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With the calendar winding down, the hours get hardest when Andy Erickson and his wife, Andrea, are forced to take out their checkbook and do the math.

“We see the finish line in December before we have to… Read the rest

Anna Valmero
INQUIRER.net

QUEZON CITY, Philippines — The Commission on Information and Communications Technology (CICT) has opened its seventh e-learning center in Loyola Heights under its eSkwela project.

The CICT through its Human Capital Development Group (CICT HCDG) launched… Read the rest

Anna Valmero
INQUIRER.net

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines ranked as the 10th most competitive IT industry environment in the Asia-Pacific, a recent study showed.

Based on the 2008 IT Industry Competitive Index, the Philippines moved up one rank from… Read the rest

Rainier Allan Ronda
Philippine Star

LAHUG, Cebu – The Department of Education (DepEd) is hoping to get P2 billion to fund the implementation of a five-year plan to set up a cyber education program in the public education system… Read the rest

by Lawrence Casiraya
from INQUIRER.net

MANILA, Philippines — Local government units (LGUs) will need to step up in order to accommodate the rapidly expanding IT services industry, according to industry analyst XMG.

Based on its midyear report, XMG said… Read the rest

Helen Flores
Philippine Star

The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) recently reported that a majority of public and private high schools in the country still have no Internet access.

Ester Ogena, director of the Science Education Institute of… Read the rest

Lawrence Casiraya
INQUIRER.net

MANILA, Philippines–The open-source and software-as-service markets may provide the country’s best chances to keep up with outsourcing leaders India and China, according to industry analyst Ovum.

David Mitchell, UK-based Ovum’s senior vice president for IT research,… Read the rest

Rene Martel
Manila Times

FOR millions of Filipino netizens, having a Friendster account and meeting, greeting and socializing on it with relatives and friends every day is a way of life.

In fact, such is the enormous popularity… Read the rest

Mary Ann Ll. Reyes
Philippine Star

The number of registered Internet subscribers in the Philippines has increased to 2.5 million as of the end of last year, according to the National Telecommunications Commission.

From only half a million in… Read the rest

Philippine Star

Eastwood City Cyberpark — the country’s very first information technology (IT) park developed by top business process outsourcing (BPO) office condominiums developer Megaworld Corp. — remains the country’s number one IT park in many aspects, according to a… Read the rest