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COTABATO CITY, Philippines — Two foreign benefactors and the Department of Information and Communications Technology launched here on Thursday a Digital Transformation Center (DTC) in support of efforts for commerce and trade in the Bangsamoro region to fully bounce back from the negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
MANILA, Philippines — The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) has slammed the Commission on the Filipino Language (CFL) over its plan to dissolve its Filipino Sign Language (FSL) Unit, which would effectively retrench its deaf personnel.
MANILA, Philippines — Adventure seekers have the chance to swim with turtles in this paradise called Apo Island.
Pacific Online Systems [LOTO 4.80, down 1.0%; 449% avgVol] [link] disclosed that the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) informed LOTO that it has declared LOTO the “Single Calculated Bid” for the 5-year “E-Lotto” license that was up for auction. LOTO explained that as the “Single Calculated Bid”, LOTO’s bid will be “subjected to post-qualification review by the [PCSO]... should there be no issues raised during post-qualification, it is expected that the [PCSO] will be issuing its Notice of Award.” LOTO was granted a 6-month test license to conduct e-lotto, during which LOTO managed to capture 14% of e-lotto sales. The company is owned by Willy Ocier.
Chemical Industries of the Philippines [CIP halted] [link] said that its board voted to exclude the Unioil Group from the merger of its subsidiaries. The subsidiaries that will be merged are Addventure Properties, Citiworld Properties, Exquadra, Quantumlink Realty, Buklod Realty, and Rivertanks; Uniholdings Inc will be the surviving entity of this merger. The PSE halted trading in CIP’s shares prior to the market’s open, “pending submission of the additional information required by the Exchange”, eight minutes after CIP’s “Reply to Exchange’s Query” hit the EDGE disclosure server.
MANILA, Philippines — The Supreme Court is recognizing the authority of the Department of Justice (DOJ) to promulgate its own rules on preliminary investigation.
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Agriculture (DA) is expanding its climate information system across all regions with the adoption of the Agro-Climatic Advisory Portal (ACAP) to help farmers and fisherfolk cope with weather disturbances.
