From the airport to hawker centers: GCash expands further in Singapore

Top PH e-wallet can now be used to pay merchants accepting Alipay+ and AlipayCN GCash, the Philippines’ leading finance super app, doubles down on its presence in Singapore as it can now be used as a cashless payment option in both Alipay+ and Alipay China-enabled (AlipayCN) merchants. This further expands GCash’s availability in one of […]

Mynt to acquire ECPay to serve MSMEs better, boost bills payment business

October 2, 2023, MANILA, PHILIPPINES – Mynt, the holding company of the Philippines’ number one finance super app, GCash, has entered into an agreement with Globe Telecom Inc. and Payment One, Inc. to acquire a 100% stake in Electronic Commerce Payments, Inc. (ECPay), for PHP3.0 billion. Mynt believes its acquisition of ECPay will strengthen its […]

Globe Group highlights innovation and climate resiliency at GSMA M360 APAC in Seoul

The Globe Group showcased its innovative approach to addressing the effects of climate change at the recent GSMA M360 Asia Pacific conference. The event, which took place for the first time in Seoul, South Korea, brought together industry leaders from across the region to discuss the future of mobile technology and its impact on the […]

Enabling youth digital citizenship: Globe and Palo Alto Networks donate cyber safety booklets to E. Zobel Foundation

Leading digital solutions platform Globe and global cybersecurity leader Palo Alto Networks recently handed over 1,000 Cyberlite Activity Workbooks to the E. Zobel Foundation (EZF) under the telco’s Digital Thumbprint Program (DTP), which aims to increase students’ knowledge of digital citizenship and security. In partnership with Cyberlite Books, the cyber safety workbooks will be distributed […]

CBS China Bank Savings closes National Teachers’ Day 2023 with a bang

CBS China Bank Savings, through its partnership with the Department of Education (DepEd), will be one of the major sponsors for this year’s National Teachers Month Culmination Gathering in Butuan City, on October 5th. With the theme Together 4 Teachers, Appreciation, Admiration, Approval, Attention, CBS, through its APD Lending Group, continues to support DepEd in […]

ATI Normin joins swine multiplier farm inauguration in Bukidnon

CABANGLASAN, Bukidnon (PIA)–The Agricultural Training Institute-Regional Training Center (ATI RTC)-10 recently joined the blessing and inauguration of the 60-sow level Swine Multiplier and Technology Demonstration Farm constructed at Barangay Lambagan, Cabanglasan, here. The said P10-million project is part of the Department of Agriculture (DA) interventions under the Integrated National Swine Production Initiatives for Recovery and […]

P1.05 billion irrigation project inaugurated in Talakag

  TALAKAG, Bukidnon (PIA)–The National Irrigation Administration (NIA)-10 through its Bukidnon Irrigation Management Office, inaugurates the P1.054 billion Talakag Irrigation Project in Talakag, Bukidnon, September 20.   The Talakag Irrigation Project construction was divided into two phases. Phase 1 commenced in 2004 and was completed in 2012. Phase 2 began in 2013 and reached completion […]

NIA chief benchmarks in Nestlé for Irrigation Boost

DALWANGAN, Malaybalay City–National Irrigation Administration (NIA) Acting Administrator Engr. Eddie G. Guillen led the ceremonial planting of coffee in Nestlé Bukidnon Integrated Coffee Center (NBICC), Northern Mindanao Agricultural Crops and Livestock Research Complex (NMACLRC) at Dalwangan, Malaybalay City, Bukidnon. This visit will serve as a venue for widening the agricultural potentials of fruit-bearing trees such […]

Army overruns CPP-NPA hideout, seizes firearms in Bukidnon clash

  IMPASUGONG, Bukidnon (PIA)–Six firearms were seized during the military operation against the remnants of the Communist Terrorist Group (CTG) in the hinterlands of Sitio Kamaca, Barangay Bontongon, Impasugong, Bukidnon, Friday, September 22, 2023.   In a determined bid to end the local insurgency in its area of operation, the 8th Infantry (Dependable) Battalion, led by […]

Malaybalay, Valencia micro rice retailers get gov’t subsidy

MALAYBALAY CITY (PIA)–In a collaborative effort to provide financial assistance to micro rice retailers in the cities of Malaybalay and Valencia within Bukidnon province, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) National Program Office representative Lowell Cornejo and Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Bukidnon Provincial Director Famelah Raquel Villanueva, have joined forces to […]