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WWF's Seeds of the Future Helps Kids Correlate Climate Change with Biodiversity

WWF officials are working in partnership with Banco de Oro Unibank (BDO), with the purpose of raising young people's level of awareness regarding the climate change phenomenon that is threatening biodiversity. The Seeds of the Future foundation is trying to improve the eco-conscious conduct of public elementar...

18 November 2011
02:42 GMT

YouTube Philippines Launches

YouTube is continuing to expand worldwide. The site is available everywhere, of course, unless it's blocked by the local government, in China, for example, and plenty of other places. But the main site is designed to serve a global audience, albeit with a big tendency to focus on US content. This is why Y...

15 October 2011
04:10 GMT

Typhoons Nesat, Nalgae Join Forces Over Philippines

Typhoon Nesat and super typhoon Nalgae passed over the Philippines Archipelago and important parts of southeastern Asia over the past five days, drenching the region in massive amounts of rainfall. The paths they took and the rain they released are documented in this chart. The document covers a time span stretch...

4 October 2011
04:37 GMT

Major Cyber Fraud Syndicate Dismantled in Asia

Authorities in Philippines and China have arrested over one hundred members of a crime syndicate involved in a variety of telecommunications, bank and credit card scams.A number of 24 men were arrested Tuesday during simultaneous raids coordinated by Philippines' National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) at six loc...

30 December 2010
08:39 GMT

Intense Typhoon Megi Strikes in the Philippines

Yesterday, October 18, the most intense tropical storm of the season struck in the western Pacific Ocean, making landfall in the northeastern parts of the Philippines, in the Isabela Province.According to meteorologists, this was the 7th cyclone of the 2010 season, and also the most intense. It was also the 15th trop...

19 October 2010
03:21 GMT

International iPhone 4 Launch Expands with Israel, Malaysia, Philippines (Unconfirmed)

Apple is on track to deploy the latest version of its iPhone in several new Asian territories, China being the first, according to an official statement issued by the company yesterday.In the meanwhile, Cupertino is planning to send iPhone 4 shipments to at least three additional territories: Malaysia, and The Philip...

20 September 2010
05:00 GMT

Microsoft and Internet for All

The world is currently in a globalization state of mind so Microsoft thought that it would be good time to go the same way and work with governments around the world to make Internet access available to everyone.The company has launched the Shape the Future program, a program that works with national or municipal gov...

7 September 2010
10:17 GMT

Bold 9700, Curve 8520 and BIS Launched in the Philippines

The Philippines has recently become the latest market in which Canadian mobile phone maker Research In Motion released its BlackBerry Internet Service. According to the company, the service is now available for users in the country on the airwaves of Sun Cellular, and it accompanied by the release of two handsets, n...

12 July 2010
18:31 GMT

HTC Brings Legend to the Philippines

Taiwan-based mobile phone maker HTC Corporation recently announced the launch of a new Android-based mobile phone on the market in the Philippines, namely the HTC Legend with Sense. Running under the latest version of Google's Mobile operating system, namely Android 2.1, the HTC Legend comes with a unique desig...

30 April 2010
04:48 GMT

HTC Smart Arrives in the Philippines

On Thursday, global smartphone designer HTC Corporation announced the launch of HTC Smart in the Philippines. The Smart comes to the market as a new type of smartphone, creating a category of easy-to-use, connected devices that are available to a wider range of consumers than before. The handset is expected to becom...

30 April 2010
02:52 GMT

Third Monitor Lizard Species Identified

While conducting a series of investigations on the densely populated Luzon Island, belonging to the Philippines, researchers managed to make an impressive finding. They discovered a new species of fruit-eating monitor lizards, which is only the third of its kind known to date. These reptiles can grow to impressive si...

7 April 2010
02:25 GMT

BlackBerry App World Now Available in the Philippines

Leading handset vendor Research In Motion recently announced that the BlackBerry App World had been made available for the users of BlackBerry smartphones in the Philippines. The launch of the company's software portal enables BlackBerry owners in the area to download and install a wide range of free applicatio...

26 March 2010
11:58 GMT

BlackBerry Bold 9700 Lands in the Philippines

Canadian handset vendor Research in Motion announced recently that it had just launched its new BlackBerry Bold 9700 smartphones on the market in the Philippines. According to the company, the new device is set to offer a great deal of capabilities to mobile phone users in the area, including high-end communications...

11 January 2010
17:51 GMT

Nokia Messaging Goes to the Philippines via SMART

Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia and wireless services provider Smart Communications, Inc (SMART) have announced today that mobile phone users in the Philippines can now enjoy Nokia Messaging on selected Nokia Nseries and Eseries devices. Starting with September 26, 2009, SMART subscribers have the opportunity to cho...

28 September 2009
02:27 GMT

HTC Magic Gets Launched in the Philippines

HTC Corporation, a leading maker of mobile phones, and SMART Communications, a leading wireless operator in the Philippines, recently announced the introduction of the first Android-powered mobile phone in the country, the HTC Magic. The device comes with a sleek design and with impressive compactness, while also bei...

26 June 2009
06:07 GMT

Philippine Militias Kill Anti-Coal Mining Activist

Fernando “Dodong” Sarmiento, 39, was the Secretary General of Panalipdan-New Bataan, and a fierce critic of surface and open-pit mining, an opinion that led to his death, Francis Morales, the spokesman for Panalipdan-SMR, said in a statement. Over the course of 2008, Sarmiento was interrogated by elements...

29 December 2008
05:52 GMT

Thai, Vietnam and Philippines Apple Stores Online

Three other Asian Apple stores are now online, celebrating their Grand Opening, just like the Malaysian one we talked about earlier. Residents of any of the four territories can buy a Mac or an iPod during a predetermined period of time to also get a free, celebratory T-shirt.As reported earlier, Apple is giving away...

12 November 2008
09:57 GMT

Intel to Terminate its Philippines Business

Chip manufacturer Intel is reportedly gearing up to phase out its Philippines business, one of the most important business centers in Asia. The Intel Technology Philippines Inc division is located south of Manila and represents the second offshore assembly operations center, while serving as an important test locatio...

7 April 2008
17:46 GMT

High Schools in Philippines Receive 23,000 Linux PCs

After successfully deploying 13,000 Fedora Linux systems, the government from the Philippines is planning to provide another 10,000 Ubuntu-based computers.Ricardo Gonzales, independent open source consultant, said that there are several reasons why Linux was chosen over Windows. Linux became popular in Philippines af...

30 January 2008
07:03 GMT


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