Globe Telecom Inc.'s mobile business hauled in ₱80.6 billion revenues as of end-September this year, its second highest on record, after its 2019 pre-pandemic figures. The bulk of the revenues came mostly from the telco's prepaid business, given the rapid rise of digital adoption among Filipinos....
PLDT Inc. (PLDT) and Smart Communications, Inc. have expanded their fiber and wireless networks, serving 40 percent of the total barangays in the Philippines. PLDT has rolled out its fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) network to 17,000 barangays, as of end-September, 2022, up 24 percent from end-2021. The...
All 42 commercial operating airports under the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines’ (CAAP) are now ready for the expected surge of passengers for the Christmas and New Year holidays, the agency announced Monday, December 5. Due to travel bans imposed in the last two years brought by...
The Light Rail Transit (LRT) -1 Roosevelt Station re-opens today, Monday, December 5, after successfully completing all necessary readiness tests, trial runs, station maintenance works, and operational exercises to integrate Roosevelt area under LRT-1’s brand-new Alstom signalling system. Once...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. hopes that overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) will explore local business opportunities and become entrepreneurs to make working abroad a choice instead of a necessity. President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. (Ali Vicoy) In his message during Go...
In recognition of their contributions to the country's economic growth, President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has awarded P200,000 to overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) deemed as "inspiring OFWs" by the non-profit Go Negosyo. First Lady Louise Araneta-Marcos (Go Negosyo screenshot) This was...
November 2022 Civil Engineer Licensure Examination (CELE) topnotcher, Carl Jervin Magtira, who recently went viral online for his cool and collected response to a friend asking about how the board exam went shared his "basic" review tips for aspiring engineers. "Congrats master Carl Jervin Magtira...
Former Department of Tourism (DOT) undersecretary, Roberto V. Antonio has joined the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP)'s Board of Directors. As DOT undersecretary and senior consultant, he conceptualized the Eight Anchor Destination Program and the production of the DOT Foreign Offices...
December is ‘Spotify wrapped’ season. The popular streaming platform recently unveiled their annual ‘Spotify Wrapped’ campaign. There, the top music acts of the year were revealed with Nobita and Zack Tabudlo coming out ahead in their respective categories. Nobita came out on top of...
For P3PWD Party-list nominee Rowena Guanzon, former vice president Leni Robredo looks like a winner. (Rowena Guanzon's Twitter) Those were Guanzon's exact words in a recent tweet that showed a picture of Robredo after the latter attended a speaking engagement at the University of the Philippines...
Nineteen schools posted a perfect overall passing rate in the November 2022 Nurse Licensure Examination, the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) advised. PRC / MANILA BULLETIN These were the Saint Louis University, University of Santo Tomas, Xavier University, Cebu Doctors University, Velez...
The recovery in air travel continued in October as total traffic (measured in revenue passenger kilometers or RPKs) rose 44.6 percent compared to October 2021, according to the latest figures of the International Air Transport Association (IATA). Globally, traffic is now at 74.2 percent of October...
