the local cruise shipping industry by encouraging the private sector to operate cruise ships in the Philippines.

The government of Japan projects a future with flying cars, so that it is partnering with the private sector to develop futuristic vehicles.

CRRC Dalian Co. Ltd. of China will shoulder the costs that come with the repair of 48 trains it manufactured to make them compatible with the rest of the MRT-3 fleet.

Port operator International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) continues to touch the lives of communities within its Papua New Guinea operations as wholly-owned subsidiary Motukea International Terminal (MIT) donated school equipment to the Baruni Primary School in the Motu-Koitabu village in Port Moresby.

Liveaboard ships, which are really floating hotels packed with dive gear, compressors, tanks, chase boats and the dive pros are the only way divers can access this marine park.

A German investment company said it would strip two unwanted Airbus A380 superjumbo passenger jets for parts after failing to find an airline willing to keep them flying following a decision by Singapore Airlines not to keep them in service.

Local automotive manufacturers and importers will review their vehicle pricing scheme while adjusting industry sales targets for 2018, after a experiencing a slump in sales in the first half after the implementation of a new tax law and the weakness of the peso.