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The Board of Directors (BOD) of TeaM Energy Corporation (TEC) recently elected Mr. Oscar S. Reyes to fill up the vacant seat in the company’s board effective June 1, 2019.

GCash, operated by Globe Fintech Innovations Inc. (Mynt), has taken a bolder step to bring its digital financial services closer to more Filipinos, aiming to marry the Filipino’s tech-savvy lifestyle and the growing need for financial inclusion.

The past administration missed the opportunity to start closing the country’s yawning infrastructure gap by taking advantage of very low interest rates on loans that would have raised funds for these badly needed economic investments, Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III said.

Employees of leading cement maker Holcim Philippines, Inc. again helped prepare public schools for the opening of classes as they volunteered in the Department of Education’s (DepEd) nationwide Brigada Eskwela from May 20 to 27.

Bagging yet another award, Mynt (Globe Fintech Innovations Inc.) credits its success as an employer to the inclusion of treasured Filipino values in a dynamic corporate setting.

By Heidi Nicodemus The Toronto Raptors had some help from a B.C. man in their historic NBA championship win.

President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday led the 121st Independence Day rites at the Lanao del Sur military camp, reminding Filipinos that freedom is only as strong as the resolve to remain free.

Secretary Carlos Dominguez III has ordered Department of Finance (DOF) officials to study ways of actively engaging lawmakers in the incoming Congress to speed up the approval of the rest of the Duterte administration’s tax reform packages, as well as to apprise them of the untenability and adverse financial repercussions of certain legislative proposals.

President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday urged Moros to exploit their resources and take advantage of the transition from the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) to the new Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) as mandated by the ratified Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL).

Fujitsu’s Global Delivery Center (GDC) in the Philippines received the Outstanding Environmental Project Award from the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) during the PEZA 24th Anniversary and Investors’ Recognition Night held at the World Trade Center on May 29, 2019. Philippines President, Rodrigo Duterte represented by Delfin Lorenzana (Philippine Secretary of National Defense), and PEZA Director-General B, Charito Plaza, presented the …