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Cebu Pacific has rolled out more payment options for travelers in time for the summer peak period. Cebu Pacific has partnered with American Express (Amex), allowing its cardholders to book and buy their flights using their Amex cards. Amex, owned by global…
Amazon with exclusive affiliate partner iPrice Philippines premieres the first screenshots of the all new and exciting online shopping platform: Amazon.ph. Slated to be launched late 2017, millions of local and international products will be made available to…
SM Supermalls has partnered with ride-hailing and multi-service mobile platform Grab in a special promotion. The companies will offer 10,000 Grab coupons in Metro Manila and such key cities as Bacolod, Cebu, Davao and Iloilo. New users are offered free rides…
Online fashion store Zalora Philippines has signed a partnership with media site Inquirer.net with the aim of making online shopping more convenient. Zalora Group sells fashion and lifestyle products online in Brunei, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore…
Philippines operators PLDT and Globe Telecom have both cut mobile voice rates to as low as 1 peso ($0.02) per minute, in response to slumping voice usage and a regulator-encouraged cut in mobile termination rates last year. Globe and PLDT’s wireless division…
Robinsons Department Store, in partnership with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) opens today the first Go Lokal! store in Robinsons Place Manila. Robinsons Department Store, an affiliate of Robinsons Retail Holdings Inc., is the first mainstream…
Five years ago today, the Filipino subsidiary of Southeast Asia’s largest low-cost carrier graced the skies of the Clark International Airport with its signature red planes en route to the island of Kalibo, Aklan. A year after however, it decided to leave the…
The Philippines’ Globe Telecom has selected Canadian wireless broadband provider NuRAN Wireless to conduct the next phase of its trial rural connectivity program. Globe will use NuRAN’s equipment within 50 sites at various villages in across the Philippines.…
Budget carrier Cebu Pacific has vowed to increase inter island connectivity within the Philippines to stimulate trade and tourism within the country. Cebu Pacific Vice President for Corporate Affairs Paterno S. Mantaring said this commitment comes on the…
The Philippines plans to sell at least 30 billion pesos ($596 million) worth of three-year retail treasury bonds to provide small investors with safe investment options, the Bureau of Treasury said on Thursday. It would be the second retail bond issue under…
Ayala Malls has teamed up with ride-sharing service Uber to improve access to its newest mall, and may expand the service to the rest of its empire. Initially, Ayala Malls the 30th is teaming with carpool service UberHop, which offers fixed-rate ride shares…
PLDT has ramped up its FTTH rollout with the launch of what it calls its first “Fibr City” in Cebu, which provides residents of Toledo City with speeds of up to 1Gbps. The initiative, named after PLDT’s Home Fibr branded FTTH service, has been conducted in…
The Philippines on Monday signed agricultural deals with Thailand, three months before it scraps a quantitative restriction on rice imports under an agreement with the World Trade Organization (WTO). The agricultural agreement encompasses information exchange…
Business tycoon Henry Sy topped Forbes’ list of richest Filipinos, with a 2017 net worth of $12.7 billion. This is his 10th consecutive time to top the list. However, this is lower than his 2016 net worth of $13.7 billion. Sy is the 94th richest billionaire…
I-Pay Ventures Commerce Ventures, Inc. (I-Pay) recently signed a joint-venture agreement with MY E.G. Services Bhd (MYEG) to enable government and large enterprises in the Philippines to offer a Payment Gateway and related value-added online services. I-Pay…
Singapore’s Singtel is bringing its Trustwave portfolio of managed security services to the Philippines, in collaboration with Globe Telecom. Under the collaboration, Globe is providing Trustwave’s services through its advanced security operations center…
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