PLDT and Smart Communications, Inc. secured 22,000 fixed and wireless permits as of June 22, 2021 after the government fast-tracked approvals for telcos. This enabled the two to step up their internet speeds, on the back of their network rollouts. Smart's average mobile download speeds have almost...
Stanley Roy Laguio of Arellano University wins the gold medal in the men’s bantamweight division. (GTV/NCAA Images) Arellano University bet Stanley Roy Laguio gave the Chiefs their first gold medal in taekwondo’s speed kicking competition as he ruled the bantamweight category in the NCAA Season...
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) has expressed confidence that Internet speeds in the country will further improve. Department of Information and Communications Technology DICT Undersecretary Emmanuel Rey Caintic said Monday, June 21, that Filipinos will have much...
The country's third telco, DITO Telecommunity, is currently ironing out issues on phone compatibility, speed, and signal coverage. “We are continuously working with handset manufacturers to certify and test more DITO-ready phones with 4G VoLTE and 5G technology," according to DITO Chief...
Transport advocacy group Move As One Coalition has joined the global community in pushing for a 30-kilometer per hour (kph) speed limit on urban roads. (Photo from Dinna Louise C. Dayao / Move As One Coalition) The call--aimed at reducing air pollution, fighting climate change, and saving...
The government will proceed "full speed ahead" with the implementation of the StaySafe.ph, the official contact tracing application, Malacañang announced Tuesday. People form line leading to a community pantry in Sta. Mesa, Manila on April 30, 2021 (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) According to...
The Philippine’s fixed broadband average download speed continued to improve as of March 2021, according to the latest Ookla Speedtest Global Index report. The country registered a 7.79 Mbps or 20.25 percent increase in speed from the recorded 38.46 Mbps on February, jumping to 46.25...
(MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Light Rail Manila Corporation (LRMC) is today (April 5) increasing the speed of Light Rail Transit (LRT)-1 to a maximum of 60 kilometers per hour. The operator has secured a safety certification from an international testing facility to lift the LRT-1 speed restriction...
Filipino speed skater Julian Macaraeg (Photo from PHSU's Facebook page) Winter Youth Olympian Julian Macaraeg is hoping to bring more spotlight to speed skating in the Philippines despite being a tropical country. Macaraeg, the first Filipino speed skater to compete in the 2020 Lausanne Winter...
Filipino speed skater Julian Macaraeg (Screenshot from ISU Short Track's Facebook page) Filipino speed skater Julian Macaraeg is eyeing no less than the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, a long-term goal he has been preparing for more than a decade now. "Competing in the Olympics in Beijing...
The Philippines moved up 3 notches to 83rd spot for mobile internet speed, and up 8 notches to 92nd for fixed broadband in a ranking of 140 countries in last month's Ookla Speedtest report. "Everyone in government, telecommunication companies, and mobile network operators had been doubling efforts...
EASTER SUNDAY, APRIL 4, marks the return of the Entertainment Editors’ Choice for Movies, also known as The EDDYs. Last year, the group skipped a beat at the height of the Covid-19 lockdown, and thought it best to use the time and effort we would normally devote to organizing the EDDYs in very...
