philippines news

Nokia announced today that the Nokia Lumia 610, its most affordable Lumia smartphone, has begun rolling out in Asia. It will go on sale first in the Philippines in the final week of April, and in China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan and Vietnam in the following weeks.

Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today launched the new BlackBerry® Bold™ 9900 smartphone in the Philippines. The BlackBerry Bold 9900 smartphone is expected to be available in the Philippines on 7th October from all carriers and authorized retail channels.

Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO: 6502) today announced that it has reinforced its business structure in the Philippines with the start of full-scale business operations by Toshiba (Philippines), Inc., a newly established sales and marketing company.

Nissan Motor Asia Pacific Co., Ltd. (NMAP) *1, a subsidiary of Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (Nissan) as the newly established strategic regional headquarters of the ASEAN region, announced today a new six-year business plan, with clear objectives to achieve further growth across the region.

Under the theme of ‘Kasambuhay, Habambuhay’ – Companion in Life, for Life – Nestlé Philippines presents Filipinos with a number of creative and interactive activities as part of the celebratory campaign.

Located in Chembong, Negeri Sembilan, the 6,500 metre square factory will enable the local production of Nestlé breakfast cereals for the first time in Malaysia, which are currently being imported.

Seiko Epson Corporation ("Epson", TSE: 6724) today declared its commitment to the Philippines by announcing it would build a new projector and inkjet printer manufacturing plant in the country. Epson will construct the new plant next to an existing inkjet printer facility at Epson Precision (Philippines) Inc., located in Lipa City. Full-scale production at the new plant is scheduled to begin in October 2011.

Highly anticipated BlackBerry Torch, featuring BlackBerry 6, combines touch screen and easy-to-use keyboard plus rich new browsing experience

The team brought an initial set of shelter and medical supplies to provide children with temporary school classrooms, and health centres with essential drugs as well as school packs.

IBM ( IBM) today further expanded its reach into growing nations with the opening of the first IBM Innovation Center in the Philippines.

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has allocated an additional $1 million in emergency assistance for the people of the Philippines in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Ketsana, bringing the total assistance provided by USAID to $1.1 million.

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has signed a five-year application co-sourcing contract with British American Tobacco to help the company improve the design, development and implementation of information technology (IT) solutions for its business operations.

Greenpeace's ship the Rainbow Warrior today ended a three-day blockade of the Pagbilao coal-fired power plant, 150 kilometres southwest of Manila, as leading politicians joined the organisation's call for the Philippines to "Quit Coal".

Reef fish and other marine species can breathe easier with the introduction of a fishing ban around Apo Reef, the largest coral reef in the Philippines and the second largest contiguous reef in the world after the Great Barrier Reef.