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Coins.ph and beep partnership help save time
In a collaboration aimed at helping Filipinos skip the lines, Coins.ph, the leading digital wallet and mobile payments app, and contactless payment provider, beep card, launched a new function in the coins.ph app that lets commuters reload their tap-and-go beep™ cards using NFC-enabled Android smartphones.
The new...
Weaving the tapestry of life
Tingguians, they are called. She of the sub-group Illaud. Her name: Norma Agaid Mina, 78. And she has spawned generation after generation of loom masters.
“I was in Grade 6 when I learned to weave. Nagbakbak ako ng sinulid, nag-alis ng buto ng cotton...
DepEd reaffirms commitment to serve marginalized learners
by Fil V. Elefante
Education Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones recently reaffirmed the Department’s commitment and advocacy to cater to the educational needs of all learners, including those thriving in the margins.
The Secretary stated this during her speech at the 15th International Conference of the...
Fruitas goes cashless with GCash
After making department store and convenience store purchases a breeze using cashless payments, Globe announced that its mobile wallet payment platform GCash is now accepted at select Fruitas stores.
Fruitas Holdings, Inc. (FHI), the leading group in the food cart industry in the Philippines,...
The return of Bt talong
If someone mentions “biotechnology,” what comes to mind immediately? Any of the following: Dolly the cloned sheep, genetically modified organisms (GMOs), golden rice—or all of them.
If that’s what you think, you’re absolutely right. These are all examples of biotechnology. But what about beer-brewing, crop breeding,...
HIV, AIDs, & the workplace
Two years ago, in 2015, while undergoing treatment for tuberculosis (TB), 36-year-old “Kevin” was diagnosed as positive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). A call center agent from Cagayan de Oro City, he didn’t reveal his status to his colleagues.
But TB had taken a toll...
