Filipino students from the University of Asia and the Pacific (UA&P) ranked second in the global Estee Lauder Companies Hackathon (ELC Hackaton) held last Oct. 28. (Photo from UA&P) Launched in 2018, the ELC Hackaton focuses on product design, user experience, and technology. UA&P...
Meta3 With its residential business driving growth and subscriber take-up going strong in the pandemic, pure-play high-speed fixed broadband operator Converge Information and Communications Technology Solutions, Inc. (Converge) netted P5.2 billion earnings, up 27.6, on P18.831 billion revenues, up...
Smart_500x500 Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) has expanded its nationwide 5G network to 6,400 base stations, surpassing its initial target of 3,800 for 2021. This puts Smart's total base stations as of end-September to 72,600, enabling Smart to cover 96% of the population from Batanes to...
You can even win plane tickets to Japan! If there is one country in every Filipino’s travel bucket list, that would be Japan. Known for its rich culture and tech innovation, the Land of the Rising Sun is a nation where the past and the future happily co-exist. And during the holiday season, it...
The government will use the savings from the 2021 national budget to purchase some 20 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines which would be used as booster shots. Senator Sonny Angara, who chairs the Senate finance committee, and sponsor of the proposed P5.024-trillion national budget for 2022, said...
ym-cebupacific-180520-e1615967991784 Still reeling from low passenger volumes due to the pandemic, Cebu Air Inc., operator of Cebu Pacific (CEB), bled P21.99 billion in the first nine months of the year, 49.8 percent higher than the losses it incurred in the same period in 2020. Airline revenues...
Beatrice Luigi Gomez Help Miss Philippines Beatrice Luigi Gomez enter the semis of the 2021 Miss Universe Competition! The Miss Universe Organization announced today, Nov. 10, that online voting for the Miss Universe 2021 Competition has started. To vote, visit vote.missuniverse.com or download the...
SM City Manila has officially launched Christmas last October 29, 2021, Friday, and the theme was carnival —a concept filled with fun, excitement, and amusement. SM City Manila launched Christmas with Carnival them (Left to right) Sybil Gualberto (Asst. Mall Mngr, SM Manila), Carol Malabag...
The National Youth Commission (NYC) is now accepting applications to the ASEAN Virtual Young Scientists Conference (AVYSC) 2021. (Unsplash) Under the theme "Smart Cities for a Sustainable ASEAN Community," AVYSC is projected to bring together about 160 young scientists across Southeast Asia to...
1200px-Dito-logo.svg DITO Telecommunity hauled in four million subscribers as of November 8, 2021, Chief Administrative Officer Adel Tamano announced. “It was only in March of 2021 that DITO began commercial operations. We hit our one-millionth subscriber in just a matter of months in June, and...
pldt-fibr-metro-manila The Philippines still has a low penetration rate of 20 percent in the fixed broadband market, versus the 46 to 60 percent penetration rate of its neighbors in Southeast Asia. For this reason, the country has much room for growth, stressed PLDT Home executives in their Nov. 9,...
K-pop superstars BTS will hold the televised world premiere performance of their hit song “Butter” together with Megan Thee Stallion in person at the 2021 American Music Awards (AMAs). The American Music Awards will be hosted by Cardi B and set to take place on Nov. 21 at 8 p.m. EST (Nov. 22, 9...
