MANILA -An agricultural cooperative in a South Cotabato town has secured funding from state-run Land Bank of the Philippines (Landbank) to scale up its production of pineapples and pineapple fibers. In a statement, Landbank said it recently granted a to the T’Boli Farm Growers Multi-Purpose Cooperative which will be utilized to expand its operations and…
MANILA, Philippines — The country’s inflation rate is already on a “downward trajectory” and is seen to ease this year, National Economic Development Authority (Neda) Secretary Arsenio Balisacan said on Thursday. “We are actively monitoring the situation and implementing the necessary measures to ensure that by the end of the year, we should be on…
TikTok is one of the leading social media platforms today, with a whopping one billion active users all over the globe. Not only is it a place to watch, create, and share different video content but when used in the right way, TikTok can also be an avenue for knowledge and growth. Yes, you can…
MANILA, Philippines -Homegrown e-commerce solutions provider Enstack is targeting to officially launch its product in Vietnam this year as part of its regional expansion plan amid the rising demand for digital tools among small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Macy Castillo, CEO and co-founder of Enstack, told the Inquirer the testing of their products with select…
The term ‘live selling’ is not new to most netizens ever since it skyrocketed in popularity in the last couple of years. The practice of live selling or showcasing assorted items—from clothes to food—through live streams on different social media or streaming platforms has been a widely known phenomenon in the e-commerce industry. In live…
These companies that you deal with every day, chances are they had been victimized by hackers several times before. Indeed, long before the Russia-Ukraine crisis, a war in cyberspace had already been keeping CEOs awake at night. It’s an arms race between the “good” guys and the “bad” guys, whose attacks damage businesses and hurt…
Just as people are expected to take the necessary precautions to avoid being victims of actual crimes, individuals also have to assume some responsibility in protecting themselves against the growing menace of cybersecurity threats. While information technology experts gave the assurance that institutions and agencies were taking every step to protect people against online crimes—investing…
A Russian cybersecurity firm has warned Filipino firms against the further proliferation of ransomware attacks as more “cyberhackers” look for opportunities to receive a huge payout at a time when the global economy is at an uneven pace of recovery from the pandemic. Chris Connell, managing director for Asia-Pacific and vice president for global sales…
To say e-commerce is growing in leaps and bounds is not just a cliché. Assistant Secretary Mary Jane Pacheco of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said from a mere 2,068 online brand name registrations from January to March 2020, before the corona virus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic, the number rose to 88,363 from…
Micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) comprise 99.5 percent of business enterprises in the Philippines. The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)’s 2020 MSME statistics show that the MSME sector accounted for more than 60 percent of jobs in the country. Further, the United Nations points to MSMEs as key to our country’s inclusive recovery…