ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police apprehended a Sangguniang Kabataan president linked to the bombing of an elementary school in Maguindanao del Norte in the May elections at the Cotabato Airport in Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao del Norte on Sunday, March 13. Brig. Gen. John Guyguyon, Bangsamoro...
HOTSPOT It is unconventional wisdom but governments, past and present, actually owe generations of jeepney drivers and operators a lot. The fact is, these family-run micro-enterprises have been the backbone of public transportation nationwide. Without them, there’s no mobility across the...
Vacancy rate in office space this year could further exceed growth in demand with new stocks coming on stream, according to the country’s leading property management and consultancy firm Colliers. Kevin Jara, Colliers Philippines head of the office sector in his presentation at the Q4 2022...
Caught between declining income and increasing expenses in the wake of the pandemic, more Filipinos are interested to borrow, according to survey data from consumer finance service Digido released Wednesday, Nov. 23. Between October and November 2022 Digido surveyed 130 of its client-respondents...
The Circle Chart Music Awards 2022 ceremony was held on Feb. 18 at the KSPO Dome in Seoul. BTS won five awards, the most by any K-pop artist. They won Artist of the Year (digital music) in June 2022 for "Yet to Come (The Most Beautiful Moment)"; Artist of the Year (physical album) in the third...
Ookla®, the global leader in mobile and broadband network intelligence, gave Smart Communications, Inc. its Best Mobile Network award for 2022. Smart was the first and only Philippine mobile operator to win Ookla’s Best Mobile Network award for the Q1-Q2 2022 reporting period. Smart set another...
Globe Telecom Inc. hit its largest annual investment for mobile and fixed networks last year, with a P101.4 billion capital expenditure (CAPEX), 9 percent above 2021 figures, the telco stated Friday, Feb. 17. Globe has allocated the majority, or 86 percent, of its total cash capex to data...
The 30th Anniversary Hanteo Music Awards 2022 held its second day of ceremony at Jamsil Arena on Feb. 11. Organizers handed out the “daesang” (grand prizes) on the second day. BTS won two grand prizes: Best Artist and Best Song. According to the awards’ website, the Best Artist award is given...
The first day of the 30th anniversary Hanteo Music Awards 2022 was held at Jamsil Arena in Seoul on Feb. 10. It is based on the Hanteo Chart, which started its service in 1993, and those eligible were artists who released albums and digital music from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 2022. (Clockwise from top...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said Friday, Feb. 10, that it has completed the construction of three multi-purpose buildings in Concepcion, Tarlac which will enable the holding of public service activities of the benefit of residents there. DPWH logo DPWH Tarlac Second...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez can't help but look back Wednesday, Feb. 8 on the first year anniversary of UniTeam's campaign kick-off for the May 2022 national elections. (Ali Vicoy/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) In an Instagram post , Romualdez wrote: "Isang taon na po ang nakalipas nang ating...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH has completed the construction of the P94.5 million flood control protective structure at the Bangut River in Capas,Tarlac. DPWH Tarlac Second Engineering Office District Engineer Edward Ricardo G. Ramos said the 557.20 meter structure was...
