Manila – Blockchain and AI technologies pioneer a new method for connecting patients directly with clinical trial research, enhancing privacy, efficiency, and engagement. In a groundbreaking advancement for patient-centered medical research, the Philippine Alliance of Patient Organizations (PAPO) and Care.Trials Inc. (CTI) are proud to announce a transformative partnership that introduces a new model of patient engagement in clinical trials. PAPO serves as a strong and active network of patient groups that empowers 50+ disease-specific groups of patients across the Philippines to advocate for ..read more

Today is Friday, April 26, the 117th day of 2024. There are 249 days left in the year ..read more

To wake up at 3 in the morning is to wake up for the gods. Or that’s how strong my faith was when I decided one day to take the train that once more moved between Naga the city in Camarines Sur and Legazpi City in Albay. I have to emphasize the provincial appellation of the first city, a site often belabored as an ancient city by cultural workers, because there is another Naga City in Cebu. Legazpi City (with a Z, as the poet Marne Kilates emphasizes), has always been the default tourism city by virtue of Mayon Volcano looming over everything in this peninsula, except, I hope, corruption that ..read more

THE Philippines and United States are set to finalize a new defense agreement that could allow both militaries to share top-secret intelligence and for the US to export defense equipment and share defense technology data to the Philippines ..read more

Nlex Corp. said it is making significant progress on the Candaba Viaduct, with completion now estimated at approximately 70 percent as of April 22, according to its president ..read more

San Miguel Corp. (SMC) said on Thursday the ongoing South Luzon Expressway (Slex) expansion project is now approximately 70 percent complete ..read more

EMERGING Asia’s worst-performing sovereign bonds are at risk of further declines as the Philippine central bank looks to delay monetary easing due to inflation fears and a weak peso ..read more

THE Philippine Council of Associations and Association Executives (PCAAE) recently held a webinar, “The Future of Work,” featuring two Washington, D.C.-based speakers: Amy Hissrich, vice president of the International Affairs of the American Society of Association Executives, and Tom Reiser, executive director of the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis ..read more

THE House Committee on Housing and Urban Development is currently reviewing existing government issuances related to housing price ceilings to enhance private sector involvement in mass socialized housing projects ..read more

Image credits: Jimbo Albano ..read more