Archive for the ‘Philippines’ Category
Quezon City launched BOSS
To encourage more new businesses to register this year, the Quezon City government launched last Friday the Business One-Stop Shop or BOSS, which aims of simplifying the process of securing business permit.
“The simplified procedures in licensing will drive individuals to invest or a business,” said Pacifico F. Maghacot, Jr., officer-in-charge for the Business Permit and [...]
August 21, 2010
Tags: BOSS, business concerns, business news, business one-stop shop, business permit, business registration, entrepreneur, Government, Philippines, Quezon City government Posted in: Announcement, Government, Law, Philippine business news, Philippines, business opportunity, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship 
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BPO firm Cognizant expands Philippine operations
Cognizant, an Indian business process outsourcing (BPO) firm expandedВ Philippine operations to add 600 more seats to its service facility, as the previous 200-employees could no longer meet their clients’ needs being serviced in the country.
The company first started operations in the Philippine in October of 2009, providing high-end business transactions processing services to a [...]
August 7, 2010
Tags: BPO, business news, business process outsourcing, Call Center, Cognizant, Employment, Opportunities, Philippines Posted in: Announcement, BPO, Call Centers, Employment, Opportunities, Philippine business news, Philippines No Comments
Convergys to hire 3,600 new employees
Convergys Corp., one of the biggest business process outsourcing firm (BPO) in the Philippines is looking to hire at least 3,600 new employees this year.
The plan of Convergys to hire additional employees was announced by Convergys Philippines country manager and managing and managing director Marife Zamora. She said the expansion is meant to meet the [...]
July 17, 2010
Tags: BPO, business process outsourcing, Call Center, Convergys, Employment, expansion, hiring, Job Opportunities, Philippines Posted in: Announcement, BPO, Call Centers, Career, Corporations, Employment, Job Opportunities, Opportunities, Philippine business news, Philippines No Comments
Figaro to open more stores in 2010
The country’s largest Filipino-owned coffee company plans to expand operations this year by opening up one or two outlets each month, or a total of 18 stores before the year ends.
Figaro Coffee Co. sets aside a total of P78 million to fund the increase of its 65 coffee shops in the Philippines. Marketing manager of [...]
June 26, 2010
Tags: Business, coffee, coffee shops, entrepreneur, expansion, Figaro, Filipino-owned, investments, Philippines Posted in: Announcement, Corporations, Employment, Philippine business news, Philippines, Products, economy, entrepreneur, investments, marketing No Comments
The Expanded Senior Act of 2010 (Republic Act 9994)
The Republic Act 9994 or the Expanded Senior Citizens Act of 2010 was finally signed into law, giving our senior citizens additional benefits. Among them is their exemption from the 12% value-added tax (VAT), as stated in the implementing rules and regulations signed last Friday by the Deparment of Social Works and Development (DSWD). This [...]
June 18, 2010
Tags: Expanded Senior Citizens Act of 2010, Government, Law, Philippines, RA 9994, Republic Act 9994, value-added tax, VAT exemption Posted in: Announcement, Consumers, Government, Health, Law, Philippines, Taxation, finance No Comments
New Microsoft product launched
New Microsoft product launched last week, and the software giant expects Filipino businesses to significantly benefit from them, in terms of productivity gains and higher returns on their software investments.
The Microsoft latest products – Microsoft Office 2010, Microsoft SharePoint 2010, Microsoft Vision 2010 and Microsoft Project 2010, were launched last week for customers in the [...]
June 12, 2010
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Lower remittance fees for OFWs
A new remittance system that will allow for a safer, faster and cheaper remittances by OFWs (overseas Filipino workers) will be implemented by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) starting on the third quarter of the year.
This is the new Philippine Payments and Settlements System or Philpass Remit System. Under this new system, the fee [...]
May 25, 2010
Tags: Business, finance, money, OFWs, Philpass, remittances Posted in: Announcement, Consumers, Government, OFWs, Philippine business news, Philippines, banking, economy, finance, money No Comments
New credit card from RCBC
RCBC Bankard recently launched a new credit card which is targeted to serve the upscale needs of discerning shoppers.
The new credit card from RCBC was created in tie-up with Barcelona-based clothing brand Mango and Mastercard. Called the Mango-RCBC Bankard MasterCard, it is the latest addition to MasterCard’s growing roster of value-driven cards.
Holders of Mango-RCBC Bankard [...]
May 24, 2010
Tags: Bankard, Business, credit card, fashion, finance, Mango, Mango-RCBC Bankard MasterCard, MasterCard, money, Philippines, RCBC Posted in: Announcement, Consumers, Loans, Philippine banks, Philippines, Products, banking, finance, money One Comment
First Gas to borrow $80 million from local banks
First Gas Power Corp. is planning to borrow $80 million from local banks, and the Lopez-controlled is seeking the approval of Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas to borrow the said amount, which was said to be higher that what was being considered earlier by the company, which was only $50 million.
The company is the one who [...]
May 16, 2010
Tags: bank, banking, borrowing, BSP, FCDU, finance, First Gas, foreign currency, loan, money, Philippines, power plant Posted in: Corporations, Foreign exchange, Philippine business news, Philippines, banking, economy, finance, money No Comments
More jobs for Filipino nurses and engineers in New Zealand and Australia
More job opportunities for Filipino nurses and engineers are waiting in New Zealand and Australia. Filipino professionals will have more chances of finding jobs in New Zealand and Australia as these two countries vowed to increase their demand for healthcare and skilled workers.
This commitment came after the enforcement of the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement [...]
May 9, 2010
Tags: business news, Career, Employment, engineerings, farm managers, Filipino professionals, job oppor, Job Opportunities, nurses, OFWs, Philippines Posted in: Announcement, Career, Employment, International relations, Job Opportunities, Labor, OFWs, Opportunities, Philippines, economy 2 Comments
