It was a roller coaster ride for Fnatic after it was initially thought to be missing out on the direct invitation to The International 11. Valve released an announcement and clarified that the SEA team qualified for the crowning tournament of Dota 2. Photo from PGL Arlington Major The confusion...
The Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) (Tuesday, August 16) slashed down local carriers' fuel surcharge rates from Level 12 to Level 9, effective September, bringing hope of cheaper air tickets and more travel bookings. Airlines are allowed to pass on higher fuel costs to passengers via fuel surcharges...
The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) netted P5.024 Billion earnings in the first six months of the year, up 9 percent versus the P4.611 billion in the same period in 2021, as the agency continues to rebound from the effects of the global pandemic. PPA’s net income is now only 13 percent down...
The Philippines and United States militaries officially concluded the Pacific Partnership 2022 (PP22) in Puerto Princesa City, Palawan with an enhanced interoperability among its units especially in the field of humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR) operations, the Western Command...
The inadequate number of classrooms in the Philippines was further reduced due to the Department of Education’s (DepEd) failure to reconstruct and repair typhoon-damaged schools, said Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) on Tuesday, Aug. 16. The teachers’ group said that several classrooms in...
Majority of the concerns received by the Department of Education’s (DepEd) Oplan Balik Eskwela Public Assistance Command Center (OBE-PACC) were mostly about enrollment, said DepEd Spokesperson Michael Poa on Tuesday, Aug. 16. OBE-PACC, according to DepEd, aims to provide immediate virtual...
Less than a week before classes begin, the Department of Education (DepEd) revealed that the number of enrolled learners for the school year (SY) 2022-2023 has climbed to 21,272,820 on Tuesday, Aug. 16. (DepEd) Of this number, 18,722,393 were from public schools, 2,478,488 from private schools,...
Colegio de San Lorenzo (CDSL) did not formally inform the Department of Education (DepEd) of their intent to close, DepEd Spokesperson Michael Poa said on Tuesday, Aug. 16. CDSL, a private Catholic educational institution located in Quezon City, announced its permanent closure on Monday, Aug. 15,...
While DITO CME Holdings Corp posted a 10.6 times increase in revenues to P3.03 billion for the first half of 2022, with EBITDA growing 26 percent to P2.79 billion, the company bled P15.43 billion due to P7.26 billion in unrealized foreign exchange losses, as well as 135 percent and 423 percent...
More than 2 million students will benefit from the Free Ride (Libreng Sakay Program) that will run from August 22-November 5, 2022. Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA) Administrator Atty. Hernando T. Cabrera said that an estimated 2.2 million students are expected to benefit from the program for...
Mobile wallet GCash has registered 66 million users as of mid-2022 because the company "chose to collaborate rather than compete" president and CEO Martha Sazon told a recent Mobile 360 Asia Pacific FinTech Summit. Collaborations with banks and other fintech providers helped GCash grow during the...
Even if the Department of Education (DepEd) rejected calls to move the school opening date to a later date , teachers assured that they “they will not miss on their responsibilities to the schoolchildren” once classes for School Year (SY) 2022-2023 start next week. (NOEL PABALATE / MANILA...
