The government is not backing down from its goal to vaccinate 70 million Filipinos this year in a bid to attain herd immunity against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). A woman receives a coronavirus vaccine shot from a health worker at a vaccination site in Taguig City on April 29, 2021. (Ali...
While local telcos have stepped up the rollout of cell sites nationwide, the numbers have not come up to a third of the Philippines' neighbors in the region. The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC)'s latest report to Malacanang showed that the country now has a total of 22,834 cell sites....
Local telcos have blocked a total of 5,532 sites to date as they heed the government's call to combat online child abuse and pornography. Globe Telecom Inc. announced Tuesday night, Jan. 13, it has blocked 2,521 sites to comply with the government's directive. For their part, PLDT Inc. and Smart...
Nickel miner Marcventures Holdings, Inc. (MHI) had set aside a combined amount of nearly P2.8 billion to get at least three new mining ventures going, two of which are in Samar while the other one is in Surigao, a top company official said. MHI President Isidro Alcantara, Jr. said in a virtual...
Globe Telecom Inc. will install at least 800 cell sites in the last three months of 2020 to end the year of its network expansion on a high note. In Metro Manila and Rizal, Globe intends to build at least 319 cell sites and at least 100 in North Luzon, with Bulacan, Pampanga and...
Imagining a walk to remember along Manila Bay Photos by Noel Pabalate BEAUTY UNMATCHED Sunset at Roxas Boulevard There is no road more beautiful than Roxas Boulevard. And that’s because of all the roads in Metro Manila’s 16 cities, only Roxas Boulevard has a front and center view of the...
