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CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - The city government and jobs industry partner Philippine Business for Education (PBEd) signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) Thursday here to launch the JobsNext Project here. The project, JobsNext Project, according to PBEd Executive Director Justine Raagas, aims to train youths aged 18 to 25 in various skills for them to be hirable by industries. Implemented by PBEd, JobsNext Project seeks to mitigate the negative impacts on the employability of the Philippine labor force by providing industry-relevant, demand-driven, up-to-date, and appropriate training programs. It t...

Telecommunications giant PLDT Inc.'s wireless subsidiary Smart Communications Inc. is partnering with Washington DC-based Omnispace LLC to explore the possibility of harnessing space-based 5G technology using Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites.

File photo CEBU CITY - Mayor Michael Rama on Wednesday said telecommunication companies should fast-track the repair of their damaged lines to restore their services amid mounting calls to put back connectivity. In a radio interview, Rama said there are sectors in Cebu's industry that are reliant on the internet connectivity as well as transactions that may have stalled due to poor signal even it has been more than a month had passed since Typhoon Odette ravaged Cebu City and other parts of the Visayas and Mindanao on December last year. Rama said he wants the representatives from the tele...

The House of Representatives, on Wednesday, approved on third and final reading the House Bill No. 10388 or “An Act Mandating the Allocation of an Area for Information and Communication Technology Infrastructure and Facilities in Subdivisions and Housing Development Projects.”  

The Philippines' throwaway street children As many as 250,000 youngsters are treated like garbage by being discarded and abused in cities and towns Many children in the Philippines have been forced to live on city streets and slums. (Photo: Vincent Go) His name can be Angelico, one of the 250,000 or more homeless children in the Philippines who live in city streets, alleyways, rubbish dumps and open markets. They have no secure home, love, care, security or dignity. Angelico was abandoned by his biological parents who had a broken relationship. Children like him are rejected and neglected a...