Dining In/Out (12/12/24)
Newport World Resorts offers festive holiday takeaways NEWPORT WORLD RESORTS presents a luxurious selection of holiday takeaways, available at the Garden Wing Café and Hotel Okura Manila’s Yawaragi Pastry …
Tea meditation
IN MANY of the world’s tea-drinking cultures, tea is transformed into a ritual that gives a taste of the sacred to what should be mundane. In the Philippines, Rachel …
ChatGenie launches AI-powered multi-agent framework for BPOs
CUSTOMER engagement platform Chat-Genie has launched an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered multi-agent framework to help speed up tasks in traditional business process outsourcing (BPO) roles. ChatGenie’s multi-agent framework deploys AI …
UnionBank to dissolve data unit
UNION BANK of the Philippines, Inc. (UnionBank) plans to shut down its wholly owned subsidiary Union Data Corp. (UDC) “Please be informed that the Securities and Exchange Commission approved …
Uy’s air navigation control proposal ‘rejected’ — PPP Center
THE Department of Transportation (DoTr) has rejected ComClark Network and Technology Corp.’s P29.82-billion unsolicited proposal to manage the country’s air navigation, traffic, and control system, according to the Public-Private …
Premium pricing
CAN A REGULAR SERVICE or product be enhanced with upscale features and sold at a premium price? This has already been a tradition in spectator events like theater, concerts, …
Cambridge University urged to apologise over jailing of thousands of ‘evil’ women without evidence or trial | Women
In 1561, a little-known charter granted the University of Cambridge the power to arrest and imprison any woman “suspected of evil”. For nearly 350 years, the university used this …
Syria’s economy and its reliance on drug money
Will the $6bn trade in the illegal drug captagon that funded the Assad dictatorship be disrupted now he’s gone?As US inflation creeps up, we hear from businesses daring to …
The Observer view: Labour must help disadvantaged children become ‘school ready’ before it’s too late | Observer editorial
A third of children starting school in England aged five are not “school ready”. For children from disadvantaged backgrounds, that figure is much higher – just under half of …
Yields on central bank’s term deposits inch down
TERM DEPOSIT yields went down on Wednesday as markets priced in the latest Philippine headline inflation data and amid a stronger peso. The BSP’s term deposit facility (TDF) attracted …