Global passenger demand this June showed "a very slight improvement in both international and domestic air travel markets", remaining significantly below pre-COVID-19 levels due to international travel restrictions, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced last night (July 28)....
The country's fixed and mobile internet speeds have more than doubled between June 2020 and June 2021, according to the latest Speedtest Global Index by Ookla. In June 2021, average mobile internet download speeds in the country stood at 32.84 Mbps, twice as fast as the speeds posted in the same...
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) Tuesday, (July 13) welcomed the country's continued internet speed upturn for both fixed broadband and mobile Internet last month. Latest figures (June 2021) from global speed monitoring firm Speedtest by Ookla showed the...
A total of 42 communist rebels were killed while 53 more were arrested in an aggressive military campaign against the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) since January this year. The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) also reported that a total of 277 communist rebels...
The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) on Wednesday, July 7, announced that 1,546 out of 2,337 passed the Pharmacist Licensure Examination given by the Board of Pharmacy in the cities of Manila, Baguio, Davao, Lucena, Tacloban and Tuguegarao last June 2021. PRC/MB The results were released in...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has surpassed its revenue collection goal for June 2021 by over P5 billion after posting an actual collection of P52.447 billion, the agency said Thursday, July 1. Bureau of Customs (BOC) Commissioner Rey Leonardo Guerrero (Photo courtesy of the BOC) The bureau recorded...
Emirates is ramping up its operations and expanding services across its network to meet strong leisure travel demand as entry restrictions ease for travelers. Todate, the airline has a total of 14 weekly flights to the Philippines - 7 weekly flights to and from Manila, 5 weekly flights to and from...
The rail line linking Manila and Bulacan, Philippine National Railways (PNR) Clark Phase 1 (Tutuban-Malolos), first segment of the P319.5 Billion North-South Commuter Railway, Monday, (June 14) posted a 46.68 percent overall progress rate and is on track to be completed second quarter of 2024. It's...
Tripadvisor, the world’s largest travel guidance platform, revealed that global vaccine rollouts are driving increasing demand for vacations, with vaccinated travellers more likely to stay longer and spend more on their trips than unvaccinated travellers. Across the Asia-Pacific (APAC), where the...
The country's health frontliners attending to coronavirus patients will continue to receive a special risk allowance from the government. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) President Duterte has signed Administrative Order No. 42 authorizing the continued grant of COVID-19 Special...
In line with recovering demand and easing travel restrictions on certain destinations, Philippine Airlines (PAL) is increasing its flights on some international and domestic routes within this month. However, PAL warned that authorities currently impose flight arrival restrictions at Manila airport...
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) said it is ramping up the country’s readiness for participation in the global digital economy in celebration of this year’s National ICT Month. Photo courtesy of the DICT. With a theme, “Onwards Through ICT: Building a...
