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The fresh milestone comes just after PLDT and Smart formalized their membership into the UK-based Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) last month. The latest list of 983 offensive links came from the IWF’s database, which can now be accessed by PLDT and Smart.

Ireland-based mobile load platform Ding has published its inaugural Global Prepaid Index (GPI), which revealed that Filipino respondents place a high priority on family in financial decision-making, particularly when compared to other countries.

Social media giant Facebook has launched “Digital Tayo 2.0”, an updated version of its digital literacy program that includes new modules on “Digital Engagement” and “Digital Empowerment”.

As the first speech language app to be fully in Filipino, the app aims to improve the children's language skills by including sentence comprehension tasks and stories.

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.