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Globe Telecom, through its premier postpaid brand Globe Platinum, became the first Philippine telecommunications company to bring the Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge to Filipino customers when it gave its Platinum members an exclusive sneak peak of the latest smartphones of one of the world’s leading device manufacturers.
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April, 2015
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11 April
New advanced threat-protection solution empowers business
California-based business-assurance technology company Blue Coat Systems Inc. recently unveiled in Manila its new Blue Coat Advanced Threat Protection solution, which is purpose-built to bridge the gap in security organizations between day-to-day operations, incident containment and resolution.
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11 April
Male beauty pageant unveils bets in first edition
Thirty-five young men will vie for the four major titles at stake in the inaugural edition of the Mister United Continents Philippines pageant, which will be held at Tanghalang Pasigueño in Pasig City on April 14.
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11 April
Savory, sweet surprises await customers at Icings
Story and photos by Alvin I. Dacanay If there’s a word that best describes Icings Bakery and Café, it’s probably “surprising.” The surprises this cozy informal restaurant springs on its first-time customers—pleasant, by all means—are not the dazzling, flashy kind; it’s actually the opposite, which may partly explain why this low-key establishment is not as well-known as it should be.
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March, 2015
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30 March
Holy books!: Scribes select good reads for Holy Week
By Alvin I. Dacanay For many workaholics, Holy Week is a terrific time to reacquaint themselves with their religion or reconnect with their spiritual side, bond with their loved ones, go on a well-earned vacation, pursue long-delayed personal projects, or catch up on their reading.
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23 March
PHL remains FDI laggard
Luis Leoncio Notwithstanding its investment grade from the three chief rating agencies, the Aquino administration failed to deliver on its promise to attract foreign direct investments (FDI) into the country, which many blame for the prevailing paradox of strong growth but widespread poverty, especially in the countryside.
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23 March
Abandoning peace deal entails huge costs–WB
“Horribly expensive.” This was how a former official of the World Bank whom the multilateral agency tapped for development projects in the Philippines described the cost—in both human and material terms—of giving up on the peace agreement with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front by rejecting the Bangsamoro Basic Law or BBL
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23 March
ATM problems are here to stay?
Jerry Maglunog Problems bug the country’s automated teller machines (ATMs) ranging from the low load of cash to interconnection problems and the government is hard put trying to fix it.
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23 March
Forbes to bring world’s tycoons to PHL for meet
Forbes Media LLC, publisher of what is considered as business bible Forbes, has chosen the Philippines for its 15th annual Forbes Global CEO Conference slated on October 12 to 14.
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23 March
Credit-card firms bat for ID system, data bank
Riza Lozada The local credit card industry, which has been growing an average of five percent a year for the past 35 years, is aggressively pushing for implementation of the centralized credit information database as well as the national identification system to realize bigger growth rates.
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