Parts of Metro Manila recorded “very unhealthy” to “acutely unhealthy” air quality levels following the fire at the Navotas Sanitary Landfill, which continues to emit smoke, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said. On Saturday, April 18, state-run television network...
Air quality levels turned “very unhealthy” in Quezon City (Manila Observatory) and “unhealthy” in Quezon City (Commonwealth Avenue), Navotas City, and Malabon City following a recent fire at a landfill in Navotas, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said. This was...
The Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) has blasted the Chinese Embassy for accusing it and one of its contributors of being tools of US propaganda after it released a video explainer on pro-China disinformation. In a statement issued on Thursday, Feb. 26, PCIJ said it...
BUTUAN CITY -- A 5.1-magnitude earthquake struck Surigao del Sur in Northeastern Mindanao (The Caraga Region) on Tuesday morning, Jan. 3, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. In its bulletin, Phivolcs said the tremor was recorded at 6:09 a.m. The epicenter was...
EDITORS DESK ROBERT REQUINTINA Do you still remember the Metro Manila Popular Music Festival or Metropop? The music festival was the country's most prestigious songwriting competition from 1978 to 1985. It successfully promoted the advancement of Filipino music, as it launched the careers of many...
President Duterte will be remarkable for Filipinos not only because of his accomplishments but also because of his no-holds-barred remarks that are either witty, funny or controversial. President Duterte (Malacañang photo) Over the past six years, the outgoing President made pronouncements, either...
DITO Telecommunity Corp., the country’s newest mobile network operator (MNO), hauled more than nine million subscribers as of mid-June, the telco said. DITO first hit its one-millionth subscriber towards the end of June last year, three months after its commercial launch on March 8, 2021....
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza In her 2021 book, The Madness of Crowds, the novelist Louise Penny writes: “What’s a year? Why do we need a new year? Is the old one broken?” Not all memories are good, but the following list shows that as in using a stairway, there’s always an upstairs and a...
1200px-Dito-logo.svg DITO Telecommunity hauled in four million subscribers as of November 8, 2021, Chief Administrative Officer Adel Tamano announced. “It was only in March of 2021 that DITO began commercial operations. We hit our one-millionth subscriber in just a matter of months in June, and...
DITO Telecommunity, the country’s newest telco player, this morning (Sept. 21) announced it has hit the three million subscriber mark. Dito-Telecommunity On the average, the telco is hauling in new subscribers at the rate of 20,000 daily but has accelerated to over 33,000 per day in the last 12...
DITO Telecommunity has hit the two-millionth subscriber mark, the country’s newest telco today (Aug 4) announced. As of the first of August, two-million Filipinos have joined our fast growing telecommunity,” declared Chief Administrative Officer Atty. Adel Tamano. "DITO hit its one-millionth...
19833 A grand OPM showdown from the country's finest singers, awe-inspiring celebrity transformations, and more come viewers' way as Kapamilya idols continue to deliver world-class entertainment this Sunday (July 18) on "ASAP Natin 'To" on Kapamilya Channel, A2Z, and TV5. Prepare for the...
