Five leading internet service providers (ISPs) in the country have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) to establish a site-blocking mechanism against pirate sites. The ISPS that signed the MOU include Globe Telecom, PLDT...
The Antipolo City local government and the Light Railway Transit Authority (LRTA) are studying the installation of a monorail system along Felix Avenue in Cainta, which will be connected to the MRT4 Cainta station and LRT2 on Marcos Highway. (Photo from Mayor Jun Ynares) Antipolo City Mayor...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – Police apprehended six individuals posing as employees of a prominent telecommunications company for allegedly stealing underground cable wires owned by a prominent telecommunications company worth P662,000 in Barangay Cotta here on Sunday, September 3. The suspects...
Antipolo City local government officials and representatives from the Department of Transportation (DOTr) met on Tuesday, April 18, on the proposed cable car connection project which will connect the MRT-4 to the city. Antipolo City Mayor Jun Ynares said that in the meeting, the project's foreign...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. announced that the Philippines will be connected to the first subsea cable system from the United States that would improve Wi-Fi connection in the country. (Photo courtesy of Malacañang) Marcos bared that the country will benefit from the project that...
The Valenzuela City government on Wednesday, Feb. 22, started clearing city roads of tangled cable wires or "spaghetti" wires for the safety of residents and motorists. The "Oplan Linis Ganda Cable" aims to ensure road safety, provide residents with more spaces, and ease traffic congestion on...
The $150-million Philippine Domestic Submarine Cable Network (PDSCN), the longest of its kind in the country, is on track to be completed April this year, Globe announced Friday, January 19. Globe partnered with Eastern Communications and InfiniVAN Inc. for the project meant to connect previously...
KAMPO HENERAL PACIANO RIZAL, Santa Cruz, Laguna – Police arrested four cable installers for allegedly stealing cable wires on Sunday night, Dec. 11, in Calamba City, this province. Col. Randy Glenn Silvio, Laguna police chief, identified the suspects as alias “Hobert, ”Dennies,”...
Two men who stole a total of P590,460 worth of cable wires in Taytay, Rizal were arrested by the police in Quezon City early Saturday morning, Dec. 3. The Quezon City Police District (QCPD) identified the suspects as Rosendo Fallorina, 54, and Christian Moreno, 25, both residents of Brgy....
PLDT Inc. completed the landing of the shore-end segment of the $75 Million (about P4.4 Billion) Asia Direct Cable system (ADC) at its station in Nasugbu, Batangas, the telco announced Friday, November 25. ADC is a global consortium comprised of leading communications and technology companies,...
Renowned urban planner Felino Palafox Jr. said that establishing an aerial cable car system will help alleviate the traffic situation in Metro Manila and other urban centers in the Philippines, as well as boost security and benefit the environment. Palafox said establishing such a system, which he...
Despite viral internet memes poking fun at his suggestion to use an aerial cable car system to solve the traffic woes in Metro Manila, Senator Robin Padilla on Sunday, Aug. 14, maintained that the plan has sound basis owing to the previous administration’s approval of it. Cable cars in transit...
