PLDT buying Sky Cable’s broadband business for P6.75B

Tyrone Jasper C. Piad - @inquirerdotnet 03/16/2023

PLDT Inc. is set to buy Sky Cable’s broadband business and other related assets for P6.75 billion, a move seen to bode well for the customers of both companies. In a statement on Thursday, PLDT Inc. announced…

NTC kicks off SIM card registration in remote areas

Daphne Galvez - Reporter / @DYGalvezINQ 01/26/2023

MANILA, Philippines — The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) has officially kicked off its mission to register SIM cards in isolated parts of the country. NTC officer-in-charge Commissioner Ella Lopez announced on Thursday that the rollout of the…

‘The Bodyguard’ movie gets a Hollywood remake

Reuters 09/16/2021

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – “The Bodyguard,” the 1992 movie that launched the acting career of the late Whitney Houston and featured her most famous song, is getting a reboot. Hollywood movie studio Warner Bros. said on Wednesday…

Pandemic gives rise to new entrepreneurs

Roy Stephen C. Canivel - Reporter / @roycanivel_inq 01/21/2021

More than 916,000 enterprises registered and renewed their business names under the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) last year, driven mostly by pandemic-weary entrepreneurs who wanted to start their own mom-and-pop stores or sell products online.…

DTI backs easing of age restrictions for economic recovery

Krissy Aguilar - Reporter / @KAguilarINQ 01/15/2021

MANILA, Philippines — Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez on Friday expressed support for the gradual easing of age restrictions possibly down to 10 years old to help the economic recovery of the country. In a televised briefing, Lopez…

The simplest way to help PH survive a recession

Tina Arceo-Dumlao - Business Features Editor / @tinaarceodumlao 07/03/2020

At this time when the eco­nomy has been shattered by the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and local businesses of all sizes are desperate for revenues to keep their enterprises going and their people employed, one of…

Man, out on bail for drug case, nabbed with P1.36M shabu

Norman V. Mendoza 03/20/2020

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — Police confiscated P1.36 million of suspected shabu from a man, who is out on bail for a drug case, at past 10 p.m. of March 19, 2020 in Barangay Looc, Mandaue City. Jonie…

Pinoy nurse, Chinese female among 4 PUIs in Bohol

Rosalie O. Abatayo 02/06/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Four patients are now under investigation (PUIs) for suspected 2019 novel coronavirus Acute Respiratory Disease (2019-nCoV ARD) in Bohol province. In a situation report of the Bohol Provincial Health Office, nCoV Spokesperson Dr.…

Malacañan sa Sugbo’s conversion into Cebu National Museum begins

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 12/13/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Malacañan sa Sugbo is no more as the keys of the unused Aduana Building has been turned over to the National Museum. The Cebu Port Authority (CPA), the owner of the structure, granted…

Cebu City Niños aiming for Batang Pinoy’s overall title

Mars G. Alison 08/26/2019

PUERTO PRINCESA, PALAWAN, Philippines — Nothing but the overall title!  This is the aim of the Cebu City Niños in the ongoing Batang Pinoy National Championships, according to Cebu City Sports Commission Executive Director Amilo Lopez.  “Muhakot…

15 Cebuana moms are official candidates for Mrs. Cebu-Philippines 2019

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 07/28/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Who says pageants are just for single women? Fifteen Cebuana mothers were named as official candidates of Mrs. Cebu-Philippines 2019 during the press presentation and talents night held in a hotel in Cebu…

Masked police officers outside Mayor Tom’s house alarm his supporters

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 05/11/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A group of policemen inside a patrol car parking outside the house of Mayor Tomas Osmeña in Barangay Guadalupe, alarmed the supporters of the mayor prompting them to stand guard at the chapel…

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