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FINANCIAL technology company (fintech) Maya Bank Inc. launched last Sunday in Baguio City a campaign to jumpstart the adoption of QR Ph in the country. Maya Bank Co-Founder Orlando B. Vea said the campaign aims to digitalize transactions at the community or grassroots level, starting with public markets and local…

Maya, the all-in-one money app, accelerates the adoption of QR Ph as it joins the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) and the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) in the launch of Paleng-QR Ph in Baguio City today. The Paleng-QR Ph program aims to digitalize transactions at the co

Maya, the country’s only all-in-one money app, accelerates the adoption of QR Ph as it joins the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas and the Department of Interior and Local Government in the recent launch of Paleng-QR Ph in Baguio City.

BAGUIO CITY -- The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas and the Department of Interior and Local Government will launch the ‘Paleng-QR Ph’ cashless payment program with this city as pilot site on Sunday, August 14, at People’s Park Malcolm Square here. BSP Governor Dr. Felipe Medalla and Deputy Governor Be

SMOKING DEATHS. The harmful effects of smoking are displayed in the packaging of these cigarettes in this undated photo in Baguio City. On April 21, the Smoke-Free Baguio group will open an art exhibit in the Central Business District, featuring 321 pairs of footwear, representing the 321 Filipinos killed by smoking daily. (PNA photo by Liza T. Agoot) BAGUIO CITY - The city health services office plans to drum up its anti-smoking campaign by displaying 321 pairs of footwear in an art exhibit to ...

(Photo courtesy of Philippine Red Cross) MANILA - As the active ally of the government, the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) also supports local government-run Bakuna Centers in many parts of the country to help curb the Covid-19 pandemic. In Baguio City, the PRC volunteers and staff have supported the vaccination of 740 individuals at the government-run Bakuna Center at the Athletic Bowl Drive-Thru every Wednesday since it opened last Nov. 8, 2021. "As the Red Cross continues to stand to provide...

Staff and volunteers from the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) supported the vaccination of a total of 740 individuals at the government-run Bakuna Center at the Athletic Bowl drive-thru in Baguio City every Wednesday since it opened on Nov. 8. (Photo courtesy of the Philippine Red Cross / MANILA BULLE

SunStar + December 11, 2020 DECADES ago, you could judge a city by the number of newsstands on its main streets. Baguio City already was a cosmopolitan city even then. In the early 1920s, it already has a bookstore, owned by the mother of the great grammarian Jean Edades. At that time, most of Manila still had no electricity. After Manila, many of the English language newspapers sprouted in Baguio even before Baguio became a charter city in 1909. Yes, Baguio had a lot of newsstands...