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This B2B platform is making sari-sari stores go digital

When running a small sari-sari store would typically depict the traditional microentrepreneur that the Philippines is generally known for by its people, it gets extra-transformative when micro-entrepreneurs incorporate the digital element in their business. And Packworks seems to encourage just that as it brings its unique platform and solutions to the sari-sari store owners. The […]

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PH gov’t tests satellite internet service in rural banks

Two rural banks in the city of Batangas became a subject of the government’s satellite internet service, rendering the geographically isolated and disadvantaged area (GIDA) banking institutions needed access to the internet. The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas claims it had partnered with the Department of Science and Technology-Advanced Science and Technology (DOST-AST) and the Philippine […]