This “Investment for the future: Benchmarking IT Industry Competitiveness 2011″ report, beyond highlighting selected countries’ performance in the 2011 Index, explores how companies and governments are addressing major trends affecting the industry. The examples and expert insights provided will underscore the critical importance of innovation, people, transparency (of laws and rules) and balance (of industry [...]
Archive | October, 2011
President Aquino releases P294 million for more nurses and midwives
This is a press release from the Department of Budget and Management. Committed to provide sufficient health care to all Filipinos, President Benigno S. Aquino III has instructed the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) to allocate P294 million to employ qualified nurses and midwives that will be deployed to all municipalities, cities and health [...]
Attending the 1 st ASEAN Social Media Exchange & Social Media Communication Strategy for ASEAN
I am right now in Jakarta to attend the 1st ASEAN Social Media Exchange and Social Media Communication Strategy for ASEAN. The email surprised me because I got it two weeks before the date. At first I thought it was a scam but I did a research on GIZ , a German development organisation that [...]
DBM: total of P1.395 trillion released, 1.075 T spent end-September
FISCAL DEFICIT RISES TO P52.99 B FROM P34.49 B IN AUGUST Budget and Management Secretary Florencio B. Abad today said that a total of P1.395 trillion in allotments has been released as of the end of September. This is equivalent to 85 percent of the P1.645-trillion budget for 2011 and 11.9 percent more than the [...]
Nielsen Media Industry Update on latest consumer behavior in the region
Justin St. Pierre Director, Nielsen Media (NM) Incite presented “Millions of Consumers are Talking – Are You Listening?” NM Incite is the global measurement standard in social media. Consumer generated media (CGM) which consists of content created by consumers on blogs, online discussion boards, forums and other social media platforms, is one of today’s fastest [...]
#Occupy Storify
The #Occupy movement’s protest against corruption has spread to more than 70 cities, which means it’s also spread online to Storify. Here are examples and a how-to-guide to document your own #Occupy protest. [View the story "#Occupy Storify" on Storify]
This is where your taxes go – DepEd
If you have always been curious how our government spends its budget, here is a press statement from the Department of Education. Let’s hope more government agencies be this open and transparent. In the interest of transparency and to keep the public abreast of its plans to improve basic education in the country, the Department [...]
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Investing in the health and education of our youth as world population reaches 7 billion
The UN Population Fund (UNFPA) report – The State of World Population 2011 – notes that the record population size of 7 billion can be viewed in many ways as a success for humanity because it means people are living longer and more children are surviving worldwide. But not everyone has benefited from this achievement [...]