This second edition of the Mobile Museum Boxes book highlights the history, fabrication, and implementation of this project as we seek to establish more innovative exhibition concepts for universal access and inclusivity. In this book, we featured an intensive approach to the content of each of the boxes to provoke further interest in various scientific fields — taxonomy, systematics, and conservation biology. It is our pride to showcase the natural heritage of the Visayas in all forms of access such as literary, digital, and tangible exhibitions now situated in the National Museum Western Visayas. (from the Foreword)
The Philippines has become one of the fastest-growing digital economies in Southeast Asia due to the emergence of information and communications technologies (ICTs) that have facilitated digital transformation, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. This transformation has led to the development of new business models, innovative products and services, and new ways to conduct business. Utilizing digital technologies effectively can help the country improve its economic performance and promote inclusive and sustainable development. However, the ability of the Philippines to take full advantage of the vast opportunities provided by these technologies is contingent on reducing the digital divide and addressing policy issues.
To obtain a better understanding of the digital economy, the Philippine Institute for Development Studies has compiled research on the current ICT environment, including issues related to e-commerce, financial technology, online and platform work, smart cities, digital connectivity, and gender. In this volume, PIDS researchers explore strategies for leveraging digital technologies to achieve inclusive socioeconomic development.
The Institute aspires that the analyses in this book will inform discussions and the national strategic direction on seizing opportunities and addressing challenges in the digital sector to enable the Philippines reach its full potential as a frontrunner in the digital economy.
This book is about an “unsung hero” of the Philippine Revolution — General Adriano Hernandez of Iloilo. Although half-Spanish and half-“Indio” by blood, he was a full-blooded Filipino patriot at heart.
The essays included in this book were selected from the works of the author that were written over a period of some forty years. The common thread that ties the essays together is their being about historical events, personages and cultural and social developments in the "Bisaya region" that covers the southern half of the Philippines and the northern part of Borneo.
