Presidential spokesman Edwin Lacierda said projects under the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) have benefited many Filipinos and partly boosted economic growth, citing in particular Project Noah (Nationwide Operational Assessment of Hazards) and the new Doppler radar systems.
SAP Philippines managing director Darren Rushworth said the facility will initially hire 50 people and aims to double the headcount by next year. The plan is under the company's project Nucleus, which is a call center but is more sales-oriented.
The country?s top math bets are flying to South Africa to battle with the best of the world in the 55th International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO), the toughest and most prestigious global mathematical competition for high school students.
A bill has been filed in the House of Representatives increasing the graveyard shift pay of business process outsourcing (BPO) employees from 10 percent to 25 percent of their basic salary. The existing applicable provision in the Labor Code only mandates an additional pay of 10 percent for work done from 10 pm to 6 am.
The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) has established ?focus groups? to study the requirements for the telecommunication standards for the global adoption of mobile money and ?aviation cloud? for real-time monitoring of flight data.
The consortium is the first alliance in the Philippines seeking to develop IoE solutions which would make devices and processes ?smarter? and more connected.
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has tapped Microsoft?s cloud computing platform Windows Azure to automate the annual budget proposal submission process and to optimize its reporting system.
The Department of Education (DepEd) has launched a Web-based Library Locator Map, which shows all school libraries in public elementary and secondary schools, including library hubs nationwide.
Titled the ?Big Data Act of 2014,? Aquino's bill is calling for the establishment of a Big Data Center where large volume of data sets used for research and development and other important purposes will be facilitated and protected.
Department of Science and Technology (DOST) secretary Mario G. Montejo and Japan?s Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Yoshitaka Shindo inked the agreement, which coincided with the working visit to Japan of Pres. Noynoy Aquino.
