Full coverage: Philippines

22.08.2007 Philippines based firm TechFactors Inc has developed edutainment software to make technology education interactive and fun for children.

07.09.2006 Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Jesli Lapus addressed the 2nd National ICTs in Basic Education Congress, which started today at the Waterfront Hotel in Cebu City.

04.09.2006 A non-government organization is working to involve civil society organizations in the formulation of government information and communications technology (ICT) policies.

31.07.2006 Radio is the most accessible medium to reach the greatest number of population in the rural areas. Supported by ENRAP, the Cordillera Highland Agricultural Resources Management (CHARM) Project implemented a school-on-air program to disseminate among farmers the best lessons learned during the projectÂ’s implementation in the provinces of Abra, Benguet and Mountain Province.

22.06.2006 The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors approved on Wednesday a US$ 200 Million loan to help address the declining quality and accessibility of elementary and secondary education in the Philippines.

22.05.2006 Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology (MSU-IIT) is now the regional center for human rights education in Southern Philippines.

28.02.2006 The University of Southern Mindanao (USM) and the University of Southeastern Philippines (USEP) are planning to conduct technology-based agriculture training for teachers through specially equipped buses.

12.01.2006 THE PRIVATE sector in the Philippines remains a strong force that influences information and communications policies in the Philippines, a report by a global non-government organization leading a campaign on communication rights said.

13.10.2005 In developing country contexts, handheld computer applications are starting to show their benefits across development sectors. Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) and other types of handheld computers offer considerable advantages over desktops or even laptops. Health and microfinance have been particularly keen to test handheld applications.

01.09.2005 The Philippines Board of Investments has launched a round-the-clock, toll-free call centre for investment inquiries to make investing in the country easier.

29.08.2005 UNESCO Director-General Koïchiro Matsuura today condemned the assassination of radio journalist Rolando Morales in General Santos City, in the southwest of the Philippines on July 3.

05.07.2005 The Global Networked Readiness in Education survey seeks to aid school leaders and policymakers by helping them to examine the role and effects of integrating information and communication technologies (ICTs) into formal learning.

31.08.2004 A network of Internet kiosks promises to give farmers in Philippines access
to information from agriculture-specific websites. Over the next one year,
the Open Academy for Philippine Agriculture will set up cybercafes in
farming villages as part of a government plan to modernise the countryÂ’s
agriculture.

17.08.2004 An NGO in Philippines is developing an e-learning course that it hopes will train more than 70,000 school dropouts by 2005. With second-hand PCs from the US and Germany, the group will hand out diplomas that will help learners move on to colleges and vocational courses.

26.08.2003 A number of development organisations are finding smart ways to use technology to solve the world's most pressing socio-economic problems. The key for many of these initiatives is to focus on technologies appropriate for the capabilities of NGOs working in capital-poor but labour-rich developing countries.

19.06.2003 The Philippine government's Integrated Distance Learning Program got underway recently. The program, which seeks to address the low quality of education among the indigenous population, will use satellites, computers, Internet and television technology for this purpose.

11.06.2003 When the academic session begins later this month, nearly 13,000 grade 5 and 6 students from various Philippine schools will experience an innovative teaching method. Locally termed, 'text2teach', the method involves the usage of mobile and satellite technology to download educational videos. This programme is expected to increase student participation in class besides developing their skills and introducing them to new ideas.

19.05.2003 The International Youth Foundation (IYF), Nokia, Pearson and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have launched Bridgeit - a new, innovative programme that uses mobile technology to bring interactive, multimedia learning materials to local classrooms around the world. It will be tested in the Philippines in an initial countrywide pilot beginning in June.

09.07.2002 The first national pilot Women's Electronic Network Training (WENT) workshop successfully trained 20 Filipino women from a wide mix of organisations including women's organisations, cooperatives, trade unions, alternative media groups and gender advocates from mixed-gender organisations.

10.07.2001 From the price of eggs to the latest on crime, a community based radio station in the rural Philippines strives to program "for pluralism, not elitism."