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Harold Geronimo, Megaworld first vice president and head of PR and media affairs, led a media tour of One Manhattan on Friday.One Manhattan, Megaworld's third residential condominium inside the 34-hectare The Upper East township in Bacolod, is  the city’s first smart home condo development.The 14-story condominium introduces a modern architectural design and a curated mix of lifestyle amenities, many of which are being offered for the first time in the city, said Harold Geronimo, Megaworld first vice president and head of PR and media affairs, who led a media tour of the building on Friday, Oct. 3.One Manhattan, located at the corner of Manhattan and Lexington streets, offers a total of 260 residential units. The building dedicates 12 floors to residences, with two levels ...

 At the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud Day Philippines 2025, Cruz joined fellow executives in a high-level panel on navigating the GenAI revolution, where he emphasized that AI isn’t simply about automating tasks or cutting costs. “Generative AI has moved us past automation and into a new age of augmented intelligence,” he said. “It’s no longer about doing things faster; it’s about unlocking creativity and creating relevance at scale.” Cruz shared how Globe is embedding AI across its operations to drive efficiency, elevate customer experience, and enable innovation at every level. The company’s Net Promoter Score of 49, which is well above the industry benchmark, reflects its success in delivering hyper-personalized services through intelligen...

Councilor Wilson Gamboa Jr,.Bacolod City's Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) recently passed on first reading a proposed ordinance aimed at regulating poultry dressing plants and processing farms.It is authored by Councilor Wilson Gamboa Jr.  and  co-authored by Councilors Homer Bais and Caesar Distrito.The ordinance addresses urgent public health, sanitation, and environmental concerns within the city, Gamboa said.The legislation allows for poultry dressing and processing to occur outside the AVM Bernardo Slaughterhouse in Handumanan, but under strict regulation.This Gamboa-authored proposed guidelines strictly prohibits poultry operations without registration, improper poultry waste disposal mechanisms that will contaminate water bodies through its emission, use o...

The GMO-Free Negros Coalition — composed of Negrense farmers, organic agriculture advocates, Indigenous Peoples Organizations, civil society groups, church leaders, scientists, communities, consumers, organic certifying bodies, academe, and like-minded individuals— vehemently opposes the proposed “Ordinance Providing for the Rules and Guidelines on the Research, Development Handling, Use Transboundary Movement, Release into the Environment, and Management of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) within the Territorial Jurisdiction of the Province of Negros Occidental, and for Other Purposes”.I. NATIONAL POLICY FRAMEWORKThe Provincial Government of Negros Occidental (PGNO) is under no legal obligation to amend its landmark anti-living GMO ordinance to conform with Joint Department C...