Latest the Philippines Stories
BARCELONA, Spain, Feb. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Globe Telecom, a leading telecommunications provider in the Philippines (PSE: GLO) and Flash Networks, the leading provider of mobile Internet optimization and monetization solutions, today announced the expansion of their relationship with the implementation of new Harmony value-added services. Following the successful deployment of Harmony Web & Video Optimization and Harmony Analytics, Globe is now launching Harmony Monetization...
JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind., Feb. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- ACCENT Marketing Services, LLC, a member of the MDC Partners Network and provider of customer engagement solutions, today announced it has acquired the Licensed Agent line of business from a leading insurance solutions provider. Under the agreement, ACCENT will retain the provider's employees and management as well as assume its client contracts specifically related to the company's Licensed Agent line of business....
NEW YORK, Feb. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Through the generous sponsorship of FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX), ORBIS's Flying Eye Hospital - the world's only ophthalmic surgical and training hospital with wings - touched down today in the Philippines to deliver teaching and training to local eye care providers and sight-saving surgeries to those suffering from avoidable blindness and visual impairment. This will be the 11(th) Flying Eye Hospital Program to the Philippines and the first to...
CORALVILLE, Iowa, Feb. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Darlene McCord, Ph.D., FAPWCA and Jeffrey Niezgoda, MD, FACHM, MAPWCA and President of the American College of Hyperbaric Medicine have returned from the Philippines where they lectured on advanced skin care technologies and hyperbaric oxygen therapy to physicians and specialty nurses. More than 500 surgeons, oncologists, dermatologists and wound care specialists attended four separate symposiums sponsored by the leading hospitals in the...
PALO ALTO, Calif., Feb. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Sitoa Global Inc. (OTCQB:STOA) (the "Company"), an e-commerce facilitator, today announced that it has entered into a strategic partnership with ShopShip2PH to launch an e-commerce marketplace that allows products to be purchased online and then shipped directly to the Philippines. ShopShip2PH, which utilizes the Sitoa Focused Social Marketplace platform, is specifically designed for Overseas Foreign Workers ("OFW's") from the...
A 6.9 magnitude earthquake struck the Philippines on Monday morning, killing at least 13 people and leaving dozens trapped under houses and buildings. Governor Roel Demago said that as many as 30 houses were buried with at least 40 residents in the mountain village of Planas. "Their situation is bad because if you are covered by landslide for one hour, two hours, how can you breathe?" Mayor Ernesto Reyes said in a statement. "But we just hope for the best, that there are still...
SAN FERNANDO, Philippines, Jan. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The much-awaited green energy giant, True Green Energy Group announced today in San Fernando Pampanga along with CJ Consortium, and channel 2 ABS-CBN latest Philippine breaking news, along with TV 36 ACQ-Kingdom Broadcasting Network all witnessed and reported about the inauguration of the MRF facility and pelletizing operation that will now solve the closure of many landfill sites in the Philippines, not to mention the...
CLARK FREEPORT, Philippines, Jan. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- True Green Energy Group announced today that it has successfully tested the material recycling facility, shedder and pelletizing machine. TGEG system will reduce landfill waste while generating green energy. The process of turning garbage into electricity is done in several stages. First, waste materials that are combustible, such as paper, plastic, food, wood, and agricultural materials, are dried and...
Canada based company Clicking Labs moves to Cebu, Philippines and envisions to become “The Best Place to Work in the Philippines” by the end of 2012. Cebu, CEB (PRWEB) January 11, 2012 Clicking Labs is an established internet marketing company founded in 2010 known to be a world provider of web-based solutions in search marketing, social media traffic, social applications and conversion optimization. These solutions that the company has developed are catered specifically towards small...
NEW YORK and MANILA, Philippines, Jan. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- ExlService Holdings, Inc., a leading global provider of Outsourcing and Transformation services based in New York, today announced the launch of an additional facility to support its growth in the Philippines, to deliver highly-complex operations in insurance and healthcare, customer service, finance and accounting, and legal support services. His Excellency, Benigno S. Aquino III, President of the...
Latest the Philippines Reference Libraries
The carabao (Bubalus bubalis carabanesis) is a subspecies of the domesticated water buffalo. It is also known as kalabaw in the Filipino language and the kerbau in the Malay language. It is native to Guam, Malaysia, the Philippines, Indonesia, and some areas of Southeast Asia. It is often associated with farmers because it is skilled in pulling plows and carts, allowing farmers to grow and transport crops easily. In some areas, it is killed for its meat and hide, and in other areas, it...
The Indomalaya ecozone is one of Earth's eight ecosystems. It covers most of South and Southeast Asia and parts of East Asia. This area was originally known as the Oriental Region by most scientists (especially biogeographers). Indomalaya extends from Afghanistan to Pakistan through the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia to southern China, and through Indonesia toward Java, Bali, and Borneo. Indomalaya borders Australasia to the east and both are separated by the Wallace Line. Indomalaya...
The Fishing Spider (Thalassius albocinctus) is a species of arachnid found in tropical Asia from India to the Philippines. It gets its name from the habit it has of catching small fish. It is found near water. This spider is easily identifiable by the presence of a black, glossy, broad band and white lateral band that runs along the cephalothorax (conjoined head and thorax) and abdomen. It has long yellow-brown legs. Photo Copyright and Credit
The Handsome Sunbird (Aethopyga bella), is a species of bird in the Nectariniidae family. It is endemic to the Philippines. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist mountain habitat. Photo Copyright and Credit
The Barred Buttonquail or Common Bustard-Quail (Turnix suscitator), is one of a small family of birds which resemble, but are unrelated to, true quails. This species is resident from India across tropical Asia to south China, Indonesia and the Philippines. In India it is widespread and is found up to 8200 feet in elevation in the Himalayas, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Indonesia and most of Southeast Asia and the Philippines. This typical little quail is rufous-brown above, rusty and...
