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Improving the Pinoys’ competitive edge

By Carla Paras-Sison | March 21, 2003 - 12:00am

A housewife in Virginia makes a call to a package delivery service and inquires about the status of the care package that she had sent three days earlier to her husband in Kuwait, where he and 150,000 other US soldiers...

Technology

NDC seeks Japan aid for e-Government Center

By Marianne V. Go | March 11, 2003 - 12:00am

The National Development Co. (NDC) has asked the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) to finance the P4.76 billion e-Government Program Development and first e-Government Center project for the Philippines. The...

Business

ICT industry sets sights on $62-B outsourcing market

February 16, 2003 - 12:00am

Information technology (IT) industry leaders have launched a drive to develop and promote the Philippines as a hub for offshore business process outsourcing (BPO), which is seen to fuel global IT growth and become...

Business