June already? We can’t believe we are now halfway through our 2022 journey. And while in the past months, many things have changed—adapting to a hybrid work setup, the opening of international boundaries, and an upcoming change in government—what remains the same is our addiction to streaming...
June Mar Fajardo could be poised for a return to old form following his performance in the recent Southeast Asian Games. June Mar Fajardo (PSC-POC Media) The end result of Gilas Pilipinas’ campaign was a total disappointment, but Fajardo was one of the few bright spots in Hanoi, Vietnam with his...
Cebu Pacific (CEB) ramped up its international network beginning this month by adding more flights to Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh, Nagoya, Seoul, Osaka, and Singapore, as COVID restrictions for travelers continued to ease. 86478 Starting June 1, flights from Manila to Bangkok will...
With Quirino grandstand being unavailable, the camp of President-elect Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has picked the National Museum in Ermita, Manila as the site of his inauguration on June 30, 2022. President-elect Bongbong Marcos (BBM Media Office) This was confirmed Thursday, June 2 by Press...
PLDT Inc. completed the sale of 3,012 telecom towers, more than half of the towers it is monetizing, and received P39.2 billion cash payment, the telco disclosed Wednesday, June 1. This April, PLDT subsidiaries, Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) and Digitel Mobile Philippines, Inc. (Digitel),...
Converge Information and Communications Technology Solutions, Inc. is automatically upgrading existing and new FiberX Plan 1500 subscribers, doubling their internet service speed from 50Mbps to 100Mbps for the same price of P1,500/month starting today, Wednesday, June 1. Subscribers now have a...
Don't look now, but there's still no fixed site for presumptive president Bongbong Marcos's anticipated inauguration on June 30, 2022. Presumptive president Bongbong Marcos (Noel Pabalate/ MANILA BULLETIN) "Mindful naman tayo na tayo ay nasa gitna parin pandemya (We're mindful that we're still in a...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) will be holding briefing for all winners in the May 9 local elections regarding the Mandanas Ruling. In a news briefing, DILG Undersecretary Epimaco Densing III said there will be a local briefing in the transition with regards to the...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) remains hopeful that it will be able to meet its target of fully vaccinating 77 million Filipinos against Covid-19 by the end of June. “We will do our best to reach the 77 million fully vaxxed by June 30,” said DOH Undersecretary Myrna Cabotaje during a public...
Presumptive president Bongbong Marcos has invited United States (US) President Joe Biden to the former's inauguration on June 30, 2022 in Manila. US President Joe Biden (AFP) This was one of the details between the phone conversation between Marcos and Biden, which took place at 9 a.m. (local time)...
Vaccination in Muntinlupa (Photo from Muntinlupa PIO) The national government is still aiming to fully vaccinate at least eight to nine million Filipinos against Covid-19 by the end of Duterte's administration in June, the Department of Health (DOH) said. “If our target is 77 million hanggang sa...
Four and a half years after the end of the five-month long Marawi siege in May to October 2017, Congress has passed Republic Act No. 11696, the Marawi Siege Victims Compensation Act. The law provides compensation to those whose kin were killed, as well as those whose properties were destroyed in...
