Globe Telecom Inc.'s monthly 5G data traffic soared 27 times last year, with National Capital Region (NCR), Cebu, and Davao del Sur, posting the highest data traffic nationwide, the telco reported. In a statement Tuesday, Feb. 8, Globe reported that full year of 2021 the telco has served up to 6.71...
media Air travel was already recovering until the Omicron variant emerged, latest findings from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) showed. “The recovery in air traffic continued in November. Unfortunately, governments over-reacted to the emergence of the Omicron variant at the...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) on Friday, Jan. 7, appealed for public understanding as strict checkpoints were again put up for inbound and outbound travelers in Metro Manila and Bulacan to ensure that the restriction on the movement of unvaccinated individuals is being...
BACOOR CITY, Cavite – A leaking Maynilad main water line has caused knee-deep flooding along Talaba Intersection in Barangay Talaba on Tuesday (Dec. 28). As of 10:00 a.m., the flood has caused heavy traffic in the area. BDRRMO / MANILA BULLETIN The intersection is not passable to light...
CALAX-SUBS5-SILANG-4 MPCALA Holdings Inc., (MHI) has activated its "Oplan Biyaheng Ayos" in its Cavite-Laguna Expressway (CALAX) as it expects 10 percent traffic surge from December 23, 2021 to January 4, 2022. The toll road operator placed CALAX's operation on heightened alert status to guarantee...
Las Piñas Mayor Imelda Aguilar donated 10 Kawasaki motorcycles to the city’s Traffic Bureau on Friday (Nov. 19). The motorcycles were received by Traffic Bureau head Jose Gonzales during a simple turnover ceremony held at the Las Pi(ñas City Hall grounds. Aguilar said the new motorcycles were...
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) is looking at four options to address the current traffic situation in the National Capital Region (NCR), which is already returning to pre-pandemic levels. MMDA Chairman Benhur Abalos said Tuesday, Nov. 16, these are reimposition of the truck...
NLEX patrol crews manage traffic at Balintawak during Undas The high growth of radio frequency identification (RFID) use combined with traffic management operations eased the usual surge of "Undas" holiday-goers throughout the NLEX-SCTEX, CAVITEX, C5 LINK, and CALAX system, the Metro Pacific...
More than 200 erring public utility vehicle (PUV) drivers in Metro Manila were flagged down by the Inter-Agency Council for Traffic (I-ACT) due to "overloading" on the first day of the implementation of the 70 percent passenger capacity in public transport. A Muntinlupa police officer checks...
Despite the shift to a more relaxed alert level and the increased passenger capacity in public transport, minors and the elderly are still not allowed to board public utility vehicles (PUVs) according to an official of the Department of Transportation (DOTr). (Mark Balmores / File Photo / MANILA...
Smart_500x500 Smart Communications Inc. (Smart) registered a three-fold increase in its 5G data traffic in the second and third quarter 2021 as average monthly data traffic grew by nearly 20 times. This developed as YouGov, a London-based international research data and analytics group, reported...
SMSKUNDAS2021 With the easing of travel restrictions and 10-15 percent expected traffic surge for All Saints' Day (‘Undas’) holidays, Metro Pacific Tollways Corporation (MPTC) is stepping up its operations via its “Safe Trip Mo Sagot Ko” (SMSK) initiative along the NLEX, SCTEX, CAVITEX, C5...
