media San Miguel Corporation (SMC) recently mounted two more brand new Hyundai Rotem train sets on its 22-kilometer, P68.2 Billion Metro Rail Transit Line 7 (MRT 7) and is on track to start operating next year. This was the second batch of train sets, after the first arrived from Korea last month....
Notwithstanding a sure win in her new congressional bid, former President and Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will still expect strong support from her Lakas-Christian Muslim Democracts (Lakas-CMD) colleagues. 12E005F6-D2F7-42C5-B176-4A8FAB52B428 Arroyo, one of the founders of the political party,...
The country's third telco, Dito Telecommunity Corp., has passed the technical audit for its second year commitment to state regulators and expects to haul in five to six million subscribers by yearend. Dito-Telecommunity-1 "The quality of our network is quite impressive," noted DITO Chief...
The Philippines and Japan on Tuesday, (July 27) formally signed an additional P116-billion (JPY253 billion) loan package to finance the building of the country’s first underground railway. Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin, Jr. and Japan Ambassador to the Philippines Koshikawa Kazuhiko...
The Quezon City government has started distributing the unclaimed financial aid from the second tranche of the Department of Social Welfare and Development's (DSWD) Social Amelioration Program (SAP) to thousands of its residents tagged as “unserved beneficiaries.” A total of 40,699...
The Manila city government resumed its mass vaccination for A1 to A5 priority groups on Wednesday, June 30. (Manila Public Information Office photo / MANILA BULLETIN) Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso said that the Certificate of Analysis (COA) for the vaccines has been received by the...
Mandaluyong City Mayor Menchie Abalos received on Wednesday her second dose of China's Sinovac-Biotech vaccine making her fully vaccinated against COVID-19. IMG_20210505_110145 The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the use of Sinovac-Biotech made vaccines for senior citizens on April 7,...
Jeongyeon of the nine-member K-pop girl group TWICE will not be joining the promotions and activities for their upcoming second studio album due to anxiety. TWICE will be releasing the album “Eyes Wide Open” on Oct. 26, which will be led by the main track “I Can’t Stop Me.” In an...
James De los Santos celebrates after beating Nejc Sternisa of Slovenia 25.9-23.4 in the final of the e-Karate Games 2020. to bag his fifth gold medal in an online meet. (Photo from James De los Santos) Despite his latest wins, online karate wonder James De los Santos said he isn’t resting on his...
Former national team member James De Los Santos bags a total of 8 medals in e-kata tournaments. (Photo from James De Los Santos) Former national team member James De los Santos kept the streak going as he captured two gold medals – his seventh and eighth – in two online meets after results came...
