Aiming to be every Filipino’s partner in quality health care, MediCard Philippines has ensured a commanding presence across the archipelago. It has decisively expanded to reach more people and communities —accrediting thousands of doctors, hospitals and clinics; establishing satellite clinics and referral desks; and founding free-standing clinics in key cities and economic hubs in Metro…
Conglomerate Ayala Corp. is returning to the offshore bond market for the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, while also offering to redeem as much as $800 million worth of older and costlier perpetual bonds to take advantage of the slowdown in interest rates since last year. The country’s oldest business house…
A few taps on a smartphone is all it takes to get life-saving advice in the new normal. This is particularly true for MediCard Philippines Inc.’s Telemedicine. In a matter of seconds and from the convenience of your own home, you can connect to a health professional. This drastically lowers your risk of transmitting the…
With what seemed like a flick of a switch, the whole world was turned upside down by Covid-19–and, a year into this pandemic, things remain bleak, especially for those whose financial outlook is still unclear because of the economic impact of this global crisis. A ray of hope for some Filipinos, however, lies in the…
As devastating as the COVID-19 pandemic has been, it also proved once again that in crisis there is opportunity. Key players in the health and wellness field said during a recent Inquirer Project Rebound webinar that Covid-19 hastened the adoption of new health and medical technologies and underscored the fact that health was more than…
Converge ICT Solutions Inc. sealed a P5-billion loan deal with state-owned Land Bank of the Philippines to fund its nationwide fiber internet rollout. Pampanga-based businessman and Converge CEO Dennis Anthony Uy said on Friday this would also allow the company to expand its presence in “unserved and underserved” areas in the Philippines. According to Converge,…
San Miguel Corp.’s (SMC) P740-billion airport and mixed use development being built in Bulacan will incorporate sustainable and environmentally friendly features that will address the shortcomings of current urban centers, including a proposal to integrate a “bicycle highway” with a train system. Thus said company president Ramon Ang, who on Tuesday said the country’s largest…
Industry giant PLDT Inc. is investing $80 million (P3.9 billion) in a new Asia Pacific subsea cable project aimed at boosting internet capacity and speeds. PLDT announced on Monday it joined technology giants such as Facebook and Google in the 12,000-kilometer submarine cable system called Apricot. Set to be fully operational in 2024, Apricot will…
Face-to-face meetings and paperwork had been synonymous with homeownership until COVID-19 made human contact a risky behavior. Like retail, banking, food and other industries, real estate was forced to adapt to this tectonic shift. AboitizLand, the real estate arm of the Aboitiz Group of Companies, was among the first developers to recalibrate its systems. Embracing…
A new increase in COVID-19 cases in the Philippines and across the world once again distresses health-care systems. As daily cases rise to dangerous levels, largely because of the fiercer Delta strain of the coronavirus, health workers are bracing to relive their experiences during past surges—countless hours on duty as their hospitals reach full capacity…