THE DEPARTMENT of Energy (DoE) has drawn strong interest from potential suppliers for the first-quarter auction of 3,000 electric-powered tricycles, an official said.
CUSTOMS officials are no longer required to be present when exporters load goods into shipping containers, the Bureau of Customs (BoC) said in a new order, a few weeks after traders asked the agency to hold off the implementation of a new rule.
THE PHILIPPINES should continue pursuing “open market-oriented approaches” to development if it is to participate in the United States-initiated Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) in the future, a senior US State Department official said on Tuesday.
SENIOR Finance officials from member-countries of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) have started tackling a proposed road map for the region’s economy, the Department of Finance (DoF) yesterday said.
“YOU CAN GIVE without loving, but you can’t love without giving.” Gift giving has always been a part of the Filipino culture — one that is innate and manifests our generosity towards others. It is our way of expressing gratitude, love, affection, friendship, or simply showing that we care. In a country where relationships (with family, friends, co-workers, etc.) are highly valued, giving gifts is seen as a way of strengthening these relationships. Most especially for Filipinos who have an extensive support network of family and friends, we tend to spend significant time, effort and money searching for the right gifts for special occasions and ceremonies.

LEADING business process outsourcing (BPO) company Sutherland Global Services (SGS) will be hiring 700 more workers for their Davao City operation by the first quarter of this year to be able to cater to the growing demands of their clients. SGS-Davao City talent management senior manager MarsyInigo, who guested in yesterday’s edition of Club 888 at Marco Polo Hotel Davao, said they are looking into expanding their manpower from some 2,000 to some 3,000 by the end of 2015 and the hiring of 700 individuals is part of achieving their goal this year. For her part, SGS-Davao City recruitment senior manager Grace Garay said the newly hired agents will also fill in the vacancies of employees that have left the company. She said they are looking for call center agents for a United States (US)-based telecommunications company with six months experience, technical support agents for a US-based anti-virus software company, and customer sales agent for another US-based telecommunications company. Garay said those who will be accepted as call center agents for a United States (US)-based telecommunications company with six months experience will receive a signing bonus of P30,000. She said those who will be accepted as customer sales agent for another US-based telecommunications company will receive a signing bonus of P5,000. Garay said they are accepting applicants who has at least two year college education, willingness to work in different shifts, has good communication skills, and flexibility. Interested applicants may apply at the SGS-Davao City along Jacinto Extension. The company Read More …
OIL PRICES at $50 a barrel could mean an additional $6 billion in purchasing power for Filipinos, providing a potential boost to consumption, Finance Undersecretary Gil S. Beltran told reporters.
FOURTEEN renewable energy (RE) projects with combined capacity of 304 megawatts (MW) have been endorsed as qualified for the feed-in tariff (FIT) program.
DAVAO CITY — The development of preserved fruit products, one of the items under the European Union’s (EU) Generalized Scheme of Preferences Plus (GSP+) recently granted to the Philippines, has been declared a priority of the newly-opened Food Processing Innovation Center (FPIC) here.

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