Posts Tagged ‘RP’


RP featured in LA Philharmonic ball

May 30th, 2009

The Philippines was featured in the recent 58th Annual International Ball of the International Committee of the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
The Philippine Consulate reported the ball, “Sights and Sounds of the Philippines” was held at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion at the Music Center in downtown Los Angeles May 16.
In its report to the Department of Foreign [...]


RP scientists developing cure for malaria out of makahiya plant

June 7th, 2008

Government scientists are now looking at the possibility of developing an herbal medicine for malaria from the “makahiya” plant.
“Now we’re still studying which part of the plant has the chemical and the active ingredient that can be used as cure for malaria”…


RP firm in joint venture with Indian company

May 18th, 2008

MANILA, Philippines - A Philippine information technology company recently announced a joint venture with an Indian firm, creating a business which will serve the data needs of banking giants such as Citibank and ABN Amro.
IPVG, an online partner of GMA’s New Media Inc., said that the joint venture makes it the first publicly-listed Filipino company [...]


DOST, Peza join forces to spark RP open source development

February 19th, 2008

MANILA, Philippines–The Advanced Science and Technology Institute, a research and development arm of the Department of Science and Technology (DoST), and the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (Peza) are joining forces to spur open source development in the Philippines, a top official of the science department said.
This government-backed initiative will involve setting up of a physical [...]


RP gains in competitiveness

November 9th, 2007

Country up five notches in global survey
THE PHILIPPINES HAS IMPROVED ITS STANDING in a global opinion survey of executives regarding competitiveness in terms of the business environment, landing 63rd in a list of 127 countries.
The country’s 2007 ranking in the Business Competitiveness Index (BCI) of the World Economic Forum went up by five notches, with [...]


RP solar car leads class in Australia

November 5th, 2007

MANILA, Philippines — SINAG, the Philippines’ first fully functional solar car, has reached the halfway point of the 3,000-kilometer stretch of the World Solar Challenge being held in central Australia.
After breaching the 2,000-kilometer distance from Darwin to Cadney Homestead on Thursday, SINAG jumped to 11th place but continued to maintain the lead in the Challenge [...]


3 world champs banner RP bid

November 2nd, 2007

The 2007 World Pool Championships gets underway tomorrow, November 3, at the storied Araneta Coliseum in Cubao, Quezon City with 128 of the world’s top players from 42 countries vying for the $100,000 champion’s purse.
This year’s total prize money is the biggest in the 18-year-old tournament which will be aired on ESPN Star Sports and [...]


RP’s Alcano up vs bets from 46 nations in World Pool tourney

November 2nd, 2007

MANILA, Philippines — Defending champion Ronnie Alcano of the Philippines will face top players from 46 countries in the $400,000 World Pool Championship here on Saturday.
“It will be a tough climb to the top. But I will try my best,” said Alcano, one of 128 entries.
Other top draws are Francisco “Django” Bustamante, the 2002 runner-up, [...]


RP set to overtake India in business outsourcing

October 30th, 2007

MANILA, Philippines — THE PHILIPPINES is poised to overtake India as the world’s top provider of business process outsourcing services as industry players firm up their strength and marketing efforts.Cesar B. Bautista, co-chairman of the National Competitiveness Council (NCC), told the Philippine Daily Inquirer that the Indian cyber services sector was losing its edge as [...]


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