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Filipino-led fintech startup Plentina announced it has closed a seed round of $2.2 million after launching a service for large-scale merchants to sell on installments consumers without a credit card in the Philippines and Southeast Asia.

Unlike typical exchanges, on PrimeXBT, users don’t have to worry about handing the actual digital asset -- a somewhat complex process.

Based on the information posted on the DICT website, Manuel Anthony S. Tan has been appointed as undersecretary while Kristoffer L. Tiansay was named assistant secretary for regional operations and countryside ICT development.

The DICT VAS or D-VAS is part of the Vaccine Information Management System (VIMS) developed by the agency in support of the national immunization program of the government.

A PIDS study pointed out that without policies and programs toward skills development, the gender skills gap is likely to remain, if not widen.

Dr. Franz Asunta de Leon, also an associate professor at UP Diliman- Electrical and Electronics Engineering Institute, earned his PhD in Electronic and Electrical Engineering at the University of Southampton in United Kingdom in 2014.

Globe said it beat Smart across 10 out of 17 regions in the Philippines in terms of mobile download speed. Smart, on the other hand, said it captured the title as the country’s fastest mobile network for the third year running.

It was last year that skills rose to the fore — workers were starting to acquire new skills, and organizations began to practice skills-based hiring.

The Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) is expecting at least 500 LGUs have rolled out their electronic Business One-Stop Shop (e-BOSS) by end-2021.

Starting on the second week of April, authorized service providers in Albay, Cagayan, Cebu, and Zamboanga will now accommodate MSI laptops for repairs.