Many articles have been written on the rise of robotics, typically referred to as Robotic Process Automation (RPA), in organizations across different industries. The very topic conjures images of robots taking over the workplace and, eventually, our entire world. Is that really what the current wave of robotics is all about though?
YOKOHAMA, Japan — Finance ministers and central bank governors of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) members and their China, Japan and Korean peers meeting here on the sidelines of the 50th anniversary of the Asian Development Bank’s Board of Governors agreed on Friday to help each other enhance resilience to financial shocks and to promote trade and investments.
A LAWMAKER wants the telecommunications sector stripped of its tax exemption on importations of communication equipment needed for their business, noting that these firms need not be given perks.
THE ECONOMY of the Eastern Visayas grew the fastest among the 17 regions in the Philippines in 2016, exceeding the growth rate posted by the capital as well as the national average.
DAVAO CITY — Cavendish banana remains the top export commodity of the Davao Region and the challenges faced by two of the top banana-exporting companies are expected to have a significant impact on its gross regional domestic product (GRDP) target for this year, according to the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA).
YOKOHAMA, JAPAN — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said it will help promote public-private partnerships (PPPs) in the Asia-Pacific by offering an independent consulting service to mediate disputes between governments and their contractors.
THE GOVERNMENT has signed an agreement to set up a credit facility that will help jeepney drivers and operators modernize their fleets.
NICKEL BULLS are in retreat as a mining crackdown that threatened to choke supply from the world’s top shipper is mired in legal and political limbo.
MINERS said the Environment department has no legal basis for a new policy banning open-pit mining by metal mines.
THE GOVERNMENT is rolling out free wireless Internet to more areas in the next three months, in line with efforts to expand the service nationwide, an official from the Department of Information Communications and Technology (DICT) said.