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Summit to address crop losses due to floods

October 7, 2013 - 12:00am

Crop scientists from 29 countries are meeting today at the International Rice Research Institute in Los Baños Laguna to trade findings on the development of flood-resistant crops.

Business

How to raise employment quickly and reduce poverty

By Gerardo P. Sicat | February 13, 2013 - 12:00am

The Philippine Development Forum (PDF) was held in Davao last week. The PDF is a meeting chaired by the Philippine government and the World Bank and took the place of the Consultative Group for the country, a legacy...

Business

Funding firms urged to reach out to more entrepreneurs

By Grace Melanie L. Lacamiento | August 28, 2012 - 12:00am

To facilitate an easy access to finance for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), financial institutions in the Philippines should aim to improve their lending practices and establish more facilities for wider...

Freeman Cebu Business

Korean Eximbank cuts rates for PPP loans

By Lawrence Agcaoili | June 29, 2012 - 12:00am

The state-owned Export-Import Bank of Korea is eyeing further interest rate cuts to be extended under its concessional loan facility to proponents of major infrastructure projects under the public private partnership...

Business

Smart, Globe need extensive domestic mobile money base

By Ted P. Torres | April 17, 2012 - 12:00am

Domestic mobile network operators (MNOs), such as Smart Communications and Globe Telecoms Inc. (Globe), have realized that they must first establish an extensive and highly utilized mobile money ecosystem in the...

Banking

Experts crack pigeonpea genome

November 13, 2011 - 12:00am

Once referred to as an “orphan crop” mainly grown by poor farmers, pigeonpea is now set to join the world’s league of major food crops with the completion of its genome sequence.

Agriculture

Developing nations open more banking access over developed ones

October 12, 2010 - 12:00am

Access to formal finance in developing countries has grown in the past year, with overall bank accounts expanding albeit loans and deposit accounts dropped.

Banking

RP's Dar sets record in global agriculture R&D management

By Rudy A. Fernandez | March 14, 2010 - 12:00am

A noted Filipino research administrator began this month his unprecedented third term as top official of an international research and development (R&D) institute, setting a record in global agriculture R&D...

Agriculture

Globe subsidiary urges small e-commerce players to forge alliances to be competitive

November 26, 2009 - 12:00am

G-Xchange Inc. (GXI), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Globe Telecom, has underscored the importance of forging strong local and global alliances for small players to succeed in the e-commerce market.

Business

Smart unit to provide mobile platform for MasterCard

November 18, 2009 - 12:00am

Smart Communications, through subsidiary Smart Hub, has been tapped to provide the mobile financial services platform to support the new MasterCard Mobile Payments Gateway.

Business