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Graphic design platform Canva launched Canva for Negosyo to help entrepreneurs take their negosyos (businesses) online. Canva for Negosyo has free resources—including branding video tutorials, informational blogs, and customizable marketing templates—useful for designing and managing a small online business. Fashion and food images, curated based on
Makati Medical Center (MMC) announced a downward trend in COVID-19 admissions, positivity rates, and healthcare worker infections, and an upward trend in operational capacity. “We have observed the highest protocols and now our patients are back. We call it a healthy normal. We continue to invest
Venio provides unbanked consumers with nano-credit assistance by making credit facilities accessible through a smartphone app. Users enter their details in the app to apply for a loan and then wait for the app’s decision. Approved nano-sized loans—typically between US$1 and US$5 or the market currency
LONDON – Growing armies of gig workers have little to no say in how they are being monitored during the coronavirus pandemic, researchers and advocates told a conference on Wednesday, calling for better oversight in how tracking tools are deployed. From Singapore to Estonia, business is
MANILA – Typhoon Vamco soaked and lashed provinces in the Philippines’ main Luzon island overnight, killing one person while three more are missing, the local disaster agency said on Thursday. Vamco, with maximum sustained winds of 155 km per hour (96 miles per hour) and gusts
According to the research and consulting firm Frost & Sullivan, the B2B payments market in the Asia Pacific (APAC) is developing at a fast rate. The company has pointed out that this growth is mainly due to the increasing adoption of eCommerce and fintech solutions in
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Foreign direct investments to the Philippines grew for a fourth month in a row in August. -- REUTERSFOREIGN INVESTMENTS to the Philippines grew for a fourth straight month in August due to renewed investor confidence despite the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the central bank