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PayMaya is now allowing Filipinos overseas to use their Philippine mobile SIM on roaming to register for a PayMaya account, enabling them to perform transactions such as paying government dues or utility bills, as well as sending money to other PayMaya users, even while abroad.

According to international streaming guide JustWatch, Netflix remains the market leader in the Philippines, followed by Prime Video and iflix.

Online professional network LinkedIn recently published its list of the 2021 LinkedIn Top Companies in the Philippines for the first time, identifying the best places for professionals to grow their careers.

Filipino fast-food chain Binalot has jumped on the emerging “cloud kitchen” model with the launch of its home-based franchise that would no longer require a commercial space to offer Binalot food products.

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

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.

YouTube has introduced Violative View Rate (VVR), a new metric measuring how much of the views on the platform come from content violating its policies.

The study from Visa showed that 7 out of 10 Filipinos were shopping more on social media channels compared to websites and apps. In addition, it showed that 61 percent of Filipinos have actually been patronizing online, home-based businesses compared to the 53 percent that shop in large online marketplaces.

The “cloud kitchen” model refers to kitchens that are set up to operate purely online, selling products through aggregators like GrabFood or foodpanda.

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