SAP Launches the SAP Digital Boardroom in the Philippines

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Customers to Have “Single Source of Truth” of Key Business Performance Metrics for Succeeding in Today’s Digital Economy

SAP SE today announced the launch of the SAP Digital Boardroom at its Philippines office in Taguig. The SAP Digital Boardroom is a planned breakthrough digital approach that aims to contextualize and simplify performance reporting across areas of business in real time. Built on the SAP BusinessObjects Cloud solution, SAP Digital Boardroom is expected to utilize line-of-business data from the SAP S/4HANA suite and SAP HANA Cloud Platform to provide a single source of truth about a company’s critical business metrics. This approach aims to help companies monitor and drive change in the digital economy.

“SAP Digital Boardroom gives senior management and C-Suite executives access to business data and analytics, allowing them to gauge their company’s standing in the market as compared to their competitors. Personal business information such as financial performance, customer count, supplier system and more can be viewed almost immediately with real-time content, which are needed for faster and better decision-making.,” said Ryan Poggi, Managing Director, SAP Philippines.

He continued, “The essential business intelligence has already been embedded in the system for better and faster reporting as it provides a holistic 360 degree view on the company’s business position in the market. Using the Digital Boardroom to address challenges in the digital economy, company executives can obtain comprehensive data-driven insights answering ad hoc questions and simulate the impact of “what-if” scenarios to financials and operations. Overall, it simplifies the boardroom process in terms of time and effort, leveraging real-time analytics to allow companies to effect decisions and Run Live across their value chain.”

Suspension of Writ of Habeas Corpus will Lead to More Abuses, Add to the Growing Climate of Impunity

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Akbayan Senator Risa Hontiveros on Monday said that President Rodrigo Duterte’s plan to suspend the privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus as a response to the country's worsening drug problem and lawlessness would lead to more abuses.

Hontiveros also said that the suspension of the writ would contribute to the growing climate of impunity brought about by the thousands of unresolved extrajudicial killings.

The Senator explained that the privilege of the writ grants a person the right to report or question an unlawful detention or imprisonment before a court. She said that during the Marcos regime, the suspension of the privilege of the writ led to arbitrary arrests of members of the political opposition and citizens.

"Dangerous idea"

"The president's suggestion to suspend the privilege of the writ, despite the explanation of his spokespersons that it was merely an 'idea', is dangerous in itself. It is the seed of undemocratic rule similar to the Marcos dictatorship," Hontiveros said.

Hontiveros also said that the President, under the 1987 constitution, can only suspend the privilege of the writ in cases of invasion or rebellion and when public safety requires it.

"The government kept on saying that the country is safer now. However, the President's plan to suspend the privilege of the writ negates this narrative. It only adds to the fear and anxiety of the public," Hontiveros said.



"Learn to trust democracy"

The senator urged President Duterte to maximize the government's democratic institutions in promoting his public order and safety agenda.

"The President must learn to trust our democratic processes. Proper law enforcement and standing behind the protection of human rights and observance of the rule of law are the best methods to ensure public safety," Hontiveros concluded.

NBA Store Philippines Marks NBA Cares 10th Anniversary with Donation to Knowledge Channel Foundation

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The National Basketball Association (NBA) and NBA Store Philippines, managed by International Athletic Trading Company, Inc. (IATC), donated Php 235,000 to Knowledge Channel Foundation, Inc. (KCFI) for the benefit of students of Yapak, Talaga, and Roman Tantiangco Elementary Schools, mountain communities in Morong, Rizal. 

NBA Store Philippines staged a retail promotion that donates a portion of NBA Name and Number T-shirt sales proceeds from Aug. 10 to Sept. 13 to KCFI to commemorate the 10-year anniversary of NBA Cares. The donation will fund multimedia learning resources and teacher workshops for the three public schools. 

Last Nov. 11, NBA Philippines Managing Director Carlo Singson and IATC Vice President of Marketing Bea Lim presented the cheque donation to KCFI Head of Access Doris Nuval at the NBA Store in Glorietta 3.