Manila ranked 51st in the Safe Cities Index 2021 list of The Economist Intelligence Unit. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The annual report measures the urban safety of 60 major cities worldwide based on five categories: personal, health, infrastructure, digital, and environmental security. Manila...
Despite the government's re-imposing more stringent travel restrictions this month, Cebu Pacific (CEB) is mounting flights to additional key Asian cities to rebuild its international operations. Beginning Wednesday, (August 4) CEB increased its flight frequencies to Singapore from twice to thrice...
BEIJING, China – Chinese cities rolled out mass testing of millions of people and imposed fresh travel restrictions as health authorities battled Sunday to contain the country's most widespread coronavirus outbreak in months. This photo taken on August 1, 2021 shows a resident receiving a...
Digital cities outside Metro Manila aim to create over a hundred thousand local jobs by 2025. So far, of the 31 cities launched under the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT)'s Digital Cities Program, nine have completed their five-year roadmaps. 18062 These include...
Valenzuela City has ranked first among Metro Manila cities with the highest number of COVID-19 vaccine utilization rate. Based on data from the country's Regional Vaccination Operations Center, Valenzuela City bested 16 other cities in the National Capital Region (NCR) in terms of vaccine...
2021 Liveable Cities Lab and Globe Resilient Health Systems panelists Information and communications technology (ICT) plays a crucial role in fighting COVID-19 in the country. By leveraging ICT, local government units (LGUs), and national agencies are able to give Filipinos access to healthcare,...
Ten additional highly urbanized cities will gain priority for coronavirus vaccine access due to the surge in cases of infections, Malacañang announced Thursday. One million doses of Sinovac COVID-19 vaccines arrive at NAIA Terminal 2 in Pasay City on June 6, 2021. (Photo courtesy of National Task...
Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso said he will push for “Go Manila,” a digital data infrastructure that is expected to solve the capital’s lack of reliable data as Manila advances to the final round of the 2021 Global Mayors Challenge. Bloomberg Philanthropies / MANILA BULLETIN...
SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye Speaking before the Regis CEO Roundtable Series last May 18, Fernando Zobel de Ayala (FZA), President and CEO of Ayala Corporation, disclosed that “two of Ayala’s most cyclical businesses – Ayala Land and BPI – are priming themselves for a post-pandemic...
More cities in Metro Manila have reimplemented liquor bans to help curb the spread of COVID-19. (UNSPLASH / MANILA BULLETIN) Here is the list of metro cities and municipalities which have imposed anew the prohibition on the sale, delivery, and consumption of alcoholic drinks: As of March 18, 2021:...
Touting that businesses can either be a destructive force or a powerful agent for regenerative change, Lopez-led First Gen Corporation is opting for the latter as it pushes for the developments of decarbonized, resilient and socially-inclusive infrastructure facilities; as well as on pioneering the...
Here's what goes behind the seams of the brand's latest offering. Sustainability and technology have been at the core of Uniqlo. Through the years, the Japanese retail giant has formulated ways of designing clothes in a much greener sense, from maximizing its resources to minimizing its use of...
