Palawan health advocacy group backs better youth access to family planning services, education

LEGISLATION providing adolescents better access to family planning commodities and services is needed to address teen pregnancies in the country, which is more prevalent in rural areas, according to a Palawan-based non-government organization promoting reproductive health.     Roots of Health Executive Director Amina Evangelista-Swanepoe said the biggest hurdle to reproductive healthcare is the “bias” of service […]

Fujitsu Launches New Platform to Support Web3 Developers Globally

TOKYO, Feb 6, 2023 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Fujitsu today announced the launch of its ‘Fujitsu Web3 Acceleration Platform,’ offering a developmental environment as well as various service APIs based on blockchain and high-performance computing technologies. Fujitsu envisions the platform as a future community for users in start-ups, partner companies, and universities working […]

Fujitsu delivers digital transformation with AI demand forecast service for TORIDOLL noodle shops throughout Japan

TOKYO, Feb 2, 2023 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Fujitsu and TORIDOLL Holdings Corporation (hereinafter TORIDOLL Holdings) today announced the deployment of Fujitsu’s AI demand forecast service at 823 Marugame Udon noodle shops in Japan(1), operated by TORIDOLL Holdings. The service will enable TORIDOLL Holdings to accurately forecast the customer numbers and sales by […]

Tolentino files bills on PS-DBM abolition, stricter requirements for bidders 

THE SENATE Blue Ribbon Committee chair has filed separate bills seeking to abolish the Procurement Service of the Department of Management and Management (PS-DBM) and mandating stricter screening requirements for bidders in government projects.   Senate Bill 1802, filed on Jan. 30 by Senator Francis N. Tolentino, proposes the dissolution of the PS-DBM based on reports […]

SF Intra-City reduced losses by over 50% year-over-year in 2022, Increasing benefits from scale effect

HONG KONG, Jan 30, 2023 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Hangzhou SF Intra-City Industrial Co., Ltd. (“SF Intra-City” or the “Company”, together with its subsidiaries the “Group”; stock code: 9699), the largest third-party on-demand delivery service platform in China(1), announced today that the Group expects the consolidated net loss attributable to the owners of […]

‘Keen’ European interest in shipping after foreign ownership cap removed

By Alyssa Nicole O. Tan, Reporter THE SHIPPING and telecommunications industry are likely to receive increased European investment following the passage of a law that removes the 40% foreign equity cap in various industries, according to the European Chamber of Commerce (ECCP). Republic Act 11647, which amends the 85-year-old Public Service Act, now allows 100% […]

Fujitsu to provide AIST’s “ABCI,” the world’s largest computational infrastructure for AI processing via Fujitsu Computing as a Service (CaaS)

TOKYO, Dec 23, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Fujitsu today announced that it will start to offer a wide range of GPU computing resource services for the AI Bridging Cloud Infrastructure (“ABCI”)(1), the world’s largest computational infrastructure for AI processing built and operated by Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology […]

Gov’t cold chain database due for launch in February

THE Board of Investments (BoI) said on Thursday that the government is working with the private sector to launch the Cold Chain Database by February.  “With the database’s completion, specifically on generating viable investment locations based on supply-demand gap analytics, the BoI can now fine-tune its investment prospectus for the cold chain industry,” Francis Peñaflor, […]

House approves substitute bill on mandatory military training 

THE HOUSE committee on appropriations approved on Tuesday a substitute bill instituting the National Citizens Service Training Program (NCSTP) for public and private tertiary education students.   The NCSTP shall be “mandatory for all students in undergraduate degree programs in all public and private higher education institutions and technical-vocational education and training programs or courses,” according […]

InvesTech Holdings and NTT Jointly Launch Smart Office SaaS Service Platform

HONG KONG, Dec 12, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – InvesTech Holdings Limited (“InvesTech Holdings”; together with its subsidiaries, “the Group”; Stock Code: 1087.HK), a leading integrated smart-IT solutions provider in China, is pleased to announce that its subsidiary Wafer Systems Limited (“Wafer Systems”), which owns the smart office software solutions flagship product Virsical, […]

AEON Credit Secures its Framework for Sustainability-Linked Loans, Strengthens and Advances its Sustainability Pledge

HONG KONG, Nov 30, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – AEON Credit Service (Asia) Company Limited (“AEON Credit” or the “Group”; Stock Code: 00900) today announced that it has secured its sustainability-linked loan framework and entered agreements for three sustainability-linked loans (the “Loans”), with Mizuho Bank, Ltd., Hong Kong Branch, MUFG Bank, Ltd., Japanese […]

Tat Hong Equipment Service Co., Ltd. Announces 2022/23 Interim Results

HONG KONG, Nov 25, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Tat Hong Equipment Service Co., Ltd. (“Tat Hong” or the “Company”, together with its subsidiaries, the “Group”) (Stock Code: 2153), the first foreign-owned tower crane service provider established in the PRC, has announced its interim results for the six months ended 30 September 2022 […]