Leo Snetsinger on DevOps, Shrimp Farming, and Solving Problems
Leo Snetsinger is a platform engineer and systems thinker with over a decade of experience designing cloud infrastructure and solving tough technical problems.Raised in Minnesota, Leo became independent at 16 and built his career from the ground up. With no
Reeves to relax planning laws and target banks with £2bn tax rise in bid to stabilise public finances
Rachel Reeves is poised to unveil a package of planning reforms and tax increases in her first full Budget on 26 November, as the Chancellor faces the daunting task of closing a £30 billion shortfall in the public finances.The Treasury
CommsCloud’s new SIMs make borderless African IoT logistics a reality
Continent’s first autonomous multi-IMSI, multi-core network SIMs keep business rolling irrespective of mobile network or geography. CommsCloud, Africa’s IoT connectivity expert, has launched Cloud Connect SIMs to address patchy coverage and costly roaming for pan-African companies. The SIMs are believed to be
Philippines eyes 1-month rice import window in January 2026
Workers unload sacks of rice on Dagupan Street in Manila. — PHILIPPINE STAR/RYAN BALDEMORBy Kenneth Christiane L. Basilio, Reporter THE PHILIPPINES will implement a one-month rice import window in January and reimpose a ban on imports from February to April, as
Gov’t raises ICC review threshold to P5B, expands oversight to PPP projects
PHILIPPINE STAR/MICHAEL VARCASTHE ECONOMY and Development (ED) Council has overhauled the review and approval process for government programs and infrastructure projects, such as raising the cost threshold and including public-private partnership (PPP) projects. In a statement, the Department of Economy, Planning,
Marcos vows ‘no money will go to waste’
President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. attends the Philippine Development Forum 2025 on Oct. 6. Also in photo are Department of Economy, Planning, and Development (DEPDev) Secretary Arsenio M. Balisacan and World Bank Country Manager Zafer Mustafaoglu. — PHILIPPINE STAR/NOEL B
MPTC eyes P20-B bond offer for tollway projects, debt payment
THE CAVITE-LAGUNA EXPRESSWAY or CALAX is a 4-lane, 44.63-km closed-system tolled expressway connecting CAVITEX and the South Luzon Expressway (SLEX). — MPTC.COM.PHBy Ashley Erika O. Jose, Reporter METRO PACIFIC Tollways Corp. (MPTC) is targeting to raise up to P20 billion through
T-bill yields correct higher before inflation data
BW FILE PHOTOTHE GOVERNMENT made a full award of the Treasury bills (T-bills) it offered on Monday even as yields corrected higher amid broad market volatility due to overseas concerns and before the release of September inflation data and the
To keep true to her vision, Morissette produces own concert
MORISSETTE AMONMORISSETTE AMON, known simply as Morissette, will return to the stage with her self-produced concert Ember at the Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City, on Oct. 28. Fifteen years since she started her music career, Ms. Amon has cemented her reputation
ICTSI units secure 25-year concession extension for Subic terminals
SUBIC BAY International Terminals — ICTSI.COMINTERNATIONAL CONTAINER Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI), through its subsidiaries, secured a 25-year extension of its concession agreements for the management and operation of New Container Terminals (NCT) 1 and 2 in Subic, Zambales, and will