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PLDT to mark centenary with Filinvest campus



MANILA, Philippines – By the point PLDT marks its a centesimal anniversary in 2028, the native telco large would have relocated its headquarters to a swanky new Silicon Valley-inspired campus throughout the Filinvest property in Alabang.

A minimum of that is what the group of tycoon Manuel V. Pangilinan (MVP) is focusing on as PLDT strikes to safe a five-hectare land in Filinvest Metropolis, in keeping with the dependable grapevine.

CoverStory.ph reported on March 15 that after years of negotiations, PLDT had discovered an acceptable web site for its long-planned P10-billion campus. It reported that the positioning is “positioned within the largely forested part of Southgate District, which is simply throughout from Far Japanese College (FEU) Alabang, Bloc 10 Way of life Neighborhood Heart and the Analysis Institute for Tropical Medication.”

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“The property is bounded by South Luzon Expressway (SLEx) and Skyway to the east, Filinvest Avenue to the north, Company Avenue to the west, and a non-public subdivision to the south,” it added.

Our personal sources confirmed the Alabang web site choice, in step with MVP’s determination to maneuver the top workplace from the legacy constructing on Ayala Avenue, Makati to a spacious new campus that may encourage extra creativity and innovation just like the Google and Apple hubs in Silicon Valley.

Filinvest Metropolis is well accessible to the Makati and BGC central enterprise district in addition to the airport through Skyway.

The principle constructing, at the very least, ought to be accomplished by 2028 to coincide with PLDT’s a centesimal birthday. Except for the telecom crown jewel, different companies below MVP group are additionally anticipated to finally relocate to the brand new campus like one massive pleased household.— Doris Dumlao-Abadilla

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Cosmetics business places a gloss on combat vs fakes

The battle towards faux cosmetics will get a serious enhance because the Chamber of Cosmetics Trade of the Philippines (CCIP) formally joins the Mental Property Workplace of the Philippines’ (IPOPHL) e-commerce initiative.

IPOPHL stated that CCIP signed the memorandum of understanding (MOU) final week, additional strengthening efforts to crack down on counterfeit magnificence merchandise flooding on-line marketplaces.

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“Initially conceived as a stopgap measure, the MOU has confirmed to be an efficient device that offers us the preventing probability to race towards IP violators who flood platforms with faux beauty merchandise,” IPOPHL Deputy Director Normal Nathaniel Arevalo stated in an announcement.

With the cosmetics business more and more focused by counterfeiters, CCIP’s participation alerts a united entrance in defending manufacturers and shoppers from illicit, doubtlessly dangerous merchandise.

The collaboration expands IPOPHL’s community of business allies, reinforcing its mission to safeguard IP rights and guarantee a safer, extra reliable e-commerce panorama for Filipinos.



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In line with the IPOPHL, there was an estimated $617.8 million price of counterfeit items seized within the nation from January to September 2024, exceeding the previous 12 months’s $471.4 million whole. -Alden M. Monzon



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